Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-03


would give us so much more time"
And pay rent in both places? Well,
guess not"
Helen dropped her sewing and came
over and rested her cheek against his.
You haven't signed the lease YETI"
well what OF it?"
Don't sign IT, dear. Let's not take
that apartment. l don't think Wen be
happy there"
why not?'
oh, you know | don't like 1.-THE loca-
tion-the whole atmosphere of the build
! ing
Now look here, we thrashed all that
| out last week-and we're not going over
It again. BY CAD. you're a persistent
woman!
"Nothngs ever settled with you. You're
eternally barking back to the same thing.
Now I'm going 10 sign that lease to.
morrow, and we're going to move in on
the first. Is that plain?'
Helen flushed Warren, do you rea-
! lize how much this means to me? I'm in
the apartment all day--youre there only
in the evening shouldn't my wishes have
some weght?"
oh, that's your tone is Il? You're try
ing to make out that I'm forcing you
into this. Didn't | tell you all summer
10 look around-to find some apartment
where we wouldn't be shut up against a
brick wall as we are here? And you
said you couldn't find anything-wasn't
| that it,
Il said couldn't find anything as good
as this for what we're paying here.
Well. l did find something You were
obstinately determined to stay here. and
that was your method Oh working it
only It didn't happen to work"
"Oh, Warren. / dldn't try to work any
/ thing-you know that's not like me.
! I'm not so darned sure about that
! OF course l wanted TO stay mere. / told
you that all along You know how we
looked at apartments before we came
back. and / couldn't find anything to
/ compare TO this"
We'll, l found six good size rooms
with plenty OF air and light, in a brand
new apartment, and not a cent more than
we're paying now"
! "Oh! but the neighborhood! Dear,
there's a garage and a Chinese laundry
| right across the street, and all the rest
Of the block is.
But we're not living across the street
nor on the rest OF the block, either.
| Wen be comfortable In that apartment
and that's all I'm aiming at II you've
aspirations for a fashionable address
you've married the wrong man to crafty
them"
"Oh, Warren, how unjust! You know
I'm not thinking OF a fashionable address.
But / didn't want TO be In a street over
/
the street-it's the whole atmosphere of
the building. Dear, l know we won't be
happy there"
Well he haven't been so internally
happy here-have we2"
NO, perhaps not" In a low voice,
though It hasn't been the fault Of the
apartment"
With an oath Warren rose and flung
his paper 20 the floor
Nov, see here, / told you we weren I
going 10 discuss this. Well l mean just
what | said. Now" emphasizing each
word with a vigorous thump on the table.
We're going into that apartment the
first OF October. You had your chance
to find something and didn't do 1t. So
now we're going 10 take this. and we're
not going 10 talk any more about It. Do
| you hear?'
He went out slamming the door after
him.
Helen heard him getting his hat and coat
in the HAN and then came the bang OF
the outside door. For several moments
she sat motionless where he had left her.
Then she went over 10 the window.
Warren was standing on the corner
waiting for a car. The street lamp III