Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-23
THE WOMAN HE Married
BY JANE PHELPS.

know as he is to look at, she will
perhaps get him in the end. l am
rather sorry for his wife. / never
have met her, but 1 have heard
she is good sort"
"A good sort hasn't a ghost OF
a show against Juanita. She is the
most fascinating creature--to men
i ever knew Even women get
under her spell at times. Well, It
Is none of our business, but IL she
| took 1t into her head to vamp my
husband I'd take him out of her
/ reach pronto," and laughing gayly
they passed out OF the shop.
1t was the same story with all.
Juanita's destinations were ire
| sistable.
/ Often ! wanted to give up, to
cry out my heart to Dick, beg him
to love me, to be true to me. But
always--knowing him as I did
stifled the longing. Neither did ]
allow myself the relief so many
women do when in the same trou-
Bile. [ never wept, never allowed
! Dick to see me anything but cheer
full. He hated tears. Most men,
think, do. My quiet cheerful
ness would make it harder for him
than any weeping could possibly
| have done. Harder to tell me,
harder to hurt me. But It required
constant effort to do this, and at
times 1t seemed well nigh impossi-
BILE to go on.
Dick had also developed an IN
| satiable thirst for making money
He talked OF the prices he hoped
to get instead of the success he
hoped to attain as a writer. II
was evident that the mere earning
OF his living was not the problem
But to make lot of it and make
1t quickly-that was his idea. Was
it to be used to pacify me?
| once he surprised me.
II know perfectly well what you
think about me-" he said in O
hard, cold voice that, of itself
would have hurt me dreadfully
And IL It is any satisfaction ia
you I'll admit I have been rather
neglectful of you at times. But
ne stopped as If he wanted to say
more and couldn't.
! made no immediate reply.
wished passionately he had either
! said more. or not so much.
| dropped my handkerchief, then
stopped to pick it up and 80 give
him time to recover.
Finally I said:
You have been a bit neglectfu
of me, Dick. Suppose we go out
together oftener 1t will give the
gossips something to talk about
| realized he must have heard
something to cause his hesitatinc
apology-or sort of an apology.
That's a good idea. Well starr
tonight. I'll telephone and ash
Juanita IL she would like to make
a third. Then it will give then
something to discuss"
| felt like screaming at him moi
to ask Juanita to go with us, bu'
to take me alone. It had beer
weeks since we had been out to,
gether. and now he would ash
Juanita But I said nothing, ant
while these thoughts ran through
my head he had called her and sh'
| had declared herself delighted.
"She said she'd rather be tn,
third than not to go at ALL"
Perhaps she was hoping
would not go, then she coult
I be-"
| Don't be fool. Mani" Die,
interrupted hafshly. And do Loo
as we'll as you can. Juanita Is al
ways so stunning and you dress 8,
plainly
I am flattered that even YOU
notice my plainness when she i
around" 7 would not tell hin
that I dressed as I did for tw,
reasons. One for economy's sake
the other to mark more distinct,
the difference between Juanita'
bizarre dressing, and my own sim
pie attire.