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Show ILOVE and MARRIED LIFEl I Ikj, the noted author j j Idah MGlone Gibson j I H rTi l win i i in ii t i i SEH WHERE FRIENDSHIP CEASES, SHH "H'lial In this ke for?" ho asked HBI anl 1 saw tnal ne wa curiously fin- IB paring my keys which he bad found on H "ll'n tho key to my safety deposit M "VolU I thought I needed one down H hare. Mother, you know, loft rao some LLLLLM piccoft of JevtrIr that arc rather valu- H "Ilut you know. Kathcrlno, 1 havo a H safety deposit box at my bank. ) could H tako your Jewelry up there. You won't) H be. wearing it for .1 while. It seems; H nuoh a waste of money to have two1 A'' aafoty deposit bursca." JH "John, why do you find fault with; H 1110 for ovcry bit of money that I spend H -without consulting you?" H "I don't," he answered In surprise. WM "Yod, you do. I havo never spent a H rssnt Kincc we were married that you H hkven't found somo fault with it. It H J truo I have spent very little money heaftiioe I have had cry Utile to H apond. In some way you have man-; HH ag&d to Ievc mo entirely without' BH ,.mU t ...... v, .. .. .. ..,i. r r..t....i thai I hnd thi mono)' from the oil . -woll, and the main roason I did not J ask you to manage them for mo was because I I-new that if I did I would have to go back to the old regime of never having: a cent In my pocket.' Kven now you have managed to use nlmoBt all of the money that I had Jrom my mother and from these wells, rnd when 1 found 1 probably would 1 have no more I decided I would keep what. little Is had." ' In" a Safety Vault. . -"So after giving mo a power of attorney," at-torney," ho wald with an ugly look, "you look the remaining deposit you had in the bank and put it In c. safety, vault, did you? You act &u lUvi..' you were married to a thief." ' "Don't bb sb disagreeable. John.1; ' d?jf.it Charles told mo you would probably ; havo no moro need for money In the oil business." : "I'll thank Goodwin to mind his own ' business. Tho meddling fool!" & ''It seoms to me. John, that he mcu- 1 died to your advantage, as you tell me; I l""C used his own money to pay up tho 1 ' bills of the business and the money 1 that you drew from tho bank and : whlcJi you Gove me to understand you f "we're coiner to use In my business youji used to make a paymont on tho:i house." 1 1 "Woll.thc house Is yours. Isn't It?" t "I believe you did write me you were I making me a present of It." , w mm ,.r mm n Br di. BLm i t "Wlm time does the first train go? I in getting o tlK'd of our nagging1, that I think I will gt out and bo to, the station instead of waiting for aj .later train. Of course, if you wan: Imp to lose the money that I have al-' al-' ready paid on the house, you can keep (your old money, but 1 should think 'you would havo enough Interest In my affairs to help me out on the next payment." Making Much Money. "I would do this gladly, John, If Ji reftlly thought you needed it. But r ;do not think so. If .you have told me I tho truth you have boon making; a great deal of money In your business. I know there has never been so much advertising as thcro is now and you have gotten your share of It. f also have learned, unhappily, that because of some queer little bias In your mind you can not bear to see me have a cent of money, consequently you are very anxious to set what little money 1 havo left and pay It on this house. I'll give you the credit that pcrhapn it Isn't the mere dollars thal Influence you. but a feeling that to ou should Of given entire charge of our financial finan-cial arrangements. ."This has become perfectly intolerable intoler-able to mo," I went on, '"consequently I realize that my only hope, not only of happiness, but oven content, would lie In the accumulation of a little income in-come of my own." 1 John looked at mo queerly. For the first time In my life was positively afraid of him. He said nothing, however. how-ever. He simply picked up his grips and left tho room. A moment afterward after-ward I heard the front door slam and knew that he had gone to tho station. "What Good Docs It Do? "What good doeB It do?" I 3aid to myself rather dramatically as I faced my reflection in tho long mirror. "What good does It do?'.' 1 repeated, "t- niaWo yourself pretty for a man l'Cv no reject for you. whatever; a1 s you tro nothing but a toy for hi.S-tO play with and who tires of fou very quickly if by any possibility you do not respond to his slightest -hangu of mood ?" ltlght here something snapped in my heart, and the tension and hurt that had been mine for many months .wis over. 1 realized I did not partic-jlarly partic-jlarly care what John thought of me, uid I also realized tfte.i - was Very jlad that Join, had gone. I was almost al-most ready to wish he would nlways itay away. As that thought came to ne my breath stopped and I realized .hat 1 was mt quite ready to let him ass out of 1 iy life entirely. Tomorrow--Some Modern Ideas. |
