Show l f ANDR By Jane THE Phelps JEALOUS CHAPTER t An Unlooked Unlocked for Encounter Jeal sy again gripped me Ins so 80 I could pot not sleep steep I was angry with in the years we had myself that e n married this thought had not b bf before t re come to I me to meo-to to find ont out if it he vl visited Leolas Leola's grave Not until my myown myown y own Q speech about Walter now belongIng belonging belonging belong belong- ing entirely to Rose Kose had I I. I ever of ot thought of ot it Perhaps because that utterance I would find tind the reason reason rea rca had bestowed son wh why whir Everett never had upon me the same kind of ot love he given Leola l' l visited the I next day The V very ry cemetery It was a a. beautiful place Gods God's acres came Into my mind and for Just a moment I forgot my errand But only for e. e moment jl I hunted the caretaker land and asked him If he knew where Mrs Everett Graham was buried VOh Oh Oh yes maam Right this way Youre You're a 8 stranger here I take it Yes I I never have h ve been here betori be be- fore tori There It is is maam ma'am that maam that tall shaft over over there thereto therelo to the left oyer You care for tor the plot ploU I I asked scarcely knowing bow how to question the v I v h haired r d' d man C Yes e maam m. m Theres There's money to toJ J keep ep it In n norder order Then too theres there's a I party brings bEIngs flowers So So o I wa was was right Everett sun still kept fl flowers fowers on on l Leolas Leola's ola's olas grave after atter all these years and even though he had married narried again I felt that the tears were near so so with a 8 gesture I dismissed dis missed the old caretaker and went alone the remainder of the way to A e shaft he had pointed out to me t he plot w ws s kept Fresh w rs were in an urn and ana more in inse se at the base of the shaft He been there no rio later than i rd I thought as I noticed that flowers rs had not yet commenced Q oP r. r la beloved wife of Everett Gra- Gra 0 age 26 I read aloud then refA re- re fA wife of ot Everett Gra- Gra yi d fO for several minutes I g to hold back hack the tears tears to to quiet I Demotion e whIch those words word added I Ie ti e sight of the tho flowers had hadi was his beloved wife Is wife Is yet I z I eway vay I I feel teel that of ot all my my his jealousy Jealous of ot a woma woman who before T I met my husband had the rover ver the great divide will be bei 4 i i perhaps perhaps not com com- d ded in the least by women 1 men ien who have never known what whit tb ib tea be the second in a persons person's ions I But I am sure there thera are are ares re s second wives who who were were they would et-would t own that always lurk- lurk Jj tho the back of their minds ready ring r ng into disturbing t t- t l is if a a a. jealousy of the woman womans s first in the affection of ot the hey hey- ey love first in his life the life the ui iti who ks ho as Rose ROle had expressed it ft e umber r One rs- rs r. r w s' s with the thought of or helping er r. r women in my position that I Imy In It is 18 the longing n my my roy story i ave them from making my mis- mis s t that t has made me go on with UM 11 ucc ed in either r endeavor or it gard rd d enough excuse enough excuse enough for bared my own heart telling mistakes s. s a as al I M stood fOd od there jealous thoughts j d over OVET me I was so deeply ab- ab sired I T had heard no sound until j said one u morning Mrs tre Graham I i turned to see Mrs Mr Currie In her I arms were were some rose roee bush bushes bushs s small ines ones for planting and a a. little way off caretaker t e- e caretaker with his shovel WhY what y what T I stammered I What am I doln doing here I will wm tell yo you Ou Wh When he died I l knew she meant Mr Currie he ho left a letter Aking asking t that flowers be put here for Ho ao o also alo told in that letter how I innocent and pure had been his rela rela rela- with her I only received that letter Jetter after I J made my last Jast visit to YO Ills His lawyer sent It to me from I had always thought him faithless He wa was not Now I can think of him happily Love goes where it Is sent you know and he be c couldn't help loving her So I am J the e rose trees planted I an am 1 going abroad to live and this Is the only way I can car be bo sure his wishes will be carried out He lie said she loyed roses Jy Yes jS s. s she loved roses I replied scarcely arc y knowing what I was saying tt rt my mind was wa the letter I had read the letter which in she said ald she had eld the roses Everett sent her until they wilted And as no one else ever comes h here re now no one will be offended she said Please keep my ray visits se secret seret se- se eret e- e cret ret Mrs 1 Graham You say no one else comes here how bow do you know I asked There aint no one been here here- hereIn In five years year till Ull thi this lady come There aint no need I take good care o of everything the caretaker broke in I went home with a light heart heart- yet humbled ashamed Mrs Currie had sh shamed med me She could forgive e every every- thing thing thing-I I nothing CHAPTER Nothing Is s Left to Remind mind Sandra of Leola As always when I h had d proven my suspicions unjust or unfounded I was very meek very humble for days I had been so astonished that Mrs Currie Cur Curs rie ne could calmly carry out her husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's instructions and at the same time appear appear happier than at either time 1 had seen seen herI her I r am sure I couldn't have done it it I said to myself Then came the thought This woman who knew her husband loved another and yet who did her duty by him was made i happy because she found out that in 1 spite of ot his love for th the other woman he had been faithful always faithful always faithful to her And really that Is what counts count after atter all As she had said people couldn't help helm loving lovine but they could b 1 help being bing t faithless I cOmpared this this' womans woman's husband with Walter Kemp the Kemp the careless pleasure se seeking king man who trampled I on women's hearts with no thought of consequences to them so so long as ashe ashe ashe he w was s happy Then I thought of Everett of ot how I had misjudged him so many many times Umes She isn't as as' as Jealous a a. a- a disposition as I am I ami I said of ot Mrs Currie tryIng trying trying try try- ing to condone my actions with the theold theold theold old excuse not realizing that I made madeno no no- effort to combat my Jealous nature na nature na na- ture ure but gave way to It thus making It more Intensely alive I could not dismiss the incident for tor days That and Walter Kemps Kemp's accident I had a letter from mothers mother s saying Yin that Rose Ros would not return and live with her parents that she 1 had taken Walters Walter's loss bravely al although although although al- al I though she was Inexpressibly grieved Her mother told me th the letter said that Rose and nd Walter WaIter had parted amicably that morning That he had promised to come come home early and take her to dinner and the theatre He had kissed her her- herand and called her a good little scout Those were his last words to to her They had I seemed to comfort Rose Of Ot course they did It was nice niceto niceto niceto to feel that he had appreciated her efforts to please him I recalled her letter written after atter she returned to him hirr in n which she had said she was i going to do her very best no matter what Walter did slid that she was never going to o find fault tault or nag him ab about ut anything g. g She he evidently had been able to ta do as she had ad planned His calling her a good little scout was I proof she had tried to please him re regardless regardless regardless re- re of ot herself I w wished shed In a careless sort o ot way that I had some jome orne of her grit T r wish I could dismiss my Jealousy make up my mind never to be Jealous again again- even en of ot Leola I said as I stood Inthe in inthe inthe the window waiting for tor Everett to come home homo But I cant canti I cant can't hem heln helo being jealous jealous-I lealous I love him so If It instead of excusing myself I had determined to love and trust I r should have ve been much happier I 1 loved but I did not trust a trust a condition con con- which makes maltes only for tor un- un happiness After myr vIsit to the cemetery I had torn tom up uti the rote note I had found I pinned to Leolas Leola's dress and which I had put carefully away I It was a a. little sign of my repentance for havIng having haying hav hay I ing such Jealous thoughts as an compared compared com corn pared to Mrs Curries Currie's unselfishness It was the very last of ot Leolas Leola's personal personal personal per per- belon belongings of which I had co cognizance Everything of hers In the attic had lon long ago been given away My Iy home had all been done over so that nothing downstairs reminded me of h her r. r People too had ceased to say anything anything anything any any- thing about the first Mrs Graham I lor or to comment upon my likeness to toi i I 1 her the her the similarity of ot our coloring Orthe or the becomingness ness of sapphire blue All but Mr Leveridge he sometimes I still joked about my likeness to Leola But I I 1 cared little for anything he could say There was really nothing now In my life Ufe to cause me to think of the first Mrs Graham yet never for long was she absent from my thoughts Explain it 1 If you can I cannot A A word often Just a look on Everetts Everett's face would lead me to Imagine he was wa-s of her perhaps perI per per- I I haps flaps loving her in his thoughts and andI I I would be miserable I know these spells of depression worried Everett More Mort and more as asI I time went on did he try to get me meto meI meto I to explain why I felt so blue blue as as asI I ex expressed It It-at It at times c I try to make you ou happy Sandra Is there anything you rou want Anything Anything Any Any- thing I can do to these fits of depression 1 No No its its it's nothing I I would assure him ashamed To be bo continued |