Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-30
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you've been specializing again.
"Well-yes."
az suppose | need scarcely remind
YOU that YOU promised me, not once,
but many times, to keep out OF the
stock market"
Il know
and that you've repeatedly broken
your promise"
You don't understand, Doris.
There are times when it seems i'm
possible To do anything else. and
when man gets as deep I'm a hole as
! am he'll take almost any chance to
get out. He's got to-"
How deep is this hole you're In ,"
Not So very deep. but it's deep
enough to bury me in If | don't get
ont of II. Oh. | wouldn't tell you
about 1t if weren't driven to it. It's
humiliatinC enough for a man to be
forced to ask his wife for money,
even if she has plenty of it,
Doris allowed herself the first jeer
Of her married life It's a humilia-
ton" she said. Ito which YOU seem TO
have accustomed yourself pretty
we'll"
Doris" he said reproachful!y.
"Oh. | don't mean To he ungener-
Gus. but YOU know how often this has
happened"
That's true enough he admitted.
I've no excuse except that I've had
the rottenest luck that any one could
imagine. Everything I've touched
has gone wrong. and now, weli-if |
can't raise S35,000 by tomorrow
morning | shall he completely wiped
out"
You mean the business-"'
"Oh. no. no." he said hastily, the
business is AL right. This is my
personal account
Doris had not been listening to his
terciversa tons for the better part OF
year without being able To tell
when he was lying. She knew that
he was lying now. hut she only said,
An right. Rollin, I'll write YOU my
check for s35 zoos with the under
standing that this is absolutely the
last time. I'm perfectly willing to
give YOU an allowance, since that is
the kind of man YOU are, apparently.
But If YOU get caught again in the
stock market it's at your own risk.
Is that understoodr"
oh quite, quite" he said, land
many thanks. old girl" As he spoke
he took her hand and tried to draw
her To him. But she said quickly.
Please, don't do that. | don't like
IT,"
Il was only trying to show YOU how
much | appreciate it
DO it some other way, If You
please"
He drew himself up stifiy. AS YOU
like. Well I'll he eff"
ITO the club. | suppose"
Yes, if YOU have no objection"
Far from it,"
He turned To go and she stopped
him. "Rollin, one moment. What's
the use Of our going on like this ."
Like this"
You know what | mean. You're
not happy with me-Im not happy
with Won Why not end it,"
You mean divorce"
Yes. that's what | mean"
Waterman was taken wholly un-
awares. He knew, of course. that he
had imposed upon the generosity of
his wife. He knew. too, that he had
neglected her. lie had taken her too
much as a matter Of course But he
was so Self-centered that he had not
realized that he was as yet in any
danger that she would resent il. II
now became suddenly clear to him that
he had gone too far
Doris. old girl he exclaimed. you
don't mean that"
why not"
oh" he said. Il know I haven't
been as good husband as | should,
but I've been distracted and worried
ana bothered by so many things that
perhaps l.
No she said. "no. RoIlin That
isn't it at all IL YOU really loved mo
all these things would only have
brought us closer toSether As 1t is
they have driven us far-.er apart,
from the very beginning / had nv
doubts, and now l know that it's all
been terrible mistake | wish to
end it,"
But. he urged, don't do anything
like this in hurry"
m not in a hurry. I've been
thinking about it for weeks And
now ] want your consent to an
undefended divorce"
strangely enough, though it had not