The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-11

lie can't believe a. Bob can
believe it"' I said 20 myseif As
uat. a heap Of misery in a corner of
the auto heard the men speak 81
rrrghoff hob directed Morrison 10
arrange for the burial % tho body
ard 10 cable the mans family in
Berlin. Bob sat at the farther end
OF tho scat. Jimmy between Va. and
Morrison with the chauffeur. by
keeping aioof from mo at n time
when certainly needed a husbands
sympathy. Fob Advertised hia dis
trust Of mo 10 Jim and Morrison.
When by all the rules Of chlvairy
he should have refused 10 doubt his
wife. Bob Inundated me. and yet. had
accused him % u. he would have
protested that he didn't intend TO
that he was only preoccupiedi Iob'n
manners were faul;iess when he
wanted them 20 be 80. but the in
stinct % the male prevailed when he
was hurt. a. he had been By what
HerKhoff implied. lie took his re
venwc ruihlesaly.
OF course I couldn't explain any.
thing to him before Jim and Nor.
rison knew very well that I
wouldn't explain when we reached
The hotel and I was alone with my
husband
BerRhoff was n traitor by training
and tho fact that bob could tolerate
a doubt OF me based on the spy'u
evidence, sealed my lips
Never would condcsccnd 90 de.
fcnd myself Whenever In cur mar.
ried life Bob had made any criticism
of me. even IN "A trivial matter. |
had been stricken dumb. More than
once had seemed az faul, when
was not at fault Many a time ~
would have been better for va both
could I have explained. Now. In my
extreme TRAIL was dumb from
habit
IL was n habit 10 warn all proud
young brides ngalnst--and young
husbands. too. Just as long as Bob
and had been able 10 talk over
our differences. we had found way
back to happiness. But when pride
made us silent and stubborn at the
same time we drove happiness away
As Bob sat in his corner OF tho
auto. thinking very hard. | knew that
he never would have Inundated me
before Jim and Morrison had he not
been interested In Katherine Miller.
His "preoccupation" was worry about
my rival.
could measure his increasing in
tercst In the other woman by his
increasing indifference TO me. His
readiness To doubt my loyalty was
proof, TO me, that he wanted TO do
so. lie was anxious to find an ex.
cuse for permitting his mind to dwell
upon the charms OF the lady OF tho
tawny tresscs'
Reaching into my bag for my
handkerchief 10 dry the tears
couldn't control. touched the notes
which Katherine Miller had written
10 my husband when she had sup.
posed him 90 be upon tho train. n
spent the remainder OF the ride 10
the hotel trying to decide whether
should show those notes TO Bob
They were enough to disgust n decent
man. They were valuable am.
munition with which I could destroy
my rival II Bob should read them.
he couldn't possibly undertake the
trip with the search party. lie
wouldn't care TO come face TO face
with the girl. | didn't see how he
could ever speak to her again, except
In the most formal way.
/ put the case to myself. over and
over. Finally | pushed the notes
deep into my bag.
Let him go''-t said 20 myself
and stand or fall by the adven.
turer'
Not by the raising OF finger
would | warn him Of danger. ItI
was his duty to me. his wife. 10 per.
eeive every threat TO our happiness
and TO ward II off
| was not alone responsible for
A.