Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-11
Sandra The
Jealous
SANDRA FILINGS TRUTH AT HER
HUSBAND. :
CHAPTER LXXI


much had been if not disagreeable.
yet not quite pleasant, that l was dis
couraged and bitterly unhappy.
Naturally curious, my curiosity
had only been whetted concerning
Everett's first wife instead of salts
he'd. Had he taken me in his arms
and told me Of her, explained that
ne had loved her, but now he loved
me, too, l think am not sure
that we would have been spared
much sorrow.
l felt hart and chagrined when he
SAID was not to receive any men
callers. He had no slightest reason
to think l cared for any one save
him, and when a man called to in
qulre If | had recovered from the
shock and fright of an accident, he
hadn't even felt grateful for the
courtesy-simply said | was not to
receive him, that Hetty could convey
lmy messages.
Well, | would receive them, Just
as Leola did. I was determined to
pattern my life after hers as nearly
as my knowledge of her would per
nit, simply because I had been told
that Everett loved her so passionate
ly that he could deny her nothing.
nor could he find fault with any-
thing she did At least, he did not
because he feared if he did, she
might leave him, so Independent was
he.
did not know that Walter Kemn
was a young man whose name had
acquired an unpleasant notoriety in
Hendon because of his philandering
ways with women - regardless of
whether they were married or not. 7
do not know that it would have made
any difference if had. I thought of
hlm only as related to the accident
and treated him as I imagined Leola
would have treated Linn. was gra-
ciously polite, as I considered it.
nothing more.
The days after Everett came home
were exciting ones. He had a detec-
tive take list of all the burglar
had stolen. He had the servants all
called together so the man could
question them. Thomas was not
quite as well, and the hospital called
up to inform us. James was rest
less, and needed attention from Mrs.
Gray. Altogether we were a disor-
gained household. and I knew that
Everett blamed me rs the cause. He
had said:
Had you obeyed me and remained
at home, instead of attempting to
go with me when l had said I would
not take you, none of all this would
have hapepned. You only took Het.
ty to see her friend as an excuse to
do something you knew | would not
approve. The accident followed. If
you had not bought ticket that bur
glar might not have gotten away
with the Jewels. And"-
81 suppose I am to blame because
the burglar came at all, l pouted.
''Do be reasonable. I am blaming
you for nothing you might not have
avoided had you obeyed me-"
"Mv father doesn't talk of obey
ing to mother He did it to me be-
cause I was only child-he thought.
But if was old enough to be mar
ried, am old enough to do as I like,
Jas long as I do nothing wrong" I
had rehearsed this little speech until
| knew it by heart. And had only
waited for a chance to deliver it. I
was sure it would make Everett an
CRY, but I was not prepared for
what I saw in his face.
"You are incapable of Judging
what IS right or what is wrong"
"Thank youw His reply stung
me to add 'From what I hear, you
were not so severe with your first
wife. You must have cared lot
more for her than you do for me.
Everyone saws you let her do any,
thing she wanted to. Even that old
Mr. Harrison who was at Alice
Sloan's last dinner. told Alice he
supposed you had married me be-
cause I resembled her. Maybe you
think it is pleasant to hear such
things all the time. I'd like to run
away somewhere where no one lived
who knew I was Number Two as he
called me-" In desperation I had
run on. saying much more than I had
intended, or was wise.
''You might be called a worse
name," Everett was grayly white
with anger. "Go to your room at
once and remain until you can at
least avoid breaking all the rules of
good taste"
you'd break them, too, if I had
been married before and people
called you-Number Twop " fairly
exploded the words - then almost
f,,orn