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Show tjlOVE and MARRIED LIFE! Tax the noted author . I I Idah MGlone Gibson j I' "Is that nil you wanted to see me about?" asked John when I told him I was well enough to hear my moth er's will read. ''Yes," I answered. I could see that he was annoyed nt finding Charles talking to me and that he had Jumped at the conclusion that Charles had old me that he had determined to arrange my business, if possible, without consulting mo, I did not tell John that I had heard what he said to Alice, of course, but I did want to exonerate Charles. I did not know Just how to do it. and finally. I decided de-cided that I would not say anything about it. , : John rose rather abruptly and said, - ''You will probably have a very hard afternoon, Katherine, and so I think 1 had better let you be alone and rest until that time." Charles immediately rose with John and said: "Well, then, Katherine, I'll eee you, too, this afternoon." Kequested to be present. John looked at him inquiringly and Charles answered the look by saying. "The lawyer has nsked me to be pres-"I pres-"I am quite sure I am going to be all right now," I said politely to John, "and IMP enly n-ed a little rest." "I am pi glad of that," ho answered, "as 1 si. II be very much concerned about you until I can gel you home again, where I can lake care of you." j Of qourse John thinks that he always al-ways has taken care of me, and I wish I could feel the same way, but when-i over he makes one of the speeches about his care for me I can not help j thinking of a child and its doll. I wonder if men ever try to r.ndor-j land what women are thinking about. j A cartoonist often tells us what ai baby is thinking about and what other; types of humanity are thinking about, i m- but he never has seemed to dare tbi illustrate what a woman thinks nvhen; she knows a man not only is lying toner, to-ner, but is lying to himself. Lately) the women have been more or lessj expressive on the subject, but it seems: to me that a man seldom pays any Attention to what a v.oman says to ( him. He alwys trnslato it into his own vernacular. John always thinks when I say something tat he doesn't like that I am either ill or that I am a little bit insane on the subject Con-sequently Con-sequently he pays no attention to trujiis that should make him stop and wonder where we are drifting. No Letters Received. "Nurse," I said, "have I received no letters In the last few days?" "Lots of them," she answered "Well, I think I'll read them now." "Will that be restful?" she asked with a smile. "Very, for I shall open only those that I know contain pleasant news." With that I tore open a letter addressed ad-dressed to me in Helen's dashing hand. The letter was very sweet and she told me that both she and Bobbie wcAild have cone down with' me at this time, but' they thought as long las Alice and John were with me they would only be in the way. "If you want me to, dear, I shall be glad -to come, sne said,, "any time 'during your stay. Some way I have 'a premonition that you will stay down !at your old home until you are quite j well again." "Oh, I wish I could live here always," al-ways," I said to myself. I was so tired 'of all the hurly burly about John's ihome. I do not think there had been a day of quiet and rest since I had arrived ar-rived there as a bride. I would have thought I was the cause had I not had Alice's word that the house was always al-ways in an uproar. Recognized Karl's Writing. 1 fingered over my letters and my heart beat a little faster when I recognized rec-ognized Karl Shepard's chirography. 1 stbod stupidly looking at Hie outside of the envelope, as people do, wondering wonder-ing what the letcr contained. To my surprise the postmark read New York and my heart sank a little as I thought that Karl had changed his mind about going awy. With trembling fingers 1 broke the seal. Tomorrow What Karl Wrote (Copyright by National Newspaper Service.) |