The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-03
Margaret CarTett;S
nc Husband Us
By JANE PHELPS

posed instead OF answering the
question, what can l do for your"
Then Mr.. Garrett isn't at home"
the voice said just hint OF some
thing very much like malice in the
tone. do you expect him for din
ner? 1t is quite important that I
speak to him"
"Mr. Garrett usually dimes at
home. II you wish l VIII give him
your message"
Thank you, you are very kind"
the voice was saccherine, but il Is
n personal affair between us. III
call him later" and without waiting
for response to her good bye" she
hung up.
II may perhaps appear strange
that while angry that another
woman should telephone Bob and
refuse to give me, his wife. her mes
sage. was not in the least Jealous
in the ordinary meaning of the
word. Bob's loyalty | never had
doubted; should as soon have
thought NJ doubling my own, But
why couldn't people let him alone?
Those silly women writers and
artists were constantly trying TO get
him to either attend their stupid
studio affairs; or to excite his in
terest in some book or story, lie
hal his business, a good legitimate
real-estate business. How happy we
might be would they allow him to
pursue that In peace.
Bob did not come homo 10 dinner,
but shortly after II wins cleared
away Mrs. Baldwin came in.
You alone too? | thought per.
haps you might he, so ran over for
an hour. |, too, am a deserted
wife" and she laughed bit nerv-
| ously.
II am 50 glad you came. was
| feeling lonely.
Before | forget It Mrs Garrett 7
want YOU to promise to go and call
on Mrs. Farnesworth with me. She
used to live here before she mar
ried, and now has returned. I feel
so sorry for her.
| who Is she? 7 do not recall
hearing you mention her" replied.
mo I don't think ever said
! anything Of her to you. She was
| Elenor Hastings and married Dick
| Farnesw orth when she was about
| Is years old. She must be about
2S now. They were very. much in
| love, at least she was and he
seemed 10 he. But he was of a
lively temperamont, and gathered a
gay crowd about him wherever he
| went. She was often alone, espe-
! cially when her babies came. She
| had three and lost them all, poor
/ dear. Then suddenly she found out
that he was untrue to her. Tha
! he was madly in love--as was his
! wav--with another woman. She
/ waited natiently for some time; say
| ing nothing, but grieving in secret
| over his detection. She though, II
| she gave him all the liberty he
wanted II she ignored his frequent
| absences, he would tire, But she
| had not counted upon the strain ''
was going to he. She stood II about
two years, when one uiah. size ,et
| him know that she had been aware
Of his liason all along. He told her
upon his promise to marry the
other woman. divorced him. Out Il
| almost broke her heart, That is u
! did At tho time. I think she ~
glad now. Dick Framework has
never married the other woman hut
| has had several notorious aft1hs
| Eleanor Is lovely woman, and
wonder that she has not remarried.
! VIII you Co and call on her with
me, say tomorrow"
Indeed viii; but don't vou
think IL she had remained with him
her husband II would have been
better?"
mo, he was too careless o: her
in every way"
Tomorrow-A Mysterious Mesa &c,