Show Page 5 Why 5 Why I Sometimes Hato Hate My H Husband Is it really possible to hate the theman man manou manou You ou love An And If It you oU happen to be married to the iian iau you love Is It pos- pos 17 I r JASE SillO sible to hate your I husband I Having Ha asked the question I shall I set t about answerIng answerIng answer answer- answer I In Ing It myself And AndI I will sa say for your information friend I diary that it I 15 if not only possible to I hate your our husband I sometimes but it Il Is la I highly probable a 1 b 1 c 0 i you will Right night this minute as I taUt talk to you I hate Jim Lowr Lowry Im I'm son sorry I was not born borna a fishwife so I could tell him in mans man's language lans exactly how I feel about him He lie says sas I am afflicted with another ono one of or my grouches Nothing of oC the II sort I am nm blazing with plain unadulterated unadulterated una una- rated unvarnished hate Jim Lowry can be the lie most hateful man on Gods God's earth This motor trip of or mine Is a typical Instance I say y motor trip of ot mine Now It seems It never was my tny motor trip at all due all due entirely to Jims Jim's capacity for being beins hateful I Nita asked mo me to go I know know she shedid shedid did lid It entirely out of the kindness of her big heart because she knows 5 I have not been heen anywhere worth while this winter simply sticking around this town getting cobwebs In my brain brainI brainand brainand I an and rust on m my heels It surel surely Is not nota a n great treat to her to be bo dragging drags an old married woman on a 3 perfectly i party with re regular ular folks who are able to see at least a a. few Inches beyond beyond beyond be be- yond the tips of their noses N v I gurgled with glee when sIlo she told me about it it We Vo were to go 0 South some somo place probably White Sulphur and the trip was to last two wh whole who tc wonderful whirling weeks Not many clothes it was to bo quite an informal affair and we would be driving most of ot the tho time anyhow That meant no extra expense or bothering with ith shops And what hat otlie excuse could Jim find for refusing me Hut I ha had not counted on Jims Jim's hate- hate How a n. man who has rubbed I elbows with the world as long as Jim and a husband hand who is supposed suppose to toha ha have a 0 little faith In his wife can be lie beso heso lieso so narrow is more mor than I can fathom It all went fine Cine the news about tho trip until I mentioned NUn an and that lint oln with the Gregorys wo WI were serc going Then Ihen Jim put his two feet squarely on the floor gripped the arms of oC th the chair chah with his two capable hands and ald said Im afraid you will have lite to call it off Ruth I could have broken m my nil favorite ft vase ast over his l stubborn head had an and never nevel rl rd te ted it it What hat hatI I do 10 you OU mean I Do you I I moan mean n to cay say I r cant can't c Co That la Is It I I I exactly Jim said You cant can't go felt the ends of or my fingers tingling I I suppose I said Ie icily 11 now that you OU have chosen to play the dog manger an and den deny mo me even the tho smallest pleasures you will not mind mentioning mentioning mention mention- ing Just wIly why hy I cant can't go Not ot In the least said sald Jim My ly reasons are self evident I think you know lenow them already but If It you Oll want ant to I hear them In wor words s I dont don't mind Ill I'll even put them in writing an and stan stand behind tho the writing wrIting- The Gregorys arc are not the sort ort of people I want my wife wito to be with on a a. motoring trip or nn any other trip They are aro not our They drink too much the they talk too loud the they live too fast These are a few fow of ot tho thu reasons If you want more I might add Gro Gregory Grog Greg ory OtY is no good never has been ben Ho lie considers ers every Cf woman he ho meets meet fair fall game and he lie is not particular about the tho wa way ho he plays the game Hed He'd Just Justas as soon stack the cards or play with five aces In the deck or any other old wa way If he thought ho he could win The Tho only thing thins ho lie has is money and ho is crooked about that Hi His Hla wife i Is a silly little fool who ma may in time become vivacious She's had three divorces and as many full pages of the tho wron wrong kind of or publicity Those are arc all the reasons I 1 can lI ri right ht now not If Ii you feel you want sant more I can dig them up I for fOI you It was tas tho the longest speech I have hare ever er heard Jim make malec and antI the thC hateful hateful- est esl The hateful part of ol it was it was true true after after a fashion There is no denying de do- nying the tho facts about the Gregorys ors ur because cause they do tie exist but no nu one ever puts put them so badly Tho rho way Jim Jim painted them bent soun sounded Bounded ed as us If it they were only one Jump ahead of tho the Jailer V We I j jall all know their life has been heen and Is a trifle hectic but I have havo always con- con j them rather deliciously risque I They do llo so 50 many things 8 I would lIla to do li and dont don't dare clan We Se e cant can't all bo lie fossilized fos old fo fogies ics Harking Harkins back to th the stone age I J sneered siu-ored at Jim how delis delightfully cay cavo- like you OU ha have e become The Tho predominance predominance nance of T I 1 and My h In your OUt orders i l Is o ll r funn funny Perhaps the lord and master o of the the- domicile will allow his sla er to walk down to to the river some Hunn afternoon and ancl watch the boat hoat ti I b IH bor or 01 Is that too a against orders n lun It Is Ill I'll lot let vou know That ThaI W. W th alj r n n I 1 i WI wis vs n Ien by nr iii It U wasn't hurled at at atm m mo me I It was handed to me as coolly an and calmly calmy as ns If It It had been a re receipted receipted ro- ro bill for the months month's rent I was wasso wasso wasso so taken taleen by surprise so completely complete flabbergasted I plumped Into a chair I limp Jim went wont on reading the sporting sporting sport sport- ing ins page as It If nothing out of the ordinary ordinary ordinary I nary had happened though I noticed the paper did a lot of unnecessary rustling After a while hate began to bubble bubb It was a real comfort this feeling of I hatred At least my husband could I not keep me mo from hating him He might control my actions but Jut m my feelings feelings feel feel- ings InS's were my own After I tired of or hating Jim I took to hating myself I hated myself for being beins stupid enough Iha I to marry marty a brute like Jim Lowry ha hated ted my family for allowing me mo to marry him When hen my org orgy of ot hatred began to wear near itself out I flew to m my room slammed the door and locked it from the Inside I did not speak to toJun Jim Jun until today I dont don't believe I would ever er have spoken to him again If Jf It had hall not been for Cor the lie accident accident- What mb do clo you OU think has happened ne Tho Gregorys' Gregorys car upset up up- sot set while rounding a curve at ot full tull it speed peed somewhere In itt Pennsylvania Pennsyl rolled down clown an embankment No one was WL killed hut but the they were vere all all all' badly had hadIn In Injured In- In The Tho rumor Is Torn Tom Gregory had bee been n drinking ant and insisted on tak taking tak- tak lug ing Inthe the tho wheel Jim Jini brought home th the all was wa In iii It evening papers s. There big big- black type with viii pictures I suppose I should b bo be glad I did not go thou though h If I had th the accident mIght never have happened Who ho knows d fl t I fl d p paco 71 |