Show Wb n a. a Woman a eU eUBy By Ruth Agnes Abeling I I r THY rItY IN VAIN AIl TO TOM TOI All AIl the remainder of the day I carried carried car car- ried ned with me the vision of Philip Ames' Ames f times I tried to get Tom but each time was the telephone on had left there and told that he was not where he would woul b be no word as to d did Mrs Ames kept to her room an annot and not s send nd for tor me Il day I had n hours do nothing hands In which to on my reading reading- couldn't settle myself to i there I too many Disturbing and were I was beginning to feel I Ivery iu ru- ru very much concerned as to my own I tU es I r examined myself I found that I I had no real purpose in life lite no aim no real idea of ot what I hoped to do Grace I I considered the I I knew was the same who were similar to numberless girls I myself The thought rather staggered I mAnd I began to understand why in the much unhappiness there Is s so world world world-so so few people few find the niche in which they really belong I knew that I had not found mine I began to see or believe that mine must be beside Toms Tom's It was dusk when I r finally gathered IP up courage enough to call caIl Tom Toms Tom's s home I waited scarcely daring to breathe while I heard the buzzing zing on the line At length a voice answered I recognized recognized rec ree- it as that of Toms Tom's mother He lie is out of the city she saidI said I knew that she must have recognized my It voice yet she gave on evidence of I I r turned from the telephone half halt trembling It seemed that Tom was purposely avoiding me I was almost desperate The idea of losing him was taking hold hoMot of me th No one except gr myself rJ appeared In Inthe inthe the dining room for Mrs Ames m mm m must st have ordered her dinner In her I room and Mr Ir Ames I had not seen I So after the meal alone I sought my room The house was unusually quiet I Not ot a a sound came camp from Mrs Ames' Ames room I wondered If sire sWe was there and wanted to find out but I felt that I I had no right to intrude during a period In which she was probably seti settling settling set set- I i accounts with ll herself ei I had a feeling that h tSp Philip Ames h had been e I as frank with her as he had I been with me and that she knew the game was at an end I I I sought the window where Toms Tom's 1 note had ben t thrown o in that t evening n f I aS which I seemed e so long ago and sat there looking out Into the darkness I Finally I turned out the light and slept lon long and soundly When I awakened the next morning there were sounds of movement in the next room so 50 I knew that Lila must be recovering from the effects of her laws law's visit She was a even humming a I little ittie l Ere I had a been nu walking around d i imy In my room long she called to me Miss there there was a new note In her voice voice please please come in Are things quite all right around the house Mrs Ames asked me Quite Quite so so far as I know I re re- re plied pIled You look k as If you are not any too ig I a all right rg y yourself my dear dc You arent aren't troubled she questioned No I answered but my voice was not convincing Lila ran on a little about some new things she and some rather surprising surprising surprising sur sur- plans for her personal supervision supervision supervision super super- vision of her household Then she broke off oft In a very serious tone You saw Phil yesterday Her voice voice- was low We talked things over over over- and Ive I've made such a mistake I haven't a mother or a sister here and I must talk this over with a a. wom r Somehow this morning I r want th tb companionship of ot a a. woman ij t When Vh n a woman seeks t ui w- w com par of other women they say 1 y it a a. sign she is getting getting- old I her t i II I Perhaps I am Surely I need Ji t change my ways and that may be beth t t natural change coming along along- with Ures U tt res rest t. t fI M Philip talked to me yesterday asli asI never talked before h he made me s Sf things seriously I have been trYSIl to find happiness In the tho wrong WE wa and the wrong place I have been 10 lol l lIng Ing Into a shallow vessel and to see the mirror of ot Gods God's deep I ha hai mistaken the shallow reflection fc Ife something big and worth while arIve arIve arIve ar Ive I've been all alt wrong 73 J JI I couldn't say say- anything when si si- stopped speaking My brain was bu buon bus on my own problems finding them r rf fleeted in Lilas Lila's and I was daubin my eyes with th a bit of white li line which I h had wadded fl tightly in m in hands hand 3 Helga Mrs Ames' Ames voice was ver vet soft I 4 You haven't been what been what Is the maiter mat mai matter ter ter- ter she demanded d dIm Im Just tired and nervous Ive I've bee up too much lately nights I cant can't see seel to to rest as I should My voice w wi unsteady S 'S SI SI S 5 I haven't been working you to hard have ave I 11 In gentle surprise 11 1 No o. o Then what Is it It must be some Bom th thing j I jAnd i And when I r did not answer she he wet wr rambling on about women and the wa they cry sometimes because e they ai ar happy sometimes because they are ur all happy jut all fl r Just Jf and a sometimes sort of es emotional for oll no n reason as titi which has a very soothing effect i But you'll find the Lila Ames yc yr will know from now on a aery very ery ent woman Helga And John John John- Johnsl si sl started J tt Do you ou know she sho said at that yesterday Phil made me feel teel a sorry for John He made ir n understand too that I not only ha robbed John but have robbed robbe 1 l lI lI I have been the thief who has bet bee stealing my own Joys jOS 1 And truly I wasn't happy frIttering frItter Ing my time away Many a night I lai lal awake and wondered where It was a going to end John and I didn't seer see to get the right start I think It mu mur have been because I married him will out knowing what it could mean I regarded rt ti my marriage as the my future problem I didn't plan plan Jt t be a part t a very important part c the e scheme cg of f his living J I think i I had been regarding I n mj l i se self as bigger than a the plan s of believing the plan of life bigger tha myself and knowing that I could fib fill my greatest happiness only as I foun loun my sphere of true duty i j Philip started it It and since hr her alone In my room I have been thinking think thin Ing It all out and found that I ha been playing a a. very small game a Im glad Im glad you found out so soon said 3 Im not sure yet et of ot Just how mue mueI muc I really love John That isn't a anic confession for tor a wife to make male sh sir added but I need to be honest An AnI I have ha promised myself this this this shall make the best of my opportunity To be continued Copyright 1021 1921 N. N E B A. A Service IF YOU ARE WELL BRED BRED j You will send Bend gifts but will not nota a tend a wedding ceremony 1 if you you- ar ax arIn axin In mourning I |