Shoshone journal., 1923-07-13

."a' 1 hadnt been In such q hurry to
enange her She was all right then
Il mad only known 1t. She wasn't in
.eiesied In these id new-fangled
'n'nes' and | wasn't satisfied until she
was. AND now seel She leaves me
anu says I'm narrow and irving TO
mold her back iatellectually.n
l shook my head. OF what value
was ADVICE in the face of such a stu
auon as this, especially from one who
was sa'ished that the mysteries Of
temperament were not to be unray-
eled or adjusted save by nature?
NeVertheless, being appealed to, ven
.ured silly suggestion, borrowed
from another. He had said that II he
could only win her back he would be
wiling to modify the pointless opposi-
.ion ana contention that had driven
her away. She might 60 her intellec-
tual way as she chose, If she would
only come back. see,no him
so tractable and so very wishful, 1
suggested a thing another had done
III related situation. He was to win
her back by offering her such terms as
she would accept, and then, In order
10 bind her to him, he was to induce
her to have child. That would cap
ture her sympathy and at the same
Time insinuate an image of himself
INTO her affectionate consideration.
those who had children rarely sepa-
rated-or so I said.
The thought interested him at once.
1t satisfied his practical and cIerkly
soul. He left me hopefully and I saw
nothing more of him for several
months, when he came to report that
all was well with him once more. In
order to seal the new pact he had
taken a larger apartment In a more
engaging part Of the city. Bessie was
going On with her club life, and he
was not opposing her. And then with
IN the year came child, and for the
next two years all those simple,
honey and seemingly binding and re-
things which 60 with the
rearing and protection Of a young life.
But, as l was soon to learn. even
during that period all was not as
as might be. One day In
Wray's absence Bessie remarked that,
delightful as 1t was to have q child of
her own, she could see herself as little
more than milk-cow with a calf, bound
to its service until 1t should be able
to look after itself. She spoke of
what chain and a weight child
was to one who had ambitions beyond
hose Of motherhood. But Wray,
clerkly soul that he was, was all but
ost in rapture. There was a small
park nearby, and here he was to be
,ound trundling this infant In a hand
'ome baby carriage whenever his du-
les would permit. He liked to specu-
ate on the charm and innocence Of
'abyhOod and was amused by hun
lred things he had never noticed in
he children of others. Already he
vas planning for little Marie's future.
t was hard for children to be cooped
lp in the city. If he could win Bes-
lie to the idea, they would move to
ONE suburban town.
They were prospering now and |
ould engage a nursemaid, so Mrs. |
Vray resumed her intellectual pur-
uits. 1t was easy to see that, re-
pect Wray as she might as an affec-
Onate and methodical man, she could
OF love him, and that because of the
ap that lies between those who think
r dream a little and those who aspire
nd dream much. They were two diff
Aring rates of motion, flowing side by
de for the time being only, he the
over, she the quicker. Observing
lem together one could see how
roud he was of her and his relation
lip to her, how he felt that he had
iptured a prize regardless of the
onditions by which 1t was retained,
hile she held him rather lightly in
ar thoughts or her moods. Having
on ner back he now sought to bind
,r to him In any way that he might,
hile she wished only to be free. For
Ircease she plunged into those old ac-
vities which had so troubled him,
i'd now in addition to himself the
lid was being neglected, or so he
ought. The arrival Of Marie had ;
It influenced her in that respect. r
I'd what was more and worse she
d now taken to reading Freud and 7
and allied thinkers and Il
thorities. men and works he con- J.
Tered shameful even though scarce u
grasped by him. Once he said TO Q
>: "Do you know of a writer OF 4
2 name of Pierre Ioti?" I.
YES" / replied. 81 know his works. n
hat about it?' a
'What do you think of him?" r.
why, | respect him very much. u
lat about him?" Il
oh, ] know, from an intellectual al
MT Of view, as a fine writer, maybe. 81
/ Whist do you think of his Views OF q
of his books as books 10 be read 70
the mother Of a little girlf'
Wray," ! said, Il can't enter upon M
iseusslon OF any mans works upon ~
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