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Married Life the Third Year
Helen, Unable to Bear Warren ' Silent, Sends Him a
Night Letter.
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The envelope held only the' check and
A bUnk sheet of paper! The paper was
foliled sbont the check so It would not
show ; through. But there ni not ooe
Vvx. ot tl..jl.
And Utt week It
had been the. tarn
Just the weekly
cheek and the blank
paper. Helen had
tried to think then
thai it was a mis
take or that he had
been ' ' hurried but
BOW she knew it
was deliberate. And
to Helen that blank
sheet of paper was
mors terrifying
than (ho most
wrathful letter.
Bo this was to
va ocr iiuusuuia,i
This was Warren's
answer to tbo let-
tor la which she had refused to send Mrs.
Morrison away. Insisting that she could
ass Bo reason why she should not rant the
spars room while he was gins. That had
ti , mmA ivj . mom J
cheeks with the bran It sheets of paper.
It wu the first time she had deliber
ately refused to obey.hlm an9 ho was
punishing her with tllenee. And to a
rensltlve, Imaginative mind nothing caa
bo more cruet than silence. There was
nothing he could hare written orer which
she would have anguished more. ' For
whatever he might write-at least she
could meditate over it.
' And was this silence to continue? Was
this the wsy hs was. to foroe her to
submission? Wss she to receive next
week's check with a blank sheet of
paper-and the week after that? Was
he going to keep this up until she wrote
that she would do as he wished? Or
what was more appalling still was hs
never going t write her again wss hs
never sowing back? '
Before night Helen had worked herself
into a stmt of feverish anxiety. It
was her nature that when she brooded
long enough over anything, sbo lost ail
sense of proportion.. The thtng sbout
which she wss worrying became dis
torted and exaggerated and assumed an
Importance out of all reason. Bo now
she brooded over this blank sheet of
paper until the fear of It obsessed her.
' She studied' every Don stroke on the
envelope and ' the check, trying to get
some Idea of his mood from his writing.
But he sJwsys wrote In a bold free band
and the writing on this envelope was the
same as on any other.
Oh, If he was only not so fsr away-if
she "only dared try to reach him by
-book to look up toe rate to San Fran
cisco. It wss not listed, but It would
be at ' least $10, for Kansas City was
I7.BV Baa would call up Csntral-ehe
wanted to know exactly. Perhaps there
' would be asms pec lain night rate.
' Central connected her with 'Informa
tion" and "Information' with "long dis
tance' and "long distance" with the
chief operator. And he informed her
rHMiMM iw ... nave In California.
. She bung up the receiver with a sense
of shock. Bo It wss Impossible to reach
him by 'phone. Now be seemed farther
sway thsn ever. Yet even "If she could
she would wot have dared to telephone.
Only once bad, she called htm up on
"long distance" the time she was visit
ing ber mother In Missouri, and be had
not written for days. Bat he had been
'nrkras and had roared at her never to
do such a foolish, extravagant thing
again.
' 0UV even inuut um i.v, uw.t
telephoned the fact that she could not
that there were no wires, that whatever
her need she could not reach him that
way gave her a desperate sense ot his
remoteness.
That blank sheet of paper seemed to
menace her with a future desolate and
destitute. She was ' consumed by the
fear that unless she did something; st
cace to make things "right" be would
never mui u. ajmi iui, .car vbii,u
ber into all ber old abjectnees. All her
'plans for hvtependeaes and for trying
from ber.
sthe was lashed on by the feverish
desire to "do something" 3he could no
longer aeralt development a. She felt that
ber whole future and Winifred's was In
the balance, and thai In some way shs
mast act end act quickly.
This feverish urgency to action at
wch moments Is something almost every
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do the right thing she thinks she can
bring bark to her the man she knrea
- But It Is a most pitiful delusion for sine
Kj MABEIi HKKilKKT CKNKR.
times sat of ten if she will only do
nothing. If she will only wslt-the mas
will come back himself and come with
much mors respect and admiration than
If he was brought back by ber contriv
ing. .
And so now If Helen oovld only have
waited. If she could eaty havs aeeepted
the blank sheets of paper a sjleoea. If
knowing that she was not hi fault, she
oouid have waited la digalfiet Inaction
most probably the next week, or at
least ths week after would have brought
ber letter. And It would have gained
for her, too, something of respect and of
admiration from Warren.
But this was not Helen's nature, Bhe
had reached the point where she oouM
no longer wait. Bhe must to some IM
MEDIATE thing. And to telegraph was
tbe only thing that would satisfy her de
mand for immediate action.
A night letter! It was t o'clock now,
and it would be delivered before morning.
But the baity search through her desk
disclosed no telegraph blanks. Would
they have any downstairs? Bhe 'phoned
down and the elevator boy brought them
up,
"Ton caa send fifty words now at night
for the price of ten, can't yen?"
"Tea, mam, 1 think that's R. Want me
to ring for a messenger r
"No, not Just yet. I'll can down when
I want one."
The yellow telegraph blanks always
struck a certain note of terror In Helen's
mind. And now having worked herself
up to a state of feverish tenseness, they
sseiaod more than ever ominous. Bhs
first wrote ber message en notepaper,
and then copied It carefully en the blank,
"I can't bear your silence. Write.
Anything better than blank sheet ef
paper. Sorry, about tbe roomer, will
let her go at ones. Will do anything
you think best. If only you will writs
and come back to me soon. Am al
most 111 with anxiety. Wire me. Let
ter follows. Helen."
This was Just forty-nine words; shs had
counted them carefully. Bhe knew that
all punctuation was left out ot telegrams,
so she read It over to see If It would be
clear without them. Then she called for
a messenger and sent It off.
Bhe had satisfied her longing for action.
Bhe had yielded to tbe feverish Impulse
to reach him quickly. But now hardly
had the message gone when she began
torturing herself as te tbe wisdom of hav
ing sent It. At least could she not have
worded It better?
The paper from which shs had copied
it still lay on her desk. She read It over
again and again. Each tlaw me saw
something aha would like to change or
leave out or put in. Oh, why had she
sent it off so quickly? It could not be
delivered anyway before morning.
8be could have kept It until midnight
Just as well.
But now shs must writs the letter. Ior
several moments she sat at lbs desk ner
vously tearing tiny shreds from ths oor
ner of the green blotter. Then finally shs
wrote:
"Dear Warren. I have Just sent yon a
night latter. I oouM not bear H any
longer. Tour silenoe-the blank sheet ef
psper you sent with the check seems
to have tern fled me. Am sorry I insisted
on renting the spare room against your
wlahes. I will let Mrs. Morrison go at
ones. Will tell her tomorrow. Perhaps I
have been wrong, but I only wanted to
main noma extra money as I wosld not
be so dependent upon you for everything.
I didn't mean to be defiant you know
me well enough to believe that
"Oh, Warren, can't you came boms
soon? WR1 It be very much longer? Can't
you see It Isn't good for either of us for
you to be away as long? Ton said in your
last -letter that you weren't anxious te
come: that from the tone ot our letters
lately you dids t think ft would be a
pleasant homecoming. Warren, yon didn't
mean that.. I know you didn't yon
couldn't. Write me. desr, net a stem,
harsh letter-but the kind of letter yoa
know I so yearn for. I am not well, am
all unstrung you are making It toe hard.
Oh. I am crying so I can hardly write.
"HELEN."
It wag a pitiful wsakening and an ab
ject surrender. And Helen knew that It
was both. And yet a woman's love and
emotion are In tbe end nasally stronger
than her Judgment or her pride, or even
ber self-respect.
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gance." "Eh. What form does ft take? Tacht,
automobile, areoplane?"
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dealer. .
Strange Marriage Cuoms
By Garrett P.Serviss
I could not finish this subject In The
Bee the other day for lack of room.
Volumes could be filled with H. Mar
riage la the eompletlOB ot all romanoss.
among savagea as well is among civil
ised people, and in nothing la ths charac
ter of a race as clearly revealed as In Its
marriage customs.
The otologic, or life taw governing mar
riage la virtually tbe name everywhere;
It to only the ouitoms that differ. The
romance of tbe sexes never falls,
whether under the Arctic snows or
the equatorial sun. This Is alas the
subject ot a highly Interesting article on
"Who Should Marry?" in Oood Houss
keeping mesa tins for March.
Two thousand years sge a Chinese
poet wrote, desciiMng the feelings ot a
wife aeuleoted by her husband:
"Tbe red hibiscus and the reed.
The fragrant flowers of marsh and mead.
All mere l gainer as i stray.
As though for ons now far swsv
I strive te pterc- with straining tarss
I he distance that oetween us lies,
las., thst hearts which beat as one
should thus be parted and undone.,''
And yet by custom Chinese wives are
compelled to make vows of submission
to their husband that would raise ser
ious abjections among ths fairer half
ot creation In our clime, snd In many
eases they are not treated much better
than s'sves.
Curiously enough. It Is among savages
Inhabiting the remote Hervey Islands, tn
the raclfle ocean, that travelers bare
found one ot the finest exhibitions of
even-handed Justice between the bride
and tbe brMegreom.
On the marriage day the members ef
the tribe to which the bride belongs Its
down In a long row on the ground and
tha bridegroom walks proudly noon their
backs, while his fellow tribesmen follow
on each side of the war cheering and
singing songs ' in bis honor. But after
the ceremony has been performed, the
bride and her people have their Innings.
Then the tnbesmsa ot tbe bildegrcom
have to lie down, making a pathway
from the bride's home to that ot her
husband, and abe walks on their hacks.
And If the road Is long and there are
not enough ot the bridegroom's people te
oompote tbe pathway, those who have
already been passed ever by .the brtds
must Jump up, run ahead and lie down
to be walked upon a second time.
The picture Illustrating this strange
custom la borrowed from tbe Rev. Mr.
Hutchinson's book on "Msrrlage Cue-
Tba custom ot carrying off wtvss by
foroe seems to bars .died out almost
everywhere, but in many places a mock
ceremony of a similar nature la ersctleefl.
Thus among ths AbvsslnisnS tba bride
groom seises his brtds in his arms and
runs with her through the village street,
or the country road, followed by a root
ot tbo bride's frier 4 trying to bold
over bar the "nuptial canopy." which
seems to be a symbol of. protecttoo tor
ber In ease her life should be unhappy.
But In parts of Africa, as 1 showed
the other day. brides are still captured by
seine surprised in the woods, or at then?
wuia but probably, la most uses, tha
hi only pretended and no real
hi necessary.
Tbe Burmese are very simple fa their
marriage rites. According to E. D
Cuming, a lacquer tray containing cooked
rice Is placed on tba floor In the bride's
house, tba bridegroom squats down beside
It and eats a mouthful st the rice.
Then the bride sits down beside Mm
and also takes a mouthful. Thereupon
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ot a street scene la
an Abysstnisn town
during a marriage
ceremony which re
lates back to the
daya when the man
forcibly carried oft
he had
picked tor his bride.
Todsy this custom
of' carrying off
brides by force only
lives In a mock cere
mony of this nature,
aa shown in the top
sjeture. Hare the
bridegroom le shown
carrying off hi bride
In his arms, while
bar friends are en
deavoring to keep
her covered with the
"nuptial canopy."
they turn and smile at each ether, and
the head man of the family says: "It is
done. They are man and wife."
Several ancient and barbaric wedding
oust cans are described tn Letourneau's
book on The Evolution of Marriage,"
which were characteristic of the fedual
system In Europe, but they' have prac
tically diss ppse rod aa a eoneequence ot
the successful uprising of the common
pecpla agaiiut lb dr. afcPrrseurx Mars
and more tbe poetry and the secretness
of marriage are bsing everywhere reoog
niaeaV The hut curious marriage custom that
we have room to msntlon la peculiar te
RoasU.
After a long ceremony, marked by the
frequent exchange ot rings between the
bride and groosn. the priest spreads a
silken carpet on tbe floor.
This is a critical moment, and all the
Tbe lower picture
shews a newly mar
ried couple In Bur
ana. In, that eouatry
the marriage cere
mony is very simple
and In many eases
the bride and brMe
greom simply eat
rice together. The
of tbe
bride's family then
dectaree thera man
aad wife.
These pictures are
trsprodiiced from K.
H. Hutchtna ot'i
"Msrrlacs Customs
of All Lsnde," by
permission of D. Ap
pleton It Co.. ths
puNlehera.
spectators crowd breathlessly forward to
watch what follows, tor It la tradition
ally believed that whichever of the esupls
first gets a foot upon lbs carpet will be
the master of the new boueenoed.
At a ceremony of thle kind, which the
traveler. Dr. Granville, wttimisa, It was
the bride who first trod the carpet, to th
great Joy of her friends, and probably to
the great future advshtage ot ber less
agile mat
to by role, and having a ommshrp worked
out liks a sstsesaorto ayabHss, ar sn al
gebraic eevatsea, at nbstsiet tJwy emit
these Breed mi talaga Vtaey a ssaa who
bad Btwdusssd at casaTs asBuBs t aaa-
that's What they would eafl tbo
plarw-nuklng love to you.
'Just as yew war begtnnlnc to get
thrilled a eeld ehtU weald strike down
your spine as you risnibered that ha
had sskasi-sed that very setae with seme
young and eharssmg sveressaresa. And
shs'd put him wise ta tbe aaychologicel
moment to take your band aad Jest hew
hard to sqwerss N. Vg.." j
"I Wonder," mused tba spinster, 1f
the collars of eaartehlB thay wee id
ask the youth at the awd to aisle
love after tha oW classical romantla
school, or the sjiodera ejelek lunch
Mod? It Would be a caws at Mssse
aad she guitar versos Cbaruo and tha
golf stlrks. Would tha prufieows teaoh
their young shams all tar love aad
ths world wefl tost,' ar that tba asenlaca
of oonventenca is really tbe preferred
matrimonial risk aftsr alt, and that
while beauty fades, and seerttmewt pets
tha siMivsi knocked or, a eornfortabte
bank aosouat grows dearer aad dearer
aa ths years go by?"
Tba Very pretty girl stmek bar head.
'Fancy how It would work owl!" Bhs ex
claimed. "WeaM tha teacher any. The
class ta first leva wig new eeme up and
rerrte,- ay Would Whs say. The elans In
the second stag af the erurageaasnt will
repeat that kiss, aad da It a little
slower, aad throw a Mule seers warmth
Into r ' .
"Wltl Mr. Janes be given dimertts be
es use be aeglseted ta fell aw bis knees
when be pewped the questloa? Or Will
Miss Smith be reprimanded bieatsss aha
wasn't ear enough in leading Mr, JUwem
up to tbe proposing point? - -.
"I see a great ftatd tor assfulasas tor
swob a school. And one thing I bepa .
they'll pay epusel attention to and that
Is to teaoh men hew te pop the avssuen.
"Msat at tha men offer tmnlvss to
yew now with aa air that I rial rates that
they know you'll die at Joy. and that
ywa'B Wens heaven tor having bestowed
suok swparaMslsd ,lurk paa you. They'
sters to say by their gssnasr
" 1 know .there Isn't a womaa Irrlhg I
eeubtnt nave for tbe asking, but you aro
a awed uttM thing, and be near worthy
aa any ana I knew, se I'tl bsatew mrseif
upon an t hope you are properly
grateful tor K.'
"Just romper that with tha way
Kerine iM ft. I never bear kirn say, th,
that I were glove upon that hand that I
might kiss trit cheek.' that I don't think
that If I were Juliet t would pitch my
self over the bs loony te hear Mm Uf
It over again."
"But rod wouldn't." Jeered tin aplMtsr;
"yew rsurd not resist saying to htm. Oh,
cease off! Romance doesnt thrive under
present conditions. Buapsss some modern
Leander should swim the Hudson beeaasa
tbe IMrlea bad stooped runs rig and be
waa bound to see his beet girt- Would
ws hold him up as an example aad ex
ploit bun as A here? Not much. The
people would probably arrest Mm aa be
arose drlpptng from the water, and (he
newspapers would bead their account ot
tbe reoantte deed 'Another Chump.'"
"Wet - tald the very pretty rtfl, "'!
don't think much ot that preacher ' Mea
ot a eotlego ot court snip. I should be a
uttrs sustiicieus ot the men who knew
ho to make love too glibly. It wou'.d
look to me as b? be bad too much prac
tice, peraoaelty I prefer the article In
which tbe man halts, and stutters, ant
sasmwera, aad threatens to choke on
lis Adam's apple. And at tot Its effect
on a woman, when she love a tosa and
he tells her that she's K to bun sear la
going te think that hie etoqueace has
got Patrick Henry eta-esnted, no matter
how ha has mumbled sot Ma esatiuMnte.'
"And na eottego ot courtship Baa throw
sny light on hew to atrk out the right
kind of a huabaad or Wtfe," aant tbe
spinster: "nobody knows Who rs going to
suit whom until after they here tried
being matrled-and then the) knowledge
eomee about a couple ot yean too late
to bo ot any advantage."
"Well." said tbe married woman, nt
l hey do start a callers ot love making r
hope to goodness they win open a post,
graduate course for husbands. I know
a lot ef them who need to rub na on tba
art ot eaymff Here things ta theft- wives."
Tbe) l-ntrothfol Crtttc.
August Thomas, guest of honor at a
Lotos club dinner in Kew Tone, Was
talking about eertala ad vanned"
dramatltta
"Tbo trouble with these awa," said
Mr. Thomas, "to that they don't tell
tbe truth. They look at life with eynteal
nmrbed eyes. Their new ot Hfe, In fast.
Is about as true aa tbe old bachelors
view of taarTmge.
" Tbey say.' growled the old bachelor,
that marriage to a lottery, but that s a
iter far hi a lottery you
chance.' "Detroit Frew Presa
