Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-14
it would be nothing 60 me"

! thought"
i Great heavens, Alix. / hop
you haven't said that to Bah"
No, Duane. 1t is what Bal
4 has been saying to me that ha
made me come to this conclusion.
j is Bah very angry because
did not come down to the shor,
last night?"
1 $50 much so that she sweari
she will never live with yol
again"
"Whatl'
THAT is what she told me-"
"Alix, why is Bah SO cantan
kerous? She knew l was bored to
death with everything including
myself, last night and there is nt
reason in the world why sht
should find fault with my going
out hunting a little remorse
especially as l found enough to
last me the rest Of my natural
life. Is she there with you? Lei
me talk with her, or better still
guess I'll come right out"
Listen to me, Duane. You dc
not realize the situation at all
You do not know Bab."
What are you talking about
Not know my own wife?".
Well, she tells me that she will
never live with you again, Duane.
She thinks your affair of last
night was shared by some woman
companion.
That's true, Alix," confessed
Duane, "but 1t was a woman |
never saw before and whom |
never want to see. again"
duane, | am seriously afraid
that you have made mess of it..
Knowing Bah as do, I am quite
sure that she will never forgive
She lives absolutely up to her
vows in every particular and she
expects you to do the same"
but, Alix, she always made a
lot of comment about women who
ask too much of their husbands"
you don't seem to get the
point, Duane. You deliberately
told Bah that you were bored
with her-bored with your life
with her and then you went out
to find some one else an antidote
for boredom. You have hurt her
In way that she considers past
forgiveness, for you have hurt her
but you have shown her that there
are others who can make you for
get when all she can do is to make
you remember"
"oh, come, Alix. don't try to
be literary"
Il am just trying to make you
Duane"
We'll, l guess l don't under
stand and l am coming out to have
1t out with Bah. In the mean
time you can tell her that l am
coming. And, Alix, fix it up for
me a little, won't your" pleaded
Duane.
'T'll tell her you are coming,
but have already tried to patch
things up for you without success.
don't believe she will see you"
why, of course she will see
me, If only to tell me what she
thinks of me. You know you
women delight in that" snapped
Duane more belligerently.
Say, Duane, / don't think you
ound much of that remorse you
we're looking for. You seem quite
,ocky."
"Oh. Alix, l always knew you
we're a good fellow. Fix it up forl
ne, won't you? l have done no.
hing that Bah cannot forgive.
)ther men have lived happily
fter doing worse things. Tel
ler that by doing so she will make
lie love her more than ever. 1
m going down to the car right
ow. Expect me In half an hour. ,,
After l hung up the receiver
apped at Bab's door.
Come in" Her voice was un-l
ompromising."
WAS that Duane on the tele- !
hone?" :,
Yes. He is coming right up" !,
why did you let him? You :
lust know that l will not see +
i'm"
"Oh, Bah, don't be foolish" =
Don't try to influence me, ]
lix. This is something that no .
ne can decide but myself and 1
ever shall forgive Duane Ben c
"" +
"Bab, you are so different from t
hat you have said you would be a
hen you married" G
81 didn't understand a wife's n
Osition then. My husband can c
OF go out and get drunk and
AXE night of it, tagging along G
ith other women" =
Bah said tagging along with
her. women in kind of a ques-
oning way, but for the life of h
e l could not contradict her. Vi
"Therel knew it, l knew el
y And l will no more forgive Z