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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 19, 1937
YESTERDAY I JOINED
JOINED THE
CAST-OFF WIVES!
THE is younger than 1, prettier
SHE
and smarter the girl whom Donald is with now.
I tried to arouse his jealousy by Then I met her at an office dance. He only danced with her twice, going out a lot, by staying out late, büt his eyes never left her theby being very gay and a little se- whole evening, and I knew from cretive about my doings. Oh, the She works at his office and I have the amused glances of his friends known that she intended to have that it was already an office joke. him for her own for a long time. I have tried every way I could think of to prevent it, but I have failed.
To-night I am alone carded, deserted wife.
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I knew icy panic that evening. Every time I saw their eyes meet across the room ----- hers soft and appealing, the eyes of a woman in a dis-love I felt sick with fear.
I always scorned "other woman' stories in the past.
ache of sitting alone in some cine- ma, wondering if he was with her now! But he only seemed rellev- ed that I was enjoying myself and leaving him alone.
In the end I tried to talk it over with him. I couldn't
That might as I lay beside Don-frankly ald in bed, I thought of all the ad-stand the suspense any longer. vice I had ever heard given
to women who were losing their hus- bands.
I thought that any woman
who
"What has she that I have not?" But I knew the couldn't keep her man so interest-I asked myself. ed in her and so happy in his home painful answer well enough. that other women and their charms
"Donald," I said one evening, "I know that you're in love with some- one else. I know you too well, dear, for you 'to deceive me. What do you want to do about it? This pretence is only hurting me →→ and you, too, probably. Can't we talk
out?"
would hold no attraction for him, She was younger, fresher, sweet-it over together and find some way didn't deserve to keep him anyway. Jer, sure of herself, with the arro-
Now I know that a wife is han- dicapped from the beginning. The other woman holds all the cards.
gance of youth.
It was then that I knew I had I knew that I was fighting a los-lost him for good. ing battle from then on, but I tried a hundred ways to hold him.
She is always at her best when she sees him; she represents glam- I never reproached him when he our, mystery, the unattainable; he came home late, and supper had doesn't see through her little flat burnt dry in the oven no, even teries and her subtle, sweet black-when I caught the faint scent of mail; he doesn't see her with cream her perfume still clinging to him I tried to on her face or before she has had I didn't reproach him.
be sweet-tempered and time to comb her hair in the morn-
under- standing ings.
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It is about a year ago now. since Jean first crept into the office stories that he used to tell me in the evenings. I guessed then that he was interested.
He refused to be honest with me. He tried to brazen it out. There was nothing in it, he said.
She was a sweet, decent girl- surely he could adfire her, if he being accused wanted to without
of being in love with her.
Surely he could take her out now and then-goodness knows, Life But he did not want to be un-was dull enough. I was jealous, I derstood.
He began to avoid me whenever possible; he moved his things into the spare room --- "sleeping rather badly at the moment, don't want to disturb you,” was his excuse he |could scarcely bear to touch me at times.
was possessive, I was.
I lost control then. That was yesterday.
To-day all anger has left me. feel lonely and sad and a bitter
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But one thing I am thankful for. The awful suspense is over.
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