| Show I rl- rl Margaret Garretts Garrett's w V j c Husband t By JANE E oc J A CHAPTER 33 We Wont Won't Go Home Until Morning Was Vas I never to go BO anywhere or to meet anyone who had known Bob Dob before before before be be- fore I met him but that I must listen to his mothers mother's praises I began to have an almost active dislike to the poor woman who had been so much to Bob so much to these friends of him whom I did not like I never knew my husbands husband's mother she died before I met him but from what you say she sho must have been very nice I replied inanely Nice why she was a queen My Myown Myown Myown own mother died when I was a little shaver and I 1 give you jou my word I didn't know what I 1 had missed until Bobs Bob's mother took me in I dont don't mean literally but she always made me welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come and never tired tire of ot listening to tomy tomy tomy my ambitious plans That was before I had a play accepted Her lIer faith in mo me was one of ot the things which kept me going I tell you OU she was incomparable parable Before Detore he ho finished his tribute I was sure I should have disliked Bobs Bob's mother had she lived I was almost sure I disliked all of ot Bobs Bob's friends Even en now I could see the cloud on our happiness caused by them and it was larger than a mans man's hand But Dut I resolutely resolutely resolutely reso reso- put the thought aside They had no right to spoil my happiness I would not allow It Soon after the supper was over someone proposed dancing I edged over to Bob Dob and said Lets slip out and go home What do you want to go homo for he asked Arent you jou having a a. good time Not very and anyway I want to go home But Dut I dont don't Im I'm having the time of my life Ilfe they wont won't break up for hours Im I'm going to stay he finished with decision Will you YOU dance with me me Mrs Garrett Garrett Garrett Gar- Gar rett and Curtiss Morgan the playwright playwright playwright play play- wright offered me his arm Go ahead Margaret I am going to dance with Mrs Root Bob Dob said as ashe ho he moved away Perforce I was obliged to dance with Mr Morgan but all the time I rebelled This was the last time I 1 should ac accept accept accept ac- ac any invitations from these friends whom Bob Dob had made when he was a bachelor he owed no one fealty He lIe was my husband now and bound to make me happy They danced they sang and then thenn danced again ga I in n careless a carefree a abandon n But t after on one dance I with Curtiss Morgan I sat in a corner I by myself I absolutely refused to take I any further part in the gayety If It I seemed to enjoy myself what could I Isay I Isay I Isay say to Bob Dob how convince him that he owed me the time the attention he gave these people It was wag nearly 3 o'clock when some someone someone someone one spoke of going home and Elsie ElsieI Elsie Elsie- I I had scarcely seen her the entire evening eve eve- ning came ning-came came in search of me Ready Ive I've been not only ready but anxious to go since 12 o'clock I 1 dont don't see what anyone wants to stay out like this for Come on then and bid Mrs Root good night the boys are getting their coats I I shall hope to see much of you Mrs Garrett Mrs l Root remarked as we bade her good night Thank you but Bob Bob Dob Mr Garrett and I go out but little We Ve enjoy our home so much and our quiet evenings together Dont Don't stay by yourselves too much it isn't wise and she bent a keen look upon me under which I flushed Well Welt Margaret it hardly pays to togo togo togo go to bed does It if Bob Dob said good na- na as as' he prepared for bedNo bedNo bed No it certainly does not I II I snapped Interrupting the tune he was was I whistling we wont won't go home until morning Do stop you didn't come home until morning so why whistle Rattling nice party wa wasn't nt it he I returned returned- ignoring my ill temper No Ko I dont don't think It was a nice party at all and I hope you will not ask me meto met metto II to go to another one like Ike it It Such I foolish performances for old married I people Really Bob Dob I was almost I i ashamed of you at times You seemed absolutely without dignity I Who Vho wants to be dignified in such sucha a crowd I That's Just It when you are out I with people of ot of that sort you seem to j I lose all sense of proportion We Ve wont won't go again I He lie s said ald d no more but even my rebuke re re-i buke couldn't stop his whistling re I You looked stunning he said to tome to tome me mt before he turned off the lights I I Iwas was wag proud of you I would rather you I Imade made a good impression with that I I bunch than with any anyone one else I know I IThe The boys were many of them great friends of mothers mother's I So Mr Ir Morgan l told me I He lIe was one of her special favorites favorites' I wish she could know how successful I he is Perhaps she does She was al alwa's always always al- al ways was more fond of him than of the I others and she had all kinds of faith j jin in his success i iI I I dont don't see how she could have put up with t that at crowd around her all an the I I time Im I'm sure I couldn't I said but j I Ithe the only reply I received receIve d was a dis distinct I snore But It was a long time I before I slept CHAPTER CHAPTER 34 I Vain Arguments Several times in the days following I tried to get Bob Dob to promise me that I i he e would not accept any more In In- from his old set The Roots had gone away for a month or two so 80 there was no present danger from them and I thought It wise to secure Bobs Bob's promise before they returned But it was not the easy task I had Imagined it would be Again and again I recurred to It only to be put off oft with either a laugh or an Impatient impatient Impatient tient request not to be bo silly Once more the four friends had gone down in the country for the week end once more I had kept I entirely to myself while they were gone Also once again I had made much of or my loneliness my unhappiness ness when so alone And had answered answered an an- all Bobs Bob's arguments that It was my own fault by declaring was his fault as I could have no enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment enjoy enjoy- ment without him no possible pleasure pleasure pleasure pleas pleas- ure when he was away from me Finally he became quite angry I I cant can't understand you Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet he exclaimed one day when I he had mentioned the fact that he heI I was going to see John Kendall and that John Johp had asked him to bring me along if I wouldn't be bored Most women would be delighted to be asked And Margaret Maud Warren will probably be there so you will not feel awkward John has anew a aI anew new writer he is very enthusiastic I over I want to see the manuscript I If you wont won't go I shall go without you I You really mean that you will go goI I without me I I certainly do if It you refuse to acCompany ac accompany ac- ac company me As you know as I havo told you times without number John Kendall is my best friend whatever is of Interest to him interests me to say nothing of ot the keen delight his dependence upon my Judgment brings You have your business you rou dont don't ask him every time you buy or sell a apiece apiece apiece piece of property or take out a mortgage mortgage mortgage mort mort- gage for a client do you No but it Is an entirely different matter I am a p plain aln business man John is a popular and successful publisher a man to whom the best the keenest writers In the country take the product of or their brains That he thinks me qualified to express an opinion is a compliment I should think even you would appreciate al although although although al- al though you seem to dislike John Why I cannot imagine A better fellow never lived I dislike him because he takes you from me If It It were not for him you would not think of tonight Isn't that reason enough It is no reason at all I dont don't want to lose my temper Margaret but I surely shall If It you talk as you are doing When we get old and feeble we wont won't be able to go anywhere anywhere any any- where he said in an attempt to treat the matter lightly Well likely have rheumatism and cant can't So letsgo letsgo lets let's letsgo go now while we are young have as asgood asgood good a time as we can You say you do not understand me Bob Dob I replied I am sure I do donot donot donot not understand you When we were first married in fact from the time I met you you seemed to care nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing for society other society other than mine You were quiet I supposed domestic and showed nothing of this side of your character or disposition perhaps you call It the disposition to mingle with witha a Bohemian crowd and to spend your time doing things in which I had no slightest interest I surely thought you would be the same after we were married and and If It If you will recall the fact that my darling mother died Just before I met you you may perhaps understand something of or my feelings at that time Mother had been such a comrade such a de dear r little pal that when she left me my world was turned upside down Father and I 1 never got along very well vell why I dont don't know He Tie never seemed to understand me Then when I met you you seemed so sweet so sympathetic I said to myself that if you would marry me I would be happy In your love that you would be like mother sympathetic and understanding And even after we were vere married and you proved Just the gentle spirit I had believed you would be I still grieved for mother still kept away from the friends whom she knew and loved for my sake because because because be be- cause the hurt was still too raw the sorrow too great ceased to And now you have grieve I INo INo No Margaret I never shall cease to ml miss s her but but thank God we can cant can't t always sorrow as we do at first else we could not bear the pain which living ourselves our our- comes to us and go on selves And now that the pain is less instead of keeping away from those tho e to whom she was Vas dear I J am I again drawn to them as I was when she was with me and for my sake I entertained and loved m my friends It would have been better for you hadn't But Dut as asI asI and and for if she me rge-if rge I 1 have havo told you many times Bob Dob It was different She was your mother land and old She had no right to your time as compared to TOY ray right You promised promised to forsake all others and cleave only to me and me-and and you OU are not keeping that promise I made the same promise and gladly am I keepIng keeping keepIng keep- keep Ing it And It is your duty to me to give Rive up these outside friends Why I 1 would never again speak to Elsie should you request me not to longas long longas as I have known her You a very foolish view v are taking of replied and left me things Bob Dob Tomorrow Tomorrow Marriage 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