Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-18


Ia that letter. Asking him 10 make
home possible for her TO return TO so
they might resume their life together.
II handed II back. | said. HIM again
I said. 'im.y0u remember. old man.
there was that refnark--that remark
that perhaps the girl might have a
claim ON you. Remember that. don't
YOU?
"jy Jove. I thought for minute
that he WIS going 10 flare up and let
me havr II. Hut he laughed M II I was
"a fool and said. oh. gu0d Lord. man,
that's utterly ridiculous. Man alive.
with all my faults my wife knows me-"
CHATTER Ill
an day n month later--in May
llnpgood said:
Now. III tell YOU. ola sabre--by
bv IoVe. it's irightful. He's crashed.
Look here It's IN two PARTS, this sud.
den development. Two i'arts--molnln:
aud afternoon Yesterday and biz To-.
day. And of all extraordinary places 10
happen at--Iirirhton.
Yes. brighton. wns down there
from Saturday TN Monday with my
Missus Monday morning W. were sun.
ming an III" pier. she and I.
Well. all ~ sudtlrn she began, oh.
what a frightfully Interesting face that
mans got.'
II looked across old Sabre,
u went over tn him. Ills face WIS
IKE shout an u sunny morning. Yes.
| h, was pleased ! like Ia think how jni
~ pleased the old chap was
Il gOt old Sabre on SECLUDED bench
and started In on him What on earth
was hc doing down ~ brighton. and
how were things?
''llc said Things = Things are
happening with me. Hapgood. not 10
me-with me. had to get away from
them for "a hit. I'm going hack tomor.
row Ell. was rlsht-wiih her baby.
She was glad should GO glad for me.
] mean. Top Of her own misery. Han.
| good. she's miserable az what she SAYS
she's L., me In for. She's always crying
about IL. She's torn between knowing
my house h the only place where she
/ can have her baby. between that and
seeing what her coming into the place
has caused She spends her time trying
10 do any little thing she can 10 make
/ me comfortable. It's pathetic you
/ know jumped AT this sudden idea of
mine Of getting away FOR a couple q
days Fused over me packing up and
all that YOU know. Look. just To show
/ you know she hunts about for anything
TO do for mr-said my old straw hat
was much too shabby Tor Brighton and
would ] get her some stuff. oxallc acid.
and let her clean II up for me. As n
matter Of fact She made such "A chock.
Ing mess of the hat that ! hardly liked
Ia wear II. Couldn't hurt her feelings.
though Chucked IL into the sea when
] got here and bought this one. Make a
funny story for her when get back
about how II blew of. That's the sort
OF life We lead together. Iiapgood Give
YOU another example. Just when ! had
bought her the stuff fa my hat. Net
me with. Had ! lost anything Said |
was too guess. Guessed at last that IL
piust h. my cigarette case. IL was.
Shed found II lying about and took me
tn show where she had put u for safety
IN the hlck OF the clock Ia mn room.
said ! was always too look there for
any little Naluables I might miss, and
wanted me To know how she liked To
he careful OF my things like that. Fus.
sing over me. dyou see?
That's the sort of life We lead tn.
gether. Hapgood- together. hut the Lille
I'm caught M In. the things that are
happening with me. that I'm right In
The middle OF, that felt I had TO get
away from for "a blt--astounding, Hap.
good, astounding. amazing :"
Hapgood, " I kept forty women In
different parts OF London and made no
secret OF II nothing would he said. Peo.
pie would know ! was rather a shame.
less lot, my little ways would be- an OF
On secret. hut nothing would b. said. I
should h. received everywhere. Rut
I'm thought to have brought one wo.
an into my house and I'm banned I'm
unspeakablc.
DO you see. Hapgood. Do Won see?
The conventions are all right, moral.
sound excellent. admirable. hut To- save
thelt own face. there's hind side 10
them. shut-cye side. Keep that side OF
them and you're ~, RICH: THEY'LL let
you alone. They'll pretend they don,
) see YOU. But come out and stand IN
front of them and th,yli dcvour Won.
They'll smash and grind aud dcvour
YOU. hapgood. They're dcyourlng me,
That's where they've got me An
their Jaws. Hapgood: and where they've
i;ot Fife In their jaws In Just precisely
again ON "a blind. shui-eye side They
are rightly bascd. they're absolutely
iusi YOU can't gainSiy them. hui ia
save their face. again. they'rr indomit.
ably blind and deaf To ths hidcous cru.
elites In their application. They mean
well. They caus. the most frightfuI suf
fering. the most frigh,ful tragedies. bu,
they wont look at them. they won,
think 81 them. they won't sneak n,
them: they mean well. :"
odd sabre pu, his head In his hands
Tie might have been praying.
With that he went hack 10 all Tim,
stun told YOU he told M when I ws,s
down with him hast month. lie sa,d
HE face all pink under his skin. he s,id
'iinrTood. Ivc,got the secret. I've 60,
the kry To the riddle that's been puz
! ziing me all my life. Ligh, moro Itch,
Hrre u u: God N love. Not this ina,
nor IN" other that the intelligence ~.
. volts at. and PUTS asid. and goes a,r,,.
and Eoes on huneorinr. hunHcrinr and
unsaiisficd: nothing like that. bu, ius,
? this. plain fer u child. clear as AN
lighi Tor grown intelligence: God ia
love. Listen TO this. iIapgood. lie ,h,,
' dwelleih In love dwelleth IN God and
God In him; for God H. love" pc,,.n,