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THE BEE: OMAHA. MOX1UY. JANTARY 22. 1912.
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HARRY SPENDS A' QUIET EVENING AT HOME
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Married Life the Third Year
Helen Chaperones Alice Brooks at a Bachelor' Apartment
, , Dinner.
lljr MABEL HERBERT I'R.VER.
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It ni wall much reluctance that Helen
had contented to chaperon Mica at this
dmnr In Dlca. Fairchlld's anan.rent. And
now, as aha hurried down to tha nf In
which ihey awaited ber, aha almost re
gretted that her
"no" had not beaa
mora decisive,
Warren had been
gona two days, and
the bad . hardly
been out of tha
house since no left.
8ha knew the
rhange and distrac
tion would be good
for her, jet aha
! felt so little In tha
mood for anything
'of this kind: ,
"It.-wns dear of
1 you to come," said
I Alloa aa Falrchlld
, stepped out and
helped Hele.i luto
tin car. rWe'ro
llr4 . dlnins
around- at raeteutankt. SeU . totale. Itf
math rrrtKii Trtnwtit;wm-slnoe-
Mrs. , Vance jsraiit soma ticrei no one
to chaperon tut,
Even in 'tha qulA. i'lya'hera. Helen
discovered: that sometning -was wrvna
nlatniy t He? .had been quarreling. Al
though they" talked freely to her ah
had very Httm to aar to each. ojhfv! And
there were trace of ttari under j
veil'.,' . . ..1. v'.'."
;Aut rhs had never 'looked .more beau
tiful; We ,rolte ft brought out all the
delicate fairness of her face. And Fair
child in his evening clothes seemed mora
dlstlngutslied and -taller thn sues, his
4nt,hat almost touching the top of the
cabT , .
When they reached the' apartment the
door was; opened by a Japanese servant.
The rooms were larg and exqulaltely
futnltbed. Helen had never before been
tn a . millionaire bachelor's apartment,
and aha was struck by the luxurious ap
pointments It reminded her of an elabor
ate stage setting of soma society play.
The Japs.ne.-a showed them Into a dress
ing roont where they laid aside their
wraps. On a lort toilet table were all the
silver and cut glass articles that could be
found In Die daintiest woman's bondolr.
"Of cause yon saw something was
wrong." murmured Alice aa aha fluffed
up her hair before the mirror. '.'It's the
same thing It always W Me says It's all
my fault-that I'm Insanely Jealous. But
how can I help It when he's lunching and
dining with other women all the time?"
"But Alice, yea can t go en Ilka this,"
looking auxtoujly at the beautiful face.
"Can't you so you're much thinner
that all thlft la telling oh you fearfully?"
Oh. I know." reckjesily. "I suppose
when we're married he'll break 'flMr,' heart
If he doesn't do it before But what
tan I do? I love him too nvich to give
him upT -
"Come, dear," urged Kt'.en. "We
mustn't stay htre hi- ll Know we're talk
ing about him." .
They wen, back Intn tha mutlo room,
where be analud them. Tha walls were
lined with pholojrri'iAi of avtresrea with
their heavily Initl st-rsS'led aicaatures.
White kearsklns covered the, floor and
a number of tictr ! :d trophies of his
hunting trips Irons svvt,' . " '
As the Japanese csme to the floor to
announce dinner, a, leientone rang in the
hall. ,
''Pardon me, Tn have to, answer this
Jap can't talk over tha plicne."
"Some woman." whispered Alice. "I
never come sip Jiere that half a' dosen
don't call him. up." ' - , i
"Tea, I krow who It la" His Tales
waa ptalnly. atraliH-d. "Why nothing.-
"No one." - ' '- :
"tha a SJklrtv Itiqs who's here," whis
pered Alice. ' aa -knows someone's here
by tha way he auwers."
"What do yon expect ma to say?
No. I can't this everlnr I II call
yea up tn- tha morning. Tea.
Oood-byer:
"Who waa that. Dtckr aaked Alice,
aa ha eaaw back Into the room.
"Why. dear, what a tmeetkm to sakr'
"Weu. rve a right ! ak It. T know
It waa a woman but wa'ch etwr
"Now. Alice, don't begin that." Than
turning to Helen: "8he has some absurd
Mes. that ovary time the Bkeoa rlars It a
wOTan.
n laa't abaurd Idaav-it't tha trath.-
. MeUa'a relief, lbs JaBaoase
aaain announced dluter. Taa dining teem !
was rMily BMnallad in black osX and
rare old sliver gUattaed on table and
atdeboard.
To Helen, who was used U iucfa ;
simpler servloa'asd taUe a'Pu'ntmectt.
It waa full at la tenet. They h&4 hanily i
flnabed the ao'sters when tha phoao raag
acaia. Excusing himself, plnlnly dlscoa
aertad at Uie inUrruptlua. ralrcaUd left
the table.
Alice ahrugged her ahoulders. "I said
halt a doxen, didn't I? Well, this Is the
second, so tar."
"But. Alice, aren t you a little un
reasonable? Just because tha telephone
rings It doesn't mean It's a woman." '
"Just listen! la that tha way he'd talk
to a men?"
"Why. I'm sorry," earns his vales from
tha hall. I sent tha car at .
1 thought, of course, he'd get
there In time." "
"Soma woman borrowing his car,
whispered Alice.
"Why. surety they dory't do that." asked
Helen In a shocked vole.
"They don't?" with a eyajcel laugh.
"Listen!"
"Tea, I'll see that It gets there In time
Thursday. No. . I can't , now.
I'll talk that over when' I see you.
Goodbye."
When he came back to tha table. Alice
kept her eyea on the plate tn a strained
Hence. Helen tried to -keep up. -the con-
rerssUna. As'Ue salad eras aesved tha
"J,erit ring." ha -sajd Impajlen W. .
'th, would you disappoint one of your
lady friends?" aaaea Alice oarcasncany.
He Md ,4ewa Ma imfa and fork with
a helpless; gesture. "Van see,, turning
toHeln, "she's aaeolutsly obsessed on
the subject She's Bagging roe to dea
peratlon about It. It you could only
make her asa tha uarsasoaabienesa or
this Jealousy."
"Unreasonable neas?" asked Alice bit
terly, ""la It unreasonable to be jealous
when (our or five women can you up
every evening?"
Tha telephone was keeping up a enmi.
persistant ringing.
"I'll have ihakBhona out Off." angrily.
aa ha threw dawn hla. napkin and left
the- tanae. : ' .' '
I .knew - you -couldn't-- resist, answer
ing tt.'U'Altee -called alter Mm. . . ,
Oh. - Ailoe. eun I doe I yeu sea you
are only' aggravating him this way? If
you Won't give: ales -up you'll have to
Lake Mm ea.be Ic-iTou can never make
hhn-orer." t ; . - '
"Ok, I kaow-bui t can't help It. Tou
don't know what It is In be consumed
Itb Jealousy.' lk. I haven't eaten a
thing. I' can never eat when I'm with
him. There, listen!" as again came his
voice from the naM." i .
"AHce. yotr muan't listen. It Isn't
ilka you. And yon ahonldn't have asked
him who it was that phoned. You
musnt lot your-Jealousy drive you to
sufll thugs? .What will hs think of
you?7 ';".' "
"He?"' with a coatemoiatuoua shrug.
"Oh. he'd listen any lime.' He basal
any seroplrs about these things. But It
waa ' useless! to ask- who' it aa-ae
nolrtfln't have1 told me the truta. He
never doea." 1 '
M'e.' Alice." as - he again . took his
seat at tha table." -"rule Urn It was
an old' Chauffeur Of 'mine v.-ho wanted
his t!ece bscki" mt don't 'behave mer
as Alice made a disbelieving motion strlih
her fcandfe -; ' ' '- t .
"Hirer '.can I-waenyeu-lie to- me so
ofU-n?;- . - .,- - ' ' - '
rxircniMi turn iirwn. inur,
see she's hopeless. - There's noshing I
can d tYist i! satisfy her." ' ' --
WelV -I'm ' afraid we're-not making
this a -very pleasant dlaner for Helen."
Aim aushed back her plate with a bitter
laugh, "if wa Intended to quarrel all
tha time, we might as well have gone to
a reataurant
Coffea waa served In the library and
the rest of tha evening was aa strained
and unsatisfactory aa had been the din
ner.-
It's always Ilks this." murmured AHce
as Uiey put on their wraps while Fslr
ciilid ordered the car. "We have not had
a happy evening together tor months.'
Aa hour later Helen wsa standing be
fore the mirror la her own room, slowly
brushing her hair for the night She was
living over every Incident of the evening
the dinner and the drrra homo
In a way she could anderstand Alice's
love for this man. Hie charm and mag
netism were undeniable. And yet his out
rageooe - flirtations with ether women.
Were all society men Ilka that? aha won
dered. .Were none of them content with
be love at one woman?
he finisbad plaiting her hair, slipped
Into a warm dressing gown and then eat
down to write Warren bia nightly letter.
$fce told him every incident of tha dJn
nrr. an! of bow It bad all made her real-i-
mora than ever how much his loyalty
meant
'".;;. ccur. I sin so glsd tiist I have
i.-fr kr-ovrii Jealous. Whatever mlius-
nema-r'.'iCfr? cr estrangements we have
xu- - it-?, t TtkY-iT been the cause. You
r.ave a!-ays been true and loyal to me.
And tonurht I fed that after all that la
the greatest thing. I love you. dear oa.
so much. Goodnight "HELEN."
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Fables of the Wise Dame
Dr DOROTHY DIX.
as winner.
fit may bo I
she said to hi
Once upon a time there was a womaa'
who, although possessed of the average
meaaura of pulchritude, and many ad
flagging down any masculine creature
flagging down and masculine creature
for a husband, and
w ho began to per
ceive that spinster
would be engraved
on her tombstone.
Happily, this cel.
amlly cut no lea
with her for sha
waa a auftragetta,
and Instead of Bit
ting down and be
wailing her fata la t
gelling left at tha -matrimonial
post,
she touted herself
as, winner.
true,
herself.
"that those who
dope out tha sys
tem of Ufa are
right when they
figure It out that the one bast bet Is a
good husband, but so many of toy friends
have put their money dowa on also rant
that I am probably la luck not to butt
Into the game at all.
"Inasmuch, however,' as I shalL not
have any hubby to stand for my meal
ticket. It la up to ma to get out myself,
and acquire a wad, for I do not propose
to be tha fringe 0a anybody's family,
or to losa my beauty sleep walking some
othsr woman's baby with tha colic
"It may be that tha brapsr career for
aa unmarried female Is ta listen to other
people's troubles, and work slippers for
preachers, but not for mult."
' With this tha womaa rolled up her
ektves and tackled a good Job, and
such energy and asgaclly did aha dis
play that It waa not long before money
waa coming ta nor on wings, and aba
blew herself to gleeaome paranhernalla,
with carbons a-plenty, and aa ah had
no husband to audit her s ooo tints aha
blew In her dough whenever ana liked
on theaters and feeds, and Ufa waa one
merry trala with her.
Now the woman had a alster who
waa one of those sweet feminine crea
tures that snen admire, and tn her early
youth aha had eepoused a handsome
counter Jumper In a dry goods em- -'
portum. and they gave a living lllue-f-trallen
of bow baseleaa la Mr. Ilooee- -.
veil's fear of race suicide.
Indeed there were so many little
counter Jumpera tha family would bae
been oa the blink except that the old
maid auntie waa always good for a.
touch, and stood for tha rent. ?r
Notwithstanding this tha married sis- .,
ter greatly pilled her spinster alster. and...
when she came to bring tha children- ,
new shoes, mother would tell her off-.:,
spring that they must be very kind to .
poor lonely aunt
"How sad," aha would exclaim, "it
must bo to be aa old maid."
"Oh, I don't know" replied the spin- 'J,
stsr, "It la true that 1 miss tha com-.,
panlonahlp of a husband, but aa I also u
miss having soma one to knock my .,,
faults and point out my weaknesses to.,
ms It seems to ma that t break about-'
area." . - . '
"But" went on tha married sister..
yoa have - no man to depend on, . aad .
have to ears your own auposrt"
"Rlght-o," responded the spinster, "but ,
when I want a new hat, or ta go to the
matinee I do not have to do any side
stepping until I can hypnotise a husband
to a degree where I'eaa painlessly ex
tract (ha price from him."
"Alas," cried tha married woman,
how , terrible It muet be ta have to toll
for your daily bread."
. "Outside of being born a millionairess,"
replied tha spinster, there are few soft
snaps In Ufa for woman, but If doing
stunts ion the cooking stovs and with
the broom, and aewlng machine, and
nursing babies, and patching trousers In
a pinch- It has gotten past me, and.
speaking on tha level. I advise you ta .
keep your sympathy tor home consuma-,
tloa."
"There are no nectarlnea so acidulous," .
remarked tha married alster, complacent-',
ly, "aa thoaa that hang above our reach."
"I lova a good bluffer," replied the
spinster, "but you please ma too veil."
Moral-Tola table teaches that happl-'
neaa consists In thinking wa are better ','
oft than our neighbors.
f . Little Bobbie's Pa ,
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
Wife, sed Pa to Ala, wen he calm hoem
last nlte, there la a fraud ot mine waiting
out In the hall. Ha wants to cum In.
Tou are tha soul of curtesy. Ma sed, to
leave a guaat standing out In tha hall.
Why dldent yon lock him up In the dog
house? sed Ma, until you found out If I
wud bo glad to see him.
I wanted him to eum In. sed Pa, but hs
seemed to feel that It wod bo better far
him to watt until I found out that you
wanted to sea him. Ton see. sed Pa, he
calm all tha way from Liberty, N. T..
Just to buy a rar at the ottomobeel show,
have often beard my husband speek of
you A the days when you A he need to"
go out In tha hills around Roscoe A Ub- -erty
A ahoot bears A foxes. He loald aie, "
Ma sed. that you used to shoot almoat as -many
bears as ha did.
Pa dldent aay anything. I guess he aas"
kind of mad beekaua Mlatar Plnney wud- '
dent talk a cocktail.
I alwaya admired a man that cared
near for solid than -for liquid stuff, sed'
sfa, to Mister Plnney. I have often won-
dered why men liked stuff that waaenl"
thick snuff to chew. No wonder that yoa"
A he forgot to bring his eevaing clothes.
Ills naim la Plnney. sed Pa. I call him
old Kid Plnney for short.
Well, sed Ma, why In the world doant
yeu bring him rile In? I am surprised at
you. sed Ma, to leave a guest oataide.
Then Pa went out A he brought In Mis
ter Plnney. He waa a fine looking oald
man. as big aa Mister Jeffries. Ills man
ners was better than Pa's, too, beekaus
he took off hla hat the mmnit he got In
the bouse A Pa still had his hat on.
Well. Plnney. old boy, sed Pa. now you
see how nice I am fixed here, what do
can aford to cum all tha way from 8ul-
llvan county have anuff left to buy a
ottomobeel. My husband euddent buy a.
spark plug, sed Ma. not even If Iron waa
one cent a ton. n .
How many foxes A bears did my hus
band ever ahoot up there, .mywayt sed:
Ma. I do rot like to change the subjecur
bot I waa Jest wondering.
Lady, sed Mister Plnney, X cannot tell
a lie, hunting waa awful bad the yeeis
yure husband cairn up thare.
Well, sed Ma. after Mister Plnney bad
went hoam. It seems to me that them u? '
you think of my little fleet? I guess that
kid of mine Is a arltty poor specimen,
what?
He Is a fine, manly llttel fellow, and
Mister Plnney. If he hsd a few years In
BuHlvan comity he wud be abel to Uck
you.
"Dinner la reddy, sed Ma. A thea we all
went la to dinner.
Plnney, old boy. aed Pa, will you bare
something to drink heefoar yoa eat? No.
sed Pa's trend, the reeasn that I have
been a svceeaa-ful man la that I arwaya
had sumthmga.o eat beefear I drank.
A so yoa are Mia ar Plnney, sed Ma. I
state folks is plain A honest-apokea
Ooodntte, Kimrod, Ma. aad. Oo to bed A
dream that yeu shot a bear onaU
Tuts Uvea- Taaa.
Now. by mo haJIdome!" stormed Sir
Michael Oa Byte, pausing la tha donning '
of his clothes, "'twas a neglectful and
slatternly housewife I got whan I wed
thee!" -. ' -
"What Irketh thee! Mike, dearM askC '
his trembling spouse. - -
"What Irketh, quotha! There be tfctre
rivete out of aw- eieaa shirt at mall!" -
And aba waa fain ta weep softly ha fee
smote her with ala aaaea. Newark jgta.