The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-22
Chapter 8

Chapter
We had been married but a few
weeks when / discovered that Walter
was terribly quick-tempered. He would
fly up at the slightest thing, but was
over 1t just as quickly. He could not
bear the slightest criticism, or to be
disagreed with. He was quickly sor-
ry when he said anything to hurt me,
but often was unreasonable in his
RACES.
/ had thought to spend many hours
with him in the studio, but soon found
that my going there annoyed him. One
day--he had particularly pretty mod
el-he fiared up at me before her,
sent me home practically, said he
couldn't work with me looking on.
Jealousy gripped me as l went out
Did he wish to get rid of me because
of the model? What did they talk
about shut up in the studio for
hours? | was miserably unhappy all
the afternoon, but when he came
home he took me in his arms, called
himself brute for speaking to me as
he had, and explained that he always
had been that way-never could work
IL an outsider was in the studio.
L
Yes you are-the same as anyone
else when it comes to the studio"
felt terribly hurt but said no more.
Someway, though, it was hard for me
to dismiss my suspicious, my jeal-
Z ousy. Then one day Grace Harter in
creased them both. Could she have
done it purposely, | wondered
'T'll bet you don't go to the studio
often" she said walt used to be
horribly put out of anyone came In
when | was posing"
She always called him walt" and
invariably her tone and manner took
on a degree of intimacy | resented.
Il have no wish to interfere with his
work unless | have some particular
\ reason for visiting him." l replied
coldly. Il don't think wives of bust
ness men visit their offices-why
should artists wives make a habit
of running to studios7"
"Oh, you are right, of course, Do
reen. But | couldn't be so practical.
Then I'd be terribly jealous-paint-
ing pretty women with or without
clothes"
Walter seldom paints a nude"
returned, determined to keep my jeal-
ousy from her
Once in lifetime would be enough
for me il / were his wife!" she re
piled adding to my discomfort
felt almost hated her, that what
ever liking / might ever have had was
gone. Had she been jealous of Wal
ter? Was she still fond of him?
why does Grace Harter call you
Waltz" / asked him that night at din
ner. 1T doesn't seem in good taste
to me when l never shorten your
name
IT'S wonder she doesn't call me
Waltiel She used to-" He laughed al
the recollection.
How horrid!" ! replied.
Made me feel like a fool" Walter
said. then changed the subject.
His reply had comforted me a lit
tie, yet increased my feeling toward
Grace Waltie!" great six-footel
like Walter! 1t was insulting NJ
wonder he felt like fool
When Walter was annoyed with any
thing that had happened he would bt
impatient with me. And this before
we had been married but few
months. He was sorry afterward, al
ways, but it left sting
] found out very soon after we were
married that had no patience witt
tears; that woman who cried was al
abomination to him. | had wept owe
something he said to hurt me, ant
my eyes we're still red when he cam
in.
''You can't expect me to eat my din
ner sitting opposite such a sight a
you have made yourself he declared
IF you are going to cry and have re-
eyes, a swollen nose and puffed cheek
you can have the place to yourselfi
And he went out slamming the doc
while ! went to my room and cried BIZ