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f terr success on the road; it did well in England and Germany; Now Win throp Ames i3 giving it a revival at his Little Theatex,and New York is taking to the play much more kindly t thaff it did -when it was first present ed. 'Grace George is much liked in the' leadifigrole. THF CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE A LETTER FROM JACK Chanter CXXXII (Copyright, 1914, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) While I was writing my ideas about married life a special delivery letter was brought me. It was from Jack, .who is in great tribulation. "Dear Margie,' he wrote, "I am in awful trouble, and, as you have al ways been so good to me, I am just going to throwjqiyself on.your mercy, for you are 'the only one who can help me. "You have met Mary, and you know what a. dear girl she is. .Margie, I am noteworthy to tie her little shoe and I might as well tell you first as last rMary is my wife. We -were mar ried before I came home from college for yoursand Dick's yedding! Oh, yes, I know jt was madness me with nothing in the world and nearly a whole year of college before gradua tion, hut you mustntt.blame'Mary, be cause she- did not want to do, it, but, Margie, she loves, me as- much as I love her, and I persuaded her. You see, I knew she was going- on the t road with the company and I was " mad -with the fear that some better, richer man than I would fall in love with her and that possibly she might forget me. "We, had four weeks of Heaven while you people thought I vas out camping with the fellows, and then we' separated and I have only had her dear letters 'since. "When she told me the company was to be in your town for a week I wrote you, for I knew you would love Mary, but I had no thought at that time of the terrible catastrophe that has befallen my darling or the utter chaos into which it would hurl us. "Margie, Mary did not leave with jthe company. She is still in your city. While, she was there she wrote me, that it would be impossible for her to' play any longer. The poor darling has been keeping 'it secret from me for -months that she was going to have a child, because she knew I was beside myself with worry about her, "What shall I do, Margie? -t "I wanted-to throw up this old de gree and go directly to Mary when 4 she wrote about herself , but she said if '. I did she would go somewhere where I could not find her. She said that we must stick it out now as we planned, but some way- our plans made when we were delirious with the joy of lov ing seem childish and futile now. "I am worried .as to how Mother and Dad win enjoy having a family thrust upon them instead of a boy just out of college. (And well you may, Jackie, after the way they took the announcement of your inter est in the young lady last night). I am afraid that Mary will want for something, as I am sure she must have very little money. I have sent -her every cent I possibly could, but when I think of her in that big city, alone and perhaps wanting the little luxuries that belong to women in her condition, I almost go mad. Margie, please, please go and find her right away for me, won't you? Try and ' persuade her that it is best for me to chuck it and go to her. Why, Madge, - " Mary's comfort tot- a week means more to me than any honor that any college on earth can possibly confer and yet, here I am tied to the mast, unable to do anything to lighten the load of the one being I love best in all the world. Find her, Margie, and J J tell her-I must come to her even iX1, -AJOli.- & it '&&