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Show : THE HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1923.' of a belle Ja her day.. ShVwas too loyal to lamest lost opportunities la his presence, let alone to fling them at hint as mlsefles, but s roascjonsness thu they might be lying ready to her fcend made him walk warily. - 8he- sfumh mak the beet of Avonla In her mn way, and 'if there was a: "fnfnt flay- "back! ' Whan you've' run Die bouse so all evening, and then WenT nr MS long that yon feel nnroaiforuUjle u &u How have eootd Mary but not to sleep. behaved s-o- Be began to Imagine food hut good, wuho yon feel guilt; their Interview on Monday his side. when the chlldrenJNttrrupt w. wntnL boat four o'clock., he In of it at least trfi-fcf found" he was going to" use the phrase that's when tkit iflt Ji weitt i,v. h jilndTslie y iUTle mertBertesi girls." iTHE HOUSE GUEST oUier-wnrd- Continued from "Jrday .Herald.) " alannueVf By morning, hnwaver,. he had dU, carded It as sentimental The feelln. behind thu words was there, howeve; LILwns Sunday. He would take thtu, to church. He had never taken the to church before. He went and brushes looked very tail lnalhlglL hat--H- e walking down the little lane to the paved 'avenue on which the church stood." The t'WlsJren, small und fluffy held each a bund.' His little motherless When he came borne that afternoon, note from Mary was lying on the ball table a not unusual occurrence. She had probably gone to the Garden club. She was punctilious about letting him know her plans. It was the afternoon of the children's dancing class. The bouse was deserted. Eliot's spirits "rose. He. would actually, sit iow.hja. his wa'sUting, room and read or' think r do neither, without any. one saying "What have youbeen do girl's. Marietta Chatted as they went "You log all day, dear," or "Did you remem never went to church with us before, ber the butter," or "Why must I, f " did you father? You're always so ". tired on Sunday when mother's home. He did it He. clasped bis hands b hind his head and looked at the cell The first time Doris went to church she thought the minister was God ell ing. The little country neighborhood children do. I did myselLJWhy was silent. It was theflrsLnjomeul dress like that, father? tf this "Huff That he had had for clergymen Why rin thgy?" months. He thoroughly iwhbeeu there he' wowf - He began thin hnvft nnswoi-txt- , "Why rift yon wonr parody Jie was trying to writa for a newspaper he had been trying to do ruffles on your skirt because it's, the J K at ouu moments iu uie inuu vr m custom," and Marietta would have re--1 ' bis bath for several weeks. The and then the con. piled: "Why lis that made It appropriate had' versatlon would have been taken up long since passed, buthe wanted to finish It If he could. Within a, few VIW ITM KvUUg UUUI11WMVU W, OIUI" I however, he heardjthe yolceiL plytry(ng to thrust herself Into- the minutes, " of hla daughters- - TOtnrntagritoiedrtoregrQvnd. BnfBowTIary was not there he felt obliged to try and an- the class had lasted a little longer. YefrliewaTranBnnaTuTSrfatBer sweFuls moQierTess lltUe"glrl, and she and when they entered the room, actually appeared to trylo understand flushed with exercise, elegant In their him, so that they were talking sheer whlte'dresses and blue bows, he rather earnestly by the time they " eee reached the church (too. In the afternoon be did not plB) them. He loved them even when the golf, partly because her did not want following Interchange took place; " "Hullo, father. Do you like my newj to answer questions as to Mary's What Is Jazz?" shoes? whereabouts, but partly beiause he be"Well, Marietta, it's a kind of mu- came Involved in a hymn Marietta had been most Incompetently committing sic where the beat ts irregular." to memory for six months. "Why Is He went eagerly to the office the "Because people like It thai way nexfr day, and waited nervously the, time changes." "What Is time, father?" through the early hours of About twelve Mary came. One Remembering Mary's assertion that e- was told him that-shhe didn't try to answer them, glance paused a moment to consider, but neither crazy nor playing a Joke. mi Marietta went on: "I was culled out him. Her face was (he face of a voi 'in front of the class to make a cour- an who had been through two days of tesy, father. Where's mother? Why suffering. They went Into tils private office without greetings of any kind did she $0 a ay ?' "She hasn't gone uway," said Eliot, and shut the door. "I sat Just In Mary was direct disengaging his mind with difficulty, front of you the other night at the pic from the problem of time. ' "She took a bag with her. Why did tures," she said. "I could not help 3ihrsneeT s; the Matrimonial Adventures I j:cJ Hemy Kitchell Webster "Captala vf lndMtir." Traltuf and LoyaUnt," K, rh WtalMrin n Khjiki." hJme Madam.'' AdTentnr." bred." ;Cop7rihtjr "Tffa " A, Hkr Man. "Tb Krrt Thomas. imonaa Wullartoa," "JUuJ "An ," "Muj-- t Ctritwl Feator : -- Wmself taken the wash to the laundry, as It was Saturday, and sometimes, If they were short a sheet and some one coming to He fished ber letter out of his stay pocket. He had put off reading It for fear It would ask Mm to da something that would have Interfered with his bad-proba- bly hat-s- he He opened It, moment of solitude. with Marietta sitting on the arm of his four balancing Chair, and Doris on his crossed feet The letter said : Dear Eliot : Something strange nas ;ed no,-yo- Jt 1iapeDea!haruHflu'8 that you and I shot Id ever live to- gether again. I wunt to be alone for a few days and think over how I can arrange my life. I will come to the office Monday, and tajk U all over with sorry u..- Is Nora's Sun you. out, buTTotTcuu probably manage day ' somehow with the children. They are so gooL Xouxa, v - ' MAKY. He became aware that Marietta had been Saying for a long time: "What does mother say, father?, What does mother say, father?'' He put the letter back in his pocket "Oh, nothing, dear," he answered.' "She bad Jp go .away for SumJay,!r: , - rtWby did she?"There was a question he couldn't answer. He had no Idea no explanation Oo possible to , him. What could have happened? Had Or rather, for he done something? bis conscience- was absolutely clear. did she luiaglie he had done some thing to hurt her? Had site fallen under the spell of some sudden romance one md of such things happening. but Maty I No. Had she gone mad? He reiwemberpd now ' thfi she had seemed sAleut at breakfast, but not portentously slteut. He hat questioned of the" the chl'dren a to the day hdd- any messMgef come had "SIo, nothing, J any vls'tons It was. almost lncreUltl-- i that you should Uve wltTta womift Seven years and 1e unable to torn) even a hy-- j' potbesls us. to hy tfbe tad-- left you. .Not thfct he admitted ththsd left him It was Just some lnlscnderstandlng.' To his first shock a fsellBe of ninr How couM anyone treat succeeded. another fellow creature like that let alone a husband, ( And to leave him In suspense for days. Afd the children-sup- pose anything happened to the children? Tney came to as him to sit with them while they ha4 supper, and read eory-eertrr- ed - - er-nt- s ben-there- , . 1 JhJial jloudTheyaOkedJM.m most ever slnce There was a pause. Eliot's mind rushed UHel toThenversatldn with Sam, and his heart felt like a falllnc elevator. He recalled things he bad said with a relish and bitterness hld- den from Sam but obvious to Mary, He looked at his wife. Her eyesJ were blazing. VAnd yet,"!be said, "I love "you, Mary." "I thank you for such a love," she answered, "the dull little woman at home didn't say that quite. Suppose .you bad overheard me telling Virginia .or Caroline that you bored ine to death that td stopped readlug tieeause you never talked of anything but housekeeping details " "That's most unjust," put In Eliot. "I said matrimony hot you." li't's le honest." answered "Oh, her head, as if sin Mary, were shaking out suit water frm,! y wave that had passed over her. Voui marriage Is met and mine's you. And It is for you I don't even get to town every day ami see a lot of people, and yet I'm not bored I know what you're thinking you think I'm not bored because I'm not as clever as you, but " "I wasn't thinking anything of the kind," said Eliot, and he Imagined that he. was. telling the truth. . "Of course you were, but that isn't the reason. The reason Is that no one can get more out of life than he puts Into it or out of marriage either. You're not bored with your business and heaven knows it's a dull One every one agrees to that duller If possible than your own home but It doesn't bore you. Why not? Because yH put a lot of yourself Into It". Heretofore a. sense ot guilt had confused EUot, but now he saw light. "Isn't my work here Just what, I put Into the home?" he asked. "After office hours, whut do you put Into It?" said Mury. "You come home like a king expecting everythtng-t- o be ajrnngmi ror you or a mustn't he lnterrupuyMiy the children your own 'The. meir-fi- r the outer hear you, If you speak so loud." "I hope they will,"isald Mary. "They are probably kings and house guests, too. "They probably think they have an mallenablerlght to be bored by their wonien and children, too." "Well, after all, said Eliot; "It's not a crime to be bored." ."lent ltr she, returned. "Now listen to me, Eliot I can Imagine stay ing with-- a man who was unfaithful, or stole, or beat me," but I cannot Imagine ander-SJijcircun- evening. they had f-- a man whom I bored. Why should I? Good-by- .' been able to speak, and he often fused. But this evening he consented, ."Hold on, Mary. Where are you go . It was like .a reproo to Mary. He ing He would ilka to have spoken chose Thackeray's "Hose and the Ring" with1 the tongue of men and angels, He hadnt read It but he was distracted by a peculiar . to read to them. mental state, be felt It was impossible lor years. It was a uagniflcent pl of narrative Be read It well, too. At that he should ever have been bored Vv that place where the haughty Count with this vital, violent, irrttatlag. Hoggmarme stepped, Into the arena, handsome creature, and yet he knew and- - the lions: rnsned out saylnt, quite well that he had been. h looked "Wurra,"' wurra, wur-rra-"Ob," Mary replied airily, "Tin goUP to see two level spoonsvarrested In ing to my mother's or on a trip I front of two opened months while foar really haven't, decided.' ?And ayes dilated tTexcltementr-- ? After-th- a chlldreanad: gonsPto US Eliot asked with a sarcasm that was meant to bite. .s be had a long uninterrupted evening ' --one of those. Mary took a step toward him, away evenings, ta- which ba "eould have finished a doses parodies "" irom tne door wnica she bad almost except that bis whole being was takeo! reached. "Yea." she said, coming o with anger and speculation. He briL'i'irl I'U ILttMi. JThefj. romliii walked ua sad, dowa thesjttlnt fonm r j'. . artieverralng Jackr t t - Tia ".. "v - ,' z - ss td she- would, unless be wantof absurdity about some of the refine- ed to go out somewhere with ber; but ments she Insisted upon, and about the he said be must go back to the office seriousness with: which she took her and work,-;- . pretty committees and her classes and her busy' between sow and. Monday, be dobs. It did not behoove her husband added. lotfre haraly." .. Syndicate WEBSTER Like of o many jsmarsHficrjt. I America's big began writing at an early age. Hla ftrst work brought forth atorieS of mystery thriller; he specialised tar Plot . An f he. turned from thst fprnj of fiction to material with more eubsUnce. For ene of the leading BagUlK h trailed in , the trop- les end wote artlclM, not purely i for .local color, but studies of the life with a sociological background. Later cam his novels with their portrayals of real people and real problems, showing the power of Mr. 'Webster's mental equipment, for be la a widely cultivated person with a. knowledge of. tlie diama, music and literature. He speaks with authority on all of these subjects. Mr. Webster Is one of .the authors who takes a long time at his wr.iin?, and t.e siory thai follawS, or the Siar written exi.rus.-dSeries of Matrimonial Adven-- . was in tures, process of development durlns a trip through Europe. "His Wife's Visitor" shows how very clever husbands sometimes are! MARY STEWART CUTTUfQ, JR. . s- T long-distan- ' " J Itteu'fta silence. The maid .returned and said, "I think' It's for you, Mrs. Tait." Gergt sighed and produced the evening paper, which had been tucked under his leg against this precise con. tingency. He didn't pnrtIcuUirtycarejibnutthe-new- s, of wirtch TieTSdaTready read the unexciting headlines, but be dlJ want to register a not uniimlabh? protest against these continual Interruptions of their dinner. Emily Insisted on making n more or less formal meal of If. She'd have been mildly annoyed with him if he'd gone to the sideboard and helped himself to the eggplant while the .mal4wos at the phone. Then why couldn't she Instruct Anna to say to these importunate telephones that her mistress was at dinner and ask them to call her In an hour? It wasn't as If they ever had anything to say. There was no use saying this to He knew her argument as Emily. welhartls own:" ABbasT)jdraIe would be ruined If they . her d services by helping themselves, and then where would they he when they bed people In to dinner? But, If he didn't want the meal interrupted by telephone calls, why did he Insist on their dining at the bucolic hour of six Instead of seven when most of their friends did? Of course Emily knew his answer to that. too. By dining at six they could, whenever they felt like It,, go to the first show at the Alcaiar and see the picture right end to, Instead of from the middle of the fourth reel. Also they could flndi a convenient place 'to park the car. And they were home again nine, so that If George had any eve-to ao mere were a couple of And as for set-left for .mple of propriety to Anna. George felt Ht was rather hard. Ever since their ffcgtChlld. George, Junior, bad been two yeaTs-eld- , George, Senior, bad been submitting to Innumerable upon his personal liberty under the plea ' of setting a proper example. But now that Junior was In college; and bis younger sister In a boarding school, it seemed to George at forty-thre- e that he mlcht be allowed to tilt back-- In his chair If he liked and empty hlsjplps scrapings -- eehort-clrculte- it good saying any of that either, for Emily knew It as well as he did. Well, 'he knew- her answer, too, t hough this last word was one 'she bad never said. After all, they didnt live In New York nor in Philadelphia nor even In Chicago. They lived In Avo-nlIllinois. George had, a' good law practice In Harrl; 6a county, but the great cities and the great corporations l never summoned him, and It waa beciHulng clear to George at forty-thre- e that they cover would. Avonla atxl the- - movies find "the bridge" club' a. h.-t'- -- ana a Ish'u'd' was. about!.! speed.'.', lie doubted very'mcch If Emily, as reardi'd her on potential spee- dgrunted e conjugal partner lot suCk ' . fa The telephone rang for the third slnce"they "had saFdown to dinner. The maid, In her flurried haste to placate the tyrant, set down the dish of fried eseplant from which George had" been about to help himself on the sideboard out of his reach. Georie" and his wlfe sat listening In W l . time sa i 2; -- Au-th- cieiit binwpoweicqWesceil. mU'ht wrll believe was tV U UtT MnS.""Sbv'fi Iteeu i This fiiornlbg Ohrbut we'dMoveto have youl . She asked hotly why he said that Yes. That'll be fine l, Meisa and added, as the suspicion strutk her, talnly will. Only I'm afraid you won't "I believe you've been telegraphing Four rhlinTTrosFaerf - not to come." But this find, us very exewng. 'cteelFatuTdayHBieo. Injurious charge she at once retracted. Geo'rge, as she returned to the table, "They're supposed to be sort of upon, the -- paptrJ temperamental and changeable, thart astOTMztoga When she was rattled she liked U be stl," he eisplalned, "and I thought he allowed to take her time. She sat I mlghL.change..liitLmind ahonf this.' down a bit heavily In her chair, drew "Yon wish he would, J suspect" she a couple of long breaths, resumed ber observed.. ' . knife and forit, anrthen aakea, "iia - "Yes," he answered, unhappily, "I """ '" yon hear any of that? suppose I do." "Not much,? be told ber. . "I thought She gased at him a moment In mate vou sounded sort of snrwrlsed. Ctasperbtfoo, Then her expVfssioh "I should say I was," she admitted,'' softened and she gave a reluctant "when I hadn't heard from him foi laugh. I think you're the most ridlc-nlpunineteen years. Calling up on the person in the world," she said. to ask if he can come "I suppose you think he's coming out Surand spend' Sunday with us! here to break up " T prised !" ' cri iuc w ruu nrnj wiiu uxm. "Who?" George wanted to know. . He looked so glumoverth!sthatihe4 ' ''I don't know why he should want gave him up as hopelesv . "Oh, g" to.' Hr certaln!ywojntflnd ayma-terla- l along," she cried.' "But Tm going to for a play In us. Still, it'll be kiss you first And yon will be home nice to see hlra again. I don't sup- sharp at four, won't your X pose I'll know him." It was an hour earlier than 'this "Look here," George demanded that she fonnd him In the dining room "shorn are you talking about?" unwrapping a package containing two ."Oh," s! e said, as If she had just bottles, one of gin and the other of rd his q uestlons ; but It was another Scotch whisky. , moment before she answered It "Got 'em from Walter Harbury," he "Why. it's'" Charley Hawkins Haw"Walter has a explained sheepishly. thorn Hawklns-'-Georg- e, .you know regular bootlegger comes around once who he Is!" while!' sno-wnoBawthorn Hawkins something ado you call him Charley? Her astonishment over this bit of And why does he call us on the long unabashed mendacity made It possible distance and propose to spend Sunday for him to get on to something else. . with us?" He put the bottles away. In the side"Why, he's giving the Sheldon lec- - board, turned his back upon it and tures down at the University this year. gnspfl ni frpr Brt Hntpptly that - She and he looked up Avonla on the map frowned and " presently inquiringly and sow how near it was so he asked, "Well, what Is ltr ' phoned to ask If he could come." . "Nothing," he said, "only I. think But why Avonla, and why us?. If you're looking great Just as you are." you know hlra as well as that, why Now thlr was the .unadulterated haven't . you ever told me anything truth. At forty, after two children about him?" and nineteen years of marriage and George" she cried, scandalized, "I '"""H, -- " pMH lf"Ved Inflnltd dr strable never --more so When nged--an- d you than In the sort of clothes she was didnl even listen. He wasn't famous wearing now, a small felt hat crammed then, of course. And I havent heard down upon her small round- - bead from hlra since the note he wrote with (she'd been .out doing some the wedding present he sent us. Now, marketing), a sweater, a sport for goodness' sake, don't ask any more skirt, shoes; her face questions, but let me eat." molstly flushed, Innocent of powder. It was from preoccupation rather It was true 'and Emily knew it was than obedience that he let her alone true. .. ... until she rang for the maid.- - Then, - All the Same, she saw through him "You haven't beehwrttlng to him, and smiled derisively. "So you want have you telling him he was great v to' look like this when Mr. Haw -- . -- nt-hor fnthirr ''5 ; 'She - ' "We'll see," said Eliot, thinking to was coming, ', suppoee." how ... Itr nho be he j told called ber from' the dinner table to the going to. le here tomorrow When ba telephone. comesvaren'typu? . Hea(T hallrae to thitfk as far- - as It "Oh, yes,.ru be here yon bet this, his mind slipping rapidly past the was so evident ThoughTthat the last familiar landmarks just as' his eye slid brace of wrrtls had escaped him Indown the columns of the newspapers. voluntarily that she forbore to remonI before, he perceived thatC3nlly was strate. not,' this time, talking to any member 'r They kept rather carefully away of her drama committee nor to any from Charles Hawthorn- - Hawklns-a- s a , dtlzen of Avonla, nor to anyone she'd conversational topic that night had the slightest expectation of hear-however,' 'Just before he left I lng from. It was ainan George could for the office, George uneasily broke tell that from the quality of her voice the Ice by taylngf "Don't' count on He may not ang Tieseeuiea to oe turowmgTier mm too ronchr-Emll.Into a good deal of a flutter, eomejryoii teow-sen- d too a telegram. ltr eltrdemdlado that f sent It along so that you could surprise him. YonH. read 'ant tonight, .1 - i, i likely; - ' - woulilnt have been time, "Ola, weU," he concluded, "I don't believe It's much of a mystery. Some. old. friend, most "' : " ; - kins comes i - "Ever read 'em?" he asked. "They are published, I suppose." She shook ber head and waited until Anna went out ; then she swooped upon him. "I never thought you'd be so silly," she declared, "as to beJeal ous. And about a man I haven't thought of for twenty years." "Jealous I" he retorted furiously. "Fm not." ' "What are you thenr she askedN with an alkaline sort of smile, and he found the question unanswerable. "Well, I hope you will be decent to . ' him anyhow." "I dont know whether I will of not," he told her. "Thtk depends." She didn't speak to him again that night Two days later, coming borne from a rather strenuous bout of shopping, Emily found ber husband home from theofflce a good hour earlier than usual reading a small green d volume, .which he put down hastily as she came In, and then took up again and held out to her. ? Three Plays by Hawthorn Haw kins,' " she read. "Why, where did that corae'frora? I fried to get It at Street's, but they'd never even heard paper-covere- , I I I ' fl Jobs Fiedywlere,"An7 Time, Without Charge. Best Quality Materials Used. All Work Guaranteed. the pas : "Phone ; shl 424-- R. L. Gillespie. iseJheraWs-Wa- nt t Ads That Graduation Picture r M' io graduates pictures, for graduation is ah important epoch in the life of a young man or woman. - Perhaps because her husband's performance occupied the first-pla- ce In her attention, she found Itiiard to remember what ax celebrity Charley Hawkins had becoi He was curiously unchanged, through If . We pay Uarticular attention ' - all his changes." The Ywen,ty pounds or so he had. put on hadn't made him look older ; had served only to accentuate the plump, cherubic took of boyish Innocence there'd always been about him. He talked about himself a lot Just, as he'd always done. Emily shot an uneasy glance at George now and then; for Instance, when Charley spoke' Offhand of the . Htl 11 - Phone 384. ,". - "'ai. ' ' - ' .. . . !; 1 .. i : Columbia Theater. r -- . ... ge : I . fl .""Tl (Unned toawrrow.)- -. v ' . Designed for ' h . A PRODUCT OF. NATURE. the Improvement of Health and the Extension. .. ... w ... ..... . ' - of Life. - - IV USE IT FREELY IT MAKES, THE CHILDREN t f ' - '..' bar ten J. W. Peters. up for tMs chump. dont want yon to do anything special for him. I don't see why you should. You dont care anything about him; do you? . Nor about what, he thinks?" Her flush deepened as she met his look. She reached , ont suddenly and took hold of him by the ears, "idiot t" she said, "Idiot !" But in the .Interval between the two words she kissed him, and she did not dress up for Mr. Charles Hawthorn. Hawkins. Jtjrta : ' - ro nui GILLESPIE & PETERS 94 'North F - iirth" West. , v: lPM il - ? the Thi J ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Phone 74L can she asked. foremost American actress as. Ethel She wondered whether George "Was saying to himself, -- Asa George was not He seemed "Came. hi the man, be said. "I to-benjoying the gossip of the the-found It when I got here." iteraSTnncb"asTher tales of Capri Addreert5 mer she ask and Tahiti and other wondrous places believe waa. It yes. "Why I I the playwright had Inhabited. .,, opened the package "without thinking.'' Emily herself didn't talk much. "Charley sent them on, of course,' drifted back occasionally Into she remarked ; "so that Td have soma" They reminiscence,' but since this, of course, to him . talk to thing abontl,. excluded George, they didnt go far said "I don't believe he j V t'.";f ?Vf4--"Not unless he's an--- .with.lt, decidedly. George-ba- d of being busy, spoken, -tM.m unusual ?..,. '"4 of the amount of time he'd have to She Unshed angrily at that but ba spend upon a case that waa coming up went on before she could speak.'. Monday, but1 ba showed no signs of aald I thought be want an ass, not going 'off and leaving them ro their was. There'd have own that I thought be devices. She didn't know whether been a crd or an inscription If It aha wished be would or not , Intrinbad." some "from .blm. . Anyhow I she wasnt especially anxious sically blm thank for wouldnt It unless be to be left alone with Charley, but If gives yea a lead. Read 'em and say George was "staying away ' from his nothing. And dont leave 'em ont on work In order to Watch Was the sitting room table where theyOl furious' with blm. ' them, she ' . either."--be the first thing he sees, Only, It didn't seem like that The . a at- a a w uua auric two- men got around to the war. at was both friendly end Intelligent Ust and the knmhie hot aheni. 'Sr aid they ooa fromr they bad respectively played la dld."-Geor- ' p .. "Well, I Her eyes flashed at him, but the en won't I'm going up to dress this trance of Anna procured hlra a polite HmtauteT- answer. "I couldn't very well write Jfl wish you wouldn't Emily,' to him when I'd never seen one of his plays.' - letn ;. eacl ' ' . - . X c- low-heel- onr V' '" 'v 8' ; ." ' " last-minu- and so ' . " ' SStf g wererst 1 ' S RQW. CHERR YjSHILL $1 DAIR Y it arid Use the Want Ad w hi |