Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-09-20 | Page 5 | Confessions of a War Bride

I Confessions of ofA ofA ofA A War W ar- ar Bride CHAPTER XI I Go Out Riding With Tony Curt Curt and and Lucy Searle Sees Me Perhaps you'll let me take you for a aspin spin said Dr Cartels as the trainload of recruits pulled away Tony always did take command of me meyhen when he be had an opportunity not ever obtrusively but as if it his way were undeniably undeniably undeniably un un- un- un deniably that one which would give me most mast comfort and pleasure Just now his suggestion would both for or I was flushed and trembling with excitement Ive a patient at the end of the boulevard boulevard boule boule- vard vard vard- he explained as he helped me Into his car Most of those boys are going to come comeback comeback back In better shape than they are now Think of Jim he said as he turned into the cool and quiet lake drive And dont don't be so solemn about them Jeanne he said earnestly It was wag the first time he had ventured to use his old name for me since my marriage I glanced up and met methis methis methis his splendid blue eyes looking squarely Into mine And Immediately I became most uncomfortable I had never never felt felt this way when he had flashed Hashed that penetrating glance at me In my girlhood days This was the first time I had gone anywhere with a a. man other than my husband since I had worn my wedding ring And I began to feel as If J hadn't any right to be riding with did not disapprove disapprove dis- dis dis Tony Curt now now reason My-reason approve but my feeling did decidedly What made the difference I wondered Perhaps we were both of us too sophis sophis- Glances which were only un uninformed up- up informed coquetry two years ago seemed to have acquired a deeper meaning a primitive and elemental significance now that than I ant a wife Either I 1 have made a discovery J d thought or el else e reading a lot of modern literature has lias made me too self conscious conscious conscious' for a real lady Dr must have the intuition of the born physician He seemed actually to read my thought and to bei bel anxious to relieve my embarrassment He Ile succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- too for as I J sat V. In the car by bythe bythe bythe the edge of the lake while he made his professional visit I meditated on what is happening over there as I always do Mo whenever j I am alone As we were rec held up In he gf the traffic f j Jam w where e ew Main r crosses Irl High h street we nodded to Lucy Searle standing on the cross walk She smiled significantly it was Just the the- sort of a smile she will have when she says Girls guess wHom I saw Joyriding Jane Lori Lorier er that little saint and Hamilton Cert Is And of course I was late te to luncheon Jimmie whistled Over there Over Ov r there In my ear most Impertinently as he pushed my chair up to the table Ive I've slapped Jim for less when we were children But I knew perfectly well that he did not mean to reprove me lne He was only Nevertheless teasing ss I couldn't heip help thinking thata that a great many wives of soldiers rs are ars going to be awfully lonesome before their nien men come back and some are going to tu risk being being- unwisely gay I fear So fast Im I'm learning what life means now I 1 am a I Iwar war bride I think Ill I'll s set i down for my own future warning some little rules of conduct for wives as experience experience ex experience ex- ex hands them to me To Io begin with Ive I've learned today Dont let any man cheapen your husband husband husband hus hus- band by looking at you as If he would like to be your hu husband b To he hI continued