The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-04
CONFESSIONS
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weeping, my eyes were RED ana tne
Ids we're awfully swollen By the
time my husband came home.
Taken n combination with my
startling new bob, they certainly
made . sight Of me.
Fl thought you'd feei Just tnlt
way" be said Sterrly, and that was
Ill the comment Bob ever made
upon the loss Of my hair. lwanted
him to say that be missed the feel
Of Il, but It Is often his little pet
trick to hurt me Just q little more
when / am already enduring
about as much as ! can stand.
That Is the greatest mistake Bob
makes, in managing a wife. He
thinks | learn by a husbands In.
difference and neglect. Perhaps
some women do, but his hardness
arouses rebellion within me, Or
makes me mot care at ALL" Then
all Of our opinions set IN opposite
directions and We are In grave dan.
ger OF wrecktng the ship Of matri.
mony.
Fortunately, q serious affair, not
Of our own creation, took the bob
bling Incident out Of our minds 10!
that evening.
.Ann's father has come to town."
Bob announced at the dinner to.
bic.
4oh, Ia! la" l murmured. Now
that his daughter has married one
Of the Lorimer boys, Mr.. Best re-
members that he still has q legal
interest in her, ! supposed"
sExactly!' / guess We will have
to keep paying the fellow. to stay
away from her to the end Of his
days"
The man can spend faster than
you can write checks. according to
AIMS mother" | remarked.
even so, we can't let him make
a. row." explained Bob. "You
know how the public dotes on such
scandals. ! guess the man will
have to be put on a regular allow.
ance, handled by bank trustees.
We sent fur AIMS mother be.
cause Bob did not care to discuss
the matter with his father, or be-
fore any members Of the family.
Mrs. Best also had heard from
her ex.husband.
"oi course he has come back,
primarily, to get q share Of AIMS
income" she said very sadly. AS
q secondary interest, he wants me
to marry him again!" :
HE proposed such an impossi.
Bile thing" exclaimerd, remeE,
bering how abominably he had
treated her.
"Yes. He proposed it very calm.
ly. Having tired Of the women
in his procession Of heart affairs,
he assures me that am the only
woman he has ever loved in all his
lifeT
| felt like laughing. the mans
presumption and egotism were so
astounding. l suppose my thought
must have been reflected in my
face, for Mrs. Best raised inQuiring
.brows.
said.
II was recalling what / read the
other day about 0'Annunzio," | ex.
planned. Nov that he Is an old
man with his crowded romantic
past behind him, now that love
has lost its SAVIOR, be insists tina;
he Is all pure spirit'!"
"Mr. Best would take himself Just
that way. On very much that same
ground, he offers himself to me
again. He actually seems TO think
that | ought to consider him more
desirable, on account Of his ex.
periences, than he was when first
married him."
aWill you remarry him, Mrs.
Best" Bob asked with business.
like abruptness.
His question startled me. Copld
my husband, simply because ne
was a man, approve Of Mr.. Best'S
arguments? Evidently he could
actually tolerate the notion that
the old reprobate was justified in
considering himself a fit match for
his distinguished wife.
would you, Bob, think It best
for me to do so?" she asked.
Certainly, II the sacrifice Is not
too tremendous" Bob answered.
could have screamed, the mans
point OF view was so utterly d!t.
ferent from the woman's.
"oh, Mrs. Best" I protested.
"You. can't consider taking your
husband back aftsr the insults he
has hsaped upon ycu?"