San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-09

The Making Of
a Husband
Hmm Lisle's N e ~
Phase of Jim and
z Anne's Marital
Sg Adventure a
HEF nv ANrNJ VUcUr
Chapter 60.
BY ANN Isle

We IL SOpyIl6uI sOul iucd obOu
the return of BERTHE Lingard," said
to Jim as the train pulled in at our
station and we began gathering uE
our bags and preparing to descend
and taxi home to The Birches. "And
then we'll make a scenario of it and
make our fortune by selling it to
the movies"
Jim laughed and that was the
end of our discussion for the time
being. But as we were sitting at the
table later on, eating sandwiches and
drinking tea, he said suddenly:
Have you any theory about the
: red palm?"
So / told him of May Valleau's
badly concealed delight at our trip to
Canada and how Mrs. Stratton had
not seemed at all disappointed when
/ cancelled our acceptance for hel
New Years party.
Now, how would they know Of
BERTHE Lingard's return to the scene
of his tragedy" asked triumphant
1y. I'm more inclined to think there
is some society for the suppression OF
newcomers around here, and they
know that we have run afoul of it."
"You think the Brooke DE Courcey
business is still haunting us?" he
asked.
"Yes," I told him quietly. "And
sometimes j think jeanne may
know more about it than we suspect.
That would account for. herr
For her interest in Perry" Jim
said thoughtfully. ayes, she may be
dosing Pat with his own medicine
Women do think that what's sauce
for the goose should not be saucy
when applied to the gander."
We both laughed, but his words
returned to me full force the next
day when jeanne appeared on the
scene shortly after lunch.
well, how did you spend your
holiday" she asked chattily as she
established herself in a comfortable
chair in the living room-studio of The
Birches and reached over to Jim's
smoking table for a cigarette.
Every pleasantly-in Canada" ]
began; then I broke off to watch
Jeanne in amazement as she lighted
the cigarette and puffed it with an
air which didn't succeed in being UNI
self-conscious.
Since when do you smoker" !
asked with an establishment / didn't
feel called on to conceal.
Are you shockedI" asked Jeanie
with large air of expecting to deal
with old-fashioned prejudiccs.
Merely surprised" ! smiled. 81
don't recall that you ever were a
nicotine addict"
I'm not an addict, Jeanne said
trying to make the smoke come out
of her nostrils and merely choking in
way TO suggest that the whole per.
formance was new to her. But why
shouldn't women smoke il men dot
In fact, why aren't women free to
do the things men take for granted
as part of their birthright?7
whats sauce for the goose isn't
saucy when applied to the gander," l
said thoughtfully, repeating Jim's
words.
II read something like that some.
where" Jeanne said impatiently. And
/ think there is more to the situation
than a mere smart aleck proYerb can
express. i simply claim my right as
citizen. I'm free, white and twenty.
one. Why can't j amuse myself in.
nocently if l wish?"
"You can. You may. You do"
agreed. But whence this sud
den yearning for sclf-cxpression and
freedom and all the rest Of it," Then
! added daringly: Il thought Pat
filled your life" --
81 thought so, too" Jeanie said
slowly. Butt wonder. Anne, you
know how morbid | was when my
baby Pat went. You know how
leaned on Pat-how he was my all.
mall. Well, do you think it's wise to
let a man know that. you can't live
without him and that you don't live
for anything else but him."
"Wby do you ask?' 1 inquired
gently.
"You have your work." Jeanic
said. you've always known that
if it came to split between jim
and you, life wouldn't be empty
quite. And maybe-knowing you
could get on without him IL you had
TO kept Jim from going-toO far"
/ literally held my breath. For
months Jeanie's conduct toward jim
had clearly revealed her conviction
that she thought he had gone "too
far" Now what was she preparing
10 tell me? And how could l keen
from saying 80 much that j would
Brighten her back into the shell Of
reticence with which she has always
protected herself and kept folks from
really knowing her?
Sim UiaI N.n,, arn gpftonipo fnma 81
Jim," ] said at n venture.
"Do you know why / am-'soften.
ing toward JIM as you put it?'
Jcanie asked. ~.
Because you love him too much
to judge him harshly," l suggested
Because deep in your heart you know
Jim isn't capable of anything shame
full and contemplate"
Perhaps" Jeanne said almost &c
herself. Then she added with sud.
den intake of her breath "Don't you
realize that ! might change in my
attitude toward Jim because | an
changing in my attitude toward life
Perhaps / don't judge Jim because
I begin to understand him. I'm his
sister, Anne. What would you say il
] told you I'm beginning to find out
that I'm a lot like him?p
What do you meant" gasped.
Think / can risk telling you,
Jcanie said half under her breath.
Ito BE Continued)
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