The Coolidge examiner., 1934-07-20


Anne just began 10 sense the feel.
inE ot suspicion when Gregg an
nounced he would have % stay AZ
the Office az least one night a week
ITS the depression. he told her.
We've had TO let a lot OF the boys
80. Working overtime 20 Gil ln the
gap
Anne fought the feeling. and get
u persisted
why7 She couldn't End an an
swer.
Certainly Gregg had changed
none in his altitude toward her.
lie vas the same always-loving
and kind and devoied
He'd been that way FOR two years.
Two years % bllssful. unbellev-
able happ.uess-as FAR as Anne Was
concerned
Suspicion Is the lns,lSaior OF
Jealousy
Il Enaws az ones soul
Il Is IKE a malignant disease.
Time stimulates is growth.
When one Is suspicious Of ones
husband one is apt 10 brood rather
than connde.
Hence there vas 40 RELIEF. no es
cape from the torment
AZ The end of two months Anne
found herself the victim o. mental
torture
Her health was affected
She Jay awake nights wondering
u GreEE really vas working late
every "Wednesday night. eonlurlng
up pictures OF how be spent his
lunch hours. visualiring him keep
inE secret rendezvous.
She tried nightly TO cas-, the
thing from her mind.
Not single instant did she en-
teriain the idea o, accusing Gregg
The thought of doing SO. only 10
discover her fears unfounded. struck
terror 70 her heart
Nor did she consider trying 10
entrRp him.
She shuddered at thoughts OF
sinking 90 low as TO sneak out and
spy on him.
Her love Was greater than that
And yet when. a few days later.
her closest friend. Helen browning.
said in q jocular way:
~Saw that perfect husband of
yours out riding with a rather at.
tractive girl last night Il was as
q, Anne had been waiting for and
expecting the announcement
She had all she could do to keep
her nerves under control. TO return
Helens light. merry grin with a
forced laugh and a BIT o; repartee.
So Il was truel
GregE Was carrying on an affair
With another woman.
No. not Gregg
Not dear. kind. devoted Gregg
Not the GrcEg whom she loved
and worshiped and loved more dear
~ with each passing day.
Impossible!
Anne brushed the mist before her
eyes and laughed.
IL wasn't true. I, couldn't be.
There was some explanation for
H. Add yet
Il was Wednesday night and
when Gregg came IN the hour was
past -
lie looked wretchedly tired and
miserable.
Anne lay with n book In her hand
and pretended 10 read while be pre-
pared Tor bed
These late hours are knocking
me for a loop" lie took OF one
shoe. yawned. stretched
Had 20 take the stenog. home.
You'd think a sienog. would have
sense enough 10 live within walk
Ing distance OF her Job"
Anne became rigid.
Stenographer.
Anne remembered the girl A
blonde
II would have TO be a blonde
Sleek and young and In a cheap
sort Of way beautiful
But shallow. like most girls who
pound typewriters and chew gum
Anne waited a week.
She was going to give Gregg
every opportunity TO come TO her. TO
be honest and fair about the whole
thing.
She waited a week because there
was the bare possibility that she
had been mistaken. that II was all
a product OF Imagination.
And during the week she waited
Anne tried 10 perceive In her hus-
band some change. some noticeable
difference In his demeanor that
would betray his deceit.
But Gregg remained the same.
He looked tired and worn.
His features revealed the strain
OF hard work, and more than once
be mentioned that II the present
pace continued TO be maintained az
the Office. he'd be a physical wreck
Anne found herself wishing that
Il was work and work only that was