Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-10
The
Other Man
By Ruby M. Ayers
FINAL ~INSTALLMENT

-N' PAU LID I'LL, ana departed.
He hardly knew what he felt, or if
he telt nothing at all, but he was
conscious of a burning desire for
the sun to cease shining. He felt
like a man-who had been absorbed
IN watching some unreal drama on
the stage and who now walks out
again in the sane light of day.
He tried to analyze himself and
failed.
He supposed that other men had
imagined themselves desperately in
love with some woman other than
their wives and had paid as he wa
paying. Imagined! Had he mag
lned it? Or was it real? Was it still
real? He had not found the answer
he sought when the train stopped
and Pauline was there at the win
dow.
Darling" She rushed in the car
and Rugged him; she poured out all
in a breath how happy she was to
see him again, how awful it had
been without him. Really awful,
Dennis!'-and how she was long
ing to be back in her own home.
Mothers better, and Daddy's
back, SO tomorrow I think we
might go, don't you?"
"Yes-anything you like" said
Dennis.
"And Barbara? How is darling
Barbie:?"
Dennis was taking his bag down
from the rack. "She's all right. l
saw her this morning-just to say
goodbye.
II wrote to her the day before
yesterday" Pauline said. She was
watching him with bright eyes.
IBID she tell you, Dennis?"
mo. What did you write to her
about?"
Pauline smiled mysteriously.
'T1l tell you tomorrow-when
we're back in our own home; and
then, with a tug at his hand, "Oh,
Dennis, it's like heaven to have
you back again!"
She was such a child, Dennis
thought, as he listened to her chat
ter
Her eyes danced, and she leaned
her cheek against him for a mo-
ment.
81 believe you're really glad to
have me back she said.
II am-very glad"
They were on the porch now,
and the cab they had taken from
the station was driving away down
the road. Dennis put his arm round
little Pauline and kissed her.
"Have you ever loved anyons
but me, Pauline?" he asked.
She did not notice the little ac-
cent on the second word, she was
too eager to Glamour her reply,
"Never, Dennis darling, never
and I vi shall"
They vent back to their owl
home the following day. Pauline
was very quiet on the journey, anc
when they arrived she went from
room to room looking at every
thing with eager pride before she
took off her hat and coat.
"I feel as if it's years since we
went away" she said. 'Does il
seem like that to you, Denms?"
Eyes" Pauline had discovered
some letters on the mantleshelf.
Here's one from Barbie,' she
said eagerly. ~How sweet of her te
write and welcome us home"
Dennis did not answer, he wa:
looking out of the window at the
bleak garden.
Pauline, absorbed in her reading
suddenly gave a smothered cry.
What do yor
Think"
"Barbie is going to be married
and who do you think it Isl?
II don't know"
ITO her husband-to Dougla.
Stark again! I can't believe it; she
hated him-oh, poor Barbie! Oh, ]
wonder what has become of the
other man-the one she really low
3D."
DO you think she did ever love
anyone?'
"Of course she did. I know her
so well-there was someone she
simply adored, Dennis"
O'Hara said nothing, but he was
thinking again Of that day on the
road when he and Barbara were
motoring together-of the mo
ment when he struggled out Of I'm