The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-21
The Woman
He Married
BY JANE PHELPS
DICK TALKS OF SENDING JUNIOR
AWAY.
CHAPTER 81.

I entered upon my contract with
Mrs. Hubbard with delight. Not even
Dicks indifference could take away
the joy I felt in being able to earn so
large sum toward our new home.
Then too L loved the work. the rich
or dainty stuffs, the mingling of col
ors to get certain results. 1t was often
like painting a picture.
Then she was so enthusiastic over
everything 1 did. And she made things
very easy for me. The days ! spent
in her home she Invariably sent her
car for me, and always had me driven
home. The spring days passed.
The house was well under way. We
had adhered to our original idea of a
modest but convenient home. The
| only change had been of my making,
and that a simple one-a large bow
| window in Dicks study. He was to
have the sunniest, pleasantest room in
the house in which toswrite his stories,
and then his novel. which he had long
planned, should be written when he
could afford to take the time.
Like most wives had unbounded
! faith in his ability to succeed. When
We were first married I had used to
complain because he didn't make
| money fast enough. I had learned my
lesson, that he would have been sue
cessful had I allowed him to be, even
then. Perhaps it gave me even more
1 Ctnli0ellCc III IllII now. buI De IHdt
| as it may, was sure that his unwrit
ten novel would, when it appeared,
be the best seller of the year.
| So was pleased when he said the
plans for the house suited him even
tho we might have. been a bit more
extravagant. I could hasten the time
| when his novel would be written by
taking more work, and saving the
money against that time when no
stories would bring occasional checks,
because he would use the time for his
book.
| All this while Juanita was on init
mate terms with u.s. She came over
nearly every day. Dick often walked
home with her. and sometimes would
remain for an hour or two. They also
| took long walks, just as they had the
year before, but now I was seldom
asked to accompany them. If L gave
IT q thought it was to blame myself
because my invariable reply had been:
You run along! I'm too busy"
Yet / sort of missed not being asked.
| 1t was the sort of a feeling I once
heard of woman speak Of
81 know it is foolish to love my
husband to compliment me. say I'm
pretty and all that. when I know am
not. But it gives me such q nice
warm cuddly feeling around my heart
L can't help wanting him to do it,
| I was Slowly missing that warm
cuddly, feeling around my heart"
| without knowing what 1t was missed
| 1 had grown very self-depreciatory
| when Juanita was around. She and
Dick seemed to have so much in
common. I would sit quietly at times
and listen to their talk of books and
people who had written them. but
| oftener left them alone They didn't
seem to need me.
Juanita continued to dress with
varied, but always bewildering
| achievement. Whatever else one did.
lthey never could ignore Juanita.
| often caught Dicks eyes fixed on her.
| admiration in their depths. But L
| admired her too. and used openly to
say so, declaring her the most Sc
ductively fascinating creature I had
ever met. It was a continual source
| of surprise that SO much personality.
so much temperament could be en-
comprised in one woman
One day Dick surprised me by
saying
Man. don't you think it time Junior
was sent away to scilool?"
Sent away, Why. aren't the pub
/ lie schools all right ~
1 Yes, and no. When we could not
afford it, I didn't give it a thought.
But should like him to go to a boys
school-near here. of course, where he
| could come home for the holidays.
and we could perhaps run TO see him
occasionally. He must be fitted for
college. II we can't afford to send