Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-04
CLIFFORD RECEIVES A
LETTER.
Chapter XVI.

SUupttT Ati. h.
One morning letter for Cliff
ford came in the mornings mail.
1t was most unusual for him to re-
ceive any mail at the house, and
without looking closely, | thought
it was for myself and opened 1t,
and commenced to read. When /
found it was not intended for me
! know l should have put it away
and not read it. but | was very
young, and-why not be honest p
| don't think that even now | could
put aside without reading a letter
[ knew to be from another woman.
Who La J.. G.?
But what should / do with it?
/ might return it to the envelope
and give it to Clifford, resealed,
But / found l had torn the envel-
ope in my hurry to open it, and he
would be sure to notice. | read
it again:
Dear Cliff:-Now that you have
caught all the fish in the sea, and
proven Yourself Il fond father and
loving husband by .neglectlng your
friends, can't you drop in tonightE
Some of the old crowd are to be
here and any gathering would be
incomplete without you'll. G.
Just initials. How ! wished a
name had been signed 1t was a
womans writing. small and dell
cate. She evidently knew my hus-
band we'll, that Dear Cliff hurt.
I had never called him anything
but clifford hadn't dared. Yet
| was his wife. Then, too she
said that no gathering would pc
complete without him, and had no,
asked me, his wife. What KIND OF
a woman was she? And what were
cnfford's relations with herr
| nut the letter back in that
envelope. 1t was only ten o'clock
and clifford would not be nome
until after six. | had all day 70
| decide what to do, but when SIX
o'clock came / had come to no
decision, so without giving myself
time to think l said as | handed
him the letter: ,,,,s
II opened this by mistake, Clif-
ford. | thought 1t was for me-
You so seldom have any mail come
ia the house, you know.
| II suppose you read it, too'' ne
sneered.
"Yes--I did, Clifford. 1t was SO
short |, really had read it before !
realized it wasn't for me =.
He opened it, just glanced at II,
then put it in his pocket withou'
/ saving a word. -
Somehow | had felt it was just
4 what he would do; it would moi
4 give me a chance to ask HIM Tns
i questions, unless | wanted to APP
near curious and jealous. l sWai-
/ lowed nervously once or twice.
wanted to talk about the letter
hut Kate just then called us te
dinner, and / said nothing,
sat down to dinner with little
ache in my heart new to me, Whiie
had smarted under Clifford,s
neglect, had never considereo
even the possibility of another
woman in his life. why shoulo
she write him as she had? was
he firing of me already?
TRY as | would the thought KEEP
recurring to me. Surely l ough'
not 10 be Jealous Of a husband SC
much older than |, one who hae
neglected me and made me uh,
happy: but he was the father OF
nv baby, and by that right he be-
longed to me and should be true
II Unwarranted Familiarity.
Doubtless the letter really
mounted to nothing, was of ne
consequence. But--'Dear Cliff
that hurt me. Finally I made VI
my mind to say nothing, but wal
and see If Clifford accepted the in
vitation.
II Someway / felt that perhaps HI
wouldn't; that the woman who hat