Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-29
HIS SECOND WIFE
,,., sr,e,at Announcement tpjth the Mcclure
10Y wv Newspaper SDrdicote)
By ERNEST POOLE
Author Of "The Harbor," "His Fanilvo
Copyright, 1870. by Public Ledger Co.

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IL; una STARTS THE STORY
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Ehet h"gt g,t,,,. "w ,,arried nnd u,J"o
~ Wy NoIb,r,0d ,sopr1n mokin0 The most
s "n,rsor1i ooco,, Iiishmsnfs and
Wso,.o,,os W to get the most out OF
opp.sEt ers Ethel Is entirely different.
eehI, en'I beautiful naturally, country
snnsd aud tdenIstio. utterly pnsophis-
UsVnatcd Their fathers death forces
rtssf 10 make her home 10Th ANY,
Ths tourney to Neu York, the neto
hoyre. and her sisters elaborate man
rSy OF Nving surprise Ethel They
dine IN cafe. Amy gets .ptonotne
ootsou and suocuntbs IN a feto hours.s
After the funeral Ethel Keeps house
Tor Joe. She ,oent out totth him and
he talked Nth her about his t1ork.
Ann HERE 1T CONTINUES
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AS LIME won. a,,ra, % tS 90 ,sor, p's hn,t ,,,a
more than once E.nei h. .e,t ,,,,, ,n nerse.i -
content wnicn Hnaoe ner i''''e uneasy
As In his blunt, kindly way Joe drew
closer to her now, she mad an awkward
consciousness of being IN her sister 8
did not care to think of 1t. She kept
out Of Amy's room. 1t had subtly
changed and become Joe's room-to her
mind at least-though by little things
ne said and did she knew that Joe was
keeping that idealized image OF his wife
still warm and living In his mind.
pu, Was he--altorether? At times she
could frown to herself a bit, Joe loyai I?
vs. ~ course he was. abe would indig-
rsntIy declare, In a novel Ethel had
oSce read. the hero who had lost his
wife had taken his grief in this same
dawn as a law that all quiet widowers
arc the kind who never. never marry
..o,n This Thought had taken root in
bsr mind : and she applied II now to
Ice =.
Soon at his suggestion she began to
when thew were going out he helped
ber ain Into her sisters soft luxurious
ssbre cloak. And as she turned, she de-
tscted a oueerly uncertain look in Joe's
syea But in an instant Il was gone,
and she soon dismissed her uneasiness.
bscan,e. engrossed in his business and
bsrely noticed her at ali.
Ahout this time a letter from, home
brought her a sharp disappointment.
TtbeI was not A good correspondent. but
during the homesicjk winter months she
Sat" Ssd written several times to three OF
The girls she had known in school. Two
Ma gone West. but the other one was
stIil in Ohio and was planning to come
70 New York, to take a course Of train
ing as nurse in one Of the hospitals In
yaet !, had been ali arranged, And
Ethe, had not realized how much she
bad counted on this friend. until now a
letter came announcing her engagement
10 A Young doctor in Detroit. She was
sone there 10 live. and her letter was
fIll Of her happiness. Ethel was very
tIue that night.
Rrt onIy, a Few davs after this she re-
e.iysd another missiye that had quite a
diffsrent effect. II was A. long bulky
snstIe a iro,Ind robin from the mem
ssrs n, the iitt,e high school club 10
whicb che had beIoneed nj home. The
SIris had scattered far and wide. one
Was teachinr music in an Oklahoma
town arother had gone to Cleveland
%%" srd ,v,s s' st.noqranSer IN brokers
osIce there. q third was IN Chicago. the
wife OF n Young lawyer; and a fourth
No. hsu % r,ine in Monfana II made an ab.
sorbinc narratiye. and she read IL sew.
s.aI t,n,ea AZ f1rst II took her out OF
berseif FAR. far out all over the land
Uon, good IL was to get news OF them
sn how nice and gossipy and gay. II
no, almost az though thew were here
" ,,c roon, sba seemed To he TALKING
y. n,i,h t"e eacb nne. and aa thew chatted or
Ia an the fee,jng grew in Ethel thai
] soch was starting like herself and tina,
some we're having no easy time In un.
familiar places. She could read between
put the mart that struck her mos
,r.. ~. co, trihution of their former his
tnr, anroS" iittie lame woman with
snsn,y Ma c,x eyes. who had been the
issdipg spirit in their long discussions
She was an ardent suffragist, and she
4 was who had brought so many mod
s,n hoors and niays and "movements'
tntn tb.I, taik Chained 70 her Job In
ths small town, she had followed vora-
cIously all the news of the seething
changing world outside, Of the yeast al
worw in The cities, And to the letters
Of some OF the girls who seemed bent
upon nothing but social success. the lit
tle teacher now replied by an appeal tc
ali OF them:
=" aSt-is ~ is''' aoroe or these letters worry
me. I don't want to preach--you viii
lead YOUR own lives. But cannot help
renindine YOU Of the things we talked
,bo,,tNtbe splendid things. exciting
things that are stirring in this land to-
Saw ob what a chance for women
what openinrs with narrow doors-what
,ss ,ss",s w. .,,a nc" ,.,,,, come aftcr YOU! Keep
vourssIwes strong and awake and alive
sLaor ying'remember that. life is
, scbaoI and for YOU IL has only just be.
gun. Don't sit at your desks-in youi
homes, I manipulating with man
At your side. Keep yourselves treew rec
don't marry for money-don't let your
selyes ret Under the thumb of any hus-
band, rich or poor, or OF social position
or money or clothes or any such SHY
trumpery. Get the real things! Oh. I'm
preaching 7 know, as I did In spite OF
rnyself al home. But girls-dear frisnds
and comrades--be strong-and don't
give nm the ship!"
Ethel read il many times. She could
hear the voice Of the little prof" now
earnest scornful, pleading. now obsu-
nate and angry, again light-hearted
mockIng. She recalled how their leader
had warned them against the bribery OF
men Most NJ the girls had smiled al
her then for thew had felt themselves
a. ,trnn "a nIaar in their aims and