New Britain herald., 1923-02-27
Hos Lillian .ltead the ilulesn fo
 kaiie's iiaRpinesS,

h0s lillian sitead the ttutfe" Tor
 katie's HaRpiness,
 II is not a particularly easy thing ta face the realization Of cFags selr tishnsSs in ens's own soul, and far several minutes folANiRg the Hash af intuition which had given me lhe key ta ISatie's trouble bent my shon'r deFs 10 the hagellaiiaRs ef a Fem0Fsf lui conscience,
 Mistaken in Judgment as my poor, ignorant little maid had been, sei she had hFayei teFF0rs 0f mind and body unknown 10 betteF-infoFmed, more poised women, and she had hraVea them with no thought of consequence t0 herself that she mlgh, save me and mine from harm, Jim, her husr hand, had gone away. angry and mis- judging her sarely, And ] had made no effort 10 bring him back,
 Useless 70 saive my conscience with the sophisiFy that she, herself, had refused 10 give any explanation toI Jim, l knew the stubborn pride which Katie shared with many far more intelligent sister, q pride which made her feel that her husband should have kept his faith In her no matter how black appearances looked. And 1 alone held the key 'o the identity of the man whose summons Katie had oheyed in defiance Of her husband-although I felt that Lillian had made a fairly shrewd guess con corning it
 or course. at the first. when wc had been caught in the swirl Of the events surrounding smiths dangerous activities, we could have riskcd no slightest complication, and Jim with his jealousy and breeding anger vas far better in his old home---the fish ing colony in Marvin, 10 which he had hetaken himself with the in- i junction to me to watch over Katie. |
 Lillian Is Surprised.
 The little hoard of his savings ! which he had left with mo 10 use for Katie had not been touched. and | l had added to it the sums which | he had occasionally sent me. with the | simple serawled inscription upon the paper For Katie" knew the | strong and sincere affection Jim's loyal heart held for his tempestuous. volatile little wife. and counted | much upon it in the appeal I meant 10 send to him at once.
 For there must be no further de- lay. Whether Katie's depressed mood was due to Jim's absence or some other cause. she needed her hus- bands supporting strength.
 Lillians knock at the door brought me back with start from my study of ways and means. I opened the door. and she stepped through it, smiling
 How did you manage it?" she whispered "The time honored sum mer morning had nothing on Katie for serenity when she announced din- ner Are you ready? I'd advise you to hurry We waited dinner. you know. for you, and Mother Graham is so hungry she's actually growing.
 "Al ready" I answered, for I had removed the travel stains while I was ruminating over Katie. But don't ina zine that Katie is serene for she isn't. Will you go over to the Briggs place and phone telegram for me tonight right after supper? I'd go u1tSPi1 DuL uDlHPT tIrd Hd U1 WOuIH---
 "Ncyer Forget You don't need to finish Lillian laughed My imagination is in per fectly good working order, thank you, , Of course I'll go. I suppose the big y idea is wire to Jim to get himself here, pronto." Exactly returned. T feel guilty that I haven't thought of it be- fore" T think it's just as well you didn't Lillian returned dryly. T think both Jim and Katie will be happier for this performance. that is if Jim learns a lesson from it. I'd like to be around when he comes home and drop a hint to hirn on the nsgement of his wife. He ought to provide himself with a hickory stick or it's spiritual  So astounding was this from lii Han. feminist. tried and proved, that