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Show 3 LOVE and MARRIED LIFE; twj, the noted author 1 Idah MGlone Gibson :? BESS MORELAND'S VIEWS. I maj have been undul sensitive 'g but when w.- iirned ;H Die hospital ii me,! to in. thai everyone ot ihc- attendants was somewhat surprised to I see mc with my husband, his sister 4 r ;tml Mis- Morel, mi Y ve;a ,li"o; il lll.il tui!l tin- bO' l rnij pirl v hu -:i been hurt in the I collision with John's car were much u beiier thru morning. lohn gave a crent Muh of relief at the nw. and I jonie of his ruddy color, whlcli I had I not seen befori since I returned ame h,,e; to his I at m 'Vounr: Hastings is well enough to I see you. Mr Gordon," said tho In tjsl lerne, "bill I would not advise too 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 e 1 ' ' "1 will po richi up," said John. & Ho had hardly left us alone, when I Bes Moreland pke up petulontl; There ou see. it's all folderol for 0 me to be (loins this sort of ihlnR' I Iiutend 10 'o to New York tomorrow "This sort of thing Bess is Just ex- arily wh.u will enable- you lo go to I New York tomorrow and escape Ihe f obloquy that will more or less attach I itself 10 your name. And you have I 10 thank Kalherine tor your eas iit t Ironi a doubtful situation Noithei I Jack nor I would have Ihoueht of It. 'n,i 1 don't min.i telling you had I been Kathcrlne and had thought of i'. I I would not hav e done it Y. en tbouph ou ar one of my old time k fnends and Jack is m brother 1 1 !houhl hae ei yon both work our your salvation in this mailer." None Very Self-Sacrif icing. "I have neer known a fjor.'.jn who was very self-sacrificing." was Bess' somewhat cattish remark. T am uot.-' answered Alice hor.fiPtly, but you should be the last one to tell me of it, for you certainly must know that 1 have made many sacrifices for you. I have even gone against my husband's expressed wish many times, to help you out of trouble, ami while you may say that the Gordons arcj I not self-sacrificing, I am sum that no ope can say that anyone of us does not appreciate a kindness ' "Ho'w about your mother?" aaked Bess. We'll leave mother out of the ques ! , lion ' J This was the first time In all my life thnt I had heard iwo women who! were BUpposedl Iriends indulging in ; the refined vituperations of w hnh 1 h -comic papers are always making 1 jokes. 1 had thought this just an emanation from a man's sense of humor, but ij found out 1 ha t morning that Mich Ihings realh occur. Passing the Bound6 of Sarcasm. I interposed now. however, as it i seemed 10 me that their quarrel was! passing the bounds of sarcasm. "These seem lo me rather abstract questions 1 to brine up at this moment. Whether one j.s grateful or ungrateful, self-sac-j rificlna or selfish, is beside Ihe mark. I take it that neither you. Alice, uor you, .Miss Moreland. wish more notori loty over this affair than is positivel Unavoidable, and 1 am quite- sun that this visit will stop not only the tongues of gossip in a measure, but il wlU lake the fangs out of any news paper criticism that may be launched 1 Personally, I think perhaps il would In ' -nod tiling : : Mist Moreland left the city for a while." "Oh, is that fo" said Bess Moreland veering about like a weather anc. "1 I want you to understand that nelthei you nor your husband, nor your husband'.- -ister has an authority to arrange ar-range my affairs! You weren't verj I well pleased with the yau your husband hus-band arranged your affairs, were yotll I But being married lo him, you had to ! acquiesce, didn't you" Well, I'm only I his sweetheart, and I do not have to take orders from him nor any other i man." "Bess, Bess, you are beside your- self," said Alice. Engaged to John First-'Well, First-'Well, you know I was engaged to .lohn lony before he married Kathei- ine." "But after marriage all bets are I off," said Alice, with a smile, evidently evident-ly at last trying fo lighten ihe conversation. conver-sation. "Does it seem so to you in this case?" asked Bess, with an enigmatical enigmat-ical smile. I waa learning things every minute Here was a woman whom I was sure Was perfectly innocent of any legal wrongdoing with my husband, and yel she was willing to besmirch herself for the sake of hurting me. I de termined, as John would Bay, to "call h 1 bluff." ' Do you wish me to infer, Miss Moreland, that you are somelhing more than a close friend of my husband's hus-band's '" Alice sprang to her feet Just (hen the door opened to admit John, and Miss Moreland promptly went into a fit of hysterics. (Tomorrow When Pride Lies Prone ) |
