San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19

The Making Of
a Husband
A n n Lisle' S N EN-
Phase of Jim and
Anne'S Marital
Adventure
BY ANN Isle
Chapter 80.
BY ANN Isle

came 10 pay me one OIL ner recently
frequent visits.
Have you missed mc?' she asked
gaily, as she established herself in a
chair in the studio, spread her skirt
of crimson kasha cloth, pulled down
her red and silver smock, crossed
her knees and reached for the now in
eyitable cigarette.
you haven't been around for al
most a week." l said n.committally.
And was it such a relief not to
be bothered?' asked Jeanne, with a
little hysterical scream Of laughter.
Were you so glad kept away"
aren't you uproariously funny?
asked sarcastlcally.
Your stilted and elegant language
indicates that I'm not so far wrong"
chuckled Jeanie. II suppose it has
something to do with that Puritan
conscience of yours which is ever.
lastingly on the job. When ] don't
come here to see you, you know that
I'm not visiting Stub-and that
cheers you vastly.
Have you come from Mr. Perry's
nowY / asked, accepting the use OF
his college name and taking the bull
firmly by the horns.
by no means. I'm going there af-
ter you've given me nice lunch and
entertained me for an hour thereaf-
ter"
AT three, or whereabouts" ] said,
without having much stress on the
passion for cxactness that led me to
figure out the best time for lunch.
"At g." Jeanne repeated with a
-. g. tna No est
for q portrait. Pats. birthday pres
ent.
Pats having Nicholas Perry do a
portrait of you for your birthday"
l asked.
mo, I'm having my portrait made
for Pats birthday" Jeanie answered
drily.
All I could say was a dull and
oh! So that's it"
That's it." jeanne repeated with
an impish grin. Il recall how much
Pat admired Ruth Gregory's picture
of Betty Winston. / thought he'd
get even more esthetic pleasure out
Of portrait of his wifc-and by a
master"
so you're sitting for Mr.. Perry as
s." ! said.
wanted to protest. ! lonsed to
offer advice. But Jeanic would not
take advice in good part. In fact,
she would not take it" at all. This
! knew. The only sensible thing to
do was to make n fey banal remarks
and avoid saying anything OF what
| felt and would be all too likely to
express If once / let myself go.
But Jcanie leaned forward, lighting
a second cigarette with the air of
regular smoker, who is hardly aware
Of what she is doing, and she said
with an amused and patronizins older
sister manner:
MY dear child, you ought to see
your eyes. They're as round and
wide as those of the kitten who is
making such havoc of the work-baskct
at your elbow"
1 reached around for Kitty Firkin
and took her in my lap, whore she
began promptly to amusc herself with
The little tassels on my blue morning
dress. Jeanne laughed indulgently and
gave herself over to her interest in
smoking, while / toSk Kitty on my
shoulder and went out to give May
directions for lunch. But when 1
returned Jeanne, WHO had gone over
to the fireplace and was leaning
against it indolently, asked curtly:
Got that Valleau girl here! Is
she around all the time? Don't you
hate having her MISUNDERSTANDING"
she isn't-underfoot- i
said. She goes out each afternoon
for two hours. She and Arlette take
from 3 to 3 for busting their little
house and keeping it neat and ship
shape for the time when they 20
back there to live"
II know" Jcanie said dreamily.
Quite romantic, isn't it? Those girls
are very touching in their wish to
keep their little hut in order, though
] don't see for what, as they're both
landed themselves so well with the
gentry-with folks who can take care
of them and give them the sort Of
homes to which they could never 9th
crwise have aspired.'
"Jeanie!" / protested. why should
you take such tone on speaking OF
those two brave orphans?'
Jennie laughed scornfully and waved
her hands in n little gesture Of ridi.
cule as she said:
'If l had the innocent Arlette
around undcrfoot all the time, interior.
ing with your comfort and peace of
mind and privacy, as much as | have
you'd be about fed UP. But now
there's some relief. They are estab-
lished for the winter, and il is an
established fact that from 3 to 5
they work at their little hut"
"And at you go and sit for your
portraitw / said slowly. When Ar
lette isn't there to annoy you!"
.Virginia's eyes met mine defiantly.
Well" she said. well! Which
arc you planning to tell-Pat or Jim?
We like to amuse ourselves in my
family. You ought to know. You
ought to know Jim by this time"
She yawned prodisiously as she added
carelessly.
That's g cute little kitten you've
got. Such an odd shade Of smoky
gray-brown. I've seen the double Of
II somewhere. oh yos--that little
nuisance Of an Arlette has a kitten.
She seems devoted to 1t. wonder
where she got It."
That was all. But il was enough.
A sudden hatred Of little Kitty Firkin
welled up in my heart and with II
the beginning OF a jealousy such as i
have not felt for months. / must root
it out. j must. But can IL
Ito Be Continucd.)