Show f jANDRA ANDRA THE JEALOUS I By er Jane Phelps CHAPTER Mans Man's Vanity Equals That of Woman Once m more re things ra ran lan smoothly for a time although often the thought of Mrs CurrIe would Intrude for a moment moment mo mo- I ment and a half halt regret that I had not learned what was in that letter when I had a a. chance But Ent the change in Everett Everett Everett Ev Ev- Ev- Ev 1 erett had been more pronounced since I her visit He had treated me more as asa asa a a woman woman less as a a. c child or schoolgirl who needed to be corrected for what for what she had done as as well as told what she i might do I 1 I was wag w s often surprised often surprised as well as pleased when pleased when he asked my opinion of something or consulted me about his affairs It made me very ery proud and happy r t I looked and felt brighter and happier happier hap hap- pier than for a long lone time consequently consequent consequent- ly I 1 looked younger One day I suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly noticed that Everett E nad a a- afew few I i gray hairs bails and told him so in a shocked voice Alice Allee Sloane came Inon in on one evening soon afterward and she also 10 noti noticed ed he was beginning t to turn gray and joked him a pit bit about it You shouldn't n t all allow yourself to get gray STay sh she said Lots of men men go to the hair parlors nowadays and have their gray hairs hars touched touche 1 up p especially those who have ha such young wives You think I should go do y you ou u he hc asked in ht a laughing manner I 1 certainly do for do-for for your own sake They might say I was Sandra Sandras I grandfather eh eh he r rejoined joined Alice laughed but I sensed the bitterness inthe in inthe in inthe the speech That was what my young friends called him before we we were married mir mar mr- mr ried grandpa and I knew he had resented resented re resented re- re it then and ana still hated to have anyone anyone compare o our r ages ages they wilt will if it you If-you you allow yourself yourself your your- sel self to get gray Alice Allce would not look at at me so my warning glances w were r wasted Sandra doesn't look 1001 a day over 18 and you cant can't afford aford to look over 40 i iI t I 1 wish I were but forty lorty he re replied re- re plied so we both laughed I ISandra Sandra isn't much over 18 you know What a libel One would think the I years ears had stood still for me while they they were running away with Everett I Isaid Isaid I said to Alice I have grown old just justas as fast as you have I 1 turned now to Everett thank goodness I I know you always wanted to be beolder beolder older oller he smiled a at me me- meI I never could quite understand wh why Youth is the greatest thing In the world I I thought love was Ali Alice e broke in Then Well Veil good people I J must run along and leave you ou to settle on this age question by j yourselves ourselves But remember re remember re- re member Mr Graham lots of men get their hair hall touched touched- up nowadays and she ran laughing mischievously from the room v. v i r I 1 I i I I What a nice nice girl Alice is So full of fun I 1 remarked after she l left ft Everett Everett Everett Ev Ev- Ev- Ev I erett made no answers answer He seemed to tobe tobe tobe be in a brown st study dy The next day Ev Everett rett came home late for dinner something most unusual most unusual for him Either he came came- in good time or not at all aU He lIe had not telephoned ned as asI h hp sow now invariably did so I 1 had hac I wafted v I I am terribly late Sandra I L I. hope you will ex excuse use me me me he said in his courteous manner nut But I noticed something something something some some- thing strange about labout him he was flurried flurried flurried flur flur- ried ill at ease ease ease never I-never 1 never had seen him SO So before i. i Something gone wrong rong at the of office of of- fice face perhaps I thought as I waited for him to freshen freshets uP up He had said he wouldn't dress if it I f would excuse him Usually only something quite Im Important Important Im- Im kept him from dressing for dinner that night it was simply because be be- be because cause cause he was late I He was ready in a very very- few mo mo- moments ments and we sat down to dinner HI Iris His manner still puzzled d me me He Kept kep looking looking looking look look- ing at atme me in such s h a peculiar a-peculiar manner as if it he ise were trying to see what I Iwas Iwas Iwas was thinking After a a while it got on my nerves and I asked th the matter Everett SomethIng Something Something Some Some- thing gone wrong at the office today N No 0 why do you OU ask 1 You act so well so-well-as well as if it you you had had had done something or 01 as asif asi if- if something un unusual unusual unusual un- un usual had happened No there Is Is' nothing After Auer dinner he asked for some musI music mu mu- sI sic sic As ho lio leaned over the piano looking looking look look- ing for a song he lie had brought home a ra afew afew few days before I 1 saw that he was was- no longer longel gray gra gray You have been to a a. beauty parlor I 1 exclaimed Theo Then I laughed paying no attention to his embarrassment em em- I knew then what had made him ac act C peculiar S so through dinner din dIn- ner J CHAPTER A Alice i e so Sloane Is Cautioned Suddenly I stopped laughing What in the tho world ailed Everett usually so solf self possessed possessed He was flushing like Uke a schoolgirl Nev Never er had I seen anyone look more sheepish Then It dawned upon me He Ire had been to the beauty parlor pallor and he was ashamed oo Pont ont t look so ashamed I said or orI I I never shall be able to stop laughIng laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing as once more I r gave way to merriment mer- mer J r cant can't see ee why you Should j I be so embarrassed because you had i yo your r hair dyed Women omen never nevet mind I Ir I t know mow Sandra his blush deepened deepened deep deep- deep I en ened d but it seems different in a a. woman J did it because of you vou 1 dont don't want you ou to be he mortified mollified by byret- byret ref reference 11 to my age One to ht hear ar you talk would woul vim pose you ou a Methuselah at least leat You do not look Jook a bit old to me Everett really You vou dont don't That's because j you ou are accustomed to me me 1 I seem old to you though Sometimes At others you seem quite young I answered honestly Is 1 it t very noticeable he asked again referring to his hair No not at all Had you been more gray it might have been But you Only had a few gray hairs Then 1 Ill I'll 11 keep It up For heavens heaven's sake tell Alice Sloane not to talk about it he blushed again as he mentioned Alice Allee Ill I'll promise she will say nothing I replied I w was s awfully amused al although although al- al though now I 1 tried to hide tIlde it That my dignified propel proper husband should spend time In a beauty parlor was to me hie ab about lUl the most Incongruous s thing he could have done clone Every J vry time I 1 thought of or it II I wanted to laugh I took particular pains to let leI Alice know how he ho felt right light awa away The next morning after atter breakfast I walked over to her house and t told ld her as she valued our oui friendship to keep still Everett is horribly sensitive about aboLt A. A I said after we had stopped laugh laughing ing really ing-really really I couldn't help l laughing although I tried not to before Alice Allce who fairly screamed He never would forgive y you U if he heard it anywhere He would be sure to think you had told it because you were the one who put it In his head Oh it is too runny funny Sandra she went off into another peal peat of laughter Think of Mr Graham doing a a. thin thing like that If Jt it had been anyone anyone else ele it would would not have seemed so 80 ridiculous lous But he is so dignified That Is the very reason probably be will be bo sensitive over it I r returned So be careful 1 1 wish you wouldn't even speak k of it to Duane I Yon Cross my heart It was was was' like Everett not to say an anything anything any any- thing when I 1 simply remarked that I had called on Alice I 1 did not mention the fact that I had warned her but he knew w and so so ignored the subject subject subject-as as was his wa way never I never have l known own a than man who could ignore things the way Everett could He would simply act as if he ha hall had not heard or as if no nothing had either been said or had bad happened when all the time he be was was was' cutely acutely conscious of what was vas going on So from that time timer time d dyeing his hair was never mentioned Yet he regularly had it done Marrying a Young wife seems to have given n Graham a a. new lease on youth I 1 heard that odious lit rU Leveridge Lever- Lever LeverIdge Leveridge idge say one sight lIght at a a- dinner party Yes he not only keeps his looks but tut ut he acts younger than he did ten teny y years ears ars ago He hasn't a gray hair and ancI I 1 know he is older than I 1 am Leveridge grunted What you sou dont don't kno know wont won't hurt you I I 1 thought delighted at having overheard this conversation To Too be contin continued d. d |