Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-21
AN EMOTIONAL EPISODE.
CHAPTER CXXXI.

When Everett came IN decided 70
tell him woman had called him sew
eral times. To be truthful l could
not keep still any longer. Once
more l was In the throes of a jealous
passion. Again l was miserable be-
cause of my imaginings.
It seemed to me that no sooner
did | feel comfortably sure | had
nothing to be jealous of-always ex-
cepting Leola-than something crop
ped up to make me unhappy.
1t was late when Everett came in.
l scarcely waited for him to speak to
me before | blurted ont:
'Who is the woman you know who
refuses to leave any message with
me?" | should have been warned by
his look, but rushed on. "She has
called half a dozen times. When l
say I am Mrs. Graham she hangs up
without a word. She must be nice
sort to have something to say to you
she can't tell your wife"
Have you quite finished your IL
rade? Had you asked me in the right
manner | should have told you what
| know, or do not know. AS it is, l
shall tell you nothing. l am tired.
Please do not talk any longer
"You are too tired to talk because
I have found you
"That will do, Sandra"
When he used that tone with me
| never dared say any more. 1t was
the older persons tone used to one
Younger who had done something dis
pleasing; not the tone of a husband
to a wife. Someway, it meant
"obey"
Now again | was miserable. | fan
cied all sorts of things as going on.
painted Everett as with her when
thought him at the club, or busy in
his office. Then one night just as
we were having coffee in the library,
Hetty announced a lady to see Mr..
Graham.
"Show her in here, Hetty-no,
don't go, Sandra," as / rose to leave
the room, wanting terribly to remain.
Knowing how punctilious Everett was
in such matters, had supposed he
might send me away. Then too, /
had hoped to see his caller in the hail.
But at his words l resumed my seat,
delighted to stay.
To my surprise it was the woman
who had called to see cola. Inc
woman whose husband had loved
Everett's first wife.
Everett seemed surprised when l
spoke to her without waiting for him
to say something, so | said:
Mrs. Currie has been here once be-
fore. Some time ago."
His faced asked why never had
spoken of her, but he said nothing,
simply offered his visitor a chair, and
waited.
81 have something to say to you
something perhaps you would not
care to have your wife hear" she
commenced, obviously nervous.
There is nothing you can have to
say to me would wish to keep from
my wife" l could have hugged him
for that answer.
Every well. 1t is about the other
one-the first Mrs. Graham Ev-
erett started, still he didn't speak.
81 told her," motioning toward me,
that my husband died loving your
wife; died with the name Leola' on
his ',ps. | came to taunt your first
wife with spelling my life by taking
my husbands love from me and Civ
ing me-, Kothing in return. / disccv-
cred that she was dead, so / decided
to 20 away and say nothing. But
have since heard that yoI loved hc1
81 much, even though she was dead
that Your wife was unhappy because
of it. Miss Lane told me so. She,' y
again she looked toward me, twas
kind when / came. l have decided to
give you this letter which the first
Mrs. Graham wrote my husband. In
it she says she never -
"Wait! it was my voce broke in
upon her, although l scarcely recog-
nized it; and l seemed to speak with
out volition of my own. '"Let me
have it?' I took the letter from her
and tore it into shreds. "There, we
will say no more about your husband
and Mr.. Graham's first wife. am
his wife now, the mother of his boy
She had been dead nine years when
married him. Why rake up old
memories? All of us have had love
affairs in our lives. Suppose, now
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