Show I Margaret b Carrett Barrett s s sc I i I I c Hus Husband Dy Dv JANE and j I I N II CHAPTER 65 Anger an and Embarrassment With the people then Our cleverest cleverest cleverest clever clever- est men and omen omen dine there frequently Ire fre I 1 am IUn not well veil well enough acquainted with any my of ot them to l have avo that as an- an Inducement inducement- I replied an and II I am much too busy to add to my circle of ot friends I am glad Bob Dob doesn't feel teel as you I d do I told him the other night nigh t he should bring you around oftener ho I said then with some Bomo polite pl platitude I ho left left me me I never dreamed that I should either I see him or hear from him again when 1 I sighed with relief relict as he left me But Butas Butas Butis as is I j left one of ot tho the largo large department stores lato late In the afternoon I heard Bobs Bob's name namo mentioned and a masculine voice said Poor Bob Dob while a n. gay laughing voice answered Why poor I I I met his wife vIto today Is that tho the reason you are pitying him What an ogre she must be worse she's Iho's Impossible In what way do tell teU me fe females females females fe- fe ono of ot those straitlaced males who always make me want t to pray l From om all such good Lord deliver us Is she sho good looking Yes rather handsome In an uninteresting way But think of ot Bob Dob Garrett Garrett Gar Gar- rett with his temperament his wonderful wonderful won won- personality his cleverness married married married mar mar- ried to a stick like that Its It's awful Before I turned and surreptitiously glanced around I 1 knew It was handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some I red Fred Langworth who was was talk taUt Ing I 1 had seen no on one else that I know But Dut I assured myself that 1 It was he then hurried on my ny wa way my face flushing with anger and embar- embar In the tho quick casual glance I threw behind mo I had noted the style and beauty of the woman to whom Bobs Bob's friend had been talking and I fairly trembled with rage as DS I recalled the words ho he had used In describing meI me mt strait laced female I was a n. stick a from tram whom he felt like Uko praying to be bo delivered And they had pitied Bob because he was tied to me me-as me as Mr I Langworth had expressed It A nice 1 crowd for Bob Dob to be running around with People that didn't hesitate to criticise me his wife and to pity himI him I would tell him Just what I had heard Perhaps he would see that his Bohemian Bohemian Bohemian Bohe Bohe- mian friends were not as perfect as he would have me think I met one of your friends ends today today I told him at dinner trying to keep tho the Indignation I felt from my voice You did Who Vho was it he asked That fellow tellow you Introduced me to at atthe atthe atthe the Mr Langworth Up to the time I mentioned the name Bob had shown little or no Interest Now however he was all attention him 1 Where did you see At the restaurant where I had my luncheon Did you speak to him No He lie spoke to me What did ho have to say eay Hes He's usually well worth listening to He said I was vIas a stick a straitlaced straitlaced strait straitlaced laced female and that he pitied pilled you What are you talking about Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet Fred Langworth never said sale such things to you you that that is unless hes he's gone crazy He may be crazy for all I know but he certainly said Just what I have told you he did It makes no difference difference differ dUCer- ence that ho lie said It to someone else as long as I overheard It It Will VIlI you tell me what you ou are talking talkIng talk talk- Ing about Margaret I am telling you what your friend said You must have hao misunderstood him I did not misunderstand he was altogether too plain in his speech I replied then went on and told Bob Just what Mr Langworth had said and also described the woman with him I hI hope you will evil be ho ready to be believe believe believe be- be lieve me when I say they are not proper people for you to associate with with The idea of pitying you you I should think It would make you furious Bob made no reply and I persisted Did you hear what I said Yes I am not deaf deat And do you not resent his pity Well not talk about that While talking to Bob all the IndIgnation indignation Indignation tion I had felt when I 1 heard myself discussed by Fred Langworth returned I could hear again the mocking laughter laughter laughter laugh laugh- ter of the handsome woman with him and I lost all control of ot myself y I raged and stormed I 1 declared declare that I would do something desperate unless Bob swore sore he never would have anything anything any any- thing to do with such people again they had insulted me and h him m through I me lie Ho must resent nt It by dropping them But nut suppose Fred Langworth told the tho truth lruth Bob nob said calmly as 1 stopp stopped d for tor lack of oC breath to go on Why Why Suppose you rou were Just what he said you were Would you ou then have han cause caulle for complaint r Bob Dob Interrupted me meto meto meto to ask You dont don't understand Bob Dobl I He lie called me mo a stick and other horrid things Arent you rather strait laced Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet I bell believe eve that was one of ot the names he called you And even I have thought you rather uninteresting at times when you would talk of ot nothing but tho the servant or tho the ills ilia of ot the chil chil- dren That was wa what he meant when be ho compared you to a ft piece of ot wood Poor Fred He lIe would feel dreadfully I If It ho he knew you had overheard him Ho lie wouldn't hurt tho the feelings of ot a child I was frantic trantle It was waa unbelievable My own hu husband band making excuses for forthe forthe forthe the man who had so Insulted me I wondered if It other men were like that I wished I had told Elsie first before I mentioned mention It to Bob Her IIer advice was always to keep anything which belittled belittled belittled you from your husband But I hadn't talked to her And I had told Bob and ho had been simply contemptuous contemptuous contemptuous con con- of ot the entire affair So finding that my anger my complaints d dW il not move him I 1 commenced to cry A At first I sobbed in a n. low tone but aa as ashe n. n ho he went on reading I cried harder and harder until he threw throw down town his paper with an unaccustomed oath and flung himself out of the room and out of ot the house I held my breath as I heard the I front door open and close dose then tho the elevator elevator ele ele- ele I vator stop to take him down I ran wildly to tho the window to call can him back but he never looked up al although although al al- though I was sure he heard me call CHAPTER 66 66 A Night of Waiting I soon dried my tears when th there re reI I was no one to Impress with my unhappiness un un- I happiness and sat down to read ex expecting expecting ex- ex every time 1 Y heard the tho elevator stop that It was Bob Dob returning ready to apologize for leaving me and to promise to do as I asked concerning Fred Langworth and Langworth-and and others But Dut the time dragged miserably and when midnight came and still sUll he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not arrived I began to feel anxious It couldn't be that he had gone out with I the very people of whom I had been talking the talking the people who derided and I I Insulted me and whom I Ignored Yet Yetas Yetas as 1 o'clock struck then 2 and he had hadnot hadnot hadnot I not come como home I realized that probably probably ably he was with some of them them John John Kendall perhaps I waited until a little after atter 2 then I called up Johns John's studio When he answered answered answered an an- I realized d that I 1 had wakened him as its his voice was muffled with sleep I II No I haven't seen Bob Dob tonight Then Is there anything I can do for you ou I shouldn't worry however hell he'll be along pretty soon Thank you I am sorry I have an annoyed annoyed an an- noyed you and I hung up the re re- re celver I knew of ot no other place I could reach him at that hour so I slowly prepared for bed But sleep was im im- im and I lay awake until the gray dawn crept In at the windows Della Delia said eald nothing wh when n he did not appear at breakfast but I l knew new by tier ner r expression and he her solicitude because of ot my failure to eat that she mistrusted mistrusted mis mis- trusted something wrong I swallowed my coffee cottee and then anxiously walled I until time for tor the office to open At Al 9 o'clock I called I would woul like to speak to Mr Garrett Gar Gar- rett reU I told the stenographer Hello Bello It was Bobs Bob's voice and the relief was so great I could scarcely speak Hello Heiro Bob Dob Where In the tho world were you ou and why didn't you come home I was vIas at tho club and I didn't come homo home because you make It thelast tho the last place I want to see see I I dont don't understand what what you mean Then The I shall shah not tell you But un unless unless unless un- un less things are to be changed I shall shan remain at tho the club Indefinitely Goodbye Goodbye Good Good- bye I was dumfounded Bob Dob would not come home and cl claimed It w was because of the way I acted What hat had I done I left the telephone and ignoring I he childrens children's cries rles I locked myself in my room and had a regular spa spasm m of ot I weeping It was strange that no matter matter mitter mat mit- ter what I did things never went rl right ht any more I 1 said aloud in self sell Pity Finally I bathed my face and eyes and went toward the living room Just Justas as I heard little Donald scream hor hor- I rushed into the kitchen and my baby was rolling In agony on the floor noor while Della Delia stood helplessly by so 80 frightened she could not move lie He had iad pulled over some hot grease she had used in cooking and his little arm ann was badly burned I felt terribly guilty as I snatched my boy hoy from the floor and found something some- some thing to ease eale his hU burns bums Had I not re- re remained re remained remained closeted in my room it never would have occurred In my great love for tor or Bob Dob I had forgotten my babies It I should hould never ne happen again This would be a B. lesson lellon I would love Bob just as much but would woul not allow that love to make me neglect my darlings Donald soon lIoon tell fell asleep ule-ep In my arms but even then sobbing occasionally while Della Delia knelt beside my chair talking wildly In whispers pers of ot her sorrow eor- eor row ow because she had not watched her charge harge more moro closely I r comforted her heras aa as best st I could hesitating to blame her herfor heror for or what I r felt I was responsible FInally Fi Finally loi FI- nally I laid Donald down and going again gain to the telephone I told Bob Dob what had ad happened Til nl Ill I'll come right up he answered anxiety his voice There Is II no need He Is asleep now and I dont don't think he will be bo starred scarred Very well wen I will be bo home early For anyone or anything but me mo I thought ought bitterly a U as I left lert the tele tele- phone LUtlo Little Donald was not as u badly burned d ILIJ as I had fe-a fe feared red and aside from fretting a he 1 was s all rIght when Bob Dob came in I J watched him hold his hi boy closely In 1 hU his arms arma while ho he talked lovingly to him with a hun- hun ry STy longing in my heart A longing tonging for the caresses the loving words Riv viv en so freely treely yet for which I 1 had to beg bez Deep down In my heart eart I r knew that It wa wu my own fault tault If It Bob had ceased to care for me yet I n never ewer Vcr had admitted it It even to myself Finally after he had put Donald down I a asked ked him Why did you go 10 out Ja last t right r. r To be continued |