Show I Husban 1 I I audi and I IBy By Jane ane CHAPTER I TReal Real Unhappiness A fl AI suddenly I felt that t nothing mattered save e on only one thing and that was to compel Tom to h. me Oh if it only we could look ahead nod and see sec what hat a wreck deceit and unfairness un un- ness fairness con cnn maKo of our lives lI how few fet of us would stumble as I 1 did But UP wp 1 FO jo 0 on and on In our OUI stubborn until we c come to a n tren trench h so deep and wide we cannot cross It and andall nil all wo we will not live rJ rightly lightly Oh Tom Torn d dear u I 1 spoke poke calmly It the calmness calm calm- for the first time w-t w was ness nes of utter despair You must t believe heHe me J I never ne have ha done you von wron wrong I never ha have 0 thought h t of such sucha a thing Yet you OU n ay liT lIE made love c to you Toni Tom sneered Yes li ho lit did dill I shall never ne tell you jou another I untruth never ncr deceive o you ou again a all as long as 18 I live lI Tom rIc leaF dear lI Ho lie did make love p to me but butI I ran awa away from rom him Mm That was wh I 1 had h such a headache 1 I was wa so frightened T I couldn't tell you OU dear II T thou thought ht I couldn't until we had made m money enough noll h to pay 1 him Then I T all nil was wa going to tell you jou ou I about It honestly I was tas Tom And Andou you ou would have ha me believe j i that you rou did all the these e things s bej be- be j m me In this way war put yourself under obligations to a n man for or the sake of ot a few cloth clothes Why hYes h Yes Tom dear You dont don't know what hat n a queer hold the desire for 01 clothes gets et on a n woman It Is like a man who gets ets drunk I think lIe Ho must want the liquor terribly to take talo it when it makes a It beast of nt him AVell Vell 11 Its It's like that with women tomen a and 1111 clothes Some women women nit me I 1 was almost t crazy v over o the debts at times hut but I couldn't resist buying what I wanted to wear tear if there was an any way to get set It And I 1 did lid TInt nut that was all on mv my soul Tom Please dear dont don't send me awn l You will to today to- to go o tomorrow no no day he looked e at his lila watch But I noticed with a little thrill that some I of ot the terrible hardness had gone 1 from hi his voice olce Perhaps h he lie believed belle m me after all nil lie He MUST he lie MUST There is II no use lIe In your talking or objecting It Is a terrible ending to all rn rny my dreams Sue but it Is 10 the end That Tom Toni even p believed pd me mo in part rt was a sort ort o of comfort But inv my tears teor fell fast as I T stood before him and listened d to his ultimatum It Il wa was such an awful wa way to dispose of ot my life To Ren send me back hack home like a n achild achild child who has been heen n naughty and must be punished j Yet I 1 realized ns as I T at fit Tom through h m my tears that nothing I could say ay would help Only he must not be bc allowed to believe belle I had been other than horribly h. h and unjust un un- un- un just I 1 would dl die I if I 1 could not make him understand that never nc had hod T I been unfaithful never had an unfaithful thou thought h t i Many fany times s T r had had- thought myself I often I T had rebelled at what now looked like MII such h nonessentials t that when real ral trouble Double wa was upon moI mo me 0 I was vas dazed unable to t collect my mr i thou thoughts ht or COI rope cope with the situation Tom did not speak again but busied bus huc- I led himself at the desk He lie went vent all through h th the hills bills I had given s1 urn him once more mor And when I could endure the th silence his silence his absolute ness of or my presence no presence no lon longer er I 1 went vent quietly upstairs and threw myself myself my my- self on the bed In a perfect agony ngon of ot remorse How lIow could I T P Per ever er have hwe thou thought ht myself m unhappy until now now What should I 1 ti do in the thc terrible days to I come when hen I should be separated d drom from rom Tom Everything E thing seemed to i grow small mall I to dwindle d Into nothingness nothing nothing- I I ness compared to this awful thing f r had hod brought ht upon myself Not one j did T r have ha an unkind thought toward him because e o of his attitude Mv I self reproach was too keen mv my feeling of lr remorse 1 too fn intense j TOM TELEGRAPHS MRS WERNER I I i I Tom Torn did ld not come conic upstairs until i i the theo dawn was breaking Then he lie went to his chiffonier took out his clean clothes and passed directly Into the bathroom lie never r even en Clonce once I I glanced toward the bed hed I 1 was Hi holding hold hold- hold I I I Ilog log ing my breath and ami watching him I i through h half l closed eyelids I When hen he heo c cam me nut out ho was wa dressed for business He lie wont rent Into th the I I drens dren's a and HI I heard Juniors Junior's voice olce In iii happy happ surprise at t the early Oarl I visIt lt Then the door closed and I 1 heard Tom Toni go AO downstairs HI Ills His oly voie and Norah's or floated up lip to me and suddenly realizing that he might 11 leave loave 1 the house before I 1 saw W him I 1 Jumped up bathed thed my mo face took off ott the thc rumpled rumple clothes in which I r h had I lain iain for th the list last few fett ew hours houis of ot the night and put on a a fresh morning gown sown Then J T almost ran down the I stairs stalls At the bottom hollom I stopped sudden suddenly afraid What hat should I 1 say sayto sayto sayto to him Good morning he lic said gravely sra i as 55 I 1 timidly a advanced into the tho room roo t I 1 thought you ou were wert sleeping su so had i Norah give rna moo m mj my breakfast I 1 haven ha t sl slept pt at all I 1 not knowing what to o S1 say to this quiet stern faced manI manI man I 1 will telegraph your mother to expect you ou lie Bp reat to take the 2 o'clock train I will come up and help you with the children an and before before be- be beI i I fore ore I 1 could gather m my wits to tu reply j h he lie had hind closed the front door and I 1 I heard tho elevator ele stop for Cor himI him r I ran raut to the window and watched j I I him walk along down the street with hl his free swinging stride Was Vs I never to so EO watch him a again aln The tears blinded me so that I II I could not see see and turn turning Ins from the i window I caught Junior in m my ar sums arms I and cried o over or r him hint until I frightened I I tho the poor imor little char chap almost to death JUNIOR WANTS DADDY TO TOGO TOGO I I GO TOO TOp Vii We 13 arc going to see sec granny ny I r I told him when finall finally because of ot II his hla pleading I controlled In my sobs You and little sister Bister and anti mother I wants want daddy to go fO too he ho de declared de- de e- e dared Is dadd daddy going wh us No dear daddy lib Isn't going I I replied the tears starting starlin afresh I Then I going to stay wIt wi daddy I the little lUlie fellow tellow stoutly maintained I I But Bul dont don't you ou want to see seo the I doggies and amI the chickens and anti play out nul In grannys granny's s hi big yard ard I a asked asked ked him I IUm I I C Um yes Lin III es es but I wan wants ts daddy too I i I I Perhaps It If YOU Sou ou ask f him Im he will I com after and play with tho the doggies with I d sudden Rudden YOU jou ou replied a I hope hipe that Torn Tom might relent because j I IO of the children flashing In o over mo me i All AH right then Ill I'll go 0 wl you jou OU I he lie said gravely All II day as I packed m my tears V flowed d North tried to comfort me not knowIng know know- i i Ing their cause 1 You'll bo he sick ab d. d Mrs Irs Randall if It you dont don't stop crying Perhaps YOUr jour er will viii be hott better l when we set get th there re she hc said sald BO so letting mo rae I Know lalow know that Tom lom had sewed saved me mo b by byI I allowing allottIng her to think that It was because of or fathers father's Illness we wa were ere going During During- the tho morning Tom rom sent fent up I I another trunk He lie realized that the thc I two we e had would not hold huld all I I I should have to take tole I hoped there I would be a message but there thore was wasi I I i I nothing but m my name nume and antl address fand the order to deliver b by 13 1 11 1 o'clock I I CHAPTER I I Ready on Time I I It At t noon we took look a i cold bite I 1 I. I I I to I leat leave e a e th the apartment In per perfect er- er N feet order and with bo so u much tu to do lIo Norah would ha have no time Iliac to wash a alot alot lot of ot dishes The balo baby was vas put to bed hed and bj uy promising Junior all sorts of things we got him to lie down al also alo o II It was just a little after aCter 1 l' l when Tom Torn camo came inAi in Are Aie Ai you jou nearly ready he askedAll asked All Ail ie ready dy but locking and strapping tho trunks anti and pulling 11 thug on un our oin I things lungs I replied m my oice voice tl ti r I Very tery ry P Ill I'll attend to lo th lie tho tr Jn trunks ou loti ha have of or lime time It Is still fifteen 1 I teen eCu before thi the taxi will be lie herE heie But nut the I Is outside e eI I I walling waiting for or the luggage dud tid he hue called down hown to lo the to send him him up I hen When the tue trunks had been beenu cm culled carried led lout out It Il carne came over rr me agan again that I wa was leaving mj nay home and Tom Torn Such uch Is 10 I the o oddity of or the human mind that I r I felt a thrill of comfort becJ I 1 had hall I kroa n it chicken and m made lie hs hus fa fa fa- I t cake When he found them he heI I would be le pleased etl I I I had not really given ghen up hope that he might relent lelent even while picking jacking But when saw the In Inexorable look 1 I on his face w whEn hell he'll the la last t trunk ha had bt been cn ln downstairs I 1 kne knew all 1111 hope I that he lie would forgive c me was isas vain aln ON THE WAY TO THE STATION On the way to lo the train tiam I tn tried d to get tot him to talk to me to tell lell me something sonic some thing of hl his plans sat sit with the Iho chauffeur so o he lie could easily have haxe I done so if he lie would lIe He did ld no not no nomen mention mention men men- tion lion Carol Blacklock's ianne I and lIeI I j hadn't the this nerve nene to lo do llo so He lIe looked I IBO so BO so hard so o unforgiving in and so o ol o-ol old 1 M My I gay debonair Tom rom was gone one and andIn III In his place place- was as a n Tom I 1 did not J Know now I A Morn man of oC whom I 1 was terribly l afraid I I 1 wanted anted to ask him what he lie was waR I going olno to do I was craz crazy to 10 know If he lie I was waR goIng to remain In the If he did diet would ouid he lie have haxe people th there r would Miss Coleman visit him My Iy I mind dwelt upon her for or a moment Could It Il be possible that he be was sending sending send send- ing lug me nic away so Sl that he could be he with I her I 1 knew knets' that It was not so that It was because of oC my own unprincipled actions i wa was being bemp banished yet the Jealous thought bought remained stinging lilo like the tile sting I illK of oC some ome small mall in insect art after one ha hn ha been wounded I Junior had not forgotten that I J had told him perhaps daddy would come and anel kept kePl urging him to come and play wi wl grannys granny's branns s doggies toP to P little man Tom told him but hl his held no promise though hi lila his words quieted the child b fore we reached the station I 1 Isaid Isaid said to Tom Ton I Cont Continued Monday I |