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Show HOVE and MARRIED LIFEl ltju the noted author i idali MgCelone Gibson j "So Alice knew about Elizabeth," I eaid to myself w.th. a saiiHe and then my heart hurt Just a little that even my baby's name had been talked over, between my husband and El'.zabeth Moreland. ( It wasn't the same It Just Wasn t the same this loe of Elizabeth's for John and Karl Shepard's for me I almost made up my mind to sjow Karl's letters to John. In fact 1 went Shd ;:oi them as 1 heard John's footstep foot-step in the hall an i was on the point of handing them to him when his first words made mo place them back in my pocket. "Just hail a telegram from Ella-beth, Ella-beth, ICatherine And she telis me that she has gone to live with mother, already. Said that as long as she was going to go there pretty soon she might as well go Immediately, ana especially as our rooms were vacant 'now and they were more comfortable than her own." h, John. I wish that Elizabet',: would not go into our rooms." I said, "until after vehave moved out." I "Why, what's the difference'' She 'isn't going' to break up the furniture." I 'No. but you must remember that all my rlothes, except the few that I took to Atlantic City, arc still In the wardrobe and drawers. Honestly, 1 would not even care to have Alice go into those rooms without being there myself." 1 continued, trying to be very ralm as I did not want to quarrel with him. 'Vou women are the fussiest things I have ever seen. I am quite sure that Bllzabetb won t h'jrl anything that you have. I don't Miink the would be interested in them ' "' 'h. won't she '" I said thoroughly enraged. "Sho will probably look ovor every piece of underclothing 1 left in my drawers and I expect to find the lock of my desk broken when I get back." Are you judging Elizabeth More-land More-land by y6yrsclf?f 1 am Judging hr by herself as I know her. and 1 do not want her or any other person In my rooms among my Intimate belongings until I can be there to make the arrangements of moving." Yon are altogether too late. She is already there." You know as well as I do. John, thai Elizabeth Morelahd has done this thing purposely. She wanted to get into my rooms " "It cim't be helped now, so why worry? I don't know why It Is, Kather-lne Kather-lne thai you and I can't be together five minutes without quarreling. I have just conn' back from Goodwin happy over the fact that he was so i. lighted that 1 anked him to invest Marv Elisabeth s money." John. 1 want you to understand that my daughter's name is .Mary-Gordon. .Mary-Gordon. You know very well that 1 do not object so much to the name because be-cause it is your mother's although I would not care to have her called Elizabeth even If It were not the name of Elizabeth Morcland." "Well, wait a minute wait a minute. Don't ko off half cocked. All right if you don't want It. But you seem to i think that I have no part in this child." I sometimes w'sh you hadn't." I ! spoke quickly before I thought. And whom ma- I ask would you like to be the father of your child, ;Mrs Gordon "" "I am not sure." I said bursting into tears, "thai I want any man to be the j father of my child, if 1 could be like 1 Juno and have fatherless children it would be a great joy to me." "Are you pulling some of that Ruth i Gay lord ?iuff?" "Ruth Gaylord stuff ' What do you mean Why Ruth sremcd to think that her children were all her own and Bobby got tired of that pose, as you know, and married Helen. "A woman can't neglect a mn even for her children. Keep that In your mind, m dear girl Don't you think that vou alone e.uite long 'jjjfl enough If it hadft been for Eliza- beth Moreland I don't know what I should have done he has heen very unselfish about it. Of course she ijjl could have had lots of other men, ll more than eligible, calling evenings free for me, not knowing whether I would be able to c?M or not " IH ib' Could she' ' vvas my commerrc Tomorrow John SnrpVi-es Kathcrine |