Evening star., 1922-09-24

being a woman, was equal to the
task. and by letting Susan be a diff
ferent woman each month for thir-
teen months while I ran, SO to speak,
in a cycle Of but six months. it would
be many years before the same hus-
band could have the same wife. If,
for example, Susan should be Mary
P. Miller in August to my H. P.
'Diggleton. there would be no danger
that she would be Mary P. Miller to
my H. P. Diggleton the next August,
because If Mary r. Miller was wife
number one, when August came again
Susan would be wife number Is, and
the next August she would be wife
number H.. Thus a continuous now
city was assured.
On the glorious August morning
when our experiment was to begin
on my elbow to take a last look
for twelve months-at the old Susan
Tulkington. She, was not there. l
;1eaped from bed, bathed and hurried
into the clothes George Tithers had
supplied for my Diggleton impersona-
tion and hastened down stairs.
Your wife," Amelia Tithers said,
pleasantly. ''Oh. you'll not see your
wife this month at all! She is, this
month, one of the gaddy ladies who
fly from their husbands in the sum-
mer. Susan has gone to Newport.
thence she goes to Alaska You can
expect her as the second Mrs. Tulk-
ington on or about the first Of
September"
can assert that Susan and I did
not quarrel that August. In fact, I
never loved and Ionged for Susan as
truly as did the end Of that month.
1 wasted, SO to speak, my H. p.
Diggleton role on tho desert air. but
George Tithers kept me spurred to
the role and I am sure did well. 1
made use of all my clubs and I did
enjoy them. I played more auction
bridge than in all my previous life.
Gus" one Of my friends said. Il
hardly know you! You're like a
different man. Maybe you didn't
know 1t, but you were getting stupid
and stodgy-you were getting in the
old family man rut. Well, bid EN-
up: bid 'em up!"
met, toward the end Of August, q
banker from Nome. He had met
Susan at Portland.
Some wife," he said enthusiastic-
ally. Some lively lady, Mr.. Tulking-
ton! Just shows how folks can be
mistaken. Henry Torker, who was
down here last year, said your lady
was one of these house broke ladies,
one Of the nice old family persons.
oh, boy"
TT was with some trepidation that
i awaited Susan's return in Sep
tember. 1 was grateful to Amelia
Tithers for taking Susan far away
while she was impersonating such
a lively lady as Mr.. Hutchins of Nome
had suggested she was impersonating.
and I admit I was glad was to give
her tit for tat, so to speak, since my
September schedule called for me to
be a Winston Bopple. lady killer
and fiirt. After a few evenings OF
coaching by George Tithers, I was
sure 1 would be able to carry my
BOpple role III 4 "AAhSi sAs"s "S0A~
not cause Susan the least monotony.
Two or three Of the ladies in our
summer colony seemed quite willing to
assist me in giving the part verIsinili-
! tude.
When Susan arrived she gave me
one kiss and hurried to her room.
but Amelia Tithers paused moment.
:. you'll be surprised" she whisp-
cred" Susan is doing it 80 wonder
fully! And our little practice trip
came of splendidly. You'll never
! again think Of Susan as a stodgy,
stupid Misunderstanding sort OF per-
son. You just watt"
When Susan came down to dinner
was indeed surprised. I turned
from Amelia Tithers, with whom l
had been doing my best to f1irt. and
easped. Such-well. such lack OF
clothes. Such abundance Of long
earrings!
..rhe vampire type" breathed
Amelia Tithers. Doesn't she do 1t
weIl?'
She did! For few September days
| 1 did try to fiirt with some Of our
female neighbors, but before q week
was up i found 1 had enough to do in
making love to Susan and in trying
| to. crowd between her and the men
who seemed to take her masquerad-
inr ii sarnest. We hsd one row. with
Sasss