Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-02
HIS SECOND WIFE
NV s''' Ne,s..Gp,ys nTs sTpr THE STORY
By ERNEST POOLE
Ay,boy of "The Harbor," "His Family
Copyright, 1920. by Public Ledger Go.

New J" bred, idedlisttc, hers AZ death
coumIhy, ,tieSied. Their Jd'n nns Min
yHl, Ethel to make J noT her no sisters
IUrI,' hmy Thc new homef ne III living surprise
elaborate e. ~. moi dine ~ a cafe. Amy o a,es
| Ethel inyyy nyIyyast OF ptomdine poison. poison,
from, az at'"ID Hn tie cause ana keoPS
Ethel tasest toe sp devotin0 her time 70
| house Iyybe child. Joe tdlks 10 ooutye ho
Snsehmsi eh.siness @ and they 90 70 -, s"t thev be-
,hnss,tssr hs g As time dgoIgv g0JIsgv m thev marry.
| come chunlntyji mass s,oiJtlk: Joe.s
The frst nouns Increased. They re-
prospef'.gI gI.H from Fanny carr.
ee''. Sn HERE 1T CONTINUES
:, TUE other room Joe was at MS
.,ono, and the music he was s.,n p,"sne s,so
p'ahoi p,,ng 70 do with-any one else
had no." no. mo, say. with Amy" she
she ~, ,i,,re and cut herself short as
Tow Wv 'often did in her thinkins' ,nese
sas sa,, = when It touched upon her s,s.e, ,.
ss.'' 90. could feel Amy here at SO many ;
sns s and she did not want to be 'eai'
GUS o,ro going tonight"
nv, was It Joe was playingY MUSIC .s
VA heard before. She did not IKE
sne !" I hin, and so betray her Ignorance,
% son u,, n know this! What Is it'
nsrod herself impatiently. why
e oourse IT'S from 'Boheme' Sne
Ma as she felt he was playing 10
sn"' WIZ, the thrill now so fainiiiar'
s. ns. ,o,t her power over him. She re-
guy .orod little tussles in (which she
,,, sDa secn victorious, They had all p@eeh @
."or his business. Joe, the poor oar
v, nod formed the idea (she did not
"av from his first wife) that II ma"
e"' ,a,,o with a woman he must ex-
+, bv loading her down with thinss
.rh,ch cost a lot of money, that ne must
Vi for her slave for her! But Etnel
wos pu,tlng an end to that. They na.'
- hack Susettes old nurse. for II
S., unfair to ones husband to be
ehud's slave If there was no need' ea'
.he had refused to get other servants
Emily Giles was still in charge. ano
Enough Emily of her own accord mac
gone TO a shop or Fifth avenue and
nnrcbased caps and aprons, the nattiest
things this side of France" she wore
them with a genial air and spoke OF
them as my uniform. Etnel took
| care Of her own room ana ne,peu C'i,,s
with the cleaning. She had kept ex-
nenses firmly down, and she had refused
10 he loaded with gifts When Joe had
urged that his affairs were going SO
mich better now, she had said. In her
new decisive voice:
"T'm so glad to hear II, my love, for
n sin,rly means you've no earthly excuse
FOR staying late at your office. ! dor,
mean | want you to loaf. you know,
she had gone on more earnestly. II
want you to work and do. oh, so much
all the things you dreamed OF DONG
over there in Paris. But m not going
| 10 have you make your business mere
| rush for a lot of money we don't need y
She had gone to him suddenly. "Anc
I Just now | want you So
BY these talks she had already work
ed change. No more hasty break
| fasts to let him be off by o'clpcl
They had breakfasted later and later
each day; she had made an affair. OF
breakfast And as at last he kissed, her
and tore himself away from his home
she had smiled to herself delightedly al
| the guilty look in his eyes. This kind
Of thing would cause decided coolness
no doubt, between Joe and bis partner
So much the better, she had thought
for she detested that man Nourse. and
in his case she could quite openly admit
SIN jealous of you and your business
derotioffl Your time is coming soon
friend Bill :"
The office was half way uptown. anC
several times in the last few weeks she
had gone there for Joe at o'clock, ant
once at 4 80 as though by appoint.
ment. She chuckled now as she, re
called the black look of his partner thai
day. Yes 4:3O had been a blow
Where are We going this EVENING"
It was delightful to be so free. sht
told herself repeatedly. Friends? They
they had each other-enough Yes
and for some time to come !" But there
always came to her a little qualm oi
uneasiness when her thinking reached
this point. How were friends to bt
found In this city?
"Oh. Observation-Disclosures !"
And rising impatiently with shrug
he went into the nursery. The nurst
nad been so glad to get back that mos
Of her old hostility toward Ethel ha6
vanished, Still there were signs nov
ana then of a sneer which said, You'll
soon be paying no more attention L
inls poor bairn than her mother did be
iore YOU And 1t was as well to show
me woman how blind and ignorant she
Was-to make her see the difference.
:, boheme' was the surprise that night
y was Ethels first night at the opera
AND looking up at the boxes, at thu
women she had read about. the gorgeous
soWns ana the jewels they wore aut
Watching them laugh and chatter; OF
iooklng far above them to the dim tier.
VI galleries reaching up into the dar.
agalh with eyes glued on the stag,
easiihg upon Paris, art, Bohemia
youin and romance; squeezing her com
pafliGns hand and in flashes recollect
,hs dazzling little incidents of the fort
ast an Just gone by-her mind went row
snos;. ~ue; rlch lives shimmering ant
pat,kkilng like the sunlight on the sea
tnat Italian music rose. The tear
"emeu up In her happy eyes.
however To be very gay" =
A Later r mat evening in a cafe she lean
gu ou across the table and asked excited
wvyestons ws. about "Boheme" and Paris
opar,o omS was Paris really like? The Latir
Sa,ler. the BeauX Arts? What did h,
W. enere? How did he live? In wha
dueer and funny old rooms? Did h,
th aIohe or with somebody else? some
jFsrS,om jFS was clutching now at her breast
GnoDra Gntar was singing Mimi that night
Jos ~ oe SHY" she told herself. "Oh
ne ne she said, and she looked down a
snssrGIrrk S IGrk IN her hand which she wa
anIseerring nervously. Then she locke,
yy,nly yor, up and smiled. What man di,
~ room with? Any one?"
synu1 was smiling across the table still
i1T inquisitive woman" said his evas
I V' l lived alone" he replied "kn,
svss, @ at drafting boardwwith
"0b on on-lt used to be cold"
an, YOU poor dear! !"
\ hnm hu i worked" he continued eli,
tJSs yJci pup And along toward mornim i'm
%ea "SSI wet towel around NV IosGln headm
and on r. Joe" Ethel's foot PRESSED S s hi.
tbsro' 'rey laughed at each other "Rm S
mncS must must have been" she cried "s,
%iSGh ipSh besides Joe Lanier von Tr'eu. 90 ,s, s
Ssil, SS There We're cafes4aHnSdn nd studeS Srs ~
md and onaS ana fancy dress-and sIneInen I
STbbaaeeer streets at night !" e'e
saIL s city Of Paris did have strsots settsmniS MY
Zoe on them.-from place to piace
TJosfs as lenIs-you ny moved along ~ " "'o
I"oi, Eor goodness sakesfi'
war; "ok on here, Do YOU Know u,ho.
dId b. And Ethel shook her baaa s,,