Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-20

about that 70 make you get up on your
hind legs and paw the air2 ..,..- ,
You pirate a lot about having tried so
hard TO be economical Well. what u III
The wire Of man In my posi-
ton IL supposed TO be economcal--isn't
she2 And / didn't say you hadn't been.
What | did say-and what l say right
here again is that we've got to cut down
somewhere. But whats IN that 10 make
you hysterical?
And your letter about earning money"
yourself, and paying your share OF the
expenses" was a lot OF rot. didn
say anything about wanting you TO work
did II You've got your job right there
tending TO the house aud Wlnitred.
What you need Is more common sense
and less hysteria. That's what you've
always needed. You're constantly going
off at some wild tangent about some
blooming thing or other.
And this last fool idea OF yours about
working" You couldn't make enough
10 earn your salt. Now get all such non
sense out OF your head. As l wired you,
this Is no time for heroics.
By George! II l was marrying again
Ia be mighty darn certain that the
woman had one thlng-common sense.
But it's a quality most women have pre-
eious little of-and you've none at ALL
Now I've got all can handle out here,
without being bothered with any more
hysterieal melodramatic letters from you.
Didn't even read all the last one. Got Tar
enough 10 know that you'd sent the check
back because you went up In the air at
what l said about cutting down expenses,
and about my not being able 70 tako UP
an offer out here because OF you ana
wInifred.
Now / never said anything about you
being an ''unwelcDme burden. You're
always putting words In my mouth. III
wager you got that phrase out OF some
fool novel. What l did say was that !
..l-. rs Few married
men can. II was alone I'd go into this
Harrington deal so quick it'd make your
head swim. But what Of II? Just be-
cause made a statement OF facts was no
reason for you TO fly off the handle.
Now I'm returning the check, ana
saw again. make II go as far Is you can
And I'll say. too, Just what / sAio before
iFat I've got a dcvilish lot OF expenses
out here and we've got to cut down GONG
where. Now null this over =,
A. FOR coming home, ] told you al
along / couldn't tell when I'D come, I've
got 10 put this thing through and I'm
Going to stay till ! do. In the meanune
YOU keep things going there Is wen anu
rs economically as you can. That youI
5ob And 10 do It well is a darn sight
bstt.r than a lot OF hot air about being
independent" Yours, etc. WAHAEsN'
lust as Helen finished reading this
Della came to the door.
Does YOU want me TO iron that dress
of Winifreds now, or will / clean the
silver first
ua,sp looked at her yscsntly. .'oh
yes-yes. you'd better do that. she an
swered mechanically. not knowing what
Della had said.
And Della went hack to her work won
sering what was in the letter to bring
that look TO Helen's face.
Left along again Helen crushed the
letter in her hand. Sometimes In the
most intense moments an absurd thought
will flash through the mind. and SO now
the thought came to Helen that Warren
would call that melOdramatic- In
novels and on the stage they always
crush the letter" go she smoothed IL
out with a harsh laugh which sounded
.urfously strange and artificial in the
.tIu room. And that. too, was melo-
dramatic. she thought-they always
laugh harshly" oh. why should she
.hink Of such things nov?
she stooped and picked up the check
from the floor where it had fallen She
has sent back the other one. But she
5are not send hack this. She needed II
100 desperately. Della had 10 be paid
tomorrow and the milk and ice bill were
10Th overdue.
A slckening sense OF her helplessness
possessed her. She must accept this
check and the letter that came with it
each word Of which vas a lash to her
pride and seIf-respset. Warren had
written her many curt letteTs-5ut never
before one like this. II seemed almost as
though he had worded It with the de-
ilberzte purpose Of h1milisting her as
much IS he could