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Show I LOVE and NABglED LIFE 1 hq. the noted author in I Idah MSGlone Gibson I JOHN'S CHARACTER John wont on residing hl3 paper after I had made my Involuntary exclamn-tion. exclamn-tion. and then, when he had finished, started tilently io the office of the hotel. ho-tel. Just before he went out the door he turned and said "I will tell the manager mana-ger that we will give up the rooms this evening." "You needn't do that John I will not be able to get away from here until the end of the week at least The servants ser-vants lhat Alice has engaged for me will not come until next Monday. And. -y besides, the house has been vacant bo long that everything Is dust-covered and topsy turvy." "What do you mean by Alice ending end-ing servants. I thoueht that Hannab might come on and do the work for u. and with Miss Parker for the baby and Charles for your chauffeur, I think you would have enough. Many women get along with less " NEVER DID HOUSEWORK My dear John, Hannah never did. any housework In her life She was personal maid to my mother, as liar-il-tlV 3' riet is personal maid to yours. Be sides, she Is too old to work for an- W one now; and I am sure that Charles will give her a home In the old house now ihat it belongs to him " Hut I thought Charles was going I to make out the deeds In your Dime," I was John's quick rejoinder "John Gordon, have you the slightest idea that I would accept that home' 49 front my cousin1" "I can't understand wh not. H I has no one beside himself, and you told ; Y 4 one he would probably leave all his ; Mjmt money to Mary anyway." ,f 1 This quirk in John's character I J?jBk have never been able to understand I I He would be perfectly willing to have' (l JH me nut mvBe'f under obligations to 1 Charlefl fo.- the sake of having the home returned to me a house which he did not care to have and for which Charles paid him $30,U00. If he could get it for nothing ho would probably ill It again and consider he bad turned turn-ed a splendid business deal by BO doing do-ing NEVER SHALL ACCEPT. "Well, I wan1 to tll you once and for all John I shall never accept th home from Charles. Sometimes I almost al-most believe that you never think of our babv. except lb the heiress of Cou sin Charles What would you do if he should marr and have children of his own?" Tin n Mary's nose would be out of Joint." said John, vulgarly. ' But I don't think Chcrdles will ever marrv Ho was cut out for n bachelor I don't think any woman could live with him." I thought of all hurled kindness His swi. eini-sM, his poise and his unself ishness, and wondered why John Gor-!don Gor-!don thought that no woman could live with Charles happily What is this masculine trait which always makes a man think that any woman would be happy with him under any circum stances? John has never given Charles his proper value, and he was much surprised when he found that Charle v as a good business man, simply be cause he was not of the aggressive sort I was so indignant, at his saying that no woman could live with Charles and be happy that I said "1 think 1 could lle wttb him and be ver hap py. John " "Whj didn't you marry him when you had the chance'" "Prooably for the same reason that you didn't marry Elizabeth Moreland when you had a chance " "Fine girl,' said John with a grin, and his good nature restored, he hur rled down to the door Tomorrow Planning the Home |