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Show Hr I LOVE and MARRIED LIFE f !l ku. the noted author I Idtdi MSCHone Gibson I Hi:i,l DOESN'T UNDERSTAND Helen looked at me very curiously JL as she nld, ' I wish you Joy In jour undertaking- But will you let me be pessimistic, my dear, and stay that I K do not believe that you can (succeed K if you piny against EUlxabeth More- V land. 1 "Why not"' I said, qulckl) Do you I not think I am aa clever a woman as I ; he?" HHJ 'Much more clever, my dear, but I you are too frank too honest and I depend too little upun our femininity I to succeed when pitted .ig:ilnst a worn- V in 1 1 1 - Elisabeth .Moreland, who uses I 8VorJ BCX appeal In her warfare." I " ell, my dear, this Is my last bat- I i tie " I Raid, rather tremulously. If 1 ! I do not succeed this time, I will be- e, Ueve that John cures more for Eliza-1 k lieth than he does for me Hut he Kr has told me time and time again that, I this Is not so. If he does I shall take I Mary jind go awuy .ir.d leave him to oHH Kllxabeth ." ( "Do on ever henr from Carl fihep- ' y ard?" risked Helen Irrelevantly I felt I i myself flush. My what process of as-' ifcSH "Mit Ion dlil Helen think of Karl j Ml Sheimrd" laH vvs in I "You know I have always liked TBJ Karl.' said Helen. "So have I," I answered In a voice that I tried to make unemotional V- " ' "But you haven l answered my question," wild Helen. r; "What question T" I asked more to Bt pain time than anything else fjj " I Inquired whether you have heard of Karl lately " "No, but I shall hear today." ani lOf then I stopped, surprised at my an- swer. How could I know I would hear i from Karl Shcpard today' What made me nay those foolish words0- 1 haei nqt hoard from him In months, and f have tried not to think of him ever I since I gae his letters to John Yet W here, without volition on my part. I had said that I should hear from him today It was uncanny, because I SlL knew as well ns though I had seen the letter that when I returned to the ho- wu hi mbs Ml 1 I tel 1 should find a letter from him ,Th" were the thoughts hat were speeding through my brain However, I hastened to explain to Helen that I had not the slightest Idea why I knew I would hear from him. and In doing I ,o I also explained how eer since Karl had been away--although had never written him 0 letter, and In fact "never knew where ho was I 1 had always seemed o be sure when I was going to hear from him Then-have Then-have been times in my dreams when I saw him write the letters which I received noon ufter, and In those letters let-ters had found that he had known I exactly what I was doing at the time A PECCIilAB CASK. Its a peculiar case of thought transference," laid Helen "Did FOU know Karl very well before he went away ?" "It jou mean did I see him much or often, I shall have to answer, No ' " "But some way Helen, Karl Shep-ard Shep-ard has understood me better than an other person I have ever known. No," I hiiFlened to add as she seemed ready to speak, "I do not think I am In love with Karl Shetard because ' huve never felt that thrill when he has been near me which even a glance from John's eves awakes In me. Helen continued to look at mo with speculative eye, but she said nothing. At that moment Bobby drove up with John and both cime Into th Kouse. As luck would have it, the paper hangers tame Into the house at the same time ' Whnt are those men doing here"" asked John I thought tin had finished decorating the house ' I am going to have this living room redecorated I don't 'Ike it." "But, but, but" Muttered John, "vou can't do that I have Just had it done." 'Oh. yes I can, John," I 6ald ' I not onlv can do It, but I am going to do It." (Copyright by National Newspaper Service ) TOMORROW JOHN IS WGRY |