South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-16

That trying second year Of mat
rimonial life, that year OF mutual
adjustment had proven most disas-
trous for both Jack and Jill. Jack
and Jill had literally gone up the
hill together, for they lived in Al
bany. and after being married had
gone 10 live on the hill. There they
lived almost in "A seventh heaven for
nearly a year. Jack was first TO fall
down and broke, not his crown. but
his heart. The Goddess he had mar
ried and wOrshipped was only a
human being full OF faults, 10 which
he had been blind, and with il all
an incorrigible fiirt. Jill came tumb-
ling after in short order. Her hero
was nagging, Jealous. petty, irrita-
BILE How could she stand IL much
longer? But then kind Providence
brought relief, temporary relief truly
but relief.
Jack and Jill moved 10 New York.
In the new surroundings, the set
gaiety, Jacks hand again sought
Jilrs and for some months they
walked hand in hand.
One dread Jack had though, and
that was New York men. His new
business associates taught him a SOL
emn respect for New Workers and ne
became convinced that they always
got what they went after, so all New
York men became forbidden fruit TO
Jill. thereby at once making her con-
slider them seriously.
Jill's Irritation had been even more
harmless than her husband had
thought them, an Unborn cOquetry. q
desire to be admired innate in most
women, but Jacks TRADES only made
all New Workers attractive, for Jack
saw to it that she did not meet any
one evening Jack had TO bring "a
business associate to dinner. 1t was
the last link in a chain that meant
great financial gain to Jack. so hav-
ing duly explained and warned Jill.
he brought Frank Patten to his
home
Patten might we'll be designated
as a typical New Yorker. Though
hardly possessed of all the attributes
Jack endowed him with, he had
them for Jill who saw him through
her husbands eyes though in a diff
ferent light The dinner, at which
Jill hirted outrageously and success
fully with Patten, was followed by a
night OF violent words between hus-
band and wife but, owing 10 the
financial advantages 10 accrue, some
days later they were Frank Patterns
dinner guests at a downtown hotel.
followed by a musical comedy. OF
this they saw one-half, for Jills
interest in her host became so ap-
parent that Jack trumped up an
imaginary headache and dragged
her home.
Arriving at the apartment Jack
then and there forbade his wife to
ever see Patten again. Jill did not
even answer him but locked herself
in her room, and Jack spent a rest
less night on the library couch.
Frank Patten dropped out of
Jacks life. Even the financial in
suits at home, he was almost happy
again. for Jill had apparently be-
come her own sweet self again. APP
parently only, for Jill thought her
self violently in love with Patten and
called him up so repeatedly that at
last he took her to luncheon.
This luncheon was followed by
others. circumspect but frequent,
for Patten had scented the trouble
between husband and wife and well
knew Jills type who, when in mar
ital difficulties, seeks admiration
elsewhere. Harmless as these meet
ings were, their very secrecy made
them seem wicked and delightful 20
Jill. and into mere badinage and
looks she read meanings and COM
plimentS
Jack discovered one day that Jill
and Frank Patten were meeting Sc
cretly.
There were no accusations, no eX-
plantations, but an icy GOODNESS. SUI
perhcial words that cut like steel,
and the final announcement from
Jack that he was leaving for France
on a special mission which had been
offered him.
This rather stunned Jill for she
had loved Jack greatly, but the
thought that now she would have
Frank Patten all TO herself soon
turned all else out Of her mind.
Here again Jill was 70 receive n
shock. for as soon as her husband
left. she called up, only to find that
he also had left for France for
special service without a word to
hny. Ac che Lsnevy hardly apvOpa IN
New York. in sheer desperation and