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Show Eaiid MARRIED LIFEl I &u, the noted author fdah Mlone Gibson A unpleasant Episoci:. , ,"k back upon now. it Peeraa ' St John'fi f"ngs toward me ov' I change from the moment hr U and ff0rds ,. n the story. Tb0;: still Man1 but I had be- k1' "Ime Indefinable way, John 13 ! To have gotten the idea that hm !- was over. I know that P Triou'lv I had this feeling, and ' J'.-"; ime inr- I h'-l known f?: , .rrmulouslv asked, as I raised ' ' ,o his for the first nuptial, vou really love nif ?" ? to this time it had been John I bad asked mr over and over again V,pilv lox.l him. Hut instead of rLTnic aain he brusquely an- $- of course I do haven't I i rJhifjobn'a idea of humor and1 LJausc it is never mine, we have for- ' : Kr quarreled on the definition of the Hri niorninc after we were married.l hn left iii to g down into the din - , room, savins Don't be long Kate. Ill order breakfast and look at . 1 ih? DSpeJ-- T When I reached he dining room T found a number of things which I Uycr eat placed in an orderly row j about m plae. but no John. For a I ra0Dient my hear. tood still and I : wondered If I bad been loo long in ! dre;c,.BS- Then I decided thai 11 had lnofWn more than ten minutes and Itfin to eat the fruii and toasl which celerted from the other food Calling a waiter. 1 asked him io Ukf Hvn dn ' . hin the toast and cof- !iee away' and then in as carder a manner as I could summon. I asked: Did Mr Gordon finish his breakfast o quickly?" "No, madam. Jus. a.- he was order nz hf saw a friend across lh room it J he asked m f Te '-tir break - i;S5t berc and his vi'h his Irirnd " ! I looked over into a far corner of the dining room and av John .sitting it a table with a very dignified per ?onas. a man of perhaps fiftj years ir i innmont I iniuiliveh understood the whole transaction John had een ibii man who a probably one of hi? best clients, or one he would like to sreure, and had coiv o.er to talk tboslness with him during ihe break -last hour My self-explanation satisfied m and 1 composedly settled myself to f.ininh toy breakfast, wishinc all the time- that John had lefi nu- hi'- morning paper. "When they hae Iini-hed break-last,' break-last,' I said to mvself, John will bring the man over and introduce him j 'tome" And I somewhat surreptitiously surreptitious-ly glancpd into one of the lr.n--: mirrors iih which the room was adorned Although in our hurry, we had t ,k n ru ba?pace from Melon'-. I was k"erj plad that mv dark bine serge waf ir reproachahly cut and tailored, and j 'that I had earl) formed the habit of i putting an extra laer collar in mj hand K 1 had hardh finished those re- I (lections when to my surprise fohn and the man walked oui oi the room hlthoui a dance in !nv direction "Why. he has absolutely forgotten I rae: Forgotten he i- married!" I J felt the tears spring to mj eyes ' ;-nd then I laughed L'id v t a bride have such an experience before ?" My ; ?nsf of humor s:ed me. ' Even then I did not realize that' i vith John the idea of the moment, j the action of the moment was all en -crossing that he was able to sweep his mind clear of everything except he matter upon which he was cm I Many times since then I have thought t'l 'his and I have come to the on mat this is one or the reasons whyl ! men. as a rule, are more successful In their undertakings than women We women are too diffuse 1 have never known anything or any j one that has made it possible tor me I to diamlsa entirely from nij cousc.ous-ness, cousc.ous-ness, John Gordon, my husband. Yel 1 have had many ntner Inter - lestSj amusements, duties, and distractions. distrac-tions. Perhaps it is because of this hal I hae not made a BUCCeSG o! .marriage. If I, too, could have forgot- : ten John for a little time I might have made myself more necessary to him made him feel that I was worth pur suing again. I wish I had felt this that morning. Instead, I was vor young, and although I laughed, there was a hurt Feeling all the same. (Continued Mond y ) |