WOMEN'S I
THE STRUGGLES OF A WIFE
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water
CHAITER XIV I
(Copyright, 1916, the Star Co.)
Notwithstanding the expressed
doubts as to the wisdom of the scheme
Myra Webb had a telephone installed
In her apartment. Whenever she
looked at it she felt a slight shiver
of fear as to whether she had done)
right in undertaking this added ex
pense.
Her check from Mr. Lawior came
promptly. in acknowledging it she
gave the editor her new telephone
number.
Meanwhile the conviction that
Grace needed the society of young
people grew steadily in the mother's
mind. It met with small encourage- '
ment from the girl herself.
"I don't care to meet my old
friends" she would protest.
Myra could not force company
upon her child, and all at once she
thought of the happy expedient of
Inviting several of her own friends
to her home.
At first It was only for a cup of
tea In the afternoon that she askf
them. She found it somewhat of a
tria' to do this, for she was pain
fully conscious of the change in her
style of living. But she made no
reference to the alteration in her
circumstances.
Grace, coming in late one after-1
noon, raused. amazed. In the door of
the living room. Then as she ap- j
predated that her mother was
actually entertaining callers. she
entered and took her part in the
conversation.
Thus the ice was broken, and peo
ple began once more to visit the
Webbs. While the wife and mother
rejoiced in having succeeded in
drawing her daughter out of her
self-imposed seclusion, she spent j
some anxious hours wondering how
all these additional trifles were to be
paid for.
At one time she would not have
been conscious of the increased ex
pense caused by the presence of sev
eral extra persons to afternoon lea.
Now she found herself counting the
cost apprehensively. But she must
keep up the custom she had at last
established.
It was at this juncture that she
heard of a literary agent who
might, she thought, sell some ar
ticles for her. So she mailed to
him a story she had laid aside in
her desk weeks ago.
She Has n Suspicion
Tn a few days the agent sent her 1
a check, naming the periodical to
which he had sold her manuscript.
The check was for only eighteen
dollars.
"I have deducted my usual ten
per cent commission." the literarv
agent wrote.'
Myra Wei b was new in the busi-' i
ness world, but a sharp suspicion
came to her mind. Was it possible
that this man had received only
twenty dollars for her storv?
Still, she had the check cashed.
She needed the money too much to
pause just now to Investigate. But i I
later she called up the magazine;
named and asked how much had; i
been paid for her story. The as- j
sistant editor she questioned In- ' ]
formed her that fortv dollars had
been p«id for it. 1
"Why do you ask?" he inquired, s
"I hope there is nothing wrong." , 1
"Oh. no, never mind," she replied ]
weakly, hanging up the receiver. | <
So she had been cheated—out-1
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the food and drink taken day after
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THURSDAY EVENING,
I rageously cheated! Yet this man
who had cheated her must be con
sidered fairly honest, or he would
not have a clientele among reputa
ble editors. Of course, he would
not cheat them nor well - known
authors. She, a nobody, was fair
game for dishonest persons.
The next morning while dressing
she told Horace of her experience.
His words of sympathy were few,
but his disapproval was evident.
"You ought not to undertake that
kind of thing without consulting
me," he said. "A woman is always
! at the mercy of any charlatan."
"I did not like to bother you
! about It," she explained. "And If I
| had failed in selling my story 1
would have been glad you knew
j nothing of it."
"Well, you might better not have
sold the story than to have been
cheated," he rejoined. "Of course,
my dear, you meant well, but I
wish you would not do injudicious
things. We have troubles enough
already without adding to them."
What was she to do? she asked
herself later. If she talked of her
affairs to Horace, he was annoyed.
If she kept them to herself he was
displeased. \
Grace Is Encouraged
j But of one thing she was certain,
and that was that she regretted
| having taken him into her confi
dence as to her last experience.
Why could he not have been a little
more sympathetic, a little more ap
preciative of what she was trying
to accomplish? No she ought not
to have told him.
Many good men drive their wives
to the conclusion reached by Myra
Webb and then they wonder at
woman's "secretiveness."
"What's the matter?" Grace asked
her mother as they sat at luncheon
together that noon. It was Satur
day, so she was at home.
"I was just thinking." the woman
replied.
"So was I," Grace admitted. "I
was wondering if we might not
1 have some people in next Sunday
night to supper. Or," with a search
ing look at her mother's face,
"would you rather not? I mean,
will it cost too much?"
"Why. of course, it won't!" Myra
Webb exclaimed. "Ask -whom vou
like."
| "I only want a couple of the
teachers from school." Grace said.
I "Certainly, dear, have them," the
mother agreed. "But why not ask
some of your old friends, too?"
"Not yet." Grace said. "Later, if
you keep on making, money, we may
be able to entertain more elaborate
ly than we can now. For you are
making more money than at first
aren't you?"
The eager look in the young eyes
made the mother's heart ache.
"Indeed, yes." she responded. "I
just received a check for a story."
"Fine!" ejaculated the girl. " The I
thought of an improvement in their
style of living had suddenly changed
her outlook. "Story writing pays j
awfully well, doesn't it?"
"Fiction brings good prices," |
Myra evaded.
She was trying not to remember]
that she had received only $lB for a!
story that had sold for S4O. She
had made the mistake of telling
Horace of this, but thank goodness!
Grace did not know!
(To Be Continued)
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GEORGE AGNEW CHJiMBEftLSIS
C&VTVj&CCL
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I—Alan Wayne Is sent
away from Red Hill, his home, by his
uncle, J. Y., as a moral failure. Cleiu
runs after him In a tangle of short
skirts to bid him good-by.
CHAPTER ll—Captain Wayne tells
Alan of the falling of the Waynes.
Clem drinks Alan's health on his
birthday.
CHAPTER lll—Judge Healey buys
a picture for Alix Lansing. The judge
defends Alan In his business with his
] employers.
! CHAPTER IV—Alan and Alix meet
at sea, horaewnrd bound, and start a
flirtation, which becomes serious.
! CHAPTER V—At home, Nance Ster
ling asks Alan to go away from Alix.
Alix is taken to task by Gerry, lie r
husband, for her conduct with Alan
and detles him. .
CHAPTER Vl—Gerry, as he thinks,
sees Alix and Alan eloping, drops
everything, and goes to Pernambuco.
CHAPTER Vll—Alix leaves Alan
on the train and goes home to (
that Gerry has disappeared.
CHAPTER Vlll—Gerry leaves Per
nambuco and goes to Piranhas. U"
a canoe trip he meets a native girl,
i CHAPTER IX—The judge fails to
I trace Gerry. A baby is born to Alix.
CHAPTER X—The native girl takes
Gerry to her home and shows him
the ruined plantation she Is mistress
' of. Gerry marries her.
CHAPTER XI At Maple house
Collingeford tells how he met Alan —
"Ten Per Cent. Wayne"— building a
bridge In Africa.
CHAPTER Xll—Collingeford meets
Alix and her baby and he gives her
encouragement about Gerry.
CHAPTER XlU—Alan comes back
to town but does not go home. He
aiakes several calls in the city.
CHAPTER XlV—Gerry begins to
Improve Margarita's plantation and
builds an irrigating ditch.
CHAPTER XV—ln Africa Alan
reads Clem's letters and dreams of
home.
CHAPTER XVI —Gerry pastures
Lieber's cattle during the drought. A
baby comes to Gerry and Margarita.
CHAPTER XVII Collingford '
meets Alix in the city and finds her
changed.
CHAPTER XVIII—AIan meets AUx.
J. V. and Clem, grown to beautiful
womanhood, .n the city and realizes
that he has sold his birthright for a
■aeas of pottage.
CHAPTER XlX—Kemp and Gerry
become friends.
CHAPTER XX—Kemp and Gerry visit
I.leber and the three extles are drawn to
gether by a common tie.
CHAPTER XXl—Lleber tells his story.
"Home is the anchor of a man's soul. I
want to go home."
CHAPTER XXII—Tn South America
Alan gets fever and his foreman prepares
to send him to the coast.
CHAPTER XXIII—AIan is carried to
T.ieber's f&ienda, almost dead, and Gerry
sees him.
CHAPTER XXIV—Alan tells Gerry the
tmth about Alix and Gerry tells him of
Margarita and the baby. Alan wonders
and Is dlsgusti.d.
CHAPTER XXV—A flood carries away
Margarita and her baby, despite Gerry's
attempt at rescue.
CHAPTER XXVl—Fever follows Ger
ry's exposure. He send a note to Alix
by Alan when Alan and Kemp go home.
He tells Lleber he can't go home.
CHAPTER XXVII-Alan gets back to
the city and sends Gerry's note to Red
Hill. Alix rails on Alan, but he refuses
to tell her Gerry's story. Alan goes home
to Red Hill
u XXV HI—As Alan returns to
health he builds a barrier between him
self and Clem, who does not understand.
XXIX—Alan and Clem play
hide and seek" with the children.
CHAPTER XXX—Alan meets Kemp !n
the city and takes him to Red Hill. Kemp
tells Alix that Gerry will "hog-tie hisself"
and come home,
CHAPTER XXXT—AIan meditate# leav
ing because he Is not fit to love Clem. He
goes for a ride.
They walked back in silence. Nance
went Into the house, but Alan said ;
good night and stared thoughtfuHy
down the road. His step quickened,
and, walking rapidly, he passed over
the moonlit brow of the hill and down,
down Into the shadows of the valley.
Hard is the battle that has to be won
twice, but when In the small hours of
the morning Alan returned and crept
noiselessly to his room, he felt that
he had won, that he had put the final
seal on the renunciation Nance's words
had well-nigh recalled. Still wakeful.
Alan started packing. He left out his
riding kit
That day awoke to clouds that low
ered and hung about waiting for the
fateful hour of seven when they might
with all due respect to atmospheric
tradition start in with an all-day rain,
but long before the hour struck Alan
had foraged for a biscuit and a glass
of milk and was mounted and away '
for a last ride.
Alan rode with the ease of one born
to the saddle. There was nothing of
the cowboy In his get-up. He used a
mere patch of a hunting saddle, fitted
like a glove to his horse's back, and
rode on the snaffle with a light hand.
The curb rein, that last refuge of a
poor horseman, hung loose and forgot
ten. Alan himself was dresr.d in
well-worn whipcord breeches, short
coat, soft hat, and close-fltting boota
adorned with rowelless spurs. For
his health Red Hill had done wonders.
Hi# body was trim, supple and as vi
brant as the young horse under it.
But Alan's thoughts were far from
■addles and saddle gear as he walked
the restive animal down the dippjng
slope of Long lane and with his riding
crop steadily discouraged the early
morning flies, intent on settling down
to the business of life on his mount's
arched neck and quivering quarters.
He was thinking of Clem. Where could
he go to get away from Clem? Not
tomorrow, not sometime, but today.
Where could he go today? Once the
world had seemed to him a fenceless
pasture where it was good to wander,
where every undiscovered glade prom
ised fresh morsels to an unwearied
palate, but now in bis uiiud the whole
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world had shrunk to the proportions
of Red Hill. Where Clem was, there
was the whole world. Already he felt
the yearning with which his heart
must henceforth turn to Its sole desire.
He crossed the valley, and, as his
horse breasted the opposing hill, he
thought he heard an echoing hoofbeat
behind him. He turned and with one
hand resting on the horse's quarter
gazed back through the gray light, but
Long lane was veiled from view by
overhanging trees. As he lifted *iU
hand, its impress, clearly defined as
an image, caught his eye. How strange!
He had ridden a thousand times and
»>e had never noted such n thing be
fore. It was simple when reduced to
physical terms. The horse was warm
and moist, the hair cool and dry. His
hand pressed the ha!r down iuto the
moisture. But when he had reasoned
out the why and wherefore and tick
eted the phenomenon, the impress still
stared back at him. To his mood it
seemed an emblem of isolation, a thing
cut off, discarded, useless. With a
smile of rebuke at his fancies he
touched the horse with his crop and
gave him his head. The horse sprang
forward, cleared the top of th® hill,
and the rhythmic clatter of his hoofs
as he dashed along the pebble-strewn
road seemed to cleave the still morning
In two.
Alan did not draw rein until he
reached the top of the bluff dividing
the valley from West lake. Then for
a moment he sat and stared down the
long slope. There was a smell of mois
ture in the air. The valley, the whole
world, was expecting, waiting for rain,
and even as he stared the rain came in
a fine, veillike mist that steadied the
tones of\ earth and sky to one even
shade of endless gray. Out of the gray
came the click of iron on pebble. Alan
recognized the quick, springy tread
of a climbing horse. He turned and
faced Clem. He felt the slow color
rising in bis cheeks and his hands
trembled.
They did not smile at each other;
they even forgot to say good morning.
Alan licked his thin lips. They were
as dry as ever they had been with
fever. "Where's your hat?" he asked.
A flicker of amusement showed in
Clem's eyes. She was quite calm and
she could see that Alau was not, that
he was biting his tongue at the feeble
words he had saddled on a heavy mo
ment. "Hats are for sunny days," she
said. "I llkt* rain on my head. Have
you anything special to do? Don't let
me bother you."
"No," stammered Alan, "nothing
that can't be put off."
"Do you remember," Clem went on,
"years ago I asked you to take me
for a ride, and you said not then but
sometime? I've never had my ride
with you. I want It now."
Her eyes were fixed on his and held
him. "I am ready," he said through
dry lips.
She turned her horse and he fol
lowed. They rode in silence at a walk
and then at a trot. Clem turned into
X "Anrees
"Clem," He Cried, "Stopl"
a wood-road. Her horse broke Into a
gallop. She flicked hlni with her whip
and his gathered limbs suddenly
stretched out for a free run. The go
ing was soft. Alnn had fallen behind.
Clots of mossy loam struck him in the
face. Swaying branches showered
drops of water on him. He lost hit
hat. Then his Hps tightened, his eyes
flashed and !:c l>»"?n t > ride. He was
himself !"• '
(To Be Continued.)
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