The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-06

| let her mako you unhappy, Madge."
mo. she couldn't. was unhapp,
"You poor child Wall, don't lot hel
maze you more unhappy. And. Madge
IL ] can help. why Just let me- that
ALL"
mo one can help. Kitty. I am toC
young 10 hold Walter against the fGs
cinations OF those clever women III
knows. lie Is bored with Inc. II doesn'
| hurt so much any more, can ever
laugh at myself for ever thinking
could hold him. But II did hurt ter
ribly once"
Don't get any such nonsense In YOU
hoadl Why, dear, every one OF thos'
old cats would give all they have e
be as young as YOU are, And don't mer
all think you charming7 Clark sweari
ing woman he ever met. l am almos
jealous OF you at times when he gets e
ravlng.
"Then there's Jack Turner, and tho
other boys, Miss Claxton said she wal
almost afraid to introduce you to hel
isfied with her. Then there Is that Mr.
West. Mr.. Kenney's own age, he and
Mr.. Hobbs are both devoted 10 YOU.
mo, Madge, you can't make me be-
lievo your youth Is TO blame. And you
have Improved so much l never saw
such an ambitious little thing as YOU
are. Clark and ! were talking OF You
and the servants beautifully; entertain
like a veteran. Clark says; 30 out lot,
yet have found time to care for your
boy, keep UP your music, study French,
and a lot OF other things. Buck. up.
Madge. Don't let woman Hike Mrs.
Gleason spoil your life"
My life isn't going 10 be spoiled y
= ~. Ia, TIL
get il in anotheri' Madge said so
recklessly that Kitty looked perturbed.
But she made no reply.
Madge walked part of the way home
with Kitty. On her return she walked
very slowing. thinking. II did not oc-
cur to her about anything Mrs, Glea-
son had said. She knew Just emo enough
most decided that nothing she could
ever say or do would make things DIFF
III il weren't for Douglas" she said
aloud, her thoughts on Jack Turner.
where away little woman" II was
Ingram Wost who startled her. why
40 serious this lovely dayf Can hope
you were thinking Of me7'
IN be honest, ! was not"
"Geod for you--although j hoped you
were. May walk with your
81 shall be glad OF company other
than my thoughts. They weren't pleas
ant"
would a penny be any induoemont?"
''No--you will say they aren't worth
even that much when tell you Mrs
Gleason just called upon me-"
"Whewl No wonder you looked GUM.
She's the ninth wonder OF the world.
How she fnds out when every one
sneezoH I can't imagine, but she does,
Don't let anything she says ;,s,.s disturb urn
chatted so eaily all the way home that
Madge impulsively invited him In. 80
giving him opportunity 10 once moro
plond his love, once more to make
Madge feel that even II Walter dld
receive Aimee Loree In his Office. iid
no things his friends felt they must tell
her, she. too was attractive, she, tho,
could attract and hold a mans interest
Surely dangerous frame OF mind Tor
a young wife.
CHAPTER LXXII.
Madge often determined not to probe
too deeply into tho depths OF walters
life or TO torment him with queslions.
But tho temptation TO do so was almost
Yot he gave her no salts
faction. II was this In part which con-
Armed her conviction really more than
anything gossipy Mrs. Gleason had aaid,
that Aimee Lorce had been former
sweetheart,
Very natural II was, too. that Madge
should be a bit disturbed over hor own
Affairs She had told Jack Turner she
loved him and there the matter had
dropped, Not that he willingly had been
a party 10 her decision. But she as
sured him that her love could mako no
Inference. She was walters Wife the
mother Of his son. She couldn't help
oylng Jack, but she could help allow
ng him 20 kiss her or doing anything
she thought wrong for n married wo-
nan. =,
And Jack. loving her with all HIS
strength, respected her, hor wlshor, ana
Of the love ana tho thought
that tho time would como whom she
could no longer endure walters neglect
md 30 would turn to him. They were
10Th young. no would he patient
Madge had no such feeling In regard
o the loyc-niaking OF lnErnm West.
Witch had grown more pronounced hH
ime passed. Her feeling for Jack rur-
,er was like tho love she might have
or n very dear friend who was her own |
Re and had nothing sinister about II,
tack was n clean minded, clean bodied
elbow. Ho loved her too denrly TO do |
nythinR TO cause trouble. Some. day !
he would come 10 him. She would get |
divorce and they would marry untll |
hen he would he content II he wight |
ee her occasionally. lie would do Moth |
ny TO joopardize that privilege
hut Ingram West, his inelstcnce. Ind |
'ecome a problem for Madge. She |
DnEed 10 tell Walter, but no WINS no
oldom at home. seemed 40 aloof, so
that day after day she put
m the telling. hoping TO be able 10
nndle the situation herself.
where were you last night wal
or asked at breakfast. He had como
, late. Madre was asleep and had not
Home. of coursor' she replied NJ
Ia bitterly. where olse could be-
~ saw West about 10 o'clock. lie
aid hc called and you weren't at
ONE"
II followed your sdvlco--the advice
OH gave me when we were frst mar.
led Mr. West II making himself
nther obnoxious by pretending ne V
l love with me-" II was out at last
nd Madgo waited, trembling llttle,
you natter yourself Ingram West
,Akes every woman he Ia with think
. In IN love with her, That you take
, II seriously shows your Ignorance
nd your love ~ nnttcry. Your head
turned by tho attention my frionds
ave paid yot."
nut you don't seem 10 nderatnni
yalter. Mr.. West has really mado love
mo, aud II don't llke a. ! am not
altered. You seem 20 think that no.
iuse he Ia your friend everything he
,ea In all right. shouldn't ehll "
iendiy 10 mako love 10 your wife"
"Nonsensoi You ere making n noun
In ont NJ a molehlil' West has kissed
,ur hand, told you YOU wsrs lovely
m you think he wants 10 run away |
TN YOU, why he'd he the ono ~ run
ne dreamed you took him seriously, |
as noted for his Rnllnntry n women.
II no II not anxious 70 get mixed up /
ith them--especiallv with married
ONION. Remember what 7 tell you, tho ,
ext time he calls and nhttcrH you a
tile, Too bad YOU have no sense OF .
amor or Of values"
yes. II IL too Ind"
A. the quiet reply walter looked !
senly NJ his wife. but neither spoke I
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