Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02
apartments in the city"
"And what else. Mahel9"

II have: What do you mean?"
/ You've got all that as you say.
n But what else. You've got no one
J, to care about you; no one to love
t you
Haven't l, though? Don't he too
sure about that. Mary"
you've no children or nothing"
mo | haven't got any kids, hut
good Lord why do you persist in
placing such lot of emphasis on
!, kids? Anybody'd think that kids
were the only concern woman could
, have in the world-?"
According to the way | look at
things, they are, Mabel"
well, ! place different value on
things. For instance, there's Dcl,
Robinson"
"Yes, but what's he to you, Mibb?
Merely IL rich man. 1t isn't like sons
or daughters of your own who care
for you because of what you've done
for them"
"Then it might interest you to
know that | expect to marry him..
Dick Robinson, in the not
too distant future"
marry him!
eyes, marry him! And why should
MT /? Haven't been through
enough so l deserve the haven Of
good husbands love at last? I'll
never have any brats it's true. But
again say, that to me brats never
stood for nothing but pain and worry
and care. No sir; folks don't know it
yet and l don't intend they should.
But if things work around all right
and rather calculate that if I
have anything to say about them
they will,-I'm going to marry Dick
Robinson next year and come into
my share of his money"
always money, money, money!
You haven't changed a great lot, have
you Mabel?"
81 said I'd take my chances with
money and have. I haven't Jared
so badly. Can you say the same,
Mary Wood?"
"I'm satisfied" hrcathed
Mary at last.
"But you can't make me believe it.
Mary No sensible high-strung SEN
sitive woman could possibly be salts
fled with this-not when they've slav-
ed like you've shaved"
"I'm satisfied" breathed
Mary again. 81 can't understand you,
Mabel. I never could. Somehow it
seems at times as if you amt really
truly woman"
Don't lose any sleep over me,
Mary. I'm capable of taking care of
myself. think I've proved it. Pm
going to prove it some more"
81 hate to say it, Mabel; you're an
old girlhood friend of mine, almost
the only one that's left out of the
old crowd. But you're you're
selfish, Mabel And you've
always been selfish"
1--WE won't indulge in personalities,
Mary l came out here in the best
spirit possible to see if there was
anything could do for YOU"
"Therc isn't, Mabel. Not any
hing. I'm not ungratcful. I've
Ivo.l ,.ey life inr my. vwn -,--y s.-.1l
lftel my own standards. If
was to go back and live it over
here isn't hardly day or an hour
If it that I'd live differentJ-"
"Some folks do have such queer
deas," observed Mabel, fixing her
lair in the back.
"Then you got a divorce, did you,
rom Herbert?'
"Herbert? Oh yes, you mean the
.lephantine person of the male sex
With whom / once committed rash
.irlish act. Certainly l got di-
orce from him, while / was
ut in California in Ninety-Four."
"And you never heard what be-
anne of him?"
"No, why should 1? What is he
o me-"
"He was your husband, Mabel"
Mabel laughed, contemptuous
hugh.
"Heavens, but you are old-fash-
,ned! In my set, woman who has
It had two or three husbands simply
;n't in the swim, at ALL"
~ wouldn't care much for. those in
our set, Mabel, I'm afraid"
"Nor they for you, either. Oh
or heavens sake can't you and /
ONE together without fighting over
lis disgusting subject of domesti-
ty? You make me mad! What's
our life, anyway? Tell me that!'
"My life," answered Mary quietly,
S working to raise six live-wire boys
} be good men,. When that is done,
y lfe-work is completed. That's
cen my "career'-at least up to the
resent and l can't change it now.
here's been frightfully cruel mo-
ents in it. But there's been fright
lily dear and precious moments too.
fter all, keeping q home and rails
g children is woman's work in the
orld and if she isn't content to ac-
pit it, she hasn't any business being
woman. l can't for the life of me
e why-when God made woman for
at-there should be so much fault
lding and discomfort and dissatis-
ction among them and wanting
be something else. Somehow the
,menfolks nowadays think it's u
rse on woman that she is wo-
an and they're trying their best to
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