The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-11
Confessions
of a Bride
copyrighted. 1880. by tho R~~rpaper
Enterpriss Association
THE BOOK or ANN
I SPENT A NIGHT or THINKING
ALONE BOB HAD NOT
RETURNED

Never before had been left alone
nj night In tho bungalow SOD
should have thought about that. no
matter what his mood might be- or
his engagement. wasn't al al
afraid, atil the house was In IA
lonely place. The great l,orimer
mansion faced the main boulevard
My bungalow and AIMS house were
set on "a short private road at the
hack OF the estate. They were In a
lovely grove. and they looked
toward a tiny village clustered
about trolley station half mile
away,
II wna a Lonesome walk by pri
vate paths and drives up 10 the
big house. More than one adventure
he'd happened 10 mo In the park
There T-ioise had shot the Hun VINO
had attacked me. by the lily pond
In the moonlight Ind seen
Katherine Miller offer her white
shoulder 20 my hurhand'H npR.
| shuddered. not from fear OF
burglars. but at the too great
Wilderness OF that smooth shoulder.
Where was Bob
I couldn't guess. but I was SURE
that he was not In hospital. a
casualty In an auto mir.up. Acc
dents do not happen 20 the Lon
mern. Poor Bcnjie paid the price
for all OF them and for all time
when his plane came down Ia
flames.
The house was growing chilly.
I III the wood laid ready In the
fireplace. not 20 please myself j
hadn't the slightest wish TO be com
Portable. | III II for Bob In CASE
he Nhould reach home tired and
cold. I was following every trnci-
ton which shapes the iife OF q
oonnrion tiouR wife The house
should be gay and cory for the
man even II he eame home drunk.
But even M applied the taper
10 The kindiinR shed tears enough
20 put out furnace.
what temptation vns ahuring
enough TO keep Bob from his books :
"A a r,iie he shuts himself In his
ubrnry when he SUMS.
Knowing that my Ids were RID
and nryollen | went Up 20 the bath
room To tathe and powder them i
took OF, my frook with It's silly
fr,lly apron. II was too juvenile
better for Ann than for mo, 1
thought roa~ntfuily. "Ann-Ann--
Ann sho was always In THO back
OF my mind. Ann had made All
this trouble.
Was she an innocent child when
sh. am, Fob 10 ind me with iVoST
or was she NOR than ordinarily
elevnrs-and tricky
nut on my nsRhtgo~n. taking
care IL should be- the nimieat one
owned. covered II with n Slip-ovcr
n, HUE and gold hrocade. stepped
into the little mules made to match.
ana returned to the fireplace down
Stair.
And then 7 huddi~d urynes IN
hlr chair. no longer weeping. but
thinking quietly along a new Inc
simply by staying away from
homo. Rob was saying that he held
me responsible for what had hap
pened in the park, He was Oh
r,inateiy refusing to let me have
an opportunity 10 cxphin' lie just
took II for granted that ! was iirt-
ing with Ives' And he wasn't lair.
When he put such an impossible
Interpretation upon my conduct he
was not one whit better than The
average mali with his hasty nc
cuaal OF the female,
Why explain TO n man who was
determined TO think cvff7 Thus
from bod 20 worse. I went. Maybe
Bob wanted To go on n phiiandcrinE
curHion-maybe he wns seeking
an opportunity 10 stay away from
home. And therefore he Ind SEIZED
upon my mischance and was mng-
nifylnF IL TO suit his desired Doubt
lcss his wish was father to his
thought
I had plenty OF evidence 20 prove
my innocence. Chrys would testify
that l had undertaken the adven.
turc according to hpr plan.
But n Bob Ior1mcr was roinr
20 review her evidence before he
accepted my word. everything be.
tween va was NJ an end
Having arrived. triumphantly at
this stage OF wifely Indignation, I
counted the strokes OF tho clock
with a proper sense of rnartyrdom.
fire Ind burned TO ashes The
pretty pink dress was hack In it's
drawer. Tho pretty dinner wns
spoiled. SO was my life. And one
was about as important as the
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