Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-06-06
Larry Wheaton

/ "You seem to have thought a
great deal about Mr.. Early Bah, "
| suggested. "You have analyzed
him much more carefully than L."
"Of course l have" said Bah
coolly. 81 was surprised that any
man would look upon your morbid
story with the great interest he
expressed in his letters about 1t.
"That is why l say to you, AL
TX, write all the stories that you
can and send them to him, and
/ here's hoping that he takes them
all-but stay away from him.
Give him all the romance he
wants-on paper-but keep from
meeting him if possible.
"Of course you won't take my
advice because he has piqued your
curiosity quite as much as you
have, piqued his, but don't come to
me in the future and say that 1
did not warn you"
Warn me of what? Is it pos
sible, Bah, that you are clairvoy-
ant? What do you see in my fu-
ture?" l asked laughingly.
Il see, Alix, that you will have
many exciting experiences. Be
ing woman | don't know why it
is that almost all men are in
trigued by your personality. l
think l am quite as good looking
as you are"
Better, my dear, better" l in
terrupted.
"Possibly even that is true" she
acq quiesced, "but the fact remains
that while all men fall at your
feat most of them fight shy of me.
You always have an air of being
so dependent upon them, and you
are not at all. You are just as
Independent as l am. In fact, l
think that you are apt to be a
little stubborn when your senti-
ment is attacked by reason and
reality. You have the, ability to
make man think that he knows
so much more than you do, while
all the time you are saying to
yourself, / am much your super
ior.' l am never able to do these
hings. / wish ! could, for then
Duane would ask me to marry him
tomorrow, and once married to
him, I am sure would know how
to be the guiding star of his life, ."
she concluded with a laugh.
my dear. if you did not have
sense of humor you would be i'm
possible"
81 may have sense of humor,"
said Bah with a sigh, "but l have
demonstrated many times that it
is the kind no man understands.
Just then the nurse brought me
the baby, and, having had my cof-
fee, I picked up my letters and
laid them beside the bed. After
playing a while with His Adore
ableness, turned Bah out of the
room and proceeded to dress for
the day.
Just as I finished, I heard a
great commotion down stairs and
I remembered that my brother
Bart had been expected with Lar
ry Wheaton. l hadn't seen Bart
since the baby came, and ] had
never seen Larry as he was one
of Bari" college friends. l had
not b? ONE when he had visit
ed us before.
I listened for a moment to see
if Bart was coming directly to my
room, and l confess l felt a little
hurt as the moments passed. "Oh,
well, won't see very much of
them" 1 said to myself. I'm fact,
| probably won't see very much of /
Bah while the boys are here. They
will be running around with all
the young people in the neighbor-
hood having a gay time"
l began to feel a little sorry |
for myself. l began to grieve for
Notwithstanding it seemed |
to me that had never had. l be-
gan to feel a little cheated. Life
had not been fair with me. Life
owed me something which was
not paid. 1 was still young, and /
yet it seemed to me that every one |
was saying, Your days of good
times are over" All that l had |
to live for now was the baby. As
usual, thoughts of little Hal ban
ished every cloud and to realize
my joy 1 rushed into the room
where he was sleeping. Just as
did so l heard the boys coming
up the stairs.
"Bab. Bah, where are you?'