The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-07
Chapter 24
RAISUL'S FUN

| HOW QO you know she threat ened to shoot him?" Jules demand. ed of his mother.
 She told me so herself"
 Well, then, presumably she tolc you why"
 Why? You know Raisul; yot know what this Raisul is. Findine her alone and knowing the stat1 you were in he thought he'd have some fun"
 "Fun?"
 What he calls fun"
 Yes, but surely that's a case fol the swift smack, the slap that brings the blush of shame to the cheek of naughtiness. Margaret an English girl, and they don't gc about shooting wayward young men very much. What did happen?"
 'Oh, she1l tell you, no doubt. and make a mighty story of it. Prob ably try to give you the impression that she had a desperate struggle with Raisul and that the only pos sible thing now is for you to kill him, to avenge your honor or some hysterical rubbish of that sort"
 That's absurd, of course, but. we'll. it's bit difficult. Raisul mustn't annoy her, and if she real ly threatened to shoot him he must have annoyed her badly. It's a bit awkward"
 Very awkward. Oh, my son why on earth did you marry an Englishwoman when you knew that you would come and join you1 father in Morocco, when the time was ripe? =. So unsuitable only an additional expense and re- sponsibility and anxiety. Now, 8 girl like this Sara, a girl of the country, with knowledge and un- derstanding ?
 Jules Maligni laughed.
 You may laugh at me, my son but I implore you to heed what ] Isay."
 Well, what do you say, Lady Macbeth"
 T say this: your wife must mol offend Raisul with her airs anc graces."
 But suppose Raisul offends Mar Igaret?"
 Then one of two things; she must not take offense-or she must lgo."
 Go where? You don't mean ge to Heaven, do you?"
 Its said to be a good place fo1 sa1nts," replied Fl Isa Beth el Air dryly. But I did not mean Hea- ven. She could go back to England
 I can't go back to England now Father and I are :"
 T did not say you, my son. said your wife. Since she finds Raisul's nonsense so shocking she has a simple remedy-she can go away. She can go back to England-in theory until you rejoin her. If she gets tired of waiting there for VOL she can come back again and see how Raisul behaves then.
 Why can't women help their husbands stead of hinderinp them?" she added angrily. "Helu lthem as I've helped mine-at any lcoSt."
 You're different, my dear. You l.
 Yes, very different. I put my Husbands interests and welfare. lei alone his life-before silly trifle like kiss"
 Yes, said you're different from Margaret
 Very well, let this different wo- man go back to her own country,
 And what about me?" l Yes, and what about you-and your father, not to mention you1 mother-if the girl refuses to 90 and also refuses to be friendly with Raisul?"
 Oh, Lord" groaned Jules. Per feet little he a che-cure, aren't you? Better than three aspirins and a cup of coffee, any day.
 I'll have both, I think" he add ed. So you beetle off, and make me a cup, strong and black, and about a pint of it. Beetle off Mother, and let Sara bring it."
 And having forestalled her daugh- ter-in-law, and sown certain seeds in her sons mind, the Lady Fl Isa Beth el Ain 'fbeetled" off.
 Meanwhile Margaret, sick with indignation, fear, anger, resentment and terrible sense of helplessness. passed bad hour. I Had her intuition been right when she first became engaged to Jules. and was there yellow streak in his character? She had told him at one time, that she did not love him, and had talked about a twelve months engagement.
 Here Margaret pulled herself LID sharply, once again.
 Whoever he was, and whatever he was, she had married him of her own free will, and with her eyes open-and she would make the