OF INTEREST T
THE STRUGGLES OF A WIFE
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water
CHAPTER XXX
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water.
Copyright, 1916 Star Company
Myra Webb did not cast any shadow
pn Grace's satisfaction in her success
ful dinner party by telling her that
no word had come from the Imperial j
Magazine office about the story on !
which so much depended.
Vet the mother knew that if it was'
not sold she would have to use the
next fortnight s housekeeping allow- j
ance to pay for the expenses of the
dinner party.
She would have to do this, anyway; ;
hut if a check came to her from the
magazine she would have money 1
enough to replace the housekeeping
allowance and to pay for numerous 1
other things. If it did not come —but, 1
she would not let herself consider this
possibility.
Atleast, in the daytime she put it j
from her mind. It is possible to ban
ish such reflections when one is up
and about one's work. But at night
there is likely to be a fearful period
of reckoning; then one oannot control
one's thoughts.
So Myra Webb would wake in the
middle of the night with a sense of
impounding trouble. She would re- I
member suddenly that she had actu- !
ally spent money that she did not
have. And for what? For a dinner
party that was really beyond their
means.
She tried to comfort herself by re
flecting on how Grace had enjoyed It; j
how Horace had seemed brighter than i
usual, for guests always brought out '
the best in him.
If she had been extravagant through
unselfish motives, need she reproach
herself? Ought she not rather to
congratulate herself on having given
her husband and child a happy even
ing?
The lillls Worry Her
Hut self-congratulations do not set
tle tradesmen's bills, she would pon
der miserably. She had been obliged
to hire a woman to come in and help
l.izzie serve the dinner and wash the
dishes.
"If 1 could only know I had sold
my story!" Myra would sigh.
And then one afternoon she was
summoned to the telephone^
"Mr.Martin wants to speak to you,"
said Perry Martin's stenographer.
"Good morning, Mrs. Webb," came
the man's cheery answer. "I have
been away and only got back yester
day. That's the reason I have not let
you know about your story until now.
Myra's knees trembled under her.
She felt as if she must demand shrilly
what his verdict was. In another
minute she would know the worst, or
the best.
"Well," she said, "what do you think
of it ?"
"It's all right. Good stuff! I like
it even better than your first."
"1 am glad." How cool her voice i
sounded, yet she wanted to exclaim i
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THURSDAY EVENING,
with joy, wanted to clasp her handsH
in relief.
Better Pay Still
"A check will go to you next ;
week," the editor was saying.
"For how much?" Could it be she,
Myra Webb, who was asking this bold
! question ?
j Mr. Martin laughed lightly. 'I was
wondering If you appreciated that this
| last story is a little longer than the 1
first, and since it is even better. 1
think we might add $25 to your,
check."
"Very well." Myra acknowledged I
the information with admirably feign
ed indifference.
So well did she act her part that |
j the editor added, 'T am taking it for
granted that this is satisfactory to
| you, Mrs. Webb. If not, please tell |
me so frankly and I will see what we
can do.'
; "Oh. no," Myra replied, "That will
1 be quite satisfactory, thank you."
She rang off. and dropping into a j
chair, buried her face In her hands 1
and burst into sobs. She was alone, |
for It was L.izßie'B afternoon out. 1
1 "Thank God!" she sobbed. "Oh, j
thank God!"
She let herself cry until her ex- j
; cltement had spent itself. She had
sold her story for $175 dollars! She j
| could pay what she owed! She could
give Gra.ce something for a new dress.
She could perhaps buy herself a new I
blouse!
She started violently as the door |
opened and Grace came in.
(irace Dora Not Understand
i "What's the matter?" the girl de
manded, startled at the sight of her
mother's red and swollen eyes.
"Nothing." Myra tried to smile, j
but failed lamentably. "I have sold j
| a story," she added tremulously, "fori
more than 1 have gotten for any piece
of writing yet."
"Well!" Grace looked at her a mo-,
ment, and then broke into a laugh.
"I do think you are the strangest
creature, mother! You have sold a
story and have been crying about It as
if you hated to part with ,t!"
Myra laughed hysterically. "It is
not that," she protested. "I was cry
ing because 1 was so glad and so
thankful!"
Grace shook her head. "That's an
unusual method of expressing happi
ness and gratitude," she said. "At
| least it's not my way."
1 "No. It's not," Myra agreed. She
was feeling very rnoich ashamed of her
weakness.
"But I'm glad you sold the thing
for a good price!" Grace added. "I
am glad on father's account, too; for
really, when he enjoys company as
much as he does. I do think you
ought to entertain more—l mean, to
have his friends here oftener—and
yours, of course—not only mine. I
am not selfish, you know."
"I know, dear," Myra agreed. "Of
j course you are not selfish."
To Be Continued
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in humidity, and the record scratched
on the aluminum by another tiny pen.
With this instrument is a revolving
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page, and the whole business is put in
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of these devices are carefully "cali
brated" in an air-proof chamber—that
is, they are adjusted under various
conditions artificially produced so that
they will record accurately and uni
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little mechanical observer all the data
as to temperature, pressure r.nd
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ICsattua* Iraa YealtrdaM
Tha thing now. It seamed to Mary,
waa to prepare a way to turn Oerry'a
▼ery obvtoua interest tn Mona to ac
count. Ha muat be brought completely
under control. Mary waa more and
more pleaaed by her own wisdom In
refusing, on any acoount, to take a
hand in the game until the right mo
ment came—an open hand, that U Mary
preferred the role of wtre-puller. She
wanted to aea the rest of the characters
In the little drama a« puppets, like
those tn a Punch and Judy show, with
ferself manipulating them, and mov
ng them, according to her own d»-
alraa.
"We're going to need help,'* she said
to herself, frowning allghtly. after she
had watched Mona and Qerry out of
Bight. "I don't see how we can do It all
alone."
The an unwelcome one.
She and MoniTns felt, ought, no far ns
possible, to play a lone hand. But—
the help of some man aeemed necossiiry.
And suddsnly Mary saw both the man
and the Inspiration she «■«« looking
for. It waa the man who gave her the
great Idea. He waa aoroas the street,
and at first he did not notice her at all.
But, though he had changed a good
deal since she had I ant seen him. and
for the worse, Mary knew him at one*.
Ha was Jack Desring. a telegrapher.
Mona Had No Difficulty in Kmap
ing Him at Arm't Length.
Some time before Mary had been em»
ployed in the offices or a great tele>
graph company, in another city. It was
there, Indeed, that she had had some
of the bitter experiences that hail led
her to make her present pact with
Mona—a pact tn which she and Mona
were allied against men Deerlng had
been one of the few men among her
fellow workers In whom .Mary had seen
any signs of chivalry and decency. Ho
had been kind to her. and, apparently,
without thought of any reward. She
knew him exactly for what he waa: a
weak, pleasant chap, who never meant
to do wrong, and seldom, as a matter
of fact, did right; a man who was al
ways an easy victim of a stronger will,
and could, therefore, In all probability,
be used in the vague plan she was al
ready forming.
She crossed 'he street and walked
along behind Deerlng, studying him.
It was plain that he was seeing bad
days HIH clothes were shabby. His
elbows were shiny; his heels were run
down. There was a dispirited sag to 1
his shoulders. His whole bearing spoke
eloquently of discouragement, of a
ready surrender to adversity. 'llls gait
was shambling. He lacked purpose.
Plainly he was one of the great army
of the down and outs. Mary's eyes
brightened. She caught up to him.
"Why—Jack Deerlng! she said,
heartily. "Whoever would have
thought of seeing you here?"
He responded Instantly to the warm
friendliness of her tone. And he made
an Instant effort, too. to brace up; to
prevent her from seeing how hopeless
he really was.
"Hello, Mary!" he said "It's good to
see you! How's every little thing?"
But the gayety of his voice was
forced.
•'Fine, Jack!" said Mary "How Is it
with you? You look—well?"
"Oh, I'm all right!" he said. "I've
had a little hard luck, but things are
going to break better for me now. I've
been sick, you see."
"Come Into the park and we'll have
a talk, for old times' sake." said Mary.
He went with her willingly, and when ;
they were seated on a bench Mary
turned on him frankly.
"Now. Jack." she said, "'fens upl
Tou're up against It, aron't you? You
needn't be ashamed to tell me—l've
been to you for help!"
He broke down quite suddenly.
"I didn't think I'd ever go crying to
a wqman," he said, hlttprly. "But
you're right, Mary! What's the use of
living? They've got me pretty nearly
down and out!"
"Here," said Mary. She slipped him,
very quietly, a bill. "Take It'" she
said, furiously, when he tried to refusa.
"What good's a friend If you won't let
them help? Besides—-this Isn't a gift.
It's an advance. I'm going to need your
help. I want you to go to some place
where I can reach you at any time.
You're ready for pretty nearly any
thing, aren't you?"
"For anything at all!" he said. "Clod
bless you. Mary!"
"I'll give you a chance to prove It."
she said. "Now, go to this little hotel
and wait till you hear from me. It
won't be long."
Mona. meantime, had thoroughly en-
Joyed her ride with Oer»-y. Aimost
from the first. Gerry had been disposed
to he more friendly than It Is necessary
for an architect to be with his client,
but Mona had had no difficulty in keep
ing him at arm's length. She had
adopted the simplest of all women's
expedients: she had simply pretended
not to understand the significance and
th« real meaning- of hls» advances.
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
Spiritualist Bride of
20 Sues For Divorce
Philadelphia.—Married when she
was only sixteen, Mrs. Mabel E. Kiver,
a spiritualist, is seeking a divorce. She j
is now twenty, and since she is under
legal age, T>r. Jacob H. Ford is con
ducting her suit in his name.
The young wife has two children
and lives with her parents. Mrs.
River, her father and her mother hold
spiritual seances every Sunday night. ,
Mabel was married to Charles Rivet
nearly four years ago at Norristovvn,
where River worked in a lock factory.
Doctor Ford says his daughter and her
husband have not lived together six
months since the wedding. River dis
appeared thirteen months ago and has i
not supported his wife and children,
the family charges.
Pastor Will Set Type
When Not in Pulpit
St. I-ouis, Mo.—The Rev. W. F,
Kirkpatrick. pastor of the Pentecostal j
Church at Upper Alton, is going to i
divide his time between preaching and
printing. He has installed a job
press and fonts of type in'the church
building, at College avenue and Wash
ington street, and will alternate be
tween setting type nnil preaching the
Gospel. He thinks he will be able to
do both acceptably, as he is a union
printer as well as an ordained min
ister.
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30 Members
Thursday, June 1. has been definite-'
ly fixed as the dale for forming or
"rejuvenating" a league of the Jovian
order —the nation-wide organization
of electrical men —for Harrisburg.
Foremost in the movement is P. H.
Bailey, commercial manager of the
Harrisburg l.ight and Power Com
pany, an official higli in the councils
of the order in Columbus, 0., his for
mer home. Thirty or more well
known engineers, all of whom are
practical electrical men or have
electrical training, are co-operating In
the plan. J. <\ Vogel. Philadelphia, 1
statesman-at-large in Pennsylvania,
recently came to this city to outline
the rejuvenation plans and to arrange
with Mr. Bailey for the formal or
ganization. Harrisburg already boasts
of a number of members of other
Jovian leagues. The degree team of
the Philadelphia league will come to
llarrlsburg June 1 to put the candi
dates of Harrisburg's league through
their paces. Among those who will
likely comprise the charter roll will
be:
P. H. Bailey, Samuel M. Bair,
George 1,. Brleker, Jacob Fi Pricker, |
Charles A. Carl, M. B. Doughten,
Kwen \V. Howard, Horace B. Pratt,
Theodore J. (Sould. Carl M. Kalt
wasser, general manager of the Har
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Archibald Millar, M. K. RUSH. Rrnest I
Selig. John S. Musser, 1.. A. W. Shoaff,
R. R. Jones. Frank S. Kirk. John
Price Jackson. State Commissioner of
Labor and Industry, F. Herbert Snow-,
chief engineer of the Public Service
Commission of Pennsylvania, and
George B. Tripp, former vice-presi
dent anil general manager of the Har
risburg Light and Power Company
and now a vice-president of the United
(Jas and Electric engineering corpora
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MAY 18, 1916.
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Marian Lambert, has turned his Wau- j
kegan jail into a classroom. Confl- j
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