The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-02
By Ann Isle,
Whose Serials Of Married Life Have
Won y Big Popular Success.
Copyright, 1928. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)

Syndicate. Inc.l
~ ANON CoRDovA astonished
me when he sat in my office
declaring he would explain
Rosa to me. felt that l came
pretty near understanding his wife.
But establishment would have
been a weak word to account for
my feelings when he suggested
he could also explain Jim to me.
However, ! held myself in check
and managed to say nothing
more than:
s'I'Il be glad to have you clear
up anything you feel I've mis-
understood.
Much you have misunder-
Stood" he replied gravely. my
Rosa is wonderful. First / think
me she is all heart. Then
come to see how also she is SO
much brain that it is wonderful
SO little and sweet woman can
have SO much to think. She sees
far
II realize how clever she is.
I replied non-committally.
al think maybe you do not"
announced Ramon with the, ut
most courtesy. Always you
make that evening we are to-
gether to smooth down the things
which my Rosa she say. Al
ways you look for the motive
which she have not. For Jaime
she have one grand friendship.
Not so great perhaps as mine.
But for me, she make it to
stretch, and she is so good to
Jaime as / would have she shall
be. For my Rosa she SO loyal
as to be nice to Jaime II she
like him or not"
stared in establishment. This
was a tempered explanation OF
Rosa's feeling for Jim, which !
should have expected Ramon to
take amiss. And here was RAJ
mon justifying to me his wite's
interest in my husband. won
dered if he was stupid enough to
mean what he said, or If he
was merely SO proud that he
wanted to pull the wool over my
eyes. So / replied cautiously:
ats fine that Rosa is so
clever housekeeping herself to
your interests and your friends.
"It is always good that wife
shall adapt to herself the interest
and the friends of her husband"
replied Ramon steadily, his eyes
fixed on me with an unwinking
gravity which seemed to be sug-
costing that I could learn from
his Rosa. His next words
clinched the impression his
facial expression had given.
Ramon Explains.
"Jaime he have many friends.
He is like my Rosamundi in how
he makes the good friends. Now
my Rosa she do not take it seri-
Gus when all who meet her are
liking her. She know it is good
for the business. But she know
I am there and that I am always
sympathize in all she do and
ready to be pleasant to all she
meet. And she know do not
misunderstood If they like her in
business and out of business, too"
Easily I asked:
"Are you reproaching me for
not understanding the principles
Of getting on fifty-fifty with
wife or husband?"
II shall reproach your" Ramon
lifted his shoulders expressively.
ct am only telling you that you
shall not judge my Rosa by our
not so very wide standard"
81 do not judge Rosa at all.
Why should II"
''She Is good woman-ma gnifi-
cent woman! can see that you
do not make she shall feel easy
when she is with you. Natural
she cannot be happy when she is
with those who do not love her
and who are not by her ''arm
like she is by them. With you
she is uneasy. You think maybe
she shall not be nice to Jaime"
Are you accusing me OF jeal-
ousy?" I blurted out, weary or
the diplomacy and fencing. which
seemed to be getting us nowhere.
Another shrug. Then Ramon
said without troubling to be con-
secutive:
"Now we come to this week.
end which we spend by the Mac
Avoys. There were people who
are just as big and grand as your
friends of the club. The SudislIi
Count and his wife are there
guest and with them Is my Rosa
mundi natural and at home, like
friends of YOU"
''I am sorry If you think
have merited this scoldirg," I
gave back with q stiff smile.