Adele Garrison
“My Husband’s Love”
Wliy Madge Patiently I/lstened to
Mrs. Marks and Then Fared
a Problem.
The naive confidences of Mrs. Petey
Marks interested me greatly. Put
although her whispered monologue
liad occupied only a minute or two.
Ihe thought of little Mrs. Durkee in
my living room, and the luncheon
which was keeping warm over hot
water on my' gas plate, made me
edge away and answer Mrs. Marks'
challenge, "You know how the men
are,” with a vague:
"Yes, indeed, but will you please
pardon me, for—”
•Sh* grasped my sleeve with an
cajMT, clutching hand.
won’t keep you hut a minute,
dearie,*' she whispered. “I know
^Tut've got company. I lamped her
through here, when the bell rang.
Some, swell little dame, too—’’
So our guests were submitted to the
hnpertiennt scrutiny of this impos
sible woman! I almost shook her off
in angry disdain, but something—per
haps the queer, strained look on her
face—made me control my impatience
and stand quietly while she whispered
rapidly, with manifest excitement, the
while her eyes never left the aper
ture through which she could view
the lower entrance door.
“That Was Why—”
“Toil sec,. T don't dare say a thing
to you while Petey’s around. 'Iks
awful r >0 to »>.». Petty .3. he hain't
never lilted his foot or hand to tne
yet. : *he tlve years we've been mar
lied, ai d that's more than a lot of
women can say."
I shivered slightly at this glimpse
of a kind of life I never had seen be
fore, where restraint in conjugal kicks
and blows was counted supreme
righteousness in a husband, hut Mrs.
Marks was so absorbed in her watch
on the door that she didn't notice my
reaction to her words.
"But he's awful set in his ways, is
Petey," she went on. "And when he
takes a notion into his head you can’t
do nothin’ with him. And Pm just
worried plumb to death about hint
lately. He's got in with some fel
lows—’
She broke off abruptly, ami her
clutch upon my sleeve tightened.
"That was why I was hidin’ in
your kitchen the other night," she
went on hurriedly. "He brings in
those bums with him, and then he
makes nie heat it down to the bakery
or the entrance down here, and s|ay
till 1 see them go away and then 1
can come bark again. Ilotiest to
Mike, sometimes l'v. bad to loaf out
side for a whole hour. Besides, 1
made up my mind I was going to see
what kind of a deal those dirty bums
was putting np on my little Petey.
But I couldn't get on to much the
other night, so I wanted to ask you—
I know I've got an awful nerve, but
it means lots to me—if you'd mind
my snooping in your kitchen some
other night?"
She took her eyes from the front
door for a second, and looked at mo
—— -—y----—— “
with such dog like appeal that my
1 scruples melted.
"(tee—There's 1‘etey!"
"Mr. Graham has gone away for
three days," i said slowly, "and I i
am going out of town this afternoon ,
to slay until he gets back. So for the \
next three days you may use my
kitchen as you please. Hut—pardon
me—why not ask your husband ;
| frankly to tell you what he is do
I ing?"
“Oh! I classent!" an© breathed. ini
not so afraid of Petey, but those other
I loafer*, they'd as soon grind me up.
into sausage meat as look at me. Hon
est to Mike. 1 get lee cold in my in
sides whenever I look at ’em. Gee! :
there's Petcv back now. Please—throw
your kitchfn door open and pretend
to be busy in there while bo goes I
through. And thinks, you're white. " I
She closed the aperture of the win
dow. raced to her own door amt gave
me her parting admonition—all in a
breathless ten seconds.
The closing of her door preceded flip ,
opening of the hall door by the brief ,
est of intervals, but I bad enough faith
in her resourcefulness to be sure that i
her doughty spouse would suspect
nothing. And when, after passing
the kitchen with n surly nod to me. i
he entered his own abode, my belief
jn her cunning was justified, f*r I
heard his low expostulation:
"A\'ell! If you haven't gone back to
pounding your ear again! What s the.
matter with you anyway? Coming
down with the sleeping sickness?"
1 didn't stop to hear her answer,
for my luncheon tray was ready at
Beatrice Fairfax
Problems That Perplex
Marry Him.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a woman
of .13 and have been a widow for four
years. 1 have three children to sup
port and have to work every day. 1
have met a man of my own age who
wants to marry me and is willing to
support my children, lie has a good
position, good habits, hut he is not
an American, and all mv friends ob
ject to the marriage. He has taken
out naturalization papers. What should
I do. Miss Fairfax? INDOUBT.
If you love the man and he is will
ing to support your children, the fact
that lie is of different natinoallty need
not hinder you front marrying him.
Caroline: l should accept the floral
offerings as a tribute of friendship
rather than an evidence of love. How
ever, I think the young man is in
terested in you and see no reason why
yoli shouldn't encourage the friend
ship.
Discouraged: Your life lias indeed
been hard, but you have had the
joy of serving others and you have
last, anil T hurried along the hall to
my own Itvingrootn and little Mia. I
Durkec, pushing my bizarre neigh
bors and their peculiar behavior into
the hinterland of my mental processes,
though I well knew that later I must
give them thoughful consideration if
1 mean to remain in tho apartment 1
had found after so much trouble.
been very noble to stand by your
family in time of m od. If you marry
this man I fear you will only he add
ing more burdens tu those which you
have carried for so long.
Uncle Sam Says
(•rape Vine Propagation anil Training.
The principles, methods ami objects
ot pruning bdtli old bearing vines in
winter and young vines in summer
are presented in such a way in fliis
booklet as to enable the reader to
grasp ami practice them without fur
ther instruction. The booklet also
tells about the training systems fol
lowed m different parts of the coun
try so that a selection of training sys
tems may be intelligently made applic
able to either a back lot or an exten
sive vineyard.
Readers of The Omaha Bee may ob
tain a copy of this booklet free as
long as tile free edition lasts by writ
ing to the division of publications, De
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
i). (' , asking for " F. B. 471.’’
Steamed Glasses.
If you are a person who wears
glasses and your position is suc h that
vou are in and,out of various offices
during the day. you will lie glad to
know that if your glasses art wiped
off with petroleum ointment and
cleaned well each morning you will
not lie annoyed when calling on • a
prospective customer to have him dis
appear from your vision at jour first
greeting.
Our Children
lt> W(.’KM) PATRI.
Th* Window Shopper.
It is great fnn to go window shop
ping along the streets of the book- ;
sellers. There are books with beau
tiful bindings ami books with plain
board backs and books with is
picture packets and books car '
dressed in such good taste it.a '(
you remember alrout them is that y
were happy to meet them and made
an appointment with them f. re
day when you had the price!
Then there are the se ■ ' ha a
hooks that surprise you inti wood
ing how anyone could have bout it
them fit at hand. Maybe they wi re j
always like that though— born second
hand!
You know sli the lime that their
aristocrat relations, first editions of
old masters, are in seclusion on the
shop shelves safe from the stares of
the covetous. I was flattening ray
nose against the window to catch a
glimpse of them when I became aware
of the boy.
He wag about 15. ft was Saturday]
and he had a Job. The,packages he
was to deliver wtw under his arm.
He had a bright clean face with a
windblow of freckles across It.
His tan-clored flannel shirt had
been dean not so long since and 1
knew that tonight he-would have a
bath and that his clean clothes would
BARNEY GOOGLE—
SPARKY ISN’T INTERESTED.
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be laid out ready for early church.
He looked like that.
He Studied the book* with calculat
ing and appraising eye. An experi
enced window shopper. I felt the
glow of fellowship, but shyness held
nay tongue. Together we looked at
a stark of Oscar Wilde done in red
leather. Leisurely we took in the
good points of a pocket edition of
Kipling.
With a i asual eye we read over the
' lies of the liest sellers spread ' ut
open fan order. We were unmoved
I sidled along to^the next window
That w’as a window: They were
juli-.s Hobinson Crusoe done in
blue binding that said as plain as
' ”Tids is where the blue begins.'
last of the Mohicans wearing a
l.et that would coax a boy from
i s dinner: A glorified kidnaped and
a treasure stand open to the picture
rf ne f.-arful blind man tapping his
■ a the road to the inn. That
tvas a picture to pull you through the
glass.
A Huckleberry Finn and an Abra
ham Lincoln picture bearing a legend
that said something about building
character.
We surveyed the array and aighed.
"La>ok good?" I ventured
"yes." said lie with the brief di
rer tness of-sincerity
"Which Is yours?"
"This," said he tapping the glass
with his toe and hitching the pack
ages more securely under his amis.
Twas tie beat boys' book in the lot.
The very one that I love best.
We beamed and nodded like a pair
of mandarins. Then he remembered
1 errands and I mine and we set
rio-nit nr business, and "blithely," »s
«n»on would have us do.
\" He way home I thought of the
id wondered who it was who
loved n.m well enough and regarded
^he masters truty’ enough to make
them friends. His mother? ills
‘richer" The librarian? Someone
was building a fine boy. Fortunate
lad. Happy somebody.
(Copiright. i»:s.)
Fader to Wash.
Dishes that have contained milk
and eggs should l>e soaked in cold
watei while dishes that have held
soak better in hot water.
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