-^being the Confession?

of a neir wife« ItliwtraUd bii ?oul tMram

CAPE KAY COTOTY TOCE8 TODAY. JUIY 2. 1926.

I’St'lim, a2Me

be

"I Had No Idea He Would Go Alone'

-TbeBUmm^ w.... I'm. u ..u*. I'n-'heT obtain* bobbed hair u, her Ml •» Hrrd a* a butterfly with eleDdor Jeweled heels ahe was erUrcken win*-. It ina.I.- a final uu .pensively and datsllngly Rntcimtsl. *t»cc**rful effort to turn Septeni- "Ttah bis arrived." u-i-ae

her lulo Jum Kot three or four " ■boftha there bad bust day after

day of Inexorable heat.

"Oirtins had urg si me to areopt r rt- Invitation to areojupany to the shore, but. as it wan Itupoetdble tor Cutilaa to get away. I trlt It my duty to stay at home and make things as comfortable as possible for him. Although he watt making a nicpejrt u( the new mining nettlement for which h-.- had executed the plane.. II wan lentous up-hill buolncss tor u* bath. I was to learn the patlsoee and encouragement 'll re- • qullei to retrieve a fortune, once

it la lost.

A» a matter of pride Turtbu. WO'lhJ not accept assistant, front anir nource anti for the very flntt tlnv.. 1 was beginning to tarte r«spouaiblllty of being c thrifty wife. | was Tying m ktep with In an allowance and I often riulltt* if hen I realized that It was |e* than I had formerly paid for on* evening gown, to be worn » fen limes and then turned otor to :

I felt that hers was no gossipy curiosity but a ■genuine interra* md before I knew tt. 1 was telling her about Curtins going to the

da nee.

mar year. Even Curtlm had com pUmentcd her "get up" as being "easy to look at." which from him was high praise and I could not help but nee the gleam of approval that came Ho his eye*. Thought travels In rapid High: and It literally required but a n w moments for the picture of the **at dat.ee to flash through my mind. . Curtiss had now Ispreu Into alienee and other thought!

raced by.

"Suppose you go on lo the party." I suddenly said looking up

with eyes quite dry.

"But honey, r wouldn't feel right about letiving you alone. Would you lie afraid?" he asked and. (hough i knew perfectly well that I would be. I detected the eagerness In his voice and 1 knew

was anxious to go.

'Nonsense." I replied.

_ WrlgbLs are next door and If 1

Crawford had told me bofftre I 1 n '^ d “ n y«hlng I can easily be knew t bat ebe was there • heard. See. their windows "1 don't see tar." 1 replied l°Pen—and if a bugaboo gels "Neither do I. but I know nbe'ii ^ hav ' do '* »creain." her«." | made myself go through with the I thought he wa., KO | lie ‘ hu “*h In making the mak. Mime mm a , * . I auggeatlon I really had no Idea !..'. alwu. h*r -iTOd-ptak' i i"" j'.i!. ’t 3 "

— ■!..» _

„ . _ I 01 * 1 her - ' Anil he went innide. f then. In lhe fall—(they were mar-'■ woman well past middle years flow do you . i could hear him whislllng as ried'then. 1 suppose) ahe stiff »w I here was Ibe radiant personality he moved anout. first taking a md felt the beauty of that sea-1 Of yo.itb. Even her voice mat an nhnwer and then gelling Into din- son. as well, but be- ] treshty musical as a girl of six-

of her voice. •Then. I’ll bile,

know It?" | aakre

"By that darn phrfun c ,^rr . •an., it has a trick samo--| m.thing like—The Fourth of!

JtllyV "

I laughed. “Oh. you n

Chrisimis Night.”

Yep. thhfs It. I like the •tuff you use. nomelhlng sabtle and j-wcel. The other's like tag knocked in the head. W you know whal 1 mean, and.” be add-

ed. "you usually do."

• Bui It's the mart eapeckln perfume one am. buy. I know, le-catue even In rfirir it wa i dear It'.! ruppoited to be very wotidetful but I myielf prefer romrlhlng.

that Is nerenxry for ,r ' ,|, • , * r - B oLt ‘ ou ' “ you'v* just

- - oald."

It was true taat the fragrance Is*t It la had chosen for ht cowld be d'ffe'fed all over the •too*. It was exotic and chi* with a cloying odor that would remain with one for days Someone had said that It was twenty-seven dollars an ounce. Certainly more then I cob;-I afford even If i had admired the Had tt not been for a genbotlle of 'I/bcure Bleue.’ (The Blue Hour) which came, •ardlemi. every month from France. I should probably have ceased using perfume rather than adapt some mediocre brand. l^liiia beside me during the intermission hour—She contrast between the line* of bet ultra-fash-ionable gown and mine of a fot

caress) about a girl aufTtliving rodm wft over In the springtime of the I tag lights T - Ihey bad both tbttiled to'aad even bel

her lov-

year—lltey had belb I hi tiled to | and even before- she spoke again, the loveliness of natare «nd lo- J realised that this was gelher had fell its charm, and )ordinary guest. Although »hc

"Tell me sometning about yourself. my dear, i fotmd ihls afternoon that you were the daughter of one ot my dearest friends." her voice aank i hieper. • your mother and I were very, very elcae." *0h. did you know her? How wonderful. Mr*. Wright! And to think here we are living right jnext door. Tmih It surely more 'aurprialng than Action after all." "Yea. we grew up In the aami 1 small town-loved each other Just as statera and there was:i' , either nr us had that Ibe other

did ot* share.”

<There was one. thank heaven*, she had been spared, the owe that only me father and I knew. The secret ot her sodden death.)

I began lo Weep.

"Oh. I’m, so worry my child. I ' abonld not have opened an old £ md. and she came over and ced her hand on my head." lei i us not speak of your mother again because II makes you very Mid." "Ob. no. It's all right. i rally." 1 replied. 1 tare hearing about her from you and bow pleased she

be to know that I have you right here ta«M«e 1 had .egalned my composure and we apoke of Books, the theatre, psychology and

modern art. Her mind wi

of preclou* it one*, the wHIch were actattllattaa thoughts bought polished with a broad Interest and love for people that aqt )o Xti»|tduits aqi xaq a**S

truly grout.

m that unusual and very delightful sort of person who could hold a room full of listener* !*fftad as she talked and yet irraelf. wan a perfect xwdlpauslng unselfishly at freqin ni Interval* In the convent tlun and drawing from your mind very best until suddenly your <t ordinary Ideas seemed lo glow In new words and become

worth-while.

Even If she had not known my mother (whleh was aa additional bond) I should have felt drawn lo Mrs. Wright. With her all my Inhibition* slipped away and I was her ibe ihtag* that were

nearest air heart. I fait that hen was no cariosity bat a csnuln* i ,h « ■«* Ume he, . aaywhe'r Ilka that without Z! I explalced, "ami I w«Tlr^ that poaalbly he was b-gtr^ not ta-.ril UM to eara.” wavered, "he wnoMa't have

Tmt, f know, before j ulj married, tau t that wha, y„ u golag to ixy*~ abe asked

‘‘J' h '*' 1 In surpri,

(Tb ha cantlbimd aext »,, k | Vou Cas Sm Mom, ITa an mmr to tars la tha Bsttm. bow small their IniniM. raa ^ how. " m, - L *■ Sea I* Ohy B. A L Amoaxut B. Arnett, graa! It tt Lora s*

I had never before known the

zpohditun

a weman to be carefully gr>Aaed. I discovered that being we|ldreaaed meant, not the m-curing of a elaborate wardrobe but. I found out that apparently the

atmpieat hats and gown* s one* that cost the most,

learned to love the soothing touch of silk and. to please me. the texture of a milt nr gown bad to be »ry flue. I knew It was not brave to tthrlnk at the frocks and bats and shoe* that the rhopfffrht showed mo when I asked for dfitaalhing sr a '‘re-asoaahle pi yet. 1 Invariably came a^ay

with my purchaser, ouce they were made.

That I war. no longer amanlydrcaaed I knew and becattxr I had Aug been placed lg ibis categorv by my friends. K marie II

harder fo'

touted to my uninteresting clothes. Sometimes I even felt a bit of resentment towards Curtiss lieeause he had exacted a promise from me that L annul'' not accept help from „ home. 11 Bccs.uk- Curtiss' ability was doublodiy recognize-.. by worthwhile men of the town and I because of hi* college asnociatlon*. we were treated wiih utmost cor- | dlallty by Birmingham'* most a: tractive crowd. There were many I Invitation* to social affair*. Bum*- I of which were ao templing that j[ It was a struggle lo refuse One afternoon Cur:Is* had c horns earlier than usual, thinking iB that we'were :,oing to a deuce B at the Club. Wr were scaled on B the open verandah which, at that thae of day. was shaded and cool. 1 tola him w<- would not go. “I wonder If you're doing right to turn down all the panic*. I should think you'd enjoy ihi* ore I hciBtlsc the Metnon* are the mast I charming people here." I did not reply, end after n | •omen'’* thought, he hurried on | "You've changed a lot. You seemed lo have settled down. Befisre we were married you were tjpngtantly on the go. enme on now W>d tell me Just why you won't ffo to the dsner " 1 tnrned and plucked a dead j Iqaf from a heavily laden na.turtium plant In the window box I warb/. I blinked quickly aa l TOpni over, and two brighl tears], i one of fbe last brilliant f| I dabta-d my eye* rori epwhilc Curtiss wa* sllll talking ao iba* hr might not see that I wa* disturbed by what be

clothes. He seemed happ„ .an he had been in week*. I watehi-d the sun sink ore Fltad.w Mountain In a nhlmno-r <

pink and gold and I think for the fltwt time In my life, beauty'left me unatlrred. I shivered a IBlIr.: ■ heugh ibe atterauon wq. warm

and Tuddefily 1 frit very old.

IT.'; Charming Mrs. Wright Calls

" 'TTs not Uove's going burls my dayr. but that it went In Hide

waye."

At for a Iodr time looking o the distant heights wl my thoughts following Curtiss .. the dance. A lltlle couplet of Edna ~t. Vincent Millay haunted my ttad and repeated Itself over a oecr again ht spite of my effort think of other things. oLve's going hnrls my day*, but that It went In little

ways."

There U was—singing persist en tly into the evening shadows and making liaclf on* with the pattern of the tree*. What a lot thix^young poetna knew of the everyday emotions of Her poem—< I ret»emb.-nd Just the way It looked on ibe left side of a page In one of those slender lltlle ' volumes that

» lit

i teen.

tie wajs." Curtiss wa* geittng to be llfc. that and. a* 1 sat alone in the gathering twilight. | wondered If this could be a universal condition with women and men. How many wltra were sitting with aching heart* for husbands who were careless or Indifferent of "Buie

ways?"

r a

said.

'arted off to he tliat hut I

couldn’t sesfad the little by-path* really I got only as far as England when I should have been In Not say or some fair' place, according to the schedule I had planned. If I Jiutl hadn't seen

April 1 might have torn

{ heart a footfall on a broken : myx-lf away but

know England by heart. "Whal do you do. Mrr_ i Wright? Is It aingtng. writing poetry, painting, or what?” • None of those ray dear, although! I I hank you. Just the same. I'm only trying lo make

llitag an art."

Make living an art?" It was

unusual 'bought.

•wig—a srattertag of small rock I the path of flags leading up to tbo bouse and lodklng out I saw white figure approaching

through the dark.

Then a voice called to me and - tones were at onre reanstirli.g

and sweet:

"Don't be frightened, dear. Ifst

only I."

1 went forth to greet her and j She nodded her beautiful. paM*f •covered that It wa* Mr*. Irian head with its Ivory-tinted Wright. i |, alr viiich was parted simply in a lltlle cool here, don't you' the middle and wound into a coll think?" I asked nodding lo the-at nap-' of her neck where two ^ ore,, • antique pins of aoM-thywt held If'

'Ye*. In spile of beauty’s In place,

warmth." she Mulled waving one, "It's no easy task.” she replied, hand toward the distant mouP-1 "for li requires all the virtue* and talna where a new moon haloed , all Ibe taller qualities of mind,

of the tallest peak* | Fm quite a neophyte myself and., T agree with you and I think,a* I said. 1 only 'try' ." we'd be more pramleally comfort-! "For instance." I prompted,

able If we go tailde.'' We both! She put ou her hand. It _ laughed. shapely aa all Easter Illy upon Its!

When wc were settled Ur the graceful

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