The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-03

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man who thinks femininty a gift from
the gods; that there In nothing so
desirable as "A home! no life quite no
incompatible "a the simple life Is
lived by two people who love each
other. That his ideals had boon
Jared he would have admitted when
the woman he loved chose something
40 different. That II had killed or
oven s~mothered his love he never
would have acknowledged. lie was
not yet ready 20 even say hat patricE
had done wrong-say IL out loud.
And II was because Of this he had
asked Patricia the question:
Does u not seem pitifui to you, |
wonder. this thing we must dor"
"Bet,cr now than later Patricia
stubbornly replied, stili thinking Of
Saliie lawrence. Gates love for her.
"One thing ~ certain, we can't 10
on" Meaning that she could no
longer endure the thought that he
loved sallie while nc imagined shs
referred TO Blake and her desire to
live differently.
Gates Van Brunt had thought ~
long and so biiteri.' OF pntricla's
money making ability that he could
not ~disaociate her. her motives, from
IL. She must desplse him. look upon
him ps OF little consequence either
IN her life or In the world. He knew
he was proud. A husband like Blake,
rich. successful, clever, was tho kind
OF a man TO make Patricia happy.
And no matter what she said. how
often she denied It. Gates was posi-
tive In his own mind hat she loved
Blake and waB trying to hide Il foe
h'~-Gateis-Eake. Patricia wasn't the
X ID Of n woman to let a man not her
husband kiss her without Attempting
TO repulse him. She was not the sort
IN ulfguu uVN gua.NlNaW aNlaa ..~u.Ias
informulity. She vas reserved with
men as a rule. and held herself In n
dignifiod manner toward them.
Not that Patricia was a prude or
that Gates thought her one. But she
had always seemed so far removed
from rnything Ike unreaerve: had NO
much poise and lack OF self conscious.
ness that he could not Imagine her
allowing "A caress unless she loved.
No one knows how often he hrl
Kissed her before. He has all the OPP
p%ortunity he or she want at the Office.
She loves him. and I must not stand
In the way Of her happiness his
thoughts ran on. veering again to the
scene on the sidewalk the night Blake
had brought her home. or course,
they could not know he had seen
them. so had made suspicion sure.
Then he wondered Il he should tell
Patricia. He decided not to. II nigh:
embarrasa her anG-what was the
use2
Perhaps you are right. Patricia.
The longer one puts n thing on-the
doing OF II | menn-the harder IL ia
sometimes. ! will plan just what to
do. You may have to 20 away for "a
short time. There are states. YOU
know, where non-support IN an ade-
quate reason for divorce, and | eve
have supported you, Patricia. You
used your savings to feed us before
lot went to work. Not that we could
not have eaten good plain food that
my money paid for: We would not
have starved" He added the last
with "a twisted smile on his lips. but
! could only give you the simple
things until-" lie stopped. Until
when2
lie was earning very little n any
more than he had when he first MARI
ried. Again that twisted smile played
a moment on his lips before he went
And you love all the nice things
OF life. Not the food particularly. l
have always realized, that IT.. since
we went 10 the boarding house. that
what YOU spent for food was to please
me. hut no one would care about
that phase OF things. ! haven't sup
ported you. That ls sure. and yoI
would have no trouble proving II. Ioi
are wearing clothes bought with your
own earnings. You pay FOR very
thing except your meals-such as you
with me-and the rent And"
Several times while he talked Pa
tricia had attempted to interrupt. but
Gates had prevented her by a gesture.
Now she broke In:
Please. Gates. don't he so bitter
because ! earn more money than you
do. YOU have done the best you
could. I am sure
She had not meant u. but her tone
her surprise the angry cords swelled
had been Just n hit patrunizing. To
her surprise the angry cords swolled
on her husbands forehead, and he
burst out;
u haven't done my hest. No man
on Gods enrth could lndor the cir
C-umat1nccs.'
Perhaps not she replied. thinking
he meant because he could not he
with the woman he loved never
dreaming II was because Of her "
failure TO inspire him with ambi-
ton.