Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-30
SANDRA is ONCE AGAIN DIS
TURBED BY GOSSIP.
CHAPTER CxIL.


ing her as well as | could. Had il
/ not reached me at time when Ever
EFT was cross with me because OF
my attitude toward Miss Lane,
think l might perhaps have written
differently. l remembered after
ward that some things 1 said might
be construed that l too was unhap-
py, that my husband wasn't all ]
wished he were. | had kept all my
troubles to myself ever since | had
married; / had no intention of tell
ing any now, especially as my pres
ent troubles were so slight compared
to what l had considered the others
when l first married. But one ex-
preston which l had used regrett-
ed. had said:
Don't think you are the only per-
son in the world who has trouble,
and is unhappy; for you are not, /"
Of course she might take it as a gen
erality; again, she might think l
was writing of myself l thought
of something Everett had said to me
when we were first married:
"Give your confidence to no one
except your husband, Sandra. You
will save many regrets if you remem-
Der this advice. 1t may be relief
at the time to tell your troubles,
either real or imaginary, but in the
end it always brings regret, often
embarrassment"
I really had followed his advice,
in that had kept my own counsel
in many ways. Often when tempted
to tell of something which had dis
turbed me, or to write to Mother
when l felt lonely and neglected, l
remembered what Everett had said
and waited. Invariably l had been
glad l had done so.
l had not felt. any happier about
Miss Lane. She had adopted man
ner of hurt silence toward me, never
speaking unless | spoke to her un-
less it was unavoidable. | tried to
ignore her as much as possible-as
to have your baby in the hands of
much as she did me. But it is hard
someone with whom you cannot talk
of his cunning ways, his beauty, etc.
AS often as possible. / took Hetty
and we would go to the park with
him. Then l was really and truly
happy. Hetty and l would admire
him to our hearts content, gloating
over him like a couple of misers.
Hetty disliked Miss Lane even more
than l did, / think, although l never
had mentioned my feelings to her.
"She thinks no one knows nothing
about baby but her, and she wants
more waiting on than anyone else
in the house." Hetty sputtered-
common complaint of servants when
nurse is employed, / have since
discovered.
81 guess she does know a lot, or
the doctor would not have spoken
so highly of her." was my reply.
"There is no reason why you
should not co." Everett said impa-
tiently. He had asked me if l
would like to go to the theater, and
l had demurred because of Baby.
"Miss Lane is perfectly capable of
taking care of Junior"
every well, / can go if you wish
it, / had not forgiven him for max
ing me apologize to Miss Lane, and
my answer was ungracious.
Il do wish it! Look your best. /.
1t seemed as if | never was to have
any joy in my life. Gossip had
made my marriage almost an unhap-
py one for years, by talking of Ever
ett S first wife; and now gossip was
trying to take away my joy in my
darling boy. That the gossip, OF
either sex, was a person of no i'm
portauce I had yet to learn. ! could
not help attaching a certain mean
ing to what I heard. Once | heard
Mrs. Gray say: ..
"There's never much smoke unless
there is little fire." when she re-
ferred to something Hetty told her.
Therefore when, during intermis-
sion, that fat Mr.. Leveridge came
ox,a,. +o cDaak to ne and he conpTatu-