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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE MARY MARIE Hy Eleanor H. Porter A Illustrations by H. Livingstone CHAPTER IX Continued I went to Newport in July. "The cot tage," as I suspected, was twice as large and twice as pretentious as the New York residence; and It sported twice the number of servants. Once again I was caught In the whirl of din ners and dances and motoring, with the addition of tennis and bathing. And always, at my side, was Jerry, seemingly living only upon my lightest whim and fancy. He wished to paint my portrait; but there was no time, c pcclally as my visit, In accordance with Mother's lnexorublc decision, was of only one week's duration. But what a wonderful week that was ! I seemed to he under a kind of spell. It was as If I were in a new world n world such as no one had ever been In before. Oh, I know, of course, that others had loved but not as wo loved. I was sure that no one had ever loved as we loved. And It WflB so much more wonderful than anything I had ever dreamed of this lovo of ours. Yet all my life since my early teens I had been thinking and planning and waiting for it love. And now It hud come- the real thing. The others all the others had been shams and make-believes and counterfeits. , At Newport Jerry decided that ho wanted to be married rleht away. He At K:wport Jerry Decided That He Wanted to Be Married Right Away. didn't vunt to wait two more endless years until I was graduated. The Idea of wasting all that valuable time when we might bo together 1 And when there was really no reason for It, cither no reason at all I I smiled to myself, even as I thrilled at his sweet 'Insistence. I was pretty sure 1 knew two reasons two very good reasons why I could not marry before graduation. Ono reason was Father; tho other reason was Mother, I hinted us much. "Hot Is that nil?" Ha laughed and kissed me. "I'll run down and see thorn about It," he said jauntily. I smiled nguln. Ihnd no inoro ld that anything he could say would But I didn't know Jerry then. I bud not been homo from Newport a week when Jerry kept his promise and "ran down." And he had not been Uiere two duys before Father and Mother admitted that, perhaps, after all, It would not bo so bad an Idea if I shouldn't graduate, hut should bo married Instead. And so I was married. (Didn't I tell you thnt Jerry always brought rings nnd put thenj on?) And ugftln I any, nnd so we wcro married. But whHt did wi know of each othor? the H'ftl i'ther? "True, we had danced together, been swimming to gether, dined together, played tennis togetltcr. But wha't did wo really know of each other,' whims and prejudices, opinions and personal habits and tastes? I knew, to a worfl, what Jerry would my about n sunset; and ho k"ncw, I fancy, what I would say about a dreamy waltz song. But wo didn't cither of ns know what tho other vionld say to a dlnticrlcss home with tho cook gone. Wc wcro leaving a good deal to be learned later on; but vo didn't think of thut. Love ,tlmt la to Irivt must be built upon the reali zation that troubles and trials and sor rows aresuro 'to como, and that they must bo'boruo. together If one hack is not to break under iho load. We were entering Into 'a contract, not for a week, but, presumably, for a lifetime ;ftd. good deul naycoiUQ to "one in n llfotTmo -not nil of It pleasant W'o Imil limiii hrniifflit un In two dis tinctly different social environments, but we didn't stop to think of that. We likoil tin. snmn BiiniwU. mid the same make of cur, and the Name kind of Ice- creum ; and we looked Into each oth- ers eyes and thought we knew cacn other whereas we were really only seeing the mirrored rellectlon of our selves. And so we were married, It was everything that was blissful and delightful, of course, at first. We were still eating tno ice-cream anu au- i tnlrlriL' the sunsets. I hud forgotten , that there were thlnirs other than sun- ; sets and ice-cream, I suspect. I was , not twenty-one, remember, and my I font fnlrtv nnl.f.1 In ilnnpo. Tho wlinlft ! world was n show. Music, lights, laughter how I loved them all I Then came the baby, Eunice, my little girl; and with ono touch of her tiny, clinging fingers, the whole world of sham the lights and music and glare mid glitter Just faded all away Into nothingness, where It belonged. As If anything counted, with her on the other side of the scnlcsl I found out then oh, I found out lots of things. You see, It Wasn't that way at all with Jerry.. Tho lights and music and the glitter and tho sham didn't fade away a mite, to him, whon Eunice came. In fact, sometimes It seemed to me they Just grew stronger, If nnythlng. He didn't like it because I couldn't go with him any morcr-to dances and things, I mean. lie said tho nurso could tuko care of Eunice. As if I'd leave my baby with any nurse that ever lived, for any old dance 1 The Idea! But Jerry went. At first he stayed with me; but the baby cried, and Jerry didn't like that It made him Irritable and nervous, until I was glad to have him go. I think It was about this time that Jerry took up his painting again. I guess I have forgotten to mention that all through the first two years of our marriage, before the baby came, he Just tended to me. Ho never painted n single' picture. But after Eunice came But, after all, what Is the use of going over these lust mlsernblo years like this? Eunice Is five now. Her father Is the uiost popular portrnlt painter In the country. I urn almost tempted to say that ho Is tho most popular man, ns well. All the old charm and mngnctlsm are there. Some times I watch him (for, of course, I do go out with him once In a while), and nlwuyB I think of that first duy I saw him at college. Brilliant, polished, witty he still dominates every group of which he Is n member. Men and women nllko bow to his charm. After all, I suspect that It's Just that Jerry still loves the Ice-cream and sun sets, nnd I don't. That's ull. To mo there's something more to life than mat somotning nigner. ueeper, moru worth while. Wo haven't n taste In common, a thought in unison, an aspiration In hnrmany. I suspect In fuct I know that I get on his nerves Just as rasplngly as hedoes on mine. For that reason I'm sure he'll bo glad when he gets my letter. But, some way. I dread to tell Mother. Well, It's finished. I've been about four days bringing this autobiography of Mary Marie's to an end. I've on Joyed doing it, In a wuy, though I'll have to admit I can't sco as It's made things any clearer. But, then, It was clear before. There Isn't any other way. I've got to write that letter. As I said before, I regret thut It must bo so sorry an ending. I suppose tomorrow I'll have to tell Mother. I want to tell her, of course, beforo I write tho letter to' Jerry. It'll grieve Mother. I know It will And I'm sorry. Poor Mother! Already she's had so much unhapplness In her life. But she's happy now. She und Father are wonderful 'together won dcrful. Father Is still prcsldont of tho college. Ho got out n wonderful book on tho "Eclipses of tho Moon" two years ago, and he's publishing nnother ono about the "Eclipses or tno aim" this yeur. Mother's correcting proof for him. Bless her heart. She loves It. Sho told, mo so. Well, 'I shall have to tell her tomor row, of course. TOMORROW WHICH COME TODAY. HA8 BE I wonder If Mother knew what I hud come Into her little sitting-room this morning to say. It seems as If she must have known. And yet I had wondorcd how I was going to begin, but, beforq I knew It, I was right in tho mlddlo of It tho subject, I moan. That's why I thought perhaps that Mother- But I'm getting as bad as little Mary Mario of tho long ngo. Til try now tp tell what did happen. I was wetting my Hps, and swallow lug, und wondering how I was going to begin to tell her that I was planning . . ' . . . not to go buck to Jerry, when all of n sudden I found myself saying some thing nbout little Eunice. And then Mother said: "Yes, my dear ; and that's whut'eom forts me most of anything becauso you aro so dovotod to Eunice. You see, I have fcaccd sometimes for you and Jerry; that you might separate. But I know, on account of Eunice, Uiat you never wllL" "But, Mother, tkat's tho very rea son I mean, 'it would "be the reason," I stammered. ''Then I stopped. My tODguc Just 'wouldn't move, my throat and lips wcro so Crj. But Mother was speaking again. "Eunice yes. You mean that you Hever, would make her go through what yoja went through when you were hor ago." "Why, Mother, I I ' And thon 1 stopped again. And I was so angry and Indignant with myself because I had to stop, when there were so many, i"y B x wunieu iu BUJr, u , only my dry lips could articulate the il l T .. .1 A tS Mother drew her breath In with a little catch. She had grown rather white. "I wonder If you remember If you ever think of-your childhood," she ' nlu' ! "Whv vos of of course some- i v t " . umes. - i wus my urn to su mmer. I was thinking of that diary thut I had Just read and added to. Mother drew In her breath again, tills time With n CUtCll Hint WUS allllOSt a sob. And then slid begun to talk at first haltingly, with half-finished sentences; then hurriedly, with a rush of words that sccined not able to utter themselves fast enough to keep up with the thoughts behind them. She told of her youth and marriage, and of my coming. She told of her life with Father, and of the mistakes she made. She told much, of course, that was In Mary Marie's diary; hut she told, oh, so much more, until like a pnnorama the whole thing lay before me. Then sho spoke of me, of my child hood, and her voice began to quiver. You cun see things so much more clearly when you stand off at n dls- Then She Spoke of Me, and of My Childhood, and Her volqe Began to Quiver. tunce like this, you know, tlinn you can when you are closo to them 1 She broke down und cried when sho spoke of the divorce, and of the Influ ence It hud upon me, and of the fulse Idea of marriage It gave me. She sulci it was the worst kind of thing for mo tho sort of life I had to live. She said I grew pert and precocious and worldly wise, nnd full "of servants'., talk and ideas. She oven spoke of thut night at the little cafe table when I gloried In the sparkle aud spangles und told h'er that now we were seeing life real life. And of how shocked she was, and of how she suw then what this thing was doing to me. But It was too late. She told more, much more, nbout the later years, and the reconciliation; then, some way, she brought things around to Jerry and me. Her face flushed up then, and she didn't meet my eyes. Sho looked down at her sew lng. She was very busy turning a hem Just so. She said there had been a time, once, when she had ' worried a little about Jerry and mo, for fear we would separate. She said thut she believed that, for her, that would have been tho very blackest moment of her life; for it would bo her fault, all her fault, I tried to break In here, and say. "No, no," and that It wasn't her fault; but sho shook her head and wouldn't listen, and she lifted her hand, und 1 hud to keep still nnd let her go on talk' lng. Sho wus looking straight Into my eyes then, nnd there was such a deep, deep hurt In them thut I Just had to listen Sho said again that It would be her fault; that If I hud dono that sho would have known that It was all be cause, of the example she herself had set mo oi cnuaisn wmiuiness ana self ish seeking of personal happiness at tho oxpenso of everything nnd every body else, i And sho said that that wonld have been the last straw to break her heart, But she declared that sho was sure now thnt she need not worry. Such a thing would never be, I guess I gasped a little at this. Any- how, I kfcow I tried to .break In nnd ..,11 l.AH ... ......... ..(.... - tell her that we wero going to sopa rate, and that that was exactly whnt I hnd como Into the room In tho first placo to say. Bnt again sho kept, right on talking, und I was silence! before I had oven begun. Sho said how aho knew It could never be on necouut of Eunice. That I would never subject my little girl to the sort of wretehedly divided life Hmt I had to live when I wns a child. (As she spoke I was suddenly back In tho cobwoVtby nttlc with llttlo Mary's diary, and I thought what lf .it were Eunice wrltlngithat I) Sho sold I wus Uio most devqted mother she hud ever known-; thut I wife too devoted, sho t unfed sometimes, for! uiudoEinlceTftl uy world, to tho ejclusioa p Jercynmd every thin;; uml everybody ele. lint thut she wus very sure, because I was so devoted, and loved Kunlcc so dearly, that I would never deprive her of u father's love und care. j shlvowd tl mtI n(1 looke(1 , k. ,y nt0 Mtllop,g facc ut 8e WBS Qt j looking at me. I wus thinking of how I Jerry hnd kissed und kissed Eunice n i month ago, when we cume away, as It he Just couldn't let her go. Jerry is . fntul if llltllfWk tlitltf lmf ..1.1 ""u' r ' ' " " ni1(iriu Inn. fiitlwit. T !.,.. M.it l "l " 'k VVI1S L'OltlC In lui hnnl Ami tii ie was going to be hard. And now ,mvu Mo(her R Uml I begun to talk then of Jerry. I Just felt that I'd got to say something. That Mother must listen. Thut she didn't understand. I told her how Jerry loved lights und musle nnd dancing, and crowds bowing down and worship ing him nil the time. And sho snld yes, sho remembered; thut he'd been thut wuy when I murrled him. Sho spoke so sort of queerly thut uguln I glunced ut her; but she still wns looking down ut the hem she wns turning. I went on then to explain thut I didn't like such things; thnt I be lieved that there were deeper and higher things, and things more worth while. And she said yes, she was glad, und thnt that wus going to be my sav ing grace; for, of course, I realized that there couldn't bo anything deeper or higher or more worth while than keeping the home together, and put ting up with annoyances, for the ulti mate good of all, especially of Eunice. Sho went right on then quickly, be fore I could sny nnythlng. She said that, of course, I understood thnt I wus still Mary and Marie, even If Jerry did call me Mollle; and If Marie had murrled n man thnt wasn't always con genial with Mary, she wus very sure Mury had enough stumlnu und good sense to make tho best of It; nnd she wus very sure, nlso, thut If Mnry would only muke n little effort to be once In n while the Murle he hud mnrrled, things might be u lot easier for Mnry. Of course, I Inughed ut thnt. I hud to. And Mother luughed, too. But we understood. We both understood. I hnd never thought of It before, but I hnd been fllnrle when I married Jerry. I loved lights nnd music nnd dancing and guy crowds Just exnetly us well us he did. And It wasn't his fuult thnt I suddenly turned into Mnry when tho bnby enme, and vmnted him to stay at home before the fire every evening with his dressing-gown and slippers. No wonder he was surprised. He hadn't married Mary he never knew Mary nt nil. But, do you know? I'd neyer thought of thnt before until Mother snld whnt she did. Why. prob ably Jerry wns Just us much dlsnD- polnted to find his Murle turned tnVo a Mury ns I But Mother wus talking uguln. She suld thnt she thought .Terry wns a wonderful mun, In some wuvs; that she never saw a mun with such clmrm nnd magnetism, or one who could so rendlly adapt himself to different per sons and circumstances. And she suld she wns very sure If Mnry could only show a little more Interest In pictures (especlnlly portraits), and learn to dls cuss lights and shadows and perspec tlves, thnt nothing would be lost, nnd thut something might be gnlncd; thnt there wns nothing, nnywny, like n com nnmlty of Interest' or of hobbles to bring two people together; nnd thnt it was snfer, to say the lenst, when It wus tho wife that shared the commu nlty of Interest thnn when It wns some other woman, though of course, sho knew ns well as I knew thut Jerry never would Sho didn't finish her sentence, nnd becnuse she didn't finish It, It made mo think nil the more. Then, In n minute, she wns talking again. She was speaking of Eunice. Sho said once more thut because of her, she knew tnat she need never fear any serious trouble between Jerry nnd me, for, nfter nil, It's tho child thnt always pays for tho mother's mistakes and short-sightedness, Just as It Is the sol dier that pays for his commanding offi cer's blunders. That's why sho felt that I hud hud to pny for her mistakes, and why sho knew thnt I'd never com pel my llttlo girl to pay for mine. She snld thnt the mother lives In tho henrt of the child long nfter' tho mother Is gone, nnd thnt wns why tho mother always had to ,he so careful. 'Then, before I knew It, sho wns tnlk Ing briskly nnd brightly nbout some thing entirely different; nnd two min utes Inter I found myself nlone out side of her room. And I hadn't told her. But I wasn't even thinking of that. I was thinking of Eunice, and of that round, cldldlsh scrawl of a dlacy up; stairs In the attic trunk. And I was picturing Eunice, In tho years to come, writing her diary; and I thought, what If sho should have to I wont upstairs then and read thnt dlnry again. And all the while I was reading I thought of Eunice. Anil when it wns finished I knew that I'd never tell Mother, nnd that I'd never write to Jorry not tho letter that I wns go ing to write. ' I know thut. They brought Jerry's letter to me nt Just thut point. What n wonderful letter that mnn can write when ho wants to 1 no says lio's lonesome and homesick, nnd that the house is like a tomb with out Eunice and me, and when am I coming home? I wrote him tonight Mint I gwlng tomorrow. THE END. was -:o:- EXTKNSION ROAD NO. CI To whom it may concern: The spoclal Commissioner appointed to locato a public road as follows Commonolng nt tho,. corner to Sec tions 13, 14, 23 nnd 24 T. 13 N. It. 30 W. running thonco north on lino between Sections. 13 and 14 ono mllo, thonco north wosterly through sees. 11,10 aud 9 said township nnd range following tho south bank of tho Chnnncl of tho Plntto River to tho Intersection with Roud No. G ending thoro snld road to bo CO feet wldo has roported In favor thoreof onyono hnvlng objections there to or claims for dnmagos by renson of tho ostnbllshmont of tho nbovo road must fllo same In tho office of tho County Clerk of Lincoln County, Nebr nska on or before 12 o'clock noon of tho 18th day of September, 1922 or tho above road will bo allowed without reference thereto. WitncBS my hand and official seal this 8th day of July, 1922. A. S. Allen (SEAL) County Clork ROAD NO. 420 To whom it may concern: Tho special Commissioner nppolntod to locato a public road as follows: Gommonclng at tho corner to Sec tions 5, G, 7. and 8 town 12 N .R. 30 W. running thonco north ono mllo to tho NE corner of Sec. 6 said township nnd range. Also comenclng nt tho SE corner of section 32 T. 13 N. R. 30 W. running thonco on lino between sec. 32 nnd 33 ono mllo, thenco Northwest nnd Northonst through tho Enst of Seas. 29 and 20 to connect with Road No. 8 nbout 9 chains west of tho NE cornor of said Section 20, following said section between Sees. 20 nnd 21 T. 13 N. R. 30 W. for about ono half mllo hns reported In favor thoreof nnyono having objections hereto or clnlms for dnmages by reason of the establishment of tho abovo rpad must fllo samo in the office of tho County Clerk of Lincoln County, Nebraska or said road will bo allowed without reference thereto, on or beforo 12 o'clock noon of tho 16th day of Sopt embor, 1922. Witness my hand nnd official seal this 8th day of July, 1922. A. S. Allen ( SEAL) County - CI ork EXTENSION ROAD NO. 2G5 To whom It may concern: Tho special commissioner appointed to locato a road a? follows: Commenc ing at Road No. 2G5 ut tho northeast corner of Section twenty nine (2D), townbhip- nlno (9) range twenty soven (27) west thence north about 520 rods on or near the section line ns practi cal, thonco In a northerly direction passing around the head of a canyon nnd buck to the section line, thonco north to tho northeast corner of soo tlon Seventeen (17) , thence in a north' wostorly direction down a rldgo about 160 rods, to the main canyon, thence in a north easterly direction along tho oast bank of the canyon on section eight (8) to tho north lino of section olght, thenco In a northerly direction along tho oast bank of the canyon on Section flvo (5) to a point about 20 rods south of tho Northeast corner of section flvo (5). thence crossing can yon and going north 20 rods, along tho north side of canyon to tho Northeast cornor of Section five (5). thence north about 240 rods on Che west section Hue of Section thirty threo (33), township ten (10), range twenty seven (27) west thenco in a northeasterly direction around a head of a canyon to a point about 15 rods east of the northwest cornor of section thirty three (33) thonco east about, 140 rods nlong or as near practical tho section line between section thirty three (33) and twenty eight (28) to tho northeast cornor of tho northwest quarter of section thirty three (33) township ten (ton) north range twenty seven (27) west of tho sixth principal meridian tho abovo road terminating at Exten sion of road No. 20 and to bo any width up to GG feet wldo to make a good road has been reported in favor thoreof, anyono having objections thereto or claims for damages by renson of tho establishing of tho abovo described road must fllo same in Of flco of tho County Clork of Lincoln Countv. Ncbrnskn on or boforo 12 o'clock noon of tho 1G day of Soptom her 1922 or said road will bo allowed without roforonco thoreto. Witness by hand and official soal this 8th day of July. 1922. A. S Alien (SEAL) County Clork DR. L. A. SNAYELY Dentist X-Rny Diagnosis Oxygen nnd Gns Anesthesia for Extractions. Over Union Stato Bank Phono 29G. PERItYBERItY & FORBES Licensed Embalniers Undertakers nnd Funeral Directors Day Phono 41 Night Phono Black 538 Eyes examined, Glasses fitted. Sat lsfaction, suro. Clinton & Son WBT. "WALDORF Tinner Makes or Repairs anything made of Tin or Sheet Metal. 510 Locust Under Cenoral Hospital When in North Platte COME AND SEE US Hotel Palace Palace Cafe PalaceBazaar Everything first class and prices Oppoalto Union Pacific reasonable. Station. 1)11. KEDITIELD Physician, Obstetrician, Surgeon X-lUiy Calls promptly answered Night or Day Phones. Offlco G42 Residence G7G DR. HAROLD FEJfNER Osteopath Over Hlr8chfold's Offlco Phono 333 Res. Phone 1020 DR. M. B. STATES Chiropractor Rooms 5. 6, 7 Building & Loan Bldg. Offlco Phone 70 Res. Phono 1242 J. S. TWINEH. H. D. (Homeopath) Medidno and Surgery Hospital Facilities NORTH PLATTE, NEBR. Office Phono 183 Residence 283 JOHN S. SDIMS, XL D. Special Attention Given to Surgery McDonald Bank Building Offlco Phone 83 Residence 38 DR. J. R. McKIRAHAN Practice Limited to Diseasse of Women and Surgery Over Rexall Drug Store Phones: Offlco 127 Residence 656 -J : Office 340 House 723J DR. IV. I. SHAFFER Osteopath Physician Over the Oasis North Platte Office Phone 241 Res. Phone 217 L. C. DROST Osteopathic Physician North Platte, Nebraska. Knights of Columbus Building. OTIS R. PLATT, M. D. Physlcinn and Surgeoa X-Ray DlagnoBS and Treament Over Union State Bank Office Phono 296W House Phone 2'JGR GEO. B. DENT Physlcinn nnd Surgeon Special Attention Given to Surgery and Obstetrics Office: Building & Loan Building Phones: Offlco 130 Residence 115 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estato No. 1893 of Rhoda A. Ed mlston, deceased In tho County Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska. The Stato of Nobraskn, ss. Creditors of said estato will tako notice that tho time limited for presentation a3 filing of claims against said Estato is Nov. 11, 1922 and for settlement of said Estato is June 30, 1923; that I will sit at tho county court room In said County August 11th, 1922, at 10 o'clock a. m. and on November llth, 1922 at 10 o'clock a. in., to rocolvo, examine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly filed. Dated Juno 30, 1922. Wm. H. C. Woodhurst (SEAL) County Juage ROAD NO. 422. To whom It may concorn: Tho special Commissioner appointed to locato a public road as follows: Commoncdng nt tho corner to Sec tion 4, 5, 8 nnd 9 township 12 north rango 30 west of tho Gh p. m.. running thenco west on section lino botween soctions 5 and 8, and G and 7 two miles to connect with extension to Road No. 42 has reported in favor thoro of anyono having objections thereto or claims for damages by reason of tho establishment of doscrlhod road must fllo samo in tho office of tho County Clork of Lincoln County, Nebraska on or boforo 12 o'clock noon of the lGth day of Soptombor, 1923. Witness my hand nnd official seal this 8th day of July, 1922. A. S. Allra (SR4X.) Coumky Clork f