Show R i Confessions Confession h it Of Ofa a Bride B r Id I'd e II Bob Declares H His I Affections Are In InI Intended Intended In- In tended for Me Alone I It you are not for then you ou are not for tor any man man To save rave you from that Ive I've got to put up a pretty good Imitation of at a sick man my darling whispered my husband And so for a time we 0 discussed intimate things although it was urgent that we wo should plan a way to escape from tram the hacienda We e continued however to swap experiences our our hopes and our out dreads as dreads as true rue lovers always do when I they are at last reconciled after they havo have havo b be been n divided by jealousies which hurt so much worse sometimes than the sting sUng of death It was as terrible terrible terrible-my my suspense there thereIn therein In the cave e was awful Bob darling Isaid I Isaid said pillowing his dear head upon my heart I expected that I I. I your wife would see you complete the conquest you had undertaken complete Ilow complete Bob asked In How a atone atone atone tone of ot sincere wonder I expected that expected that I would see you you you- dark corner corner clasp clasp Katherine Miller to your jour our heart heart and and kiss her I 1 murmured I 1 was rather ashamed to make the confession and confession and aw awfully fully anxious nevertheless to hear what Bob would say I 1 was only In the the first stage of a reconciliation with a Bob Bob a stage which every Jealous wife will recognize I j Iwas Iwas was wild wll to ll believe In him him and and yet 1 I Iwas was driven to to nag nag nag-nag-nag nag nag to him him to tomake make him as unhappy as possible as a fair payment that he ho must make for tor his fling fUngo Well I didn't kiss her did I I Bob exclaimed triumphantly No you No you didn't but didn't-but but for weeks past you would have done so gladly gladly- gladly If If everyou ever everyou eVerYOU you had had an opportunity I went wenton on excitedly No No Youre You're mistaken my dear d Didn't I 1 prove that there in the bandits bandit's bandits bandit's ban ban- dit's lair Bob Lorimer be honest I ex exclaimed pox pox- claimed You know as yell well as I 1 do that for tor weeks and months youve you've been following an unholy pull in Katherine Millers Miller's direction You know that that pull brought you down into this awful country and landed you you and and me me-as me as prisoners prisoners prisoners-in in this extremely unsafe old hacienda You expect me to admit admit all all that asked my husband I dont don't expect you to admit anything anything any any- thing I 1 answered Voul never admit admit admit ad ad- mit that I 1 have ha had a single ground for Cor suspicion Evidence in a wife's wite's hands that hands that is the only power a wife ever has to get at tho the truth about a aman's amans amans aman's amans aman's mans man's disloyalty transient disloyalty transient or the theother theother other kind Bob looked at me admiringly I Jane youve you've got some brains or you never would have found out that By ByI I applying your brains to me my dear do you find that Ive I've a polygamous estrain I strain 5 I I I-I I I do I 1 struggled to get the the- hard words out That way way most most men I men I I suppose suppose suppose-ar suppose are are are all ike all ike H I Ir r sobbed sobbed Then 1 I waited for Bob to reply reply to to deny what I 1 said but he was silent I Few Tew men would hit have hi e h hd had d much to say sayto sayto sayto to that charge I 1 suppose I had to go got goI goon t I on torturing myself while I 1 tried to toI I torture him I Dear I r whispered I honestly think I 1 could stand It It If-If If If you were I to to-to to to fall In love with another woman In in an ideal way What hat awful rot youre you're talking Jane Lorimer My Iy husbands husband's voice rose in indignation and I 1 had to put a warning warning warn warn- ing finger on his lips Neither nor one of his servants must be permitted permitted permitted per per- to guess that Bob was shamming shamming shamming sham sham- ming a a. sickness l I Rot not I call it he protested AbI Absurd Absurd Ab surd n nonsense As long as youre you're my I wife I couldn't give any other woman I an an atom of ideal love Quite something some thing else I 1 assure you OU I My 1 rejoinder was more more mor hysteria I Cut the tears darling And cot that new idea about sacrificing yourself for tor fora a a. possible rival Oh I know know its Its rather a fad fad isn't isn't it for it-for for for an wife wite to retire with her dignity and an income when income when a husband over middle age tires of her and falls tails in love with witha a girl Its It's a fad of ot this rotten age age age- rind and false as as-as as as the emotion the old I duffer thinks he feels for the girl Anyway Jane youre you're too young oung for the part Here kiss Here kiss me mo again I I I will not not kiss kiss you while I 1 feel teel like this I 1 am not too young to give you I up to some genuine affection for a aw w worthy orthy woman But this primitive eles I mental stuff this stuff this lure of ot physical l I beauty like beauty like that of ot Katherine Miller Mill i- i why Bob Bob didn't didn't you expect it would get on my nerves If It you didn't you took a mighty long chance I To 10 be bo continued |