Americus times-recorder., 1919-08-06
,IDpALuNCHEs ALONE WITH
JARRETT EDMONDS.

4all,ino a while or playing Tor MIN
|nIoss we went out had filled the
ta,,rs fuller than | had realized.
didn't bother to dress for my
.oli+orv dinner which soon finished.
Someway l couldn't get up any en-
th,siasr about my music afterWard.
vent TO bed unusually early but
ins+aad of sleeping, lay thing OF
oil that had been tod of Leola and
n Barrett Edmc1-ds. >
"Would l have been happier II l
had married a young man like him?
asked myself, then felt guilty to-
ward Everett, and ashamed OF my
+bougbts. Everett was my husband.
No one made me marry him; / did
# because l wanted to; because l
thought him little finer clay than
the village boys, and felt fattered
bv his gifts and his attentions.
I had known for some time that |
was not in love with Everett the way
was supposed to be. But l lad
also thought that my ideas of love,
mostly taken from books, were
wrong. That it was only for people
like Leola that men had such love;
and that women only had that kind
of alteration when man was very
kind and indulgent. That it was
a woman's duty to love the man she
married, and his to support her, had
also been one of the things which
never had entered my head until |
heard Mrs. Gray say so. She had
been talking to Hetty. It was about
some young girl friend who had mar
ried and then, because she was not
happy and did not love the man she
had married, had left him.
cts a woman's duty to love her
husband" Mrs. Gray had said. "He
supports her, and gives her home"
"But she can't love him if he isn't
nice to her." Hetty had objected.
"She can if she will stop thinking
of herself, and think of him. The
trouble with women is they don't
make any allowance for a man. They
have lots of temptation women don't
have. And most of them work
hard. Women are silly to keep
thinking about being loved all the
= time.
y We're they?
kept asking myself that question.
| did so want to be loved-really
loved like Leola had been, not in the
cold calm way Everett acted toward
me. Only once had he shown me any
of that sort of affection, and that
had been the night of my birthday
when he had crushed me in his arms.
But he had gone away for days and
left ME with one little careless kiss,
and evidently no regret. That
hadn't been the way he left Leola,
l knew.
Friday came but Alice telephoned
me she had a terrible hea lche and
couldn't go to luncheon.
You go right along" she said.
Barry called up and said he was go
ing to join us"
No, lwon't go-yes, will too. l
do wish you'd come"
If my head is better l may change
my mind. don't know that it is
safe to let you and Barry alone. He's
malt IN love with you already. First
tnlng you know he'll be asking you
to run off with him."
The idea of putting such things
INTO la my head" l laughingly replied.
Now you'll have to come! l shall
De uncomfortable if you do not"
Nonsense, was only joking. But
ne does like you awfully well. He's
charming fellow, and many a girl
would like him as an escort"
dressed with the greatest care.
was purposely little late. Bar
teIt was there and met me at the
GOor. We went in together after I
Aad satisfied myself that Mrs. Sloane
was not IN the dressing room.
must not stay long" l said be-
lore he had ordered l had a feeling
naC should not have come that
everett would ne angry if he knew
! also was positive someone would
!EeA nm if l didn't, so l had made up
my mlnd to inform him l had lunched
WIN MI Edmonds as soon as ne
cane home.
I wouldn't have come if l had
Known positively that Mrs. Sloane
would not be here; bu. she half
promised to come When tewlaked
lfOmIsed to come when we talked on
'tno teIcphcne.
l won't keep you one minute long
q ,n"n you want to stay"
he cldered simple luncheon. and
wnlle / enjoyed being with him and
tl %l"'ching the people, was in way
gJloIoughly uncomfortable. was
TJs TJlns nothing particularly wrong; yet
1u" n"e" That a married woman never