The Ely miner., 1943-10-14
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Bell syndicate-wNU Features.


THE story of Lillian White is
a strange one, although its
L beginning was common
place enough. Lillian worked in
a law Office seven years ago;
she was pretty, unsophisticated,
% years old and the boss was
just twice her age. The boss
told her that his marriage was
lonely one, that his wife had
ceased to love him, and that his
three children were practically
strangers. Lillian never stopped
to think that there is usually
some reason why wives stop low
ing their husbands and children
remain strangers to their faith
ers; Lilians never do. She gave
him sympathy and understanding,
she listened to the boss and present
ly she loved him.
Louis then rented small apart
ment for Lillian, and Lillian gave up
everything in life for him-home,
mother, faith, self-respect. In the
uncertain and scattered times that
he could be with her, she comforted
him and fattered him to his hearts
content.
She first wrote me five years ago
when a baby was coming. Neither
she nor Louis wanted this baby, and
Lilian's question to me was about
adoption. She didn't even want to
see the baby. However, the hospital
made her nurse it for two weeks
anyway, and after that a quiet old
maid cousin of Lilian's, Marian
Black, took the little boy, came to
love him passionately, and eventual
ly adopted him legally. Marian had
a lovely farm, some money, and had
had a lonely time of it since her
mother died.
my fatal mistake Lillian wrote
me in her second letter, twas in
wanting Louis to see his little boy.
I finally persuaded him to drive out
with me one Sunday to the farm
to see David. 1t was happy day,
lunch under the trees, and Marian
and Louis liked each other immedi-
ately.
Second Love Sc0rned, Takes Third.
"But I never dreamed that they
would fall In love. Louis wife died
a few months later IN an accident,
and from that time he began to pay
attention to Marian. Of course there
was no question as to what Marian
would feel; she is 81 and has never
been in love before. I have threat
ened Louis that / will tell Marian
everything unless he plays fair with
me and makes me his wife, but he
says that he and I have stopped
loving each other, and marriage be-
tween us would be a terrible mis-
take"
That was the second letter. By
that time Lillian, shocked and an
gered by Louis coldbloodedness,
really had stopped loving him; in
deed she said she hated him, and
Marian, too. My advice was to tell
Marian the truth; poor Lillian took
a vicious satisfaction in confessing
the whole thing to Marian, and
Marian, Lillian wrote me, was "bit-
terly grieved." Marian had a long
talk with Louis, had another long
talk with Louis, had many more
talks; Louis felt deeply repentant,
and Marian married him. They have
one little girl. And Lillian killed her
self.
Not every girl who falls in love
with married boss has quite so sad
a story. But none of the stories
come out happily. The boss holds
13 trumps; he can't lose. He can
always end the affair as dishonor-
ably as he began it; always explain
to his wife that when a siren leads
a man astray it is the sirens fault.
Stakeholder Embarrasses Lovers.
Neither one of us will ever love
anyone else because we simply
CAN'T" writes Ursula Davis, of