San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
THE MAKING OF A HUSBAND
A SERIAL BY Ann Isle
Chapter 156.
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Haven't you just confessed it,"
'Well-scarcely
Eyes, you have, my dear" Mr..
Perry began patronizingly, but his tone
warmed as he continued, and suddenly
/ was amazedly conscious of the grave
friendliness of his tone. Your face
is a dead give away. You can hardly
keep your eyes off Jim when he is
talking to another woman. Don't you
know men at all? Don't you know
you fairly egg him on? The way you
watch him makes him feel twice as
important as he is-and it is enough
to urge him to show you what a
devil-among- the-ladies he is"
You're a man. You ought to know
men," / said trying tfor q light and
casual tone.
81 do" he replied gravely. and If
another man had been talking. i
should have said his tone was actually
kind and tender. "a second rate man
often imagines himself a winner be-
cause his wife is so darn frightened
every time he looks at another gal.
You're fully as attractive as jim: But
does he worry whenever you talk to
another MANI"
"Of course not. 1 don't either"
"Don't worry when he's talking %
another MANI?
'Don't be silly. I don't mind when
Jim talks to other women. WHY
should II"
"You shouldn't. A woman as charm
ing as you need have no rivals-save
as she makes them by fearing them J.
"You flatter me-" l protested I'M
easily.
"No, tell you an important fact
of male psychology-and one women
are amazingly slow to learn. You
can make a dangerous rival out OF
pretty little simpleton like Arlette by
fearing her. But no man in his right
mind would prefer her to you. Shes
all right for a plaything, but a man
would get tired Of her if he found
himself in any way-obligated to her
tied, I mean. And it wouldn't be
easy to shake her off Those
pretty little simpletons that look as
delicate as a puff of air, can cling
like leeches. Also they can Irvine
around a fellows life until he would
give a fortune to get clear. That's
why I'm making it my business IN
life to keep clear =. Otherwise, It
might be a matter of life and death
to get rid of the seemingly helpless
Arlette."
"Does she attract you so much?"
/ asked without stopping to realize
that impertinence is catching and
that my question was fully as i'm
pudent as some Mr.. Perry had been
asking.
$50 much!" he repeated mock
ingly.
"She's almost irresistible" I said
half to myself. SLENDER, graceful,
elusively pretty and so delicate that
you want to take her in your hands
and break her."
eWait.' laughed Nicholas Perry.
Don't get confused. I've no reason
to hate Arlette as. long as I keep
free from entangling alliances, You
have no reason to hate her as long
as you don't egg your husband on
into an affair with her. And he has
no reason to hate her as long as he
isn't railroaded into romance by
your jealous expectations.
why don't you send her away"
1 asked.
want TO get rid of her?' he
leased.
81 mean to the city to have that
lovely voice of hens cultivated"
"Can't afford it. She's no second
rater. To make a real prima donna
of her would mean years and for
tune. 1 can't see it Let her
blush unseen. Now I'll call her.
They've philandered enough over the
dishes. / want to talk cars
So Nicholas Perry raised his voice
and summoned Arlette and jim. But
when the girl came at his call, her
cheeks were flushed and crimson, her
eyes alight and filled with citation.
Was it Nicholas Perry's voice
or Jim's society that had warmed the
slim little dryad. Arlette, to such
palpitant, eager life?
ITO Be Continued)