Show Alicia Hammersly A Woman Who Wouldn't Remarry By Idah McGlone Gibson The Tb Noted oled Writer r C I Alicia Hammersly nee nce nee Alicia Atwell and nd commonly called Alls Is Allx-Is Is telling tolling the absorbing absorbing absorbing ab ab- ab- ab story of her girlhood She Is en- en to 10 Hallet Hammersly On the mornIng morn- morn lag Ins of her wedding day she Bonders whether she really reaBy knows the man sh she Is Isto Isto Isto to marry Alicia's thoughts lead her to seek Iek her mother for tor consolation She finds her mother in the attic seated before an anold I old trunk which I. I in is filled with Ith memories An As Alicia enters her mother Is fondling a Q pair pall of baby shoes Alicia's ABela's mother consoles her and points out the great happiness tobe to tobe tobe be found In a marriage based upon understanding under understanding standing but warns Alicia that it Is I. something somethIng something some some- thing very different from the day dreams of an engage engaged l gIrt Alicia's education In matrimony progresses rapidly She learns in surprise that she he he doesn't really know her husband Without consenting Alicia Hal plans a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls Of all nil places pisces s Alicia didn't want to go there but In Hals Hal's arms she yielded wilEs fiX A 1 wn SHOULD When Hal and I arrived at the hotel ho hotel hotel ho- ho tel he found a a. letter from his father Something in the letter was not to Hals Hal's liking as I heard him swear softly under his breath I placed my hand on his hI arm but he shook it off oft He thought that I was was remonstrating with him for tor his profanity while I was only trying to sympathize with him in his annoyance annoyance annoy annoy- ance anee and trouble Fantastically I tried to picture myself myself my my- sd self what married life would be If It every husband would intuitively know the motives of his wife and each wife could be made to recognize the why behind her husbands husband's words and ac- ac I have often thought if It the minister when when he says the solemn words I l pronounce you man and wife could by some necromancy establish a kind of ot telepathy between tween the married pair pall which would give ghe them both Understanding under under- standing It would simplify matters mattera in making marriage marria e a success As I 1 stood there gazing gazing- open-eyed open at Hat hal an old son song my mother used to sine sin to me popped Into mind Strangers yet et After Joy and toil toll together After fair all and storm stormy weather After travel In far lands After touch of wedded hands Strangers Stranger yet I determined however I would woul V not allo eH os erl allow Slat Hal to be a stranger t to me long o I resolved to put all my powers of ot common sense and tolerance to work trying to understand him and making him understand me So instead of being hurt after Hal threw off oft my arm so Impatiently I Isaid Isaid said very sweetly as I slowly put my I hand and back Have you had bad news new's Hal dear f He was quickly responsive and mind turned Ird d All Alix to me if we smiling em only stay Would o here e you for fora a few hours Dad seems to think I that business comes even before a aman's amans amans aman's mans man's wedding Journey Like all men menn I of his age he has forgotten his s own o nr honeymoon n sm He lie has gotten into s some trouble on a business deal and wants me mc to come com home and help him to clear it up Hal lIal can look very appealing when ho he wishes A man Is s never as fascinating fascinating fasci fasci- to a woman as when he asks her to do something for him when he calls upon the maternal side of ot her when he evokes her sympathy in a de desire desire desire de- de sire to help him him and and how few men know this Ill do anything you Hal dear I said sald but I 1 could not help adding add add- ing You know I did not care much about coming to Niagara Falls any- any way vay Neither did I said Hal unexpectedly unexpectedly edly Idly but Duane said that no girl thought she was married If It she could not speak of ot the Falls Fulls as th the tho com corn completion completion of ot her wedding trip he Intimated intimated intimated inti Inti- mated that it was as much to a girl as her wedding veil or any of ot the other other oth oth- er foolish traditions that cling about a a. wedding And so BO as we had missed cut for the trip across the continent I bought the tickets for tor the Falls Dad continued Hal has Just re received received re- re a government order for wagons It is the biggest order that he has ever had and it is going oln to test the capacity of ot the factory He ISa la Is anxious to have me ale come and work a a. scheme out for getting this order out on the shortest time possible as ns the government govern govern- ment meat offers otters a bonus for quick ery cry So when Duane suggested s Niagara ara Falls T I thou thought ht th that t we could come here and have two or three days and then go on home Dont you think Hal that It would have been hen better to have aSKed me mt what I thought about it than to have taken Duanes Duane's word for U lt It After all all It was my wedding trip Hal frowned a little and I knew that I had said the wrong thing notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- notwithstanding withstanding its Us truthfulness Thus early In my wedded life I learned that while a wife wIte must be truthful she must i exercise the keenest Judgment at all t times imes as to which truth she will utter a and nd which she shall l keep to herself Tomorrow Tomorrow 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