Show MUND AND 11 fr THE STORY TO DATE Mildred Sutton button an accomplished she beautiful beautiful beau beau- very young U Southern OU hJ girl marries na Clifford lor Hammond n a a. Northern o r man young but considerably older than she Almost before their honeymoon abroad Is la over Hammond seemingly tires 0 ot of his 01 young ung wife They have no Interests no p pleasures In common To her sensitive temperament every Indifference Is magnified magni magni- fled fied Into neglect Slights are aro Imagined even where they are not Intended They mako make their their- home In the North Mildred has no friends Her baby Is Isborn isborn born But before this event Hammond becomes more neglectful Remains late lates latel at club l etc c. c Mildred weeps Is Is sometimes hysterical s a This angers Hammond who dubs her ler cry ba baby by etc After Arter a terrible scene she declares he will never see Bee her cry again While she Is still sUlI very Ill ill in before I the doctor has allowed her to see the baby aby he leaves her to go on onn a fishing trip His Ills abandonment of her at tills this I time for his selfish pleasure crushes her love ove for tor him Mr and Mrs Franklyn a j young oung couple suddenly sweep Mildred into a current of ot life fresh and new to her She sometimes annoys I Hammond by her curiosity as to his his time friends friend Where he spends Sh She opens ovens a letter by mistake Finds he often otten visit a a. young widow he knew before be before be- be fore foro his marriage He too remains late CHAPTER Home Seems Seem a Happier Place Clifford called a taxi and laughingly bundled vs us Into It it I didn't wonder that he laughed for at t the e. e la last t minute everyone everyone every every- one had Insisted upon giving Edith something something something some some- thing t to arouse amuse her so our arms were filled d to overflowing He took the trunk checks from Mandy landy and left us to at attend attend attend at- at tend Ito to the luggage On the way home he questioned me about my visit He Ie seemed In very good humor which of ot course delighted me He had taken Edith on his lap and she was walS playing with his watch chain while he chatted with pie rne I Kate and Annie were waiting on the steps to welcome us and as soon as we I washed and freshened up a bit we went down to dinner THE SHADOW OF MRS HORTON NORTON After dinner Clifford and I went went Into the library ry and Instead of burying himself him self sel In the tho paper as he usually did he seemed Inclined to talk Now was the time to find out some of ot the things I wanted to know so I I. I with all the tactlessness tactlessness tactlessness tact tact- of a young married woman Immediately immediately im immediately Im- Im mediately commenced to question him anent his Ws trip At first he was unusually communicative but as soon as I spoke of at Mrs Horton his manner changed Still StillI I I. I stumbled on How old Is Mrs Horton Clifford 1 lIve Ive I've never asked the lady her age Hut gut cant can't you guess You know her so well Im not good at nt guessing especially ladles ladles' ages Is she light or dark About medium I should say Oh then she is about my coloring Clifford made no reply to my remark and I 1 thought he was not Pleased but could not see where I had bad offended The evening paper lay on th the table and Clifford picked It up and commenced to read I IDo Do put put that old paper down Clifford and talk to me mel I I 1 want to know all about your trip and to tell you jou all about my visit Well go ahead I suppose your folks were glad to see you jou What did they think of or Edith Oh they were perfectly foolish over ove r her If Ift I had bad stayed much lon longer er she would have been entirely spoiled But Buttell Buttell tell teU me about your jour trip first my visit can wait walt Well what do you want to know that I haven't told you jou What other women went besides Mrs Horton Perhaps in this way I could coul d find out If it the woman of the Initials ha had d been with them Oh Mrs Mr Baldwin Baldwin and and others N None No Noone Noone o one you know Now that I 1 have replied to your questions suppose you tell m me e I of of y your ur visit In to i his coldest manner r I I I I Oh I had a a. perfectly love lovely time There were parties dances and picnics Everybody did all t they ey could to make me happy and after I 1 had been down there a few tew days who should call but Mr Brooke Brooke who's he her Why the young man man I met at the Franklyns Franklyn's lIes lIe's the one who asked I If he might call and get acquainted with you you Oh Ohl Oh INTO THE SHELL AGAIN AGAN CI Clifford Cliffords s interest in the matter was evidently exhausted Mr Brooke s corn conn corning conning ing where I was held no meaning for him hint It was a matter of or perfect indifference What did did you do on the yacht jacht to toI amuse yourselves yourselves' I 1 asked recurring to the subject uppermost in my mind What do people usually do when they go yachting He lIe tossed the paper on the table and rising with a yawn remarked re- re re remarked remarked marked I think Ill I'll turn In Good Goad Goodnight night I I will come in a few minutes minute Clifford Clifford Clifford Clif Clif- ford I called called calle after him wondering I if my persistence in wanting to know what occurred on th the yacht had driven him to tobed tobed tobed bed as the only way to avoid telling tolling me fine fIle r f CHAPTER The house seemed very lonely after being be beIng being be- be ing with such a a. large family Mandy groaned and talked about how homesick homesick homesick home sick sh she was until I threatened to send send her ber back That soon quieted herAll her ber AlIthe All the next day while unpacking and putting my clothes away I kept thinking of jf L L. G G. wondering who she was and if it she had been on the yachting party I with Clifford its I Had it not been for this vague uneasiness I nesa nessI ness I should have been quite happy at Clifford Cliffords s welcome My Iy loneliness for the I Idear dear ones at home would soon pass away I if it he would be kind Young Imm immature ture women never should marry older men As I look back I can see how my persistence my constant re recurring recurring recurring re- re to some subject he had dismissed must have annoyed Clifford But when anything troubled me I seemed unable to avoid talking of or it I realize reaUze now that it was lack o of poise of experience on my part Now ow Clifford Cliffords Clifford's f I began over our our ur after- after dinner coffee corree cio do do tell me all about your our trip Really neally dear you have told me What do you want to know that I haven't told you he asked impatiently Oh tell me every single person who went which you liked best and oh well everything Have you jou OU forgotten anything he spoke But Clifford I apologized I am so interested In So So I see sees But I have already told you jou ou all there is to tell It was the tho usual yachting party I had a very enjoyable vacation and feel teel much better because of it it it He Ie rose from the table and I knew he would tell me nothing more L L. L G G. G AGAIN I 1 was wall disappointed chagrined I had so hoped to find out if It the L L. L G G. of the letter had been with them who she was etc I wanted to find out If It I had real cause for tor Jealousy I followed Clifford Into the library and sat idly turning th the pages of a a. magazine mag In a n. vain effort to think of at something I might say to tD learn what I so BO wished to know but to no avail Finally I ventured Was Vas the lady who wrote you the one who signed herself L L. G G. G. G on the yacht What's that thaU he queried sharply The lady who wrote that letter I 1 opened by mistake was as she with you Now see here Mildred this has gone far enough I have h ve told you more than once that I 1 would not be questioned I never have been I never Intend to be Please remember that in the future SOMETHING IS WRONG I 1 was positive that there was waft some real teas reason teason on for my Jealousy of at L L. L G. G G a else why should Clifford refuse to answer any questions Question about her I would ask ash him no nomore nomore more but would try to find out for myself my my- self sef I 1 thought although I hadn't the slightest idea how I was to go about itI it I felt that I must learn to use th the e weapons of a a. woman of the world world his his i kii kiv kUra d of woman That I must dissemble I I meet his evasions with a a. smile and not notI I allow him to mistrust that I suspected anything It would be hard but I would I do it I had already broken myself of or ortho tho desire to cry on all occasions I also aso would overcome the habit of asking questions ques ques- Instead I would watch and find out things for myself When Clifford expected me to find tind fault and be disagreeable I would b be just the opposite I would surprise him It would be awfully hard at first but I would persevere until I 1 could act my part so that he would be deceived would think me e too indifferent f e to care what he ka did and so lower o his I guard d Monday Muriel Monday Muriel Tells TeUs a a. Story Copyright by George Matthew Adams BITS OF INFORMATION Five girls of or Aberdeen Wash have signed as on a Pacific steamship Several of the large retail stores of or Newark N N. J J. have hired women to drive their delivery cars Aeronauts aver that the barking ofa of ofa ofa a dog can be heard at an elevation of or four miles Japanese us use use star fish for fertilizer as they contain almost 5 6 per cent of nitrogen There are Smiths listed In the allotment and allowance files flies of the war risk insurance bureau Miss S Sallie Lanes east Tennessee school teacher has his a n record of mowing six acres of hay in one hay William had boarded atthe at atthe atthe the Tualatin hotel in Willsboro Hillsboro ore uru for fOT twenty years So when the proprietors proprietors proprietors pro pro- decided to get out of business bought the hotel so he could keep on living there Martha Springer r age 26 months daughter of Mr and and- Mrs John E E. 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