Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11

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IT'S only that I love my wife. snd am
Maud of her. and I don't want to cut
MT svervthine else but Jim's' shoes
sni Mary,g day off" He came over
and kisscd her, and Rachae1 cllnt to
"Greg. a. IL I could be angry with
YOU for being jealous Of your son"
Trust q ONT to put nat con-
struction on IL" he saio, iauEnlng.
"You like to think I'm jealous, oon.t
your"
seem my devoted adorer," Rachael
%himsically she added. land I am go
Ing to get some new frocks. and give
a series Of dinners, q WIN you all
over sSain!"
cheerfully going on Wseh ms u.s. ore+ tf',1,,
for a moment. before she went on to
her " dressing ROOM.
Long afterward she remembered
that this conversation marked Q. Ger
tain change in her life; it was never
quite glad, confident morning again
although for many mpnths no
definite element seemed /, altered:
her, and all the world agreed, that
the coming Of her child would draw
her husband and herself more close
" together, but, as Rachael express
ed it to herself. it was if she alone
moved-n1oved infinitely nearer to
her husband truly, came, to depend
upon him, to need him as she had
never needed him in her life before.
But there wal always the feeling that
lWarren had not moved. He stood
where ne had always been, an eager
sympathizer in these new and intense
experiences, but untouched and I'M
altered himself. For her pain, for
her responsibility, for her physical
limitations, he had the most intense
tenderness and pity, but the TACT re-
manned that he might sleep through
with his baby, when the mood de-
creed, ~untroubled by personal handi-
leap. -
Rachael. like all women. thought
of these things seriously during the
first year Of her chih's life. and in
February. when Jimmy was begin
ming to utter his first delicious. stam-
mering monosylfables. it was with
great gravity that she realised that
again. that at Thanksgiving she
would have a second child. She was
~wretchedly languid and ill during the
entire spring, and found her moth
er-in-law's and Alice Valentines calm
acceptance Of the situation bewtlder-
ing and discouraging.
MY dear. I don't eat a meal in
comfort. the entire time!" Alice said
cheerfully. II mind that more than
any other phase!"
But I am such a broken reed"
Rachael smiled ruefully. Il have no
energy!
The older woman laughed. -
II know, my dear-haven't I been
through it all? Just don't worry. and
spare Gres what o can"
w. Rssse warren sen'a eve % n mianse. s shs
she wanted nobody else. Her ia
vorite hours we're when she lay on the
couch. near the fire, playing with his
free hand, while he read to her or
talked to her. She. wanted to hear,
over and over again, that he loved no
one else; and sometimes she declined
invitations without even consulting
own fire than anywhere else. aren't
we. dearest?" Don't tell mo about
your stupid operations!" she would
smile at him, talk about-us!" ..
h went over and over the details
of her old life with a certain morbid
satisfaction in his constant re-assur-
t ancc.: Her marriage had not been
inc cause OIL clarence s suicide, nor
OF Billy's elopement; she had done
her share for them both, more than
= her share! "'.,.
Summer came, and she and tho
! baby were comfortably established at
' Home Dunes. Warren LII, when
he could, perhaps twice a>month. and
7 usually without warning. If he prom
Used her the Week.ends, she felt ag-
, grieved to haveS him miss one, so he
wired her every day. and sent her
books and fruit. letters and maya
zines every week. and came at irregu-
: lar intervals. Alice and George VAL
! entine and their children. her garden,
her baby, and the ocean she loved
. 81 we'll must fill this summer for
Rachael.
. Continued in tomorrow
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