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it Aioue With Jeaktusy nw^micn that i would not be- ^ t ’ come odious to dl the thrlMln*. ‘ rhrtwpe the wa«t potsout — - -

» that come* to the heart Of

i"had hurt tna utter aUeryttoa

ad It had beta a loo* time

I by neglect, i near Ume tloa U htni-

' change in the way my hair. Mat this was — through which »y •r •Seated thte rr- " a tweed upon'

hWardoer la the rm aot aiw*y»

'yf Mow they had fdher oa a noedight pirate all

«ooo »e the bark aoat ot the «d not need

<Wt. high-powered ear. With Jn« ,tte two eoop*n «*< Ueje oa

'■ Ihe non mu In they ’ «rwwn together re

Am- Dremnen and BUI W engaged and would | yadoubtedly go off nooe-gulng ig Cnnlaa and letltla alone, that

waa pretty too! I recalled

i Mm

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would I alt calmly by aad watch Gunis*' Infatuation for this naocap girl. Tha aituatlon was begtonlog to get Which, with the protracted heal the «pi»n>er aad the ataady grind of housekeeping, ware already over-wrought. Suddenly I decided upon a

an.

mie Mitchell, my glrihood chum, had returned from aeveral years traval in Europe aad bad lahea an ap«rtmant oa Park Avanue In New York- In order to gain Ike consent of her parent* waa making a pretense of studying art. She had reputedly urged me to come dp and visit her and each time I had re-

getting

i , rudbed Jirough my- fwd. ••You must be ge Woaderod U be COMM he otale.” she had urgned In

her

i scrawl, "aaree new play*, a taw night of opera and dab or two a

asray.“

undoubtedly right, o New York. CnrtVw

wattles —~ —M . U. 're waa that i a tangible ■Wng a'eout her. too. that appeals » men. Warner, cal.ed It prreon “* r charm, for waat of a •tnlte term. In my jealcu* I I interpnetod U •> studied [ Although the heat or the day * hewn Inteaoe Just before uneet bad e earth trembly gleaming at slight;., warm A lilac i breathed its fragrance into a caressing young

It

to help him

with hU up-hill climb.

Of coarse he did sot approve of Elite bnt by his own conduct, be had aacrihced hts right to ad

That

I knew

feetly m-ell. but. she waa my very best mead, and t needed *o more about la the care free eovlros-

meat In which she lived As for Curtiss he had shown

me litUe consideration for aeeornl

'hat he thought, I made op my mind to go to New York. Tram father had come a generous birthday check. I would apewd It on lovely clothes—the non of. etothca I had worn before 1 had he wife of Cartloa Wright, and so bedecked I would

go to New York.

Decision brought a new Interest In life end I sough*, my bed pleased with myself than

been in a l the

Ike ctoon-

, with Angers of !on\ had bed out the rougi andlt d peak? of Shades Me»taU|n d and, under her gentle | , their outlines black

valaat 4

i •MwvCtly I ytmxaM tor mm- mma ance with aU tha enthusiasm of Piled. I pushed back the greoa . i erha Caoclsd a Prince silk gauze from the window bo-. aides my bed and .there In the moonlight were Curtiss an' girl—but they were not In cat they had started out la. but LetHla Evans’ roadster which she was driving herself

ness and then I heard Corthw - "But I don't think it’s onfe.

myee'r about the rariour tanka 1 could not help but be anaied at the thought that, aa far aa Curt!ee was concerned the parly had not been a hdwllng aucceas. A hungry Lothario! Let I Ms would have been disillusioned if she could have seen him a* ! saw him at that moment sitting at the breakfast table In bsthrob* and slippers— eating with the keen appetite ot a wolf. Letitla with her scornful altitude towards food which she considered proaaic! She had declared mat all they had In the car waa a Thermos bottle cf cocktails, which. » fur os she was concerned, was a guarantee of ar excellent time, but Curtis* had no grant liking for any alcoholic drink and although she bad erldsaily Instated that he take a few. tkey had probably ouly served ’.a Increase hi* healthy appetlta tor a good, substantial raea 1 . I began to hum a Utile tune. 1 was preparing food for Cnrtlts — food that would make him nappy and soothe hla tired nerve* —he was dependent upon m that moment and needed me i than Letitla Evans with nil her silly chatter about '‘uninteresting food." I wandered why they bad changed cam. Why hadn't they returned In OUl Gflleple's ear as they had started out? And why. If Curtlaa had been ay ravenously hungry, had he not Insisted on coming home before 3 o'clock* Waa It because, to have done so. would have revealed the real Curtlaa aad greatly reduced hit la Lstltla's dream-ridden eyas? "Ooah! food kelpa!" waa a. Curtlaa said aa 1 poured him a second glare of rich and Icy milk. I hoped that It would otao relieve hla conscience which, from hla unhappy exprtnaioo. I lleved waa not perfectly at There were a doses querJ tha- clamored at my brain hut 1

noticeably uncomfortable wheu he and I were alone and b* always contrived to Invite gueats in on night when he did not conn bone with an Invitation out fot dinner or bridge. Letitla. plead Ing hard work In her audio stayed away from the house hat

1 felt that there they met. Hs i

Letitla though I knew distrait manner that .aha wn* of.

that

In hla thoughts. What could have

Bight ?

Under her apsll. In light, how far had si

Hal Curt Ire succumbed to her alluring personality and the haltering attention whs she lavished on hi* every word? At any rate whatever It was some drcadfoi thing had taken my Curtiss away from me and made him Into a a hem It a

until after he had slept— even then. If he aUll offered no •Kpianatloa of. the night which had jure passed, my pride would °«X allow me to proas the point. It'a mighty tee of you to fix me up," he declared, his eyas liberality cmaptng mine. '1 yon mu«i he tired new. ao • pore you run oa back to bed.' IxtutUlrsiy I knew .hat would he happier alone and ao I left him bo* It erna co He awake aad thlak strange, dark thoughts through tha remainder of

The change In Curtlm which 1 had noticed that night and each day he seemed r>~* and more unlike himrelf. Ha

Although

lack of faith, thought* paraded mind until I from the effect of tny doubts and f< I had temporarily sihandoned my plan to visit Blllai* Mitchell In New York thlaklne (hat each day Curtiss would ask forgive-, acre and unburden Me heeri. but after weeks of waiting, pay pa- • fence exhausted itself and 1 knew that rmtsthla* moat b«

had made on the night that they had cone out and left me alone and 1 asked myself why I had

not followed flirtation had

further than 1 I had decided to go to New Tort. 'I'd leave now. weald he like adding fuel lo th* flame and yet ray entire being. rebelled against remaining ns a sort of poHcenun to guard that which waa mine.

The mehtnl loll of my and of my

overwrought, mi whin Curtiss wi not an veen cop test for always Letitla Vas at her prottlMt and beM. At home 2 bad I nagging wife. Uttie mi of Cortlre began to get on my nerves and 1 could see waa driving him to m

from home. The Mtnation. though plain to me. waa beyond my control and waa dally becoming I thought of Booking the advlct of my neighbor. Mrs. Wright, but ah* and •yCurtlre had dkscobernd that mmy we-e related

to dlacioM an » him. dM* not

affair that Involve worn l>o»eat or right.

it I came to tha point

That Letitla still putapbd l •Ire 1 knew wtihoot a doubt

she phoned to aim

nights when

elth ,

Our-

to aim on there

I - ^

riedly to the phone and. on the few occoaimia when I answered It. because 1 happened (o he near, a conscious silence would greet me at the other end.

-membered the

to us both.

CContVu * Non Wert . Even again**, threats of hiantas * woman will meet the sltuaUjn

fate to tua.

Jtret a little drink." said the elephan* as he Upped up a pudHigh halting 'em: The bride's brain was home by two tiny

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o It Oartlre had aaMf "always thinking plug aad food." • it Letitla Evan had flung »t me aa they left on their moonlight ride? That I waa •getting too arorta?" Ah. If -key could -rely have known how eoger I was for the .eery things that (key too. were oeeklng out there oa the

Ma they Letitla had b. her laughtr ' high- 1 had part lac with 1

J#Mk whore I had b~B tbi nmro flloatpl.a of the great g«r flpaa- They Oil bad aa ultra-! Matin View-point Of life The? n#-iho whirl of pa-"'- * gay diaaer* t»r!*! i entraaelng daa< — 4 fltrtallo-- . Iheli

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What could It The changed cam. and that ah* would be much refer alone than with Curtlaa seeing her *1 I glanced at the little

A B»d Situation Growe Unbearable I aald nothing, waiting for Curtlaa to explain hla unconventtoBwl behavior of the night, though I realised that the scene •root the window would he. for a long time i mpresard on my mind and I ted. brealbJeanly. for him to Finally hair across hla familiar gretoro. which I had grown to -'cognise os a sign of unroot: Tm hungry.' Though ths situation had bare* almost dramatic my sense at ha

1 laughed. Wha> ibr deuce fe as fanay' be ashM). brroffitng vexed Oh. nothing, dat drn light Walt O ni nx eowitkalafl to o Jiffy for you eat What would you lihe* fl fee -arid*IchOP and a glass of rettk? “Te no!

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hungry as a be*, ' I slipped Into i went Into fhe kitchen to the I '« repast and aa I buried