Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-04
HIS SECOND WIFE

Bv ERNEST POOLE
Authoy of "The Hmbor,s His Family"
h"'" "oovriobt, 1880, by Public Ledger Co.

sTARTs THE sTOht
THE .,aht and Amy Lonter oTe
Ethel hn,gtrt hngttsr married and hyi,,g ~
sisters Ut @ Nth her hnsbdma;; 1tI 1,ttsrIy
Nsw Ns,,., bred, ideohsno,, they,s death
oo1,ssophssticated, ss ane" Ssr home .otth
forces M Etne, ne,o ~ homo aud her .s o,sser
Amy. Ihe ,on,,sr OF hp!n0 su,pss
siabcrdts mi Sins " q cafe, AMI aoes
BmsI az attack OF pton.o'mnyy nyd Keeps
Xxx frrfhsl fokss up tho,irs the Gah her time TO
SoTse for Joe, Ioc talks to her OF
Sysstte, tno III fhsy 90 to the tnedsre
Js business T time goes or mey .y,,.pe gv-
together. ,,ssy. as and fnally theg mg,ry ghs;
conc ..nrosperity has Mo,e@Tsr Tnrr Ethel
yos, y,,s visit trom trf,,ns ra""y o., Joe. she
seoss Fonny's .y amS from the place that
desires TO oc io,,o, Joe, too, hSes tne
kns,o Amyt mnsyttiuo IN a,ody from the rooms
and tA,,r net meme ,SnsEs"r, IT CONTINUES
Aso Az d.ar" she reflected tendsriy'
"PooM a place for a tired business
,,,n-a homo with TWO o,.S,"
r,s,t ma,,ins for him every n,snS s,,,,~ about, to
war; w., when It came to looking soou' ~
pu, .,rrri,e Ethel found 1t haro' OH hei
her 'u ...ount, to make the move.
own A. .s,n all its faults and drawbacks.
for WV .,s place where she had
TINS "a w." ,roped and dreamed. had mar
struss ara discovered him In hours
r,.u rS. ,Sould never forget, ana mere @ ne,
arc, sne nsd been born. The place naa
Soy s.m,liar. Even the huge ouiid-
~, all its appearance OF oems
ms ~ uts every other on the street.
eAs''s -, .on,s curious fashion taken on
ssr @ Ethel a special atmosphere ol @ .,e
w w. and coming back from a o'eah
,.,Ion wv Of apartments she had lh'
ss.o ss.o,sd this did at least seem more hRe
. home. .. TT. WAS a
Joe cse Mare. and with delight she
part oS'er from, him that a large ano
iesrne' .nartrnert at the top or tne
su,,dInr sunHdI was to be. free the nrs. oi
Nay. Ethel went up 70 70 zee zee ICONS ~ M o and
And the n. am Hooded into each one.
ms tns S.r exclaim with pleasure.
mHHo NY Snrsserrt tenants were young
.,,,snw snd her companion. most re-
wln,sNIs elderly dame. The widow was
sbSnt Whels age and excessively pretsy
ana stylish, and in her low s"eet e.,,I,s vI,er ,
and her na.. w.. E,thei could not
attractWenSssss a~nia,n ed that she was
n,rs abroad, possibly to be gone q
Soar Soe ar she never would have given up
ihis gem OF an apartment. she seemed
more than gao 10 rs,,, so tntercst In
and dlspleyeo nianning when
her VISITORS easer ., an hour the
TiSow smiled ac her and said. with, d
earning little hesitation:
Il dont think you nay, nave my, my cnns
IT'S ars Grewe. l 40 hope sou u hi" pnir
up whenever you nke, ana ien me x,t en
you all ] can. l snali SO ioVe sd,o, T
whe, ] 90 that you ana you Sour 80 n, oFtan
will b. here. I've noticed men, men 80 oiseI m
downstairs and IN the elevator AfH
they're both such darlinss; ,.
And at that, with thrill OF prloe
Ethel felt almost as though she nae
found friend In the city at last,
They saw each other frequently, To-
Ethel was always running In to lool
through the various rooms and puzzl
and decide on curtains rugs ana por
there's In this she was aided more thaI
she knew by the taste displayed u
tho furnishings. rich, subdued and .ye
90 gay. that young Mrs. Grewe ha'
collected here The two had animated
talks and once when her new acquain
tance suggested, "I'd be so glad II
could be OF some help in your shopping,
Ethel replied: "Oh. you could I'd lov
to have you!" And they started In tina
day. , ~
whenever Ethel endeavored to get tn
conversation upon a little more intimat
terms. Mrs Grove would almost In
stantly become evasive and remote. An
once when Ethel asked her to "dro
down and have dinner with us som
night" she declined almost with
start, as though she were saying, "Hs
Look out I'm In danger of letting yo
be real friend!" And thinking thi
Yorker I've met 40 FAR whom ia like I
know, is nice to me simply because 81,
Is going abroad in a month and so IL
safe! Has she offered to introduce m
to q single friend of hers? Well, ther
DON'T Keep your old friends I don
want to eat them" And for days 10
gethsr she would leave the young widoN
But the latter would make pleasant &C
vanees and soon they would be shoppin
again. This acquaintance was one Of tn
lew bright spots In season which 70
Ethel was full of anxious worries. Fo
It was by no means easy. Amy had be-,
shopper who simply could not rests
pretty things. and so her apartment wa
crowded with furniture and bric-a -brat
How much can get rid Of without OF
Tending Joer' asked Ethel. He was tn
KIND OF man who says nothing. II
would not object. but he would feel hurt
how far she could safely go. And sn
was tempted by the shops In her smar
sown car with plenty of money and wit
Young Mro, Grewe at her side, It wa
almost impossible to resist the adorabl
things she discovered. mo wonder Am
bought too much" But there they were
al Amy's belongings, and to be riu u
T nacn taele, each chair, each rug. mean
Nevertheless" she told herself. "Ths
sspartment upstairs is to be my ow
nome
me meantime her new occupatio
~as wording out wonderfully as an e'
SSS @ ,or not gong about In the evening
need 10 ,sI,n sH uesu slred every night ~ y