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Show III Mrs. Eva Leonard's Story of Married Life on $80 a Month j Soap for Scouring Carpet or Paint To Save Gas 1.1 Square of Allover Lace Makes Dainty Boudoir Cap. MARRIED LIFE ON $80 A MONTH if! 1 1 j H hj An evening' out proves to be helpful W to the 'Sutner's who return home a K j J little more cheerful. Mr. Satner rc- H 'ij allzes that he has become silent and H morose at home and notices the j . change In his wife under pleasanter H H circumstances. HI ' j "It is of no use to try, really: the I ij harder I try the less I succeed. B Molly Sutner gazed In despair out of I! the window. "I fought all night and ' J flrmlv resolved not to say anything j f to John about see- H j inghim out with f"ZmSE H (ij that stonogTa- PpRBNH M J pher. Having so IftjMm M f resolved, I im-1 JMfm&KM mediately pro- POrB ! J cceded to make Ay'V H ' the worst possiblo &Stflsfeg$M Rjij! scene, and John y!Swwl9 V was too furious - T$i H Hj Q to eat bis dinner XgJgmM 1 .and left the house ? !&J&&m Hi In a towering syjB H jjt hardly spoken to 3fjM H J me since." itM H "Don't he so j'- "OH If? hard on yourself. t-j ZM !(j Moll dear. You -r , m H jj were not yourself ., '-'v , I Hi A that day. No one ' f I can cry all night H , and expect to be able to act sanely H i nd calmly the next day. Hub your H jft bruises, get up and go on." "Olive H i SllSon smiled encouragingly. K ij A scornful smile was her only an- B swer. Olive was busy trying to de- H jJ vise some means of cheering the for- Hi i lorn little woman and so did not H 1 reply. H ij "f have the consolation of knowing H I was right in my suspicious, if it M I can he called a consolation to have Hli 'our husband tell you in so many HO words that he prefers other company Hj to yours." Molly's tone was very bitter. HJ "Remember, he was angry. You. Hl of all people, ought to be able to R make allowance for what people say Hfj in auger. You know they often re- Hl grct their words and would like to H unsay them. Hjj) "Xow, I believe the thing to do te HI to forget your trouble as much as Hoj possible. You have got to get out Hl of the slough of despond; no woman Ml is attractive when she is so blue HjV that her gloom colors the whole land- Hp scape. Jjl "Here comes the doctor. Get your H things on and we will go for a little H ride, and you must posltiyely refuse H to think of a trouble all the way H i Jack is as happy as a king when he JJ J Is riding. lie watches for the doctor H j with his cunning little face wedged H in between the bars of the gate H j whenever he is in tho yard." Olive Hj j bustled around to get read'. Hug "The doctor is so good to him; I H! surely appreciate his kindness," said Hfl t Moll fervently. H j "Why can't you and your husband m i come over here this evening? We Hfl 3 could have a game of cards and some lively chatter, and you 'would go away feeling like a new creature. Would -ho come, do you think?" "If somebody besides mo asked him. he might," Molly visibly brightened bright-ened at the prospect of a little pleasure. pleas-ure. They woro strangers In town and she had mado few acquaintances. The doctor's auto stopped In front of the Sutner home soon after John returned from the office, and he gladly glad-ly accepted the Invitation "My wife needs to get out; It will do her good," ho said. Ho was al most as much, in need or cneenng as was Molly. Molly brightened under the influence influ-ence of her jolly companions. Her laughter rang out, and John stared in ama7ement at the transformation happiness made in her. He was not aware that he was showing as unusual un-usual a side to Molly. He had bc-como bc-como silent and morose at home The doctor took them homo in the auto, for little Jack was asleep and he would not allow them to awalte him. Molly wondered with a palpitating palpi-tating heart how John would act when they were left alone together He had been so changed that evening. She hurried little Jack into bed, hushing his fretty cry while she listened lis-tened to her husband's movements about the house Was this the beginning be-ginning of belter things for them, or would he relapse Into his moody 31-lence? 31-lence? She determined to make every ev-ery effort to keep tho atmosphere free from any irritation if it were possible pos-sible to do It. ' (To be continued ) |