The Washington times., 1919-04-13

by snores CT the cat. Four! The milk
wagons ratified past, sending up . hOIlsW :,
sound. Fiyel walked the floor as one .
distracted. One, two, three. four, i've, six!
There was a faint sound outside. A key
turned almost soundlessly in the door -
The door swung open. Ny wife stood
before me. lovely. a shade tired. her eve
ming dress looking garish in the cold hrst
rays Of morning. -
Where have you BEEN asked
Il met a girl that used to be in the
talking about old times"
What's her name?" asked.
a can't think of her name" said my
charming wife, tossing on her evening ~
cloak indiherently. "She has been mar-nl
ried since knew her." - @
why didn't you come home before?' ~
Il didn't want to come up here alone 30 q
late so l stayed with her at her room"
where is her room?"
"At Rector's."
What was the number Of her roOm?"
Il don't know"
What floor was she on?'
Really don't remember"
That was the stage at which the worm
OF Broadway turned. /, the disregarded,
the less than nothing, the nullity the hus-
band in name only, told her was going-to
leave her.
'T am going to sail for Europe on the
ten o'clock boat" said
She didn't want me to 90. Its Satur-
day. Let US go for a week end to the
country"
Not until you have told me where you
spent the night" | answered.
'Pll tell you while we are in the coun-
try, Freddy dear" she said.
l was not proof against her cajolery.
went But she gave me no account more -
convincing than the story Of the former
chorus girl We came back to the city. !
carried out my determination. l sailed for
Europe. -
Broadway. il has been said, Is a street
Of thousand surprises. But the husband So,
Of a Broadway idol ought peVer to be
surprised at anything he Sees hears or =.
imagines.
I made the unpleasant discovery that N.Y.
wife frequented the race track. had not ~
known this until. while I was searching
her desk for stationary that | needed, Il
found some race track statements. and -
some pawn tickets. The tickets we're for
jewels l had given her. The money had
been flung away on the track.
determined to assert myself and l for
tade her to go again to the track. She -
promised. But it was scarcely a week
later that / heard that she had been seen -
at the track with a theatrical manager
who was also addicted TO the sport. Then
came upon her talking with him on the
street ! knocked him down and tempo
rarily at least pied" his features. as news
paper folk say when they talk of mix.
Ip."
The man who marries a star of Broad
ray is fool. He should be kidnapped by
MS friends and detained in some safe and
sane place until he RECEIVERS his reaSH"
For when he looks sanely at the matter
ce knows that the Broadway girl is Of a
class alone. There is none like her. And
t Is as well. in fact better. for humanity.
Again and again l broke away from
the thrall Of Miss LOrraine's charm for
ne Again and again l came back 70 It. .,
We cared for each other in the peculiar \
Broadway fashion. else We would not have
returned. But two years ago resolved to
divorce her. / have taken the first STEP -,
When that Is done | shall be free and
selfrespecting man. II ever marry again -7
it will be some one whose address is q
thousand miles from Broadway!