Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-06

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| / find that Gene Archer
had starred himself for
US.

Before the darkness descended we
reached Vera Cruz and deposited the
| woman and the boy In a private hospital.
Then ne settled Gene Archer in daddys
own elegant stateroom on the dear old
! yacht. / did what could for him that
nlght and next morning surrendered him
to the care Of young medical man
whom daddy discovered in Vera Cruz
He was an American. most anxious to
get back to the states, and perfectly
delighted to make the voyage with
patient on the Lorimer yacht.
ARCHER is half starved. The ride t..
the coast nearly finished him. Heart
in bad shape" said Travers to Daddy
Lorimer. what the deuce has he been
doing?"
Half starved" ! repeated to myself
Archer didn't eat his own share Of ra-
lions while we were in the secret cham
Der! That's why the food lasted so long
That's why Chrys and l had all we
neededv'
Gene Archer had starved himself for
US, and yet he didn't care a fig for
either Of US! Men are queer! I remem-.
hered that although Archer hadn't been
personally interested either In Chrys or
in me, he bad, nevertheless. suggested
that kissing be the payment In game
Of forfeits
One thing was certain, I didn't under
stand men at all The more ! found out
about them the less | understood them.
I perceived how old maids come by such
positive opinions about the opposite six.
You could form an opinion based on
ore fact about a man, but when you
had several facts, they contradicted each
Otoher and you were robbed OF any
kind OF a verdict!
Gene Archer for instance, had desired
to kiss us girls when he hadn't the
slightest sentimental feeling for either
Of us. That was awfully vulgar-and
still he was the incest of men. Why,
he cared more for the secrets of the
ancient masons than he did for any
woman he ever saw, And still he had
starved himself, even to the danger line,
so that we two girls might not feel
hungry. That was chivalry Mt its best
Verify, men were full of contradictions
end altogether beyond a woman's com
prehension. No women ever yet really
understood any man. But fhey all want
to, and they can't, and that Is the SUI
preme tragedy Of human existence. And
the most common of all the tragedies
resulting from marriage.
man and a wife who love each other
yearn for complete and perfect under
standing. They desire the impossible
for there's a mysterious barrier between
human beings. and an unsurmountabl-
wall between the sexes. Neither tho
barrier nor the wall can be hurdleG Or
leveled. But brides and grooms can
never perceive this because they do rot
wish to. So distrust arises and jealousy
grows.
How much happier human beings
would be-" thought 'if We would al!
nccept tho barriers Just as we accept
the color Of the beloveds eyes or the
shape OF the adored ones nose"
Archer's heroic denial had precipitatcd
this train OF thought but always, in the
bock of my mind, day and night what
ever my task, was the worry about ny
husband.
Morrison had promised, but no news
came.
Daddy and met 'on deck every morn
Ing and Travers. the young physician,
translated the Mexican paper for us
II was a comfort to get tho news even
in the Mexican version. daddy said. He
could read the truth between the lincs
War between Mexico and the United
States was once more averted But da1.
dy wondered II the average American
citizen could interpret events well enough
to know TINT war With Mexico was al
ways smoldering, always at the point Of
exploding.
German influence in Mexico Is recog-
nized at last was daddys comment.
And that is one damned good thingi''
Copyright, 1920.
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