San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-07
The Making Of
a Husband
Ann Lisle' s N en-
Phase of Jim and
Anne's Marital
Adventure
BY ANN Isle
BY ANN Isle
Chapter Ill

Oh the great storm and reconstruct
every move / made from the time Jim
was pinned under the falling branch
and was half frozen before / could
get him out, l scarcely see how |
could have acted differently from
what did. ..
I'm struggling not to let waves Of
selr-reproach cngulf me. II another
woman alone in big house with a
half frozen husband to resuscitate,
had acted as l did. / shouldn't blame
her. should probably go so far as
to say she couldn't possibly have act
ed otherwise Yet in my own case
I'm filled with bitter self-reproaches
and regrets.
+ OF course scarcely see what l
could have done even if l had recog-
nized Scott when he first appeared
early in the evening. There is no
doubt that the big dog was trying to
call me TO the rescue in the early
, evening. But what could have
done if had realized three or four
hours earlier? When Scott came
home to the Hedgcrow with Nicholas
Perry's tie. BERTHE Mngard was
sportsman enough to know that the
dog was actually bringing an IS U
81 message. But again L wonder
stead of at eleven-what could l
have done save try to reach Tarasov!
And wasn't it too late even then!
The circumstances have to be re-
constructed bit by bit. Most of my
information came from Lingard. He
is quite himself again. He found
his old strength and sanity in going
to the rescue of others in need that
he came to see as more terrible per-
haps than his own. He alone was re-
stored by what has destroyed so
much. Perhaps it was the shock
must pull myself together and record
events logically.
When BERTHE Lingard followed the
dog, Scott, out into the storm, 1t was
showing again and the cold had mod
Grated somewhat. Scott seemed to
know just where he was going. He
had a definite sense of direction and
went running off toward the woods,
coming back and whining now and
then and Juggling at Bertie's coat or
swapping at his legs as if driving him
10 20 faster. .-...
The spot to which the dog drove
BERTHE Mt last was Tarasov's shack 10
the woods. The Cossack had reached
home inst before BERTHE arrived. Ana
there he found Jeanie crouched
against the wall and crying, while
Nicholas Perry tried to comfort her.
When Lingard reached this point
10 his chronicle. Jeanie. burst IN 10
explain that she and Nicholas Perry
SET out for The Birches at about SIX,
thinking that Jim and / were either
miffed at her going to the Hedgerow
or were too lazy to venture out into
the storm. =, - :, g,
II knew people would talk IL j
didn't get back TO The Birches," Jea:.
ME sobbed in telling me her side oil
the tragedy that had taken place. But
when we got lost in the woods and
IL got so terribly cold and the wind
blew SO and great branches began to
fall was still more terrified OF what
rho world would say il we--had to
spend the night in the woods, neither
NJ The Hedgerow with plenty OF peo-
ple TO chaperon nor here with you. :.
I wasn't afraid of the storm. j was
only afraid Of peoples tongues. When
we found that shack, / wouldn't go IN.
We kept circling around and getting
back there. 1t was when i went OH
in mysteries that Stub-poor Stub be-
gan chilling to Scotty.'
As / see it now, that must have
4 been at about Just about the time
III was getting Jim out from under the
branch that had pinned him down. The
|dog must have heard the call vaguely.
hut il impelled him TO struggle until
/ nc got loose and followed the call out
10 the shack that is only few hundred
rods from The Birches. And when
Inc found what had happened at the
shack md that he was powerless to
| give aid the wise dog set off to look
flor help.
All Scott could find was woman
|dra gging her helpless husband to shell
tier. II only he had not found me,
|perbaps the dog would have gone on
Until he found someone better able to
20 TO the rescue-someone whose first
| mid energies were not engaged at home.
|But poor Scotty had an exaggerated
dominion of humans. He thinks any
|of them will do-all of them gods.
land 20 when he had found me he per
Isisted in counting on me. That is
| why he waited long before going home
Ito call for mid.
That is why Nicholas Perry's hands
were frozen-why he will probably
never paint again.
"What will l do?" walled Jeanie.
fWhat will / do? never knew how
much I minded what people will say
Until found myself alone N the shack
with the man / had thought | was
mad about. Now know | don't care.
HUI he does. And he sacrificed him
[,eIf for me. He could have found his
{way here. But l was hysterical. He
{,ouldn't leave me. And then he turn
Ed his ankle-and one black horror
|sfter another came until BERTHE Lin
|rard and Tarnsov came and brought
'ns here. What will | do, Anne?
What will ! tell Pat? Which should
ID consider-Pat or Subj"
"You'r better sleep il off," / said
As calmly and gently as / could. THE
morning brings counsel"
But what counsel can the morning
bring? What does a woman owe a
|nan when he has let himself be maim-
|sd-hns sacrificed his art for her?
|Wbo deserves more of Jcanie-the hus-
band who has failed her twice-or
he man she has cost so much!
ITO BE Continued.)