The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-15
frs0pyriE1xs. 1919. BY Associated Liter
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JoannA HANDED her husband his 1T
90 cup or black coffee across the
3 DxUxxy table. But Ward Corson, ser
~ appeal In the sweet face he knew
Il M heart. answered the glance by a
&He<tion. They were alone, as usual
q and the babies had been long asleep.
Anything wrong. dear7 Babies
Il rross2 Katie rampant"
The young wife laughed at thss.
Tor Cook Katie was as meek as a
rabbit.
No, Katie, is perfect, and the ba-
3 bies are angels. and though ! must
#kAy dreaded leaving my own house.
q this hat Is the easiest place 10 keep
Y W, and such n nice reighborhood.
81 q quite like the looks OF nearly every
4 6Oai that lives within blocks!" She
ii ofppcd at her coffee and sighed.
Ward chuckted Does the sigh
Aszean sorrow that the neighbors are
n1ce."
1T means that they don't seem -
Y HHa out soon enough that / am nice.
u ard will say that I'm lonesome here.
#H doesn't seem that they intend TO
make friends. IT isn't as II we came
here from another part of the city
Ne re strangers even In the State. IL
nat even as II we were horrid climb
&xAl don't care for a mere call
Il Ink and pink tea list, or for daily
b Bridge fights as vol call them. but
DO want to make friends Most OF
fna nfighhur haze called and ] have
B Hnkurned the calls. But that's all"
@ sveais the r'rfnutc can be
ere the business will warrant our
N&AytnE here for good, we'ii buy or
n build our own home. and things will
"a dtfferen.- Flat dweilers are
nun&ed transcients in most places.
..-l. IN. ID
|#EIV has been very decent TO me.
M sNell, she called and i returned.
11d she occasionally borrows some
#szeGee or something, and ] do the
Il ame. And we smile over the fence
&mnd mention the weather. and that y
#6als 1t makes me lonesome to see
SN&9 other women, mostly about my
"a -, too. running In and out of each
S&4her's houses
zsz sJFeiI" be comforted. ave noticed
4hAt things often come In punches.
4MAy'u come round in time. ! haven't
III Hny -sctecr-tfressra or hammered
Z0Nng person than you hereabouts,
ma you're miles prettier than any az
&sm She biushed girlishly Mt the
kreband's opinion. And you're
III <ster fousekeeper than anybody -
xfnRs always look just ready for a
kncfIan'
ssThey are she asserted with
d Sf4de. Mrs. Rancey has been clean
Anx and stewing fer days because OF
nm little luncheon she gives tomorrow
9ssEo the women of the neighborhood--
U "a but me. Why do you suppose she
z04ansf AJAX me? And she L. the sort
u ok housekeeper who let's everything
#Eet dirty and then has wild spells OF
VI Meaning. can see her from the SIT
11nx room window fussing about. 1t
snakes me wild TO show them what
i - fvxA
i 1ufA / could teach her Something
II Ahomt salad"
The two went into the den where
Il fhe man got his beloved evening
paper. and the little wife pricked at
sa-a istt of sewing. Shit essayed more
X tAfks hut he hardly heard her. SO she
~ Aesisted.
Tsss next Y morning she sat and
watched her three-year baby amuse
4he fwo-yeBr baby on the floor. and
Etnrned from time to time to her win
New whence she saw her neighbor
&p6y with silver and china and cut
A3laHs. A florists boy left flowers and
xieIicatessen wagon made deliveries.
W smart negro cateress arrived on the
scene. and from the open window
much talk arose. II was a clear. spien-
4 TIA day. for the heavy spring rains
had suddenly ceased, and April was
y marvel OF birdsong and greenery.
4xQSA 6AitSs III tnt SHthiAE hih%hSh
VAS grooming an Irish song.
Jeanna, locking and listening, felt
~ ~ hurt grow iittie.-She might
hare been asked, she thought. II she
had" been In the neighborhood there
hut two months And she felt herself
Huife the kind OF woman she saw at
8hA Ranceys.
An hour or two passed and before
neon she had worked herself into
puite an unhappy and resentful mood.
ME resolved TO hide her time. and re
4AlfAte. Once in her own house, the
1oveiy one she and Ward had for
EMYAAwN been planning when they
sas ahouid finally have established them
a GAlyes permanently IN a business city,
md she would not even know these
people. She glanced again from the
sE1ndnw. Then she heard a crash In
y the Raneey house, a scream. and
u then some scoIding and expostulation.
y I'M moment the smart negress, her
~ Nj on. swung wrathfuily out of the
s&jfchen. still talking
Il sSSy NO. amt gwine stay, an be
snc0idadi Wouldn't a-dropped dat
u nAlad nohow eff hadn't been nervous
kong a-bein' ''bossed." an I'm glad
mi done bruk de old dish, I'm gwine
Vi Nome" And despite representations.
1lse departed.
& Mrs. Rancey stood q moment, ir-
esoIutely In the door. and then the
ESkAarp rolled down her cheeks. She
q Rocked UP and saw Joanna.
z E oh. what shall / do?" she walled.
Here have ten women due for
3nncheon In an hour. and everything
E#Mk critical point and that Great
&zatres dropped the salad and broke the
y keSt dish ] own. These Independent
%ntreiings---Id enjoy whipping herr
81 31anna smothered instantly a little
Feeling of satisfaction. and with her
sSSaa1 generosity rose to the occasion.
VI me let her gaze rest a moment on
the man fixing the roof above her
s4fONb1ed neighbor. and then called 10
e N&f:
let me lend you my Katie and my
M1Ad dish. and the material TO make
hi smother salad have tomatoes and
#8obGfer--and f."
Troubles indeed. come not singly
fnothcr crash and scream inter
E4Uptcd the glad acceptance Mrs. RAN