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Show .IIESSIOIHAIIDITIDEJ bjHT His . ! Vzumu 1 nilKht eanily fit a sfildier mii of hia own. The fact aeemed lo make hie flirtation doubly vulvar hVunes "ke thin I hed watrhed tiefore In rntRurants and once at a aymphoity concert. "And I suppose they think they are lever 'to pm it ovr' th little wife." atd Mttry 1'homea in a aarcantln tone whl h aatoiilnhed nie. "Vou ae, I've been thlnkina: a sood tieal lately." The man pmpppI down the a lute Junt then and- swerved awkwardly with the wen vina of the train to onler that he miaht drop at noie into the praily fflrl a lap "And tomorrow, n matter what appointment ap-pointment I hey keep." rommentert Mary, i "ha will hive fnraoHen the airl who fin t tm hersetf That aha ran make: hrm Tnr- get hm wife " "U hllet the wtf. will eemtlntie to move serenely and securely In her own dlanl-rted dlanl-rted orbH." I auaaeRtMl "Thev think I , thy etrtot her when they are only oi- j ploinna eaih other'" t "Ttirit'a it. prin-lrsel.' Mary aareed. 1 "Vac ant love ha a mi h a, i raTisient , value lo a man." I remarked imcrI) hm If I were well qualified In know what I waa I talking; a twin t. "I wonder why eome war i nrlflea worry ao murh about their hua- ' Ipa.irie' cooduci over there." j "ln'l It trecauae we women think al- I t os1 el her too much aloS;t aex?" Mary aakei. "Women etaKaTate the tnipnrt- j anc of aex tho pull of era mote than men do," "AMhoiifrh aea never reaje to lure him. j man himaelf treeta It very allahtlmly only aa an Incident, doesn't he?" waa my finery. "What ha hurigera for today, he , scorn tonifirrnw Hut either day. he . doesn't let his emotion spoil his real work ; tn bfe " I " htla women. very a-ond women. i thnntth lhv loathe lo coiifcaa It. cenlr jail their Interests In aei. They dreaa to iaich a hu-and. and f-ed him tn keep , him. and a)i.-ie the home mainly for his comfort." Mary added. i ! "H-i dtermlnea every ayreat atrp In a ! w'niiKn'i life." 1 went on, work ma: out a thoiiKht ii w to me "We pretend if Isn't , tru. A man'a areer is etiaiied br entirely en-tirely different Influnr-es. still we Inatef i wt r the only influence! How siby ' of ua'" "This war o-irht to tsach ua tietter," Alary surrstd-d. "At lat. it has taurht me, as a war' bride to cnltU ale a. aratn of ena4 a boot mv hiialMtnd I don't t1eva h bire of Tans ta any worae for Hob than othr h.i' tic hea m't and ano,ui4n,d riifl'.t her a' at home"' 1 "That a a cornforfat.le ihrfry-U would mik a lot of war brioVa hapir if they eoijltl only stick to it," u Mary's com- mei.t. (To bo continued 1 il'opyrln-hf , 19U. by the Newspaper n- Tpr mo A vi.i tlfn t CHAPTER LVII. : I, a War Bride. Do Not Worry Over "Lursa of Paris" for Bob. I .-ate tn the afternoon I went Into the tie it coach to talk with Mary. Thomas. I She had been In New York to offer her 'aerWcea aa an entertainer for cnnvales-j cnnvales-j irent so Ml ere In for elm hospitals. Of : course, she was rejected he had not the J nrceesary credntlala Phe waa disappointed disap-pointed -and bitter could see. As we talked 1 noticed that a man who waa riding backward waa flirting -over hie wtf e a shoulder with a firetty , alrl In front of me. He was not a voting jman. Th sock his wife waa knitting , lauah I hve never thought to ek ' Khv " I So tho new diab waited until It waa .tII omet in the pantry at nlajht and Ibfii H a-ked the Plt.-hT Man why he i lriOKlod the lime. , "''h, dear! 1 have tn laugh evry time I think of It." atiwer-d ths IMtcher Man. "No one haa er saked me whv I Iwoiahd lref,M-a and I do not know that I . rtii a'op long eiioiiKh to tell you whv." Hut all th oihor dlhs gathered atrOiit him and hd-Rfd him to tll hla story, and .it lst he nia. i,c-j to alop laughing and tHik. "It happened ever ard ever ao long ;tgo." h aatd. "one mof-nlight night When the houat was very still ".lialraa 1'iimh came in through the I door and looked aUnit. then atie aniffed. I f.r ou ace on a plMr on Hi ahelf whs a nira fteli for n"Kl day s dinner I'uaa walked along lo the window and jin.t Ik fore ah Junip-d up on the aijt sri til.a. r-fiuM jump ni l he "n-lf I saw a. I moo run a Inn t he ah If w here t h fipti was snd jump into a pis that was cut "He ran under the cruat and began lo I nllilt)'. arid, i if cnurn. d d tt Sf I'uaa, toil when ahe re.hd thtt fiah ahe gave it s pull H"d Ih lull nil the pie. "ih. dfitr when I think of ll I piat hsv tn laugh." snd I'ifrhrr Man a:tri J lif'd hie sda while he almost buret w.th la'isrhii.r " ih. do tell us wh.it hapknd." sakd t h dih-aj, ao lo're i hy could hardly wait to h'ar the rd of the ator Th I'Mfher Man wtj-d his um then went on "As I Srild, the tail of t lie flali hit th n t hre I h mriw Hi attfg Thai, of course, acarsd huti and be junpd out "ll laii'lrt) right n 1'iisa' head snd thrit acrd hr ao Si tu.nhli off th sb If. the fih on top of hr. "I'u-s nver k'.w wh-t happned Sh J thought th fiah was shv and ran fr beti life, snd th niou hustled at-out hltr skeilr, iryinc lo find the hoi in I th wsll. for bis wits were Just a a red 1 out of lit head "'h. dar. tt waa en funny, irr th I nef day hp th cook gave Ih fjnh ' hd o fuse ihe ran out- of floor a and ' cok tho'iaht fie had a fit, becauae no' cat wa ever known to refuae fish !- fore "Hut I knew whit waa tha mattr. i and every tin.e I think aoout It all I Juel have to laugh; ha! ha' ha! ha" At!d thai i the rawn lit'lo Pitcher Man ia always lauahig H cannot st.p, for he always is thinking at-iout what b saw many yara ago oris n.farj-i-1-rlit r.;ght in the anirv. . (opvrlght. 11. by the M'lur News-p.ler News-p.ler Hyr.rllcata, New York ) |