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ter success on the road; it did well
in England and Germany. Now Win
throp Ames Is giving it a revival at
his tittle Theater, and New York is
taking to the play-much mors kindly
thait it diet when it was first present
ed. Grace George ismuch liked in the
leading role. '
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"THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
A LETTER FROM JACK
Chapter- CXXXI I
(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. greattribulation.
Dear Margie," he wjote, "I am in
awful trouble, and, as you have al
ways been so gooti to me, I am just
going to throw myself 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 not' worthy to tie her little shoe
and I might as well tell jrou first as
last Mary is my wife. We were mar
ried, before I came home .from college
forfyours and Dick's wedding! Oh,
yes, I know it was madness me with
nothing in the world and nearly a
whole year of, college before gradua
tion, but you.mtistn't blame Mary, be
cause she did not want to do it, but,
Margie, she loyes me as much as I
love her, and I persuaded, her. You
see, I knew she was going on the
road with the company and I was
mad with the fear that some better,
richer man than I wouldfaU In love
with her and that possibly she might
forget me.
"We had fqur weeks of Heaven
hHe you people thought I was out
camping with the fellows, and then
we separated and I have jonly had her
dear letters since. f
"When she told me the -company
wag to be in your town, for a week
I wrote you, for 1 knew you would
love Mary, but I had no thought. at
that time ofvthe terrible catastrophe
that has befallen my darling or the
utter chaos into which it would hurl
us. t , ." -
"Margie, Mary did not leave with
the 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 wanted to throw up this old de
gree and go directly to Mary when
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 will 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'
amafraid that Mary will want for
somethings as I am sure she must
have very Utile 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
J. persuade her that it is best for me to
chuck it and go to her. Why, Madge,"
Mary's comfort Jar 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
unahle to do anything to lighten the
load of the one being X love best in
all the world. Fmd her, Margie, and
tell her I must conie to her even if, '
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