Show 0 I yANDRA ANDRA THE THE JEALOUS By Jane Phelps CHAPTER Rose Writes That She Is Unhappy That will do Sandra I am sure you do do not realize what you are saying Because of ot y your ur late Illness Miss 1 Lane will I am sure SUre forgive yo your r unladylike unladylike unladylike like outburst Now tell me what it is all all all' about Miss 1 Lane He turned to her as as' if if It to Ignore anything coming from me meHer me Her face tace had fl flushed then she had turned Very pale pate at my sp speech ech But Buther her eyes cold and hard held a look of ot dislike in them She never had been actively unpleasant even toward me- me It me e simply professional in her manner 1 I saw pl plainly that now she wo would ld always hate me for tor saying what I had had before before Everett I r I told Mrs Graham I never allowed any of ot my babies to go out until after atter they had been bathed She saw fit to I take talce exceptions to my saying saying- my i babies' babies and also to my custom I was surprised that she had re repeated repeated repeated re- re her exact words and thought it might make Everett understand somethIng something something some some- thing of ot how I 1 felt But he only turned coldly to me and said aid Miss 1 Lane is in charge of Junior I Whatever she Bhe says is Is' best for tor him must be done I must KO JO now Sandra Will VIII you come to the door door- with door with me I meekly toll followed wed You Yon will will apologize to Miss 1 Lane at once remember at once once And without wIthout without with wIth- out another word the angry frown still on his his' face he left I returned to the nursery Mr Uy Graham insists that I apologize to you Miss Lane II I I do so to please him n not J t. t ca se I feel I am m In the wrong Most lost second wives think they should rule she returned calmly her face without change of ot s on 1 understood understood she she was getting g even old maidI maid with me for my I paid no attention 1 but ut left lert the he room soiling toiling with anger y her shell she'll Ill get rid of ot some someway seerS see it I dont don't I said to myself as I winked d back the hot te tears I wouldn't cry if It I did she sho might think I 1 was crying because beca se of ot what sh she had said Id I'd hot not give her that satisfaction Just then Hefty brought In in the mall mail I was was' delighted when I saw Roses Rose's bold chirographY At least I could forget torget that odious Miss La Lane Lane tor no for a time I 1 had given up up- all alt idea of ot a walk Dear Sandra Sandia she commenced ed jam I j Iam 1 am so miserable I must talk to someone someone some some- one and th there re is no one here I Inow know now well veil enough and 1 I also abo dont don't want to make mother unhappy by telling her But I 1 feel sometimes as asit asit it f I 1 should go 0 mad Walter goes out out night after night I ask him where hefe he has hu as peep beep ee he ha refuses to ant an- an t or else he lies He isn't hono honorable honora honora- ble Sandra Your Tour husband was right 1 No woman woman ever could be happy as his wife As a sweetheart yes yes Then Then- he was all courtesy all thought for tor my comfort all seeming love toward me Now he is so different D Do you think I have l lost st all all' pride to write you in this thin way Sandra I I haven't I would cut my arm off oft be before before be- be fore Id I'd let the home folks and for tor goodness goodness' sake dont don't tell Mr Graham Gra Gra- ham H He is is' an an honorable man man good goo and kind if It he is so much older than you Do you remember how v I used to say you jou ou would be unhappy to be No 2 to marry marry grandpa And you are areso areso areso so comfortably Happy now now or or s seemed emed to be when I Iwas was there No one knows how much In love I was with Walter Walter- or thought I was was which amounted to th the same thing In my case But I cannot feel teel that he is true to me 1 I Itry try tl to get rid of ot that thought but it Is impossible for tor me to believe otherwise other other- wise He escorts women 1 I do not know to restaurants and theatres There may be nothing wrong in all this but I cannot endure it much longer We have hive moved from the hotel Into our own home I thought he might feel teel more mor responsibility as asre re regarded him li license li- li me But Dut it gives more cense If It only I had listened to Mr Jr Graham lIe He was older wiser than I I. I But we think we know it all all then pay the piper I This is an awfully blue letter letter to send off oft Tear it up Sandra as soon as you 1 have a ve read it ft I wan wanted ted you to know how unhappy I was so whatever whatever what what- I I understand ever happened you would closer For after atter all we have been than other girls girs I I 1 am going off ort in my looks Sandra Sandra Sandra San San- dra horribly Walter tells me so I every day I have cried so much much- passed so many sleepless nights that I it is no wonder I look ten years older than you do and I used to look younger and everyone said I was pretty No one would dare accuse me of ot being b pretty now I no longer seem to have any interest in how I look what I wear Isn't it strange how aman a aman aman man can change a girl If It I thought Walter loved me nothing would he be too loo much trouble to do to please him he ho does But Dut now that I am convinced not nothing seems to count Write me soon Sandra But say nothing g of ot what I have ha said Walter l he letter he might get hold of your he seems to be bo jealous although although- cares nothing for tor me Remember me meLo meto meto to Lo your nice old husband an and kiss that wonderful baby for or me Lovingly ROS ROSE Poor Rose 1 said aloud then f t wave of oC crimson swept wept over ocr m mr fact face as I thought that had it not b been en for Cor Everett I would have received Walter Valter Kemp listened to him which meant less than nothing to him him him-a a philanderer philan philan- derer d e I r had a letter from Roso today I Isaid Isaid Isaid said to Everett when he be came in She is rather blue She asked to tobe tobe tobe be remembered to you I think she is Ionel lonely otC oft there away away from everyone i she knows knoVs I add added d fearing tearing I 1 had hadnot not quite k kept pt faith with Rose because I had said she was blue blue I I r am sorry for tor the child Kemp is absolutely without honor as as far tar as 83 women are ar concerned She wouldn't wouldn t tb b be bd warned so now will have to make the best of ot things Did you apologize to 10 Miss Lane Yes offend her Be very careful not to again I desire very ke keenly to keep her for tor Junior CH C CHAPTER APT APTER Ft 11 I Sandra Is Is' Is Once A aln Disturbed by b I r answered noses nose's Roses Rose's letter comforting her as as well welt as I could Had It not reached me at t a when tl n when Ever Everett tt was leas as cross with me because of or m my myat at attitude toward Miss Lane I think I 1 might might perhaps have written differently different different- ly ly I remembered afterward that some things I I said might be con construed trued that I r too was r that my husband wasn't all I I Ivl wished hed he were I had kept all my troubles to myself ever since I had married d I had no intention of ot telling any any now especially as my p present troubles were so slight compared compared compared com com- pared to to what I had considered the others when others when I I first married But Butone Butone one ne expression which I had used I regretted I had said Dont Don't think you are the only person In In the world who has trouble and is unhappy for tor you are not Of ot course cours she might take It as as a gen generality again she might ml think I was writing of ot myself I 1 I thought ht of ot s something Everett had sad to me me when we were first married Give your confidence to no one except ex- ex except ex except your husband Sandra You will wIli save yourself many regrets if It you remember remember re- re member this advice It may be a re relict relief relief re- re lief at the time to tell your troubles either real or Imaginary ry but in the end it always brin brinks brings s regret often embarrassment em embarrassment em- em m- m I reaU really had followed his advIce in that I 1 had kept my own counsel in inmany inmany in inmany many ways Often Otten when tempted to tell of something which had disturbed me ne or to write to mother when I felt l lonely onely n ly and neglected I remembered What Everett had ad said and waited In InvarIablY Invariably Invariably In- In variably I 1 had been glad slad I had done so I had haq not felt any any happier happi r about Mi Miss 5 Lane She had adopted a manner manner manner man man- ner of or hurt silence toward me never speaking unless I spoke to her unless It t was unavoidable I 1 tried to ignore her as much as possible possible possible-as as much as she did me But it is is hard to have I your baby In the hands of ot someone with whom yoU vou cannot ann t talk of ot his cunning cunning cun cun- ning ing ways his beauty etc As often as as possible I took Hetty and we would go to the the thep p park rk with him Then Then I was I really and truly happy Hetty and I would admire him to our hearts hearts' content content content con con- tent gloating over him like a couple o of misers Hetty disliKed Miss 1 Lane even more than I did I 1 think although I never had mentioned my feelings to her hero She thinks no one knows nothing about a baby but her and she wants more waiting on than anyone else In Inthe Inthe inthe the house Hetty sputtered sputtered- sputtered common common complaint of ot servants when a a nurse is employed I l' have since discovered I I guess she do dogs does s know a lot or the doctor would not have spoken so highly high ly of ot her was my reply should There is no reason why you not go go Everett said impatiently He had iad asked me if I would like to go to the theatre and I r had demurred because because because be be- cause cause of ot baby Miss 1 Lane is perfectly capable of ot taking care of Junior V Very ry w well ell I can go if you wish it ft it I had not forgiven him for making me apologize to Miss 1 Lane and my answer answer an an- was ungracious I do wish it Look your best It seemed as If it I never was to have any joy in my life Gos Gossip my t marriage almost an u h for years vears by talking of or Ever Eve II wife and now ow gossip was w take away my joy in m Ua my dal That the gossip of eIther se per person on of no importance I Hi learn I could not help at certain meaning to what I 1 her het hetI herI I heard Mrs Gray ray say Th There's Theres res re's never much smut there is a little fire wl when to something Hetty te Therefore when during in 4 that fat tat Mr Leveridge cani came cami speak to us and he at again being ou out and and t Everett to say sav in n his Tit something about the bab baby intently H He said To be continued |