| Show f SANDRA ANDRA THE YE JEALOUS By ev Jane Phelps CH CHAPTER PTER y Everett Junior t Everett n never ver had been thoughtful thoughtful thoughtful-I I J did not know It was In him Although Al- Al though hough I recalled that whenever I had been ill tu he had been considerate Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps he thought when I was well I did didn n not t need consideration I Without my knowledge h he had sent sentor for or mother and she came cams about two w weeks eks before my boy was born I Wasso was waso wasso so o delighted to to- have her Now It seemed teemed to me I nev never r should be Unhappy un- un 11 happy again When I held my boy in my arms I forgot all an the mean things that hat people had said when Everett married me I forgot his neglect and was as happy as th the day was long Mother remained with us until Everett Everett Ev Ev- erett Junior was two weeks gid ld then she he went back to da dad who never was happy if it she were away from him erett Everett had hired d a competent nurse and after mother left she took entire charge not ot only of me but of the baby A first it seemed only natural that thi this hI should should U be be so 80 but by he time timer tl e. e r I I baby was a month old month tS old I ha had commenced commenced com- com to r resent sent her rule and etts ett's tt Insistence in i Everetts Everett's Everetts Everett's Ever- Ever obeyed that she sho should ld be beto He Is my baby I ought to tonu have something to sayI Say r I confined The Theold nu nurse e w was a old rather woman man about 45 years mined austere and terriblY deter deter- Dad would have said she set was WilS r fn her wa ways s She seemed to think it the was bad for baby to be if I started to cuddled or rocked And walk about with him to In my arms she was if I had as shocked as committed mUrder When he said I spoke to Everett Evere about It it You are too young to know any ii thing abo about t raising a child Miss has ben Lane a that you do nurse nursa as she for or r years ears I J insi insist st stI S s I 1 wasn't too it if I am too young YOUng to to have the theto bo boy have to say about him J anything J J t than an angry Un And AnU I Miss retorted dt d. more has has' had a baby Lane ane never She how dread doesn't know I dreadfully a a mother wants to and c cuddle her yen er love own of child Miss l Lane has had wide enc ence She has has' cared for many babies And the doctor assures me she is one of the very best nurses on his list list list-a a along long one I have hired her to remain remah perman that permanently n that ly-that that i Is until she refuses to stay longer I I hope you will be careful not to say or do anything tomake tomake to tomake make her leave us You me mean mean n she is to stay right along I thought we would have a anice anice anice nice young nurse a girl like Hetty ty for him when he was a a. little older I shall run no risks with my son We shall retain Miss 1 Lane Our conversation ended for tor the time but my heart was filled tilled with resentment resentment resentment resent resent- ment toward toward- Miss Lane Xane and also also toward Everett He had said Bald I I shall run no risks with My My son son just Just as asIf asif asif if the baby belonged entirely to him He might have said our son I thought my eyes filling tilling Was my my precious baby to be another an another another an- an other cause for unhappiness between en enus us instead of ot the joy I had supposed he would be I loved my darling boy passionately And nd to have Everett shu shut me out by saying DIY My boy and to hard hav that woman woman man who didn't know how It felt to be mother of a baby tell me what I couldn't or could do with him was maddening I wont won't stand it I 1 muttered Yet YetI I knew down In ln my heart I should h have ve veto to stand it just as I had had to endure en endure en- en dure dura other things in in my life because I en-I I Everett willed I should I wondered dumbly It If other wives had such emotional ups and downs I i as I had had If if others had to have the sweet periods periods of un unhappiness un- un happiness caused by with un-I un their th ir husbands CHAPTER S Sandra Reb Rebels ls at at Miss ss Lanes Lane's Com Com- mand mane I I had commenced to go out again I felt strong and well and had never been so happy since my marriage I Had almost forgotten that there ever was was' wasa a Number one and that I was was Number Numb r two two I could even pass pass J 1 Loola's Lolas picture without hating her and it Everett had commenced to go out I again and was not quite so thoughtful and considerate so so I thought But even I had when Miss so my boy when boy Lane did not interfere One day I was going for a walk Junior as we call called d him had just lust wakened but had not yet vet been bathed I told Hetty to get et his carriage and she could go with me and push him We will go into the park then I Ican Ican Ican can sit down if I get et tired I told herI herI her I am sorry to disappoint you Mrs Graham but it in ill be impossible for tor you ou to take tale the baby Lane who was in the room remarked Why not It is a lovely warm morning It will do him good r rI I never allow any of my babies togo to togo togo go out until they have been bathed I at her in amazement She had said MY babies too Really Reany it was ridiculous ridiculous' Junior was MY IY baby As long as he is MY IY baby not I yours vours I I. I shall do as I think best I I replied d with what I thought fine I di I Mr Mr Graham gave ave me sole charge The child must be cared for as I say or I snaIl shall not stay with him him I Ve well Suit Suit Yourself as to that I said boldly but frightened as to what the outcome would beAs be As usual usual usual-I I then thought thought fate fate was against me Everett had forgotten I some important papers and had turned back to get them himself rather than send a messen messenger er I I did not know he was In the until he came into the nursery to take another look at HIS son son You both look very very solemn The boy isn't m ill ill he said ald in an anxious voice as he leaned over the bed Miss Lane wouldn't let baby have a crib He Is perfectly welt welL I replied and my voice trembled a a. little in spite of I all II effort to my keep it calm cah I am going for a walk and am going to take him with me In his carriage Hetty II will go to push him I added as I sawa sawa saw a look of dissent on his f face ce It Is i such a lovely morning it will do him I II good I I think so too But why such sober faces over a walk Miss l Lane has has' seen fit to say he cant can't go go I Everett to Miss 1 Lane but be before be- be fore she could speak my Indignation got the better of omy my Judgment and I be-I I flared You would think me the nurse and her ner the mother to hear her talk It is really too amusing amusin for tor an old maid to tell a mother what she shall shaH do with her own baby The words Were scarcely out of ot my mouth before I would have given anything to take them back Everetts Everett's face hardened into the lines I knew so well His lipe straightened To 10 be continued |
