Show HP Taming My Husband By Kathleen Fox Copyright 1919 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate New York City CHAPTER 51 Playing the Role of Portia You Tou are the most exasperating woman I 1 ever saw In my life Ure said Crittenden en But I 1 knew it was the condition I 1 had pointed out to him that was exasperating And you jou ou are the most exasperating man I ever er saw I retorted no whit taken aback by his belligerent attitude atti attl- tu tude e. e I was trying to nerve myself to believe I 1 was not afraid of or him and was succeeding o Be Dc careful he warned warn d. d Dont go gO too far I Ivo Ive said nothing to you vou I In Insisted In- In slated that you have not already said i ito to me Surely you will be fair enough I t t. t ta allow me as much freedom of speech as you enjoy Are you going to write that night demanded letter lefter he I have not refused to write It I maintained I r asked you how I was to let your father know why I couldn't keep the horse And Just because you jou know as well as I 1 do that there is but one reason yourself reason yourself you think I Iam Iam Iam am to blame for it it itHe itHe He glared at meu me If u you are willing to have ha me tellO tell O lr father the truth that you jou object why dont don't you vou sa say say- so so I artfully inquired In Inquired In- In I 1 certainly should write him afterward and tell him the truth that I I I 1 wanted the horse more than I cv ever r rw w wanted mt d one before But if Ir the night I letter ter goes Crittenden and has my I name signed to it I insist upon my personal Ers nal right to tell him exa exactly t y V V why Pegasus Is coming back to him Crittenden's face was a study That he was puzzled I well knew I felt relt encouraged because for the moment I could not see how he was going to extricate himself from the tangle That hat his father would hotly resent the hors horses s return was a foregone conclusion conclusion conclusion sion and that Crittenden would be forced under the circumstances to shoulder the whole burden of his censure was just as inevitable And I oh but my heart was beating fast I was wag sure I 1 Knew exactly ex exactly exactly ex- ex how a lawyer feels reels when he knows he Is winning his case that I 1 could coull appreciate Portia's exultation as she reached the climax of or her argument argument argument ment in Venice The Merchant of or In Indeed leed I was playing a sort of or Portia role And with it all there came a humorous but most comforting thought A barrier had been raised I wh which ch I did not believe my beloved I Pegasus could be made to leap I I 1 saw that Crittenden knew he was I beaten not by myself but by the circumstances I 1 was fortunately able I to point out to him Yet his anger toward Instead i me did not diminish he dl did the unreasonable thing of or blaming me anyway You think you are confounded smart dont don't you you he fairly snarled Oh no no I replied And I 1 cannot cannot cannot can can- canI I not understand why you jou hold me re- re re 1 I ca cannot not help it if Ir you find rind it impossible to send the horse orse back without offering an affront to your I father ther And And surely I reproached you Jou 3 ou won wont won't t to be unmanly enough to blame me for seeing teeing it and telling yOU you I I 1 b blame ame you jou for acc accepting accenting ting the horse lorse in the first place J if you hadn done one that hat he he never would have I converter tJ Chicago ago A Mid nd d no now 5 U C Y 1 c II I I II I here hell he'll have to stay damn it M My he WAS mad I Again Crittenden started upstairs He turned his head just In time to see the ghost of a a smile on my face I which I r had been unable to restrain He shook his finger at me But you'll pay for it it young lady I he warned earned pay for it InI in I other wa ways way's s 's s he threatened weakly I did not reply And it was difficult difficult I cult to control my exuberant spirit I that seemed to be trying to burst forth in spite of me But honestly I making the effort to accept victory gracefully succeeded I I In not exploiting exploitIng exploiting exploit exploit- ing It Little by little in the next few rew days Crittenden returned to normal I saw that he was losing hard and not once did I 1 refer to Pegasus I did not go pear near the horse when he was at home and never mentioned the subject sub sub- jeet Also while I Iwas was eager to get into riding togs and astride Pegasus Pegasus' I sorrel back I waited But nut in the meantime my adored Pegasus and I became wonderfully well acquainted I IThen Then one day daj long to be remembered remembered Crittenden came home earlier earlier than usual and found me in t tie tle te garage ga- ga ga garage arage a- a rage talking talking- to my horse He grinned d when he looked in patted Pegasus and complimented him And the next text I Iday day day he sent a man out to build a I partition in the garage and put In a aj I wooden floor loor for Pegasus Of c course ur I 1 was grateful and showed my appreciation ap ap- And then I got my riding things and the bridle paths in tho the parks seemed lovelier to me than I had ever seen them Tomorrow Jack Tomorrow Jack Langley and Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliza Eliza- beth Harding |