Show I U- U Alicia kill Hammersly Hammersly I I A Woman n Who W Wouldn't Remarry I I L A By JBv By Idah Idali McGlone Gibson Gibson i Alicia nee nee y-nee nee Alicia 11 and nd common commonly called AlIx ta la tolling toiling the absorbing absorb absorb- ing Inc tory atory of ot h her r girlhood Sho is I. engaged to tn Hallet ly They are m married The Tho month roll b by and Ill Hal la Is devoted and regretful by by turns turn A child I la Is coming comins to Alicia and Hal and she he goe aoe home horn to be with Ith h her r mother Ne Nn come Cornu th that t Hal has half been killed d In a a. railroad wreck freck The shock hock render Alicia unconscious clou and she nho ii f. gravely ill III for tor we week k A Aboy bo boy U Is born to her Ier After Atter her recovery coverT abs he he determines to win Her lieI on own WA way In tho world worM She tries short hort tory story writing and Is I. delighted to have her first attempt accepted by a a. big birr New York Jork magazine Tho editor Roland Eo Early offers orten her a II position She accept accepts and goes Jon to toNe Ne New York where Roland Early Is I. very cry at- at to h her r Sho She Is Introduced to Judge Turner a II prominent man and a 11 friend ot of Early Earlys a She learns Early Is I. married lie He Heno lieno lieno no longer cares earn for tor his hili Judge Judco Turner Is I. a bachelor Larry proposed to Alicia again ln She reminds remind him of oC tho the difference In their ages age and points out It would be unconventional un un- un- un conventional As Alicia is I. retiring late lato after her prank with Larry both garbed as al gyp ales sies Mrs 11 Roland Koland Early Euly calls upon ut Alicia at ata atI a I late hour of oC tho the night Th The lady was wa mentally much distressed at having learned her lur husband was a In lovo with Alicia She toll toils that she Is II t. t ten years older than her husband Roland Early and that therein la is the cause causo of oC her unhappy marriage SIRS MRS EARLYS EARLY'S V EARI S STORY That Is ts tho second time you have made made- that statement Mrs Early Erly 1 I asserted asserted as as- sharply my Indignation getting tho the upper hand as aa I asked myself by what right might this woman say to me rae that that her husband was wa In love lovo with rho me me Perhaps you ou will will allow me to sayto sayto say sayto to you ou th that t It Is rather unusual for fox a woman to havo have the first Intimation that thata a a. aman man Is In love with ho nor hor come from tho lips of his wife For Tor a a. long moment Mrs E Early looked me straight in the eye eo and I returned tho the glance but there was no relief In her tone rather tone rather Its Us tremble promised hysterical historical tears when she said That he has not told you jou ou In so many words that ho he lo loves loes es you ou I 1 can believe but that you ou have hUe had no Idea that my my husband Is Is In love with you cannot bo ho true You are a clover cr woman Mrs and Ind you vou know a aa as well as I that thata a woman recognizes es evon before a man when he Is In lovo love with her And be beIng being be be- ing a a. widow n you should know that a n aman aman man man of Roland Earlys Early's temperament would not ask you out to dine with him tho second time lime If It ho he did not have havo more moro than a a. passing p. interest in you ou Roland Early Is not going to bravo brave the speech of ot people for whom ho cares so 80 much except under some somo great emotion or for tor some selfish desire While Mrs Irs Early Earl was tacitly accusing mo me of dIning dIning- too often with her hUB bus 1 band and I knew that she oho was right for It came camo to me mo all at once that Mr Early had dropped Into the habit of dining or lunching with mo me once or twice a a. week ever since he ho had returned from Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o Suddenly I remembered my own feelings feelings feel feel- ings when I was WM torn b by the pangs of what I pd d In this woman as Jealousy and m my heart gave KI that same sickening little throb that I had had that far away day I found my husband walking walking- homo home with Nell Marshall Instinctively I tried to excuse m solf I 1 am sorry Mrs Earl Early If It you think that I I- should not have havo accepted your our husbands husband's Invitations In to luncheons and dinners but surely sureh you must know that Inviting tho the people from the tho office to dine with him is 18 ono one of ot Mr Earlys Early's pleasant little habits He has always alwa's said sald that ho was freer to talk over that persons person's l particular work away from tho office Has he never Invited you to hi his home Mrs Tho rho Indignant blood rushed to tom m my face Has any other woman In the office except Alice Gordon ben been Invited to your home Mrs 1 Earl Early Ever Every woman on on tho the staff stace has dined with him at one time or another He lie explained to mo me moi that i you ou wert an Invalid In and 5 saw no noone ono one but your oldest friends old Mrs Irs Earl Tho The same simo story Early whispered ItO tto herself herselt wearily Pardon What hat did you come como to metor me mo for tor Mrs Early You must have havo somethIng something something some some- thing you jou OU wish me mC to do or you would not make mako a a. visit at this inopportune time time I I knew that I was cruel cruet I knew this woman did not really mean all that sho she was implying ing and some wa way I had a groat sympathy for her for I kne knew ex exactly exactly ox- ox what she sho was and and sho she had suffered for tor ma man many man many years And Anti yet yot for the life lito of me 1 I could not help but be indignant at her assumption of an affair between her husband and mael myself my my- self ael You Yo must havo have something you wish mo me to do I repeated for tor sho she was waa si si- si Ic lent at She drew her breath quickly as IS though tho gathering courage Yes she said I 1 do want to oak ask of ot you A a. cr very ery great favor I want you jou OU to give mo me back my husband Aro Are y ou u mad Mrs Irs Early What do you OU mean I 1 want ou to give me back mt hus- hus band she Mho he reiterated In a a. flat fiat toneless voice olce si Hit a child would repeat a lesson It had hail learned by long stud study I knew I Immediately that this was wan the tho sentence that had burned Itself Into her consciousness con con- until sho she had bad gathered courage courage cour cour- age ag enough to come cOlne to me and say It But Dut my dear Mrs I Karly I have e never had your husband Don Don't t I you under under- stand that thal If It h he bo be no no longer lonc-er yours you must have lost him lon long before he over knew m me 1 No I do not think so Many times 1 otoro ho has h been Interested In other women but something has always happened hap hap- i d that made him return to mo me and I tell me that I was after atter all tho the only woman who understood him tho the only woman soman upon whose whole understanding he could rest Lately he has been entirely different Ho has hardly spoken to me for d days Y at a a. time and the other da day ho he hoa a asked k rt me to divorce him What hat are Aro you sayIng saving I asked in horror Surely you ou arc making some mistake No o dec decent nt man go goes s to a woman who hn has been hi his loving and de devoted do- do voted w wife Ife for or many years and asks her to divorce him You read the newspapers dont don't you ou Mrs Hammersly she sho asked Not Nota a 8 day passes that thal they thoy do not contain stories of men mon who have tired for one reason or another of their old bid d wives ves and want to exchange them for new ones I sometimes wonder I If women arc Me t-c t more const constant than men mon men I Ithe the tradition that women love lovo but one once and men as S often otton as there arc are times places place and circumstances Is not realla really a I fact tact Roland Earl Early Earl is my ray first lasand last las and only love Mr Mrs I can cannot not stop loving him even en though I suspect ana sus- poet peet now that he really married mo rae through a a. mistaken sense of ot gratitude s and an Idea ot of paying a debt of ot honor Surely If It ho had really loved mo rae h ho he could not have havo told me with so 80 little emotion as ho did day dar before yesterday that ho lie had found a woman he felt h he could not live lI without He asked m me meto to tol give him a 1 divorce and let him g go goto goto to her But Dut Mrs Mra EA Early ly what made yo you think that woman was I U I asked 1 In Incon con consternation a t Copyright hl National Newspaper per Service Ser |