The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
CONE ssIONS I
OF A BRIDE
= Woman's Tenderness for a Man
Nannot Be Measured and Paid For.
(copyright. N. E. Al

cannot Be Measured and Paid For.
We rejoiced to hear that the blue
BIRD" was headed homeward. Not that
! cared especially 10 see Katherine
miller didn't oven care 10 think
ABOUT her, but In spite OF myself i
! kept wondering how she had been at.
Iected by the death OF Don Manuel.
ohe mad told me while we were in the
cave OF the Mexican bandits that She
ioVeo the handsome Spaniard, but ]
MAO always thought that her interest
was mostly due TO her nearness 10 the
man. II propinquity were the cause.
sne would recover rapidly from the
shock OF his death.
Meditating upon the probability. /
decided that | never could understand
her type at ell.
She had never scTupled to use love
Is lure to set what she wanted from
Don Manuel. She had never hesitated
10 turn his devotion TO suit her own
ENDS. She mad done this in Mexico,
ana the man had been to egotistical TO
perceive her scheming and too flat
tered TO refuse her request. She never
could have met the Russians at al
for her.
On the whole, she was an excellent
example OF type of very successful.
females. Females who are at Their
worst as wives. For women Of the kino
invariably marry we'll" They catch
desirable husbands and convert them
into slaves.
| never could get used to the popu.
lar idea that love is an instrument for
exploiting husbands never coTd
bear to hear husband referred to as
a meal ticket" even in a joke
1--we Ia a 0fff-Cy- n fu pOfhfn0
woman's tenderness for a man cannot
DO measured and paid for.
was brought up to believe that 1t
Is dreadful for woman to impose on
man in the name of sentiment, bW
man has habit Of accepting woman
at her own valuation, and the most in
terior wives put the highest value on
themselves, 1t seems TO me.
Probably Katherine Miller wouldn't
be upset about Don Manuels death
for any length of time.
When she RECEIVERS from the flare.
Il will be good plan to keep her and
Bob apart" | admonished myself and
then l felt awfully ashamed because
knew that ought to trust my hus
band even If did not trust the girl.
Katherine had certainly achieved o
triumph in the secret service. Per
haps her success accounted for my
petty and persistent Jealousy. She had
done more than Daddy and Gene
Archer together. The information
which they had collected had been
forwarded to Bob and he had trans.
ferred 1t to the proper authorities at
once. We didn't want the papers
around the house. We wanted to close
that dreadful Honolulu episode for.
ever.
- letter from Daddy Lorlmer put a
little humor into the situation.
Now that I've been snatched to the
heart OF a big political intrigue, I'm
fascinated" Daddy wrote. I'm almost
sorry that | can't so along with Ger
tets. You bet | would If could speak
a few foreign languages. Nothing like
education. But maybe the lack OF 1t
is saving my life. / guess 1t would be
a lot easier for me to get into the poll.
ttcal plot than TO get out. didn't give
up the idea OF going with Certeis until
the Russians were killed. Then my
courage oozed away. Now just want
to get back to the comforts of home
and the companfonship OF my wife.
1--WE been reading lot in the
papers about retrenchment and I've an
idea that the best kind OF retrencn.
ment for me is tC draw my home ties
clcseT-and let the old world wag as
1t will"
Thought /, That's mighty good adj
vice for Bob and me to follow"