Show ANDR By Jane Je one THE Phelps JEALOUS i I i CHAPTER i An Emotional Episode When Everett came In I decided to tell him a a. woman had called him seve several sev sev- e eral l times To be truthful I could not k keep p still any longer Once more I j Iwas Iwas was In the throes of ot a jealous jealous' passion Again I was miserable because of my imaginings It t seemed to me that no sooner did I feel comfortably sure I had nothing to be jealous of always ot-always always excepting Leola Le Le- ola than ola-than than something cropped up tomake tomake to tomake make me unhappy It was late when Everett came In I r scarcely waited for tor him to speak tome tome to tome me before I blurted out Who Is the woman you know who refuses to le leave ve any message with me meT I r should have been warned by his look but I rushed on She has called caned half hat a dozen times When I say I am Mrs Graham she aho hangs up UD without a word She must be a a. nice sort Bort to have something something- to say to you I she cant can't tell your wife Ha Had Have l yoU quite finished your tirade I yoU asked I should ed me In ln the right manner or have Ve told y you u what I J know I do not know now As it Jt is ls- ls I l shall tell 11 i You von nothing AM I am tired Please do not talk any longer I You are f j too tired to talk because r rave pave pave found round you you That hat will do Sandra never When Vh n dared he used that tone with me I ISay the Say any more It U was older Persons Person's tone used to one younger who had ad done something dis pleasing not the tone tona of a husband to I. I a wife Someway nm It u Now means obey again if I Was miserable I fancied all aU sOrts of painted v things as going on I I Everett as with her when I thought him at the club or busy In I his B office J Then one night Just were as we I having coffee C ec in n the te library Graham GraSmann Hetty an announced a a. lady Wy to see Mn Mr Show her In here I no Hetty-no dont don't go Sandra as I rose to leave the room wanting terribly to remain Knowing how punctilious Everett was I In m such matters I had supposed he he might send me away Then too I had hoped to see his caller caner In the hall But at his words I resumed my seat delighted to stay To my surprise It was the woman who had called to seo Leola The woman whose husband had loved Everetts Everett's Everetts Everett's Everetts Ev Ev- erett's first wife Everett seemed surprised when I spoke to her without waiting for tor him to say something so I 1 said Mrs Currie Currle has been hero once be be- fore Some time ago ago His face asked why I never had spoken of her but he said nothing simply Imply offered his visitor a a. chair an and waited wafted I Y 1 have something to say eay to o you you you- something perhaps you would not care to have your wife wite hear she commenced commenced com com- obviously nervous There is nothing you can have to say me me I would wish to keep from my wife I c could uld have hugged him f for r that answer r. r Very well It is about tho the other one the the first Mrs Graham Everett st started still sun he didn't speak I told her motioning toward me that my husband died loving your wife died with the tho name Leola on onn his lips Ups I came to taunt your first wife with spoiling my life by taking my husbands husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's lov love from me and giving me nothing in return I discovered that she was dead so I decided to go away and say nothing But I have since heard that you loved her so much even though she was dead that your wife was unhappy because of It Miss Lane told me mo so She again she looked toward me was kind wh when n I 1 came I r have decided to give you this letter which the first Mrs Graham wrote my husband In it she says she never never Wait It was my voice broke in upon her although I scarcely recognized recognized it and I seemed to speak without with with- without out out volition of my own Let me have haveit it I took the letter from her and tore it into shreds There we will say no more about your husband and Mr Grahams Graham's first wife I am m his wife now the mother of his boy She had been dead nine years when I married married him Why rake up old memories All of otus us have had love affairs in our lives Suppose now that both U the e writer and the receiver of that letter are gone we let them re res You certainly are a queer queer sort she said as she rose I I only wanted to todo todo todo do you a good turns turn CS And you have Mrs Currie Currle It was Everett who answered I had exhausted exhaust exhaust- ed cd all my courage My emotion had left me weak and trembling My brave little wife Everett said sald softly as the door closed after her taking me in his arms and raining kisses on my face the face the kisses I had i iso so longed for far but so seldom received CHAPTER Juniors Junior's First Accident I 1 wasn't brave not a bit I declared de declared de de- as Everett held me in his arms I couldn't help saying what I did bu but t I am so glad I Glad about what That I s said ld it because it It I hesitated hesitated hesi hesi- and buried burled my face tace on his breast had been about to say be because ause it made you show your love for me then my pride wouldn't let the words come com and I finished because it pleased you It did P please ease me dear Very much It showed me I I had not been mistaken in my Idea of you you you-w you what what at you would do I did not care what that woman might say Leola has been dead many years poor girl and for years you have been my wife But I do care a great deal to know that I have a brave right minded wife wite He kissed me again before he let me go Curiosity if nothing else would have led many women to keep quiet until they knew what sh she had to say I lam Iam am very proud of the way you showed your faith and trust in me If only Instead of ot all an that praise of ot my action he had whispered words of ot love had said he loved me instead of saying he was proud of me I should have been so happy that the incident t would have passed from my mind But he had not and next day when all stress o of emotion had passed I reverted reverted re- re again and again in my mind to what Mrs Currie had hinted and wondered what could have been in that letter Leola had written her husband husband hus hus- band th that t had made her think it would change Ev Everetts Everett's rett's attitude toward me Then I became indignant What right ha had Miss Lane to carry tales I never stopped to think that had I been more discreet Miss Lane would have had no tales to carry Several Severas Sev Sev- eral eras times she had heard me crying and d I am amure sure had surmised I was un- un I nappy She one was with us a long time before Leolas Leola's picture had been tak taken n down and may have espied me looking at it the hatred I felt the jealousy I could not hide showing in my face Junior was just learning to walk and that morning had his first serious fall so putting Mrs Currie that letter and Miss Lane out of my thoughts He had toddled but out of ot the nursery when Miss Pierce had stepped into the next room and had fallen downstairs He was not hurt but was badly frightened frightened frightened fright fright- ened although not as much as I was While I was brooding my my baby might have been killed was the thought in my mind exaggerated mind exaggerated of course But It seemed again that nothing mattered but out him I would forget that woman who had died so 80 lon long before T I met Everett I would be happy It was my right t. t I r had sent for the doctor immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- then telephoned Everett They arrived almost simultaneously Everett EVerett Everett Ever EVer- ett white as a ghost the doctor calm and unruffled Fell downstairs did he Well my little roan man you are beginning to get bumps early the doctor said as he took Junior on his knee He looked him all over and decided he had not injured himself at all although his little face was still tear-stained tear from crying You are sure doctor Everett asked his voice unsteady Of Ot course I am The boys boy's as right as a rivet Thank God I heard Everett mutter mutter mutter mut mut- ter then I shall shan send a a. man at once to put a gate at the head of ot the stairs Wont need it right away The little little lit lit- tle tIe rascal will remember his tumble and keep away from the stairs for a time I r shall shah feel safer to have It done After they left I suddenly realized I had not seen Miss Pierce since she had come running downstairs after Junior Now I called and she came cameto Cameto cameto to me her eyes swollen looking pale i and most unhappy Oh Mrs Graham I feel so to to blame He isn't hurt is he I didn't dare come down while the doctor was there I was so afraid he would find something wrong I dont don't see how he ever had time to get as far as the stairs and taking Am lor on h her er arms she hugged him close he c to Ing on his face I le leIng Oos bos gy y he lisped his t n wiping her eyes So I l left tt them and went my room resolving never to 1 to my unhappy feelings ag again agal In my home my husband whom even even though he did not Iov love longed for tor him t to and to-and and and m baby bab It was wicked for forAs m t tAs As I have said it is so easy and and break break good good resolutions resolution To be continued J |