Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-07-19


close to mine while his swapping
black eyes bored me through and
through. I WINGED from the pain of
his strong grip, yet the touch of his
Steely fingers seemed to fill me with
some strange, surging urge.
How can you ask such thing?"
I countered, averting my gaze from
his. How can you keep on annoy
ing me this way when you know I
lam your brothers wife? What would
|he say if he knew? Why, Phil, be-
heve he would kill you and me, too"
ooh, no he wouldn't" he sneered,
extending his powerful right arm
with the fist clenched, mot as long
as I have two of these"
Don't you see, Phil" 7 pleaded,
'tthat we can't go on this way. We
must stop it. You must let me alone"
His lip curled disdainfully but there
was light of boyish glee in his big,
laughing eyes. He leaned against the
banister and eyed me with frank
amusement. Suddenly he jerked to-
gether his six feet of tall BROWNIES
and, grasping my other wrist, bent
over and planted a kiss squarely on
my lips. Then relinquishing his hold
on both wrists, turned without
word and ran rapidly downstairs.
He was not moment too soon,
for 1 heard John come into the house
and slam the door just few seconds
later I dragged myself to my bed
room and sank down YEARLY on the
bl'. I was weak from the strain,
the ordeal of fighting off the affec-
tions of the ardent Philip.
John Started 1t
1t all started when, a year before,
John and I were married. 1 wanted
John and myself to take house of
our own but he wouldn't hear of it,
Wasn't any use, he said, when there
were only three others in his family
and they had big house close to
his place of business. We could all
live there and not be at all crowded
or uncomfortable. He had been so
good and so gallant that, although
1 had always wanted home Of my
own, I gave in to his wishes.
Everything was as John had pre-
dicted, with the exception Of his
younger brother, Philip. My father
in-law and mother-in-law were love-
able old people who were more of a
help than hinderance to me, but
Philip disturbed me from the first.
Not that he was not the soul OF po-
likeness and chivalry, On the con-
trary, he was all that brother-in-
law should be.
Strong and Brown
The trouble was that Philip was
too handsome, approached too near
my ideal of a man. He was so diff
ferent from his brother, John, that
the contrast was startling. John was
35, rather plump not good looking,
Stodgy, commonplace, unable to dance
or sing, bookworm and a man
J thoroughly absorbed in his business.
Philip had the features of young
god, was clean, slender, brown
giant, gifted with great converse
tional powers sharp wit, rich
baritone voice, loved social life, and
was an adorable dancer. He was
always dressed in the height of fash
ion and seemed to have been poured
! into his clothes. John, on the other
hand, always looked as if he were
dressed in someone's cast-off clothing,
even though he had just paid fifty
dollars for the suit he happened to
be wearing.
Husband Stodgy
=, had not been overwhelmingly in
love with John when I married him,
| but was / to be a fool and for that
reason turn down an opportunity to
marry man who cleared $1,000 q
year in the radio business? I re-
| gpected him, admired his talent and
was loyal to him, but did not feel
toward him that depth of throbbing,
permeating. affection that had al
ways felt I must experience to be
really in love. John had been so
good 70 me that I wanted to be to
him everything wife should be.
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