Gunnison news-champion., 1922-07-07


kissed ur I'll run doau and see
,Aen abgg, IT, he >aid jauluIy
smiled agala had DO more idea
that anything be could say would
Bur ! didn't know Jerry--then-
/ had uu' been lvfue from Newport
4 week ahsa Jerry kept his promise
and "ral down. And be had not teen
der. tao days b.Gory Futler aud
Mother admitted that. perhaps after
all % would not De- So tad Oh Idea u
.lsIIfa' graduate but should -
married .usf,nt
A-f sr 90. married
Un.lar r..I yrg that Jerry always
brought r.rE- and pgt them onD
And agaln say uud so We were
mar-rf
T4r aha' 40 We know o' each
o'na-a-'ho rr1I o'her7 True. W. had
tHrrrf together been swimming to
r.rnrs. 1.-.G together played tennis
together En' ahn' d,1 aa really know
NJ s1rt u'hs-.s within. ant r-rfudices.
opinions BHf personal habits and
'as'p-- knew. 20 wor- what Jsrry
-...|..| I..'..l rH..Nf.. anu ne
knew. { fancy uhat { would say about
dreamy waltz song Ru' vc didn't
e.rhrr 90, ns know ghnr fha other
% Uuld ssy 'u O dlnu"ri.s. home sgifh
the ronE gone We wefr Leaving
god deal 90 be learned later on hut
49, didn't think Of that. 1--we that
Is 'u last mus, b.. NuII; upon tae rsali-
LHtluG that troubles and trials and sDT-
rUas are SURF Iu CuTa-. aII that they
must be borne tnsetLsr-if one back Is
not JU break under the load We were
entering into contract. not for
week. but. presumably, for lifetime
and good deal may cone 20 one
IN a ufslIms-uot all o' IL pleasant.
We had been brought up IN two dis
unCtly dfereat social environments,
but We didn't stop to think OF that. We
liked the same sunsets, ani the same
make of car. and the same kind Of Ice
cream and We looked into each 9th
er's eyes and thought we knew each
other-whercas We were really only
seeing the mlrrored reflection OF our
selves
And so We wer. married.
II WAS everything that wHs blissful
and delightful. OF course. at first We
we're still eating the lce-creaIn and ad-
miring the sunsets. had forgotten
that there were things other than sun
sets and Ice-cream, | suspect. WAS
not twenty-one. remember, and my
feet fairly ached to dance. The whole
world was show. Music. lights,
lauEhter-how | loved them nll
Then came the baby. Eunlce, my
little girl; and with one touch OF her
tiny. clinging fingers. the whole world
OF sham-the lights and music and
glare and glitter just faded all away
into nothlngness, where 1; belonged.
As II anything counted. with her on
the other side Of the scales!
found out then-oh. | found out
lots OF things. You see. II wasn't that
way at all with Jerry. The lights and
music and the glitter and the sham
didn't fade away a mite, TO him, when
Eunice came. In fact. sometimes II
seemed to me they just grew stronger.
II anything.
He didn't ike II because couldn't
go with him any more-to dances and
things. ! mean. He said the nurse
could take care Of Eunice. As II I'd
leave my baby with any nurse that
ever lived, for any old dance! The
idea But Jerry went At frst he
stayed with me; but the baby cried.
and Jerry didn't like that. II made
him irritable and nervous. until I was
glad to have him go.
I think II was about this time that
Jerry took up his painting agalr.
guess have forgotten to mention that
all through the first two years OF our
marriage. before the baby came. he
Just tended TO me- He never painted
4 single picture. But after Eunice
came
But. after all. what is the use OF
going over these last miserable years
like this7 EunIce is ave now. Her
father is the most popular portrait
painter In the country. l am almost
tempted to say that he Is the most
popular man, as well. All the old
charm and magnetism are there Some
times I watch him tfor, OF course. l
do go out with him once In a while).
and always | think of that first day
saw him at college. Brilliant, polished.
witty-he still dominates every group
Of which he is member. Men and
women alike bow to his charm.
After all, 1 suspect that It's Just that
Jerry still loves the ice-cream and sun
sets, and don't. That's all. To me
there's something more to life than
something higher. deeper. more
worth while. We haven't q taste In
common, 4 thought In unison, IN
aspiration In harmony. suspeef-in
fact know-that get on his nerves
Just ~ raspingiy ~ he does on mine,
Hsr that reason Tn sure hell be giad-
whea he gets my letter.
Rnt some way. dread 70 tan