The Washington times., 1923-09-22

WAYS OF A HUSBAND.


-reee7sse ,<ss7s seel,s q
almost grim:
I'm glad carlotta came when
she did TheFe afe things you
ana ! cant wen discuss without
Jeanie present. Today we had to
stick to business one kind Il
business. Wen 50 into the other
1t Dreamwold Saturday night.
And then i realized that / could
not count on Pat. either. ii what
seems to 81 nv fight for Jim ana
our happines
Paying the second instaIrnent 81
Meals debt didn't leave nne with
the feeling 81 elation on which I
had counted. Instead. was ter
rtbly depressed by the rsalizat ation
that Pat n putty III Virsinia's
hands 50 far as her attituds to-
ward ME Il concerned.
She can mold him to her WIN,
ana must bear the brunt 81 their
combined attack / hadn't much
time to brood ever the situation.
however, for ] had to 50 hack 70
work ana plunge III with ! ven
geance.
The one thing I can cling 70 ia
4 totteFing world Is my determine.
ton to repay every cent ot the
money which vanished with Meal.
But how can / fight Tor Jim when
don't know whether vireinian
insistence that we'd Be happier
apart y entirely her idea. or part
II inns?
whipped myself into frenxy
of work which left me 50 tired
that when o'clock came / real.
lied I'd be ia for sIeepless night
II I didn't set some gCod, hard.
bIood.stirring exercise. Weary s.
was. I set err to walk home
through the park and paced ai0ns
1T such speed / couldn't do much
brooding or questioning
As approached our apartment
saw = magnificent sedan draM
up to the door ana pause there.
Something made me hurry tor,
ward as if the car were bringing
someone to see me. Al ! came
abreast of It, out got, Jim with only
the exaggerated dragsing of his
lame foot to tells that he wasn't Is
the pink 81 condition.
Halo. Amer he haiIed xis,
nonchalantly. Looks as IL ~
had timed this just shout right,
doesn't itg''
Hello. Jimmie boy. / returned.
trying for an eaually light tone
and wondering why ii sounded 90
forced and ungraciors. This ID
perfect teamwork. All over the Re-
suits Of your divea's
AN AWKWARD SITUATION
For q minute Jim stood as II he
were trying to hide the occupants
Of the car from my view. an az
surd idea. since. Of course, that
couldn't be done. Then he step
ped aside with i little bow ana
said:
Here are my good friends. Mrs.
MacAvoy and Miss Gregory. who
have conveyed your invalid to
town. I'm sure you'M want to
thank them Tor ali their good care
Of me while / was such 5 bloom
Ing nuisance.
Realizing that Jim was atill
unaware Of my hurried visit 70
Miss Gregoryss cottage Il stepped
forward and made q pretenss of
thanking his friends for their
care Of Jim. But the words
wouldn't come tripping lightly Off
my tongue. I couldn't meet Ruth
Gregory's eyes without wonder
ing how much Of an intimacy had
been established between her and
Jeanie on their drive to town -
gether.
And so in q sudden fear th11
my ungraciousness or awKwAr1-
ness might embarrass or annoy
Jim. on the spur Of the moment
I thought of way to make the
amende honorable for any lack
of feeling In my tone.
TITS just dinner tine!" / cried
as spontaneously as I could rhan-
age. Won't the good friends
who have taken this long drive
with my boy make US both happy
by coming in and having Q cozy
little dinner with us? Wed Ike
so much to have you. Please
come"
ITO BE Continued Monday.)