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Show j Confessions of A War Bride CHAPTER 85. I Sk Way to M.k. My Brain H.lp My Marri.g. "Why, lh lungpr 1 live with Bob, tlis l-a I know about him," I exclaims ex-claims In reaiunse to Martha's atsts-mcnt atsts-mcnt that Mother l.orlmer, having j lived over thirty years with IftftdUy, jeoulunt blind to the darker Miadea of hit. character. "CnoilnMB srneiou.' t'an't you climb out of the 'Jupt average' clan of glrla. Jane?" ncolued Martha. "About half the wlvea In thia world don't take palna to understand their husband, but you and your mother-in-law are different- you have braina a well aa heart to put Into matrimony." ' Maybe but I don't ee that mixing brHini. with marriage had made mother one bit happier,'' waft my comment. I wanted to confide my pereonal trouble to Martha, I wanted to tell her of my horrid conviction that I have proved to be the wrong woman for Boh and that he haft grown moody anl allent In fact, neglects me be- cauae he haa found It out. Hut I couldn't discuss my domestic i hurts, couldn't confers that I wu disappointed In my husband, or own up that he was unhappy, even to my I denn st friend. I was brought up to believe that It Is distinctly vulgar for I a wif Is in .espials, annul liei liummilff' lo another woman. But of course there 'Is no harm In talking about matrimony In a general wnv. so I went on: "Mnrths. whs la your Idea of the Just nversge' attitude of woman to marriage ?" "It's .me nf nivmarr. nw tlear. sex mvsterv. Tou know the kind of a girl who poses as nature's supreme riddle , the kind who' thinks she can hold her man forever and a day. no mailer how welflsh an.f laay she Is, by playing ! the sphinx coquettish one hour, aloof! the next hut always trailing the sex lure." i j "I recognize her It'a a fsd.nnwa- , day for a Rirl to h crvptlc-when she's only a parasite." I agreed. "Rut prettv soon, doesn't the husband find out that she haa about th same mys-trv mys-trv as -an - a vacuum? To he sure - so he treata her Hk a Hide chMd" said Martha. 'Y'.oodneaa knows i d hate to have Kan humnrtnir me alt the tim aa If i mere not a re- I sponsible and capable human hetne;" And arnodnea know thoorht T that la exaetlv the way mv huahand alwava treated me f had expected Martha to cheer me. but somehow aha had only made my suspicions seem true. TWore we were married Poh and T had airreri to he rhuma and romradea. Afterward he seemed to rejrard me nn entlreiv and verv properly dependent on him. He took care of me no per-Jv per-Jv 'hat he robbed me of my hti-man hti-man npnt To deride thlnr- for myself and to do thlna: for myself. Certei. however, proven constantly thai he resneta m ahllttv and tnde-P-wdene. T.vn Burner had said Tn j th flBherman"a shack. "She'll he rame." Daddy forlmer dHfarhta fn the) wnv I mnnnite to "keep thlnjra stirred I up But Roh Mv hushand liken me I least for the qualities other men Ilk I most in me which Is. 1 Relieve, a frnme of mind not uncommon In husband. hus-band. 'f F have any hralna at aTl. thev rer-talnlv rer-talnlv are not addfnjr to mv married; happiness. 1 saM n myself. Putia L itmy fault or Bnh'n? l fX".! continued. j |