RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. CHIEF I JJ'.uinit mmmimnn k i' in Matrimonial Adventures ;Jae for One BY Theodore Brsiser Author of "Sister Carrie." "Jennie Otthordt," The Financier," "A Irtvelerft Poily." "The Titan," "ihe Qenlui'-'A Hooiler Holl. ity," "Twetve Men," tic Copyright by Unfed Feature Syrrllca'e THEODORE DREISEft Oar KnRllxlt tit'lKlilmr. the rl-tiruii-d now list Arnold lie unit, ion "lihrH Ttivodorc laeiMi a leiutltu l(ireFc:ilatle Anicrlim nnwltot Mr Dreiser" tf work t knouti In other coiilitrli. his hooks have hem translutul Into lioth Prone li and German Thoru W perhaps no author In the t'nIU'd Piutti about whom finch uirlonlty lh epn.'isul iih Tlii'odnrr Dreiser. 1 1 lit llrt bonk, "SiMU Carrie," beiruti when he mm re porting on a 5tei n ncunpnpei broUKht forth the kind of mircesj ami dlciifgl(in that have heuitnu continuous with IiIh bUcceuliriK novelo. It dwilt with life In nrrestlriK terniH. It pictured people In n nov-er-to-be-forKotten manner, and thin Is the quality ou find In l,ln Inter work, l'or work li K Mr Urecer fa: "I'm not a heimlt. Nor mysterious. Hut yoi Know there arc fi lot of people that iiuitd wiltlriK n a ort of pli nie Thev flock. Wont li know how you do It. Wan' to se you at It It al takes up time. Jt, kadn r.tnhre let people Ket wlrut of "on and It tin ana Invitations', K.eletv In a liuclncH1 In Itself. I ui't ina-ape It ard do inv work, too" With all his tranfiilptlins from thn trrllile tlilnu of llfi Tin mlnre Dicler Is nn IdcnlM His mViilit Is ama7l;i. Ills vision far-rou-h-IlK. The stoiv which follows writ tn for the btnr A'.thor Sorlcs of Matilmonl.il Aiher.tisroH. k!vs a now mid iippenll'ic plctuic of 'Mar riage for One " MAIIY STKWAUT CUTTING. ,7W. tnc ono selected rt p'oninn of Prnoe ni well as charm, oi,' who came of pnul Mock niitl hence would ho nosM'sbed of jrotul taste uml pood riilncltilos. Slit' need nut be rich; alio nilijlit even bo poor. So ninny women were design ing, or iu lcnt llht it ml flighty; they could not help u serious mini to sue cmI If tht'i would. Hvorywhere, of course, wns the worthy j:lrl whom It wns nn honor to mnrry, and It was one of thee he was trains to ehoo.e. Hut een with one Hitch It was neces Miry to eerelre care; ho might he too narrow and coincntlonal. In the course of time, hnlnj: be come ".ecretary to a certain Miniebody. he encountereij lti hl.s own ollke a girl who seemed to embody nearly all of the lrtues and qualities which he thought necessary. She wns the ilimirh I ter of very modotl.v circumstanced I riun".t4 wlin i1iilt In ltu nnnrliv mill. in 1 of , and n wry cajiahle 'le- iiujrriiplii r. She was really pretty but not cry well Informed, a IrJ who ap peared to he practical and scnslhle, but villi In leash to the tenets and In struction of her home, her church and her family circle, thiee worlds which were as lled and definite and worthy as the most enthusiastic of thost" who seek to maintain the order and vlrnie of the world could hae wMicd. For tnstnnce. she was op. posed to the theater, data lug. night dliilnp or IsltltiK in the clt.x, as we'l first met her, how much she reported he? pnrents' wishes, and now see. "I wish to f!i d," he sudtlo. ly oxihilmed, "that I hadn't been In siuh n hurry to change her. She was all right then, If 1 had only known It. She wasn't In terested In these d d new-fangled things, and I vnn't sntMled until she wn. And now seel She Utiles me and sns I'm nit tow and trying to hold her back Intellectually." I shook my hcjnl. Of what value was adxlie In the face of such a situ ation as this, especially from one who was satisfied that the mysteries of temperament were not to be unrav eled or adjusted save by nature? Neiettheless, heing appealed to, I von lined a sy s-uggeMIon, boriowi;d fiom another. lie bail said that If he could on'y'wln her bark he would be willing to modify the pointless opposi tion and contention thru had drhen her away. She might go ht'r Intellec tual way as alio chose, If she would only rome back. . . . Seeing him so tradable nnd so very wishful, I suggested n thing another had done In n related s'tualloii. lie was to win her back by olTetlng her null terms as .lie would accept, and tben. In order to bind her to htm, he wns to Induce lr to lane a child. Tluif would cap Mire her sjiapathy and iU the same time Insinuate an Image of hluisilf Into her atTcctloi.ate ci.TiMcrntion. J Those who had chMdrcn rvjrely scpa- as nn.i thine that In her rellglois rated- or so I said. w Wheneier I think of loe and mar riage I think of Winy. That clerkly ligure. That clerkly mind lie was among those I met during my lirst jeais In New Yoik. I.Ike so man.i of the millions seeking to make their way. he was husy about hl affairs, and. fortunately, with the limitations of the average man he had the ambi tions of the average man. lie was connected with one of those commer cial agencies which Inrjulr,1 Into the standing of business men and report their findings, for a price, to other liusliiesft ...en. He was Interested In his work and seemed satisfied that In time he was certain to achieve what was perhaps a fair enough ambition: managership of some branch of the ;reat concern be was connected with nnd which might have paid him so much as five or sK thousand a jear. The thing about him that Interested me, apart fiom a genial and pleasing disposition, was that with all this wealth of opportunity before him for studying the human mind, Its re sources and resourcefulness, its Inhl hltloni and liberations, Its humor, tragedy and general shiftiness and changefu'noss, he concerned himself chlelly with the hare facts of the dlf. format enterprises whose character he was supposed to Investigate Were tliej -olwntV Could and did thev pav their bills? What was their capital Ptockr How much cash did they lane nn I r'id? . . . Such was the natuie of io data ho needed, and to this largely, he confined himself. IWioithele.ss, he was r.t times nmuted or astonished or made nngr.i or pi-if-rlgbteous by the tricks the so cref lioness, the enois and downright mennness of spirit of so many he (tune In contact with. As fir' himself, he had the feeling that he was a person of flo little character, that he was bor.est, straightforward, not as Ilia Itwl or worthless ns some of these otners. On tblsscore, ns on some triers, he was convinced that be wmild succeed. If n man did as he Kiiould do. If ho were Industrious and honest and courteoui nnd a few more of those many things we all know we ought to be. he was hound to get along nettir than those who did not. What! in honest, Industrious, careful, cour teous man not do better than those who are none of those thlrTgs? What nonsense. It must be so. Of com so there were accidents and sickness, nnd men here and theie stole from Otis another as he raw well Illustrated n his own labors; and banks fulled. And theie were trusts and combina tions being formed een then width did not seem to he entirely In tune with the Interests of the average man Hut even so all tilings considered U the nvernge man followed the aboie rules he was sure to fare better than fie other fellow. Ttiere was such a thing i ? approximate Justice, d'ood did preiull, In the main, and (he wkked u cio punished. As for line and niairlase, he held definite views about these also Not that he was unduly narrow or in clined to censure those whose liies bad not worked out as well as he hoped his own would but theie was a fine line of tnct somewhere In this matter of marriage which led to suc cess also, quite as the qualities out lined ubove led. or should lead, to sm cess In matters more mnKjrhl or prac tical. One had to understand a little something about women. One had to be sure that when ne went o-court- l u in Ul might he construed as descent tlon of the Sabbath. I recall him !' scribing her narrow "as yet" but lr hoped to make her more liberal hi time Me told me that he had hem unable to win her to so simple an oil ing on the Sabbath as rowing on the little flier near her home, that nvor would she stay downtown to dinner. As for the theater It could no' eien be mentioned. She could not and would not dance, and looke-l upon Midi ln Dilations in him is not onlv worldlv but hose and sinful. Al though he prilled himself on being a libi-riil and eien a radical to her be 1 retended a profound It difference to such departures fiom cor.ientlons He tlmuL'ht her too fine and Intelligent a irlrl to stifU to such notions, and was doing lily Jje.it to Inlluence and en lighten hei. ltf slow degrees (he was about the litisltvs of courting her two or three years) 'o wn able to bring her : the place wtieie she would sta dowiiwyin for dlni.c" on a weekdnj, and occasionally would attend a sa cn'd or Mimical concert on a Sunday night. APiv, vvhlfh hfe considered a great trlumpn, ? VvViiced her to read certain hooks, "feelnlly hits of his tory and phllorophy which he thought liberal and iiMch no doubt generated some thin wlfitis of doubt In her own mind. With their marriage came n new form of life for both of them, but more especially for her. They took a small apartment In New York, and It was not long before she Joined a lit erary club that was being formed la their vicinity, where she met two rest less, pushing, seeking women for whom he did nut enre a Sirs. Drake and a Mrs Munshnw, both of whom he Insisted could be of no value to anyone. Hut 1 Jessie liked them and spent a great deal of time with them. I i Islted them at their small apart ment about this time, and found that she was proving n very apt pupil In the realm to which he liad Intiodaced her. It was plain that she had been emancipated from her old notions as to the sinfulness of the stage, as well as reading and living In general Wray had proved to be the 1'ilnie ('harming who had entered the secret garden and waked the sleeping prin cess to n world such n's she had never dreamed of. Whenever he met me after 'this he would confide the growing nnttire of liK doubts and perplexities. Jeso was no more llkr the girl he had met In bis olllce than he was like the boy he had been nt ten years of age. She was becoming more aggressive, mine Inquisitive, more, self-centered, more argumentative all the time, more this, more that. She did not like the same pla.vs he liked; he wanted a play that was light and amusing, and she want ed one with some serious moral or In tellectual twist to it. She read only serious books now nnd was Interested In lectures, whereas lie, as he now confesteij, was more or" less bored by set ions books. She liked music, or was pretending that ss'ne did, grand opera, recitals and Unit sort of thing, whereas giand opera bored him Anil .vet If he would not accompany her she would go with one or hfith of those women he was heglnn'nx to detect. They seemed to have no household duties and could come and go as they chose. It was they who were aiding and abetting her In all these things and stirring her up to go tuid do and he. What was he to do? N good could come If things went en as they were now going. They were beginning to quairel, and more than once lately she had threatened to leave him and do for herself, as he well knew she could. In about two months nfter this Wray came to see me, and In a very distrait state of mind. After vainly attempting to discuss casual things casually he confessed that Ilcssle had left him She had taken a room some where, had gnno hack to work, and would not accept any money from him. Although he met her occaulonally iu the subway she would have nothing to do with him. And would I believe It? She was accusing htm of being narrow and Ignorant and stubborn ' And only three or tour years Iiefoie she laid thought be was ah wrong be cause lie wanted to go lowing oi. Sun day I t'ni'id such things bf? And still he loved her: he couldn't help it lie recalled how sweet fine Irmment and strunge she had teen when he The thought Intetested hln at mice. It satisfied his practical and dcrMy soul. He left me hopefully and 1 saw nothing more of lilm for seiernl months, when he came to report that all was well with li'in once more. In order to seal the new pact he had taken a larger apartment In n more engaging pint of the city. Hess'ie vvas going on with her club life, and he was not opposing her. And then with in the year came a child, and for the net two years nM those Mtnplc, homev and seeialnglv binding anil re straining tilings wbli I, go with tlie rearing and protection of a young life. Hut, as I was soon to leant, even during that pei'od all was not as smooth as inigl'.t be. One day In Wrav's absen-c Piossle return kcil that, delightful no It was to have n child of her ovii. -!:e could ceo herself as little more than r.'.ykv.wv with a calf, bound to Its service ui'jri If should be able to look after itself. She spoke of what a chain and a weight a child vvas to one who hart nmhItlon beyond those of motherhood. Hut Wray. cleikly soul that ho was, was all but lost In rapttue. There was n small park nearby, and here he was to be found trundling tills Infant In a hand some baby carriage whenever Ids du ties would permit. He liked to specu late on the chnini and Innocence of babyhood and was ntnused by a hun dred things he had never notUejl In the children of others. Already he was planning for little Mane's future. It was hard for children to be eoopnl up In the city. If he could win lies sic to the Iden. they would move to some suburban town. They, were prospering now nnd could engage a nursemaid, so Mrs. Wray resumed her Intellectual pur suits. It wns eau to see that, re spect Wray as she might as an affec tionate and inethoo'cal man. she could not love him. and ;init because of the gap that lies between those who think or dieam a little ncd those who nsplfe and dream much. "-Tiey were two -differing rntis of motion, (lowing side by side for the time being only, he the sinner the the quicker. Observing them together one could si e how proud he was of her anil hK relation ship to In r, how he felt that he had captuied n prl?e regardless of the conditions by which it was ictalpeil. wiille she held him rather lightly In her thoughts or her moods Having won her back be now sought to bind her to him in any way that he might, wiille she wished only to be free, l'or sun ease she plunged Into those old ac tivities which had so troubled him and now In addition to himself the child was being neglected or so he thought The arrival of Marie had not Influenced her In that respect And what vvas more and worse, sh had nov taken to reading Pi-end and Kraft-nhblng and allied thinkers and authorities, men nnd works he con sidered shameful even though scarce ly grasped by him. Once he said to me: "Do you know of a writer ot the name of Pierre Iotl?" "Yes" I icplled. "I know his wnrkr.. What about it?" "What do you think of him?" "Why, I respect him very much. What about him?" "Oh, I know, fiom an Intellectual point of view, as a fine writer, may lie. Hut whdt do you think of his views of life of his books us books to be read by the mother of a little girl?" '".Vray," I said, "I can't enter upon a discussion of any man's works upon purely moral grounds. He might be good for some motheni and evil for others That Is as you will. Those who are to be Injured by n picture of life must be' injured, and those who are fo lie benefited will lie benefited. 1 can't discuss either books or life In that May. I .see books as truthful lopicsuitations of life In some form, nothing more. And It would be un fair to anyone who stood In Intel leelual need to be restrained fiom that which might prove of udvantnge to him. I sptuk only for m.elf, how (.r." It was n.''' long after that. sl month or less, that I heard there bad been ii new (junrrel which re ulted in Jlessle's leailng him once tnoie and with he, which perhaps wna Illegal or unfitlr she had taken the child of which he was so fond. Not hearing diuvtiy from him iu to this, I called upun him after u tlinu and found bin. living. In the same lare ojartment they 1ml taken. Apart rrv, .1 solemnity and a icserve which spuing from a weutn'td and d! gruniled spirit, lie pretended an liallffen nee and n satisfaction wl.ii his present state which did not squat c with his past love for her. Sht had gone, yes, nnd wlih another man He was sure of that, although he did not know whi ttle hum was. It was all due to on of those two women utioiit whom It had told me before. Hint Mrs. Dial.e She had Interested l'c;se- In thing which did not and cou.d not Intel est him. They were all a:ll;e, those peo ple entry and notional and insincere After n time he added that he had been to see her parents. I could not guess why, unless It was because he vvas lonely and still very much In love nnd thiMight they might help him to undetsininl the troublesome problem Hint was before him. There was no other word from bltn for nun h over n year, during which time be continued to live hi the itpait ment they had occupied together. He had retained hl.s position with the agenev and was now manager of a department. One rainy November night he came to see me, and seated himself before my fire. He looked well enough, quite the careful person who takes care of his clothes, but thlntur, moie tense and restless. He snhl le wns doing very well ami was thinking of taking u long vacation to visit some friends In the West. (He had heard that Ilessle had gone to California ) Then of a sudden, noting that 1 studied him and wondered, he grew restless and finally got up to look nt a shelf of books. Suddenly he wheeli.l and faced me, exclalialin;: "I enn't stand It. That's what's the mat ter. I've tried and tried. I thought that the child would make things work out all right, but It didn't. Shu didn't want children and never for gave ire for persuading her to lniM Marie And that literary crae hut that ws my fault. I was the one that eneoiiia.'eil her to read and go to the thealeis. I used to tell her she wasn't up to-date. that she ought to wake up and find out what was going on In t'e woi UI. that she ought to get out with Intelligent people. . . . Hut It wasn't that, either. If she had been the light sort of woman she couldn't have done as she has done." He paii'cd and clenched his hands nervouslv, as though he weie de nouncing her to her face instead of to me. "Now, Wray," I Intet posed, "how useless to say that. Which of us Is as he ought to be? Why will you talk so?" "Hut let me tell you what she did," he went on fiercely. "Yon haven't an Iden of what I've been through, not an Idea. She tried to poison me once " and here followed a sad recital of the Iwists and turns nnd desperation of one who wished to be free. "And she wns In love with another man, only I could never find out who he was." And he gave me details of certain mysterious goings to nnd fro, of se ct et pursuits on bis part, of actions and evidences and moods and qunr rels which pointed all too plainly to a breach that could never be healed. "And what Is moie, she tortured me. You'll never know you couldn't. Hut I lived her. And I love her now." (hue more the tensely gilppod fingers, the white face, the tlnsh of haunted eyes. "Once I followed her to n res taurant vvhe'n she said she wns going o visit a triend. and she met u man. I followed tliciii when they came on., and when they who getting Into a cab I told them both what I thought of ihem. I thicMitcncd to kill them, and then ho went away when she told him to go. When we got home I couliln t do anything with her All she would suv was that if I didn't like the way she was doing I could let her go. She wanted me to give her a divorce. And I couldn't let lii go, even If I had wanted to. I loieif her too much. Whv. she would sit and rend and Ignore me for days days, without ever a woid." "Yes." I said, "hut tiie folly of It all. The uselessiiess. the hopeless ness." "Ob, I know, but I couldn't help It. I vvas crnzy about her. The more she disliked me. the more I loved her. I have walked the streets for hours, whole days at n time, because I couldn't eat or sleep. And all I could do was think, think, think. And that Is about nil I do now, really. I have never been myself since she left. It's almost as bud right now as It was two years ngi. I live In the old apart ment, yes. I'.nt why? Hecause I think she might come back to me. I wait and wait. I know It's foolish, but still 1 wait. Why? Ood only knows, oh," he sighed, "It'n three yours, now three years." He paused and gazed nt me, and I at him, shaken by a fnct that was without solution by anyone I won dered where she was, whether she ever thought of him even, whether she wns happy In her new freedom. And then, without more ado, he slipped on his raincoat, took his inu la ella and marched out into the rain again, to walk and think, I pre sume. And I, dosing tho door, studied the walls wonderlngly. The despair, tho passion, the rage, the hopeless ness the love. "Truly," I thought, 'this Is love. for one at least. And this Is marringe for one nt leas' He Is spiritually wedded to that woman, who ricsplbpp li!m And site may hi spljltually wedded to another, who nay despise her. Hut love nnd mar "tage. for one at lenal, I have seen here In this loom aiu) with mine ow. eyes." 1 rrzra ta crrn a trzrnnH tsn t laacssssaaasssxacat irarm icant? RECEIVED GREAT BENEFITS PF-RII-NA FRnrvi thk line op . 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