Show Husban S audI and I IBy Ey By Jane CHAPTER Vacation Days Neither eIther he nor I had ever mentioned my debt to hIm I had gone on bu buying Ing what r I wIshed at and as asI I before they had sent the mInus i the dreaded d please remit of the other people with whom I dealt when I kept them waiting lie He spent more and more or his time wIth me and finally Tom noticed and objected In a mild way I a pIty Blacklock hasn't anythIng anything any any- thIng better to do than to hang around drInkIng tea with married women he saId once A very Innocent amusement I had replied Yes for a time perhaps And the subject had been dropped VIvian too spoke of him to me one day ne Be careful or you'll break Carols Carol's heart she saId I have never known him to be quite so persistent I 1 am sure I shall never break his hisor hisor or any other mans man's heart I suppose I am old fashIoned but I happen to tobe tobe be fond of my husband I had laugh laugh- replied Its a good thing hes he's not jealous she had returned I should thInk he would be Carol Blacklock is a very fascInating man Vivian had spoken truly Carol Blacklock was a fascinating man yet In a way vay I was becoming uncomfortable able when him As time passed hIs manner became more less that of a friend It puzzled and frightened me just a bit I was sure I had gIven him no cause to think he meant more than just what he always had to me a generous good friend Up to now I have been minute in telling of my extravagances because If my story was to be at all helpful to foolish young women who do 10 not I stop to think but waste their hus- hus I bands band's love and either ruIn one or both of their lives it seemed I I sary I When it commenced to get warm I 1 i reminded Tom of what ho had said I the sprIng before that we would all go away somewhere for a month at I least Father was better though still an invalid and he urged rue me to go II IIan home But I had no such intention So finally he rather wearily gave in into to my wishes and we went to to- New I London for the month of August Canol Cat Can ol Blacklock kept his yacht acht up there and decided that he too would spend I August near the water I 1 was surprised surprised sur- sur because a short time before he had told me that he was going up in Maine for the summer Of course when J I found he was to be in New London I knew he would expect us I to sail sall with him frequently so I 1 added I Ia a stunning yachting suit to my ward ward- robe I UNPLEASANT COMMENT For some reason Tom did not seem particularly pleased when r I told him Carol was to be near us on our Vacation va- va cation Of course he stayed at a more expensive when hotel he wasn't on his yacht than we could afford nut But after we got up there and Carol took us out day after day Tom owned that he enjoyed it lIe He only had two weeks weeks' vacation but the other two he came up Friday night and remaIned u Monday l morning When Tom was with us Carol was just lis old careless sel self lie He filled the yacht with guests and we had a amerry amerry merry time Often we took the children chil- chil dren and Norah along But after i Tom left I 1 found myself the only guest several times and once I heard some people gossiping about It I 1 told Carol and he became angry Its none of their busIness he exclaimed I suppose they hey think I 1 I should ask them along to chaperon us So long as Tom doesn't kick at atour atour our intimacy well we'll pay no attention to anyone else No I 1 thought Tom hasn't said anything any any- thing against my beIng with Carol I yet somehow I 1 didn't like the sound of that word intimacy It seemed to imply more than I 1 felt or cared to feel for Carol Blacklock I Several times during that last two weeks I had to reprove Carol Not I so much for what he actually did as for the thIngs he said He kept me uneasy I 1 now see by constantly letting me see what a man of oC his wealth could do for a woman He loaded me with favors and spent mone money recklessly to pleasure me Just before Tom came up to us home I 1 said to hIm I hope soon to be able to pay my obligation to YOU my face flushing Has lIas Tom found a gold mine he asked with a short laugh No but he expects an increase soon I replied as usual takIng it for granted Tom had said nothing more anent the subject but I 1 was sure he I would have It Dont think o of it until It is perfectly perfect perfect- I ly ly easy for you you to return It Carol told me You will need a lot of new I fall duds wont won't you All women do Make yourself lovely and forget all about that bit of money A CHANGE IN TOM I 1 dId exactly as he told me I 1 bought what I wanted to male make myself attractive and forgot that I owed lowed hIm Th That t ear we e gave ave a bi big Christmas party It was the most elaborate affair af- af fair I 1 ever had attempted While Tom I I had not encouraged me to do it he I had not objected Tom had changed and not for the save better as' as ashe he let me do as I wished without quarreling with me so often But while he never showed It It tt tb any extent I was wag sure he drank more than was good for him He worked earl early and late and instead of being fun full of fun he became be- be I came morose and save with ith dill dill- dren talked ver very little unless we had I company I When I asked for more than my allowance he would eIther give it to tome tome me wIth some remark about my extravagance extravagance ex- ex or refuse it curtly So when I 1 planned my ChrIstmas party J i was surprised that he made no ob- ob lIe He must have made some extra money he has ha not told me of I said to myself nl nI I Went about my preparations I had about twenty I was to have a tree and gifts for just all thIngs to make fun Rut But I found when I shopped for them that they cost me quite as much as somethIng useful would have hae done My ly SUpper was tobe to be an old fashioned one and we were I to dance T n at 12 o'clock- o'clock we would distribute the things from the tree then have more dancing Norah orah and I 1 Worked like Trojans for days before but when the time arrIved the apartment looked lovel lovely and I 1 was sure my party would be a success CHAPTER An Elaborate Affair M party was wa's the success I expected It would be and I 1 was very happy over it t. t Carol o 1 I cl couldn't praise me Vivian lorton said before them all I dont don't know another person who could have n. n ot of suh a. a LI Sn n an apartment We Ve didn't s b crowded either either K d It was sas Christmas morning when they left The Carol singers some young boys had come around after they sang I in the street we had asked them to come up and sIng In the apartment I that Is Carol did They sang fully and Tom rom saId he saw Carol give I them a 20 bill We Ve had scarcely gotten to sleep before before be- be fore It was time to get up and gIve the kiddies their presents Junior was old enough now v to lie awake waiting for Santa Claus and evIdently had done so Our gifts to each other were simple ones of bOoks etc When Jien the bills came in for my party incluDIng everythIng I found it had I cost me nearly I never would i iI I dare tell Tom Heres 20 extra he said as he I gave me my January I II I suppose you'll need It on account of that party I I shall need more than that I 1 anI an- an I all you will get BLACKLOCK PROMISES A TIP ON THE STOCK MARKET I I paid a little on each account and I let the remainder run along with the i regular bills It would male make the February Feb Feb- II bills very large large-If the tradesmen tradesmen trades trades- men would but walt as usual I hoped somethIng would turn up by that time so I could pay them Often I urged Tom to try to male make something extra In the stock market marlet and once I asked f 1 he why lid did not gIve Tom another tip You OU want vant something Tom cant can't afford atford at- at ford eh I he asked when I suggested that he do so I Oh lots of things I 1 answered as carelessly as T I could lIe He might lose what then Oh he t in HI the first place Tom Is lucky Then rhen you wouldn't tell him of anything you were sure Tom is luck lucky he replied with a a. meaning look at rae me but no one can be sure In the stock market Then But Ill I'll see what I 1 can can do for him him- for your our sake You are becoming very ery lear dear to me he went vent on and some someday someday day day- S Now dont don't be foolish I Interrupted I did not like the way he looked at me yet I didn't want to anger him just as just as ashe I he had promised to tell Tom something something some some- thing by which he might make some Borne I money Im not f foolish Sue Sue- SueI I j i just then Norah came In so he did not finish what he was goIng to say but some someway someway way I r felt unc and was glad of the Interruption Had Carol Blacklock boldly told me he loved me bunglIngly forced himself himself him him- self upon me I should have repulsed him at once But his was such an insinuating In- In I way he saId so 1 little to offend of- of fend and and did so many delightful things I for me that I 1 never was on on my guard with him I I know now that hIs was the dangerous dangerous dan dan- way Dangerous for me AN UNSATISFACTORY VISIT I We Ve were gayer this winter even than the season before I 1 had met many new people through VIvian and Mrs 1 Henderson Tom made the remark sot Not one but could buy and sell us Sue Yet you expect to keep up wIth them Well Ve never be anybodY if we dont don't dontI I 1 replied At the rate you are goIng well we'll never nver be anybody long anyway Now dont don't be cross I wheedled Yo You know you ou enjoy going to nIce affaIrs as well as I 1 do Occasionally yes But not all the time Why I scarcely have time to see seethe seethe the children any more except a little while on Sunday Sunda Im I'm to cut I part of It out Sue You can can suit yourI yourself your your- I self but I shall not go as much as we have been doing I cant can't stand it and work as herd as I do and he passed his hand across his forehead I 1 made no response As long as he dIdn't object to my going I wouldn't make any fuss about it Toms Tom's mother came on In March larch and andI stayed a week with us While she I made no unpleasant remarks I could see she was surprised at the way I dressed and the dIfference in our living liv- liv ing Tom must be doIng very well now Sue to afford to let you dress so beautifully she said one day when I dressed for an afternoon at a studio Yes he is doing much better I replied so coldly she said nothing more She wouldn't go out at all but spent I her time with the children She seemed very much older and had not been been well for a long time she told us us So although I 1 accepted two or three Invitations In- In while she was wIth us us Tom did not leave her at all He spent every evenIng visIting with her and seemed to feel badly to have her go To be honest 1 was relieved 1 I did not dislike Mother Iother Randall I couldn't L after atter her kindness to me when Junior I was born I A Monday House Party |