El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
MARRIED LIFE THE SECOND YEAR
BY MABEL
HERBERT URNER

& christmas day. And now 10 give them
anOther opportunity to further slight
{ her-tO let Carries children annoy
w Injured while the rest OF the family
/ looked cOmpIacently onl No. no. sbe
Z would not gOi Tt was not often that
Helen took so firm a stand. but now
she did not waver-
Carrie on the Phone.
When Warren came home for dinner
ne maintained the same stolid silence
as at breakfast. This was the way he
was Furnishing her. and she knsw h
she did not go-he would keep ii up in
definitely.
It was Just as they left the table
tnat the telephone rang. Helen usual
Iy answered the phone, and she did 50
now without thinking. II was Carrie.
..Ig 5.- y AusW ner voice with the first
memo she mad OF course not seen or
spoken 10 her since the Christmas Incl
uenI and now there was an en-
oe7II1-ed pause Then Carrie said
Is Warren there2"
wire" H0iu the
Warren, Carrie wishes TO speak TO
You she called into the sitting room.
~ alleh came out and took the re-
Hello. oh a. 70
Wen that's sensible Ioathe these
MONDAY dinners No reason whv Won
should ruin your digestion iust he
Sause It's a holiday. That's
Iine- Yes, III be there in
time to make the punch
HeIenS not coming vo,,,11
have TO ask her that
haven't the least idea. I'm oa1v ac-
counting for myself these DAYS
res I'll call YOU
up tomorrow. GoOd-bv
Warren came back into the SITTING
room and took up his paper without
Helen was standing by the window
pressing her flushed face against rhs
cool pane Of the glass. The beII dooT
i Haa oeen open and she could not help
Had Carrie asked him If she was com
ing or had he volunteered thar in
Una to-Lllallon- And when he said ''TOu11
cS,, 20 ask her about that'-it was. OF
curse IN answer TO Carries WHY
nat would he have said had she not
80, Len tlefs-nad ne not known she could
near hlmf What would he saw fO77o-,-
Io 9ts When he called Carrie up from his
For the first time Helen res1iz.5 -.
p9ssiolilty OF w arren talking her over
with MS people. 1t is always . -
-uI moment when this realization ffrSA
comes 20 any vile That her hushorI
the one 10 whom she Is Dea~sr 49,,
10 any one in the wOrId-thsf h. -.
stand apart and discuss her Fin an
way '"aJ Is crlucal or disapprovinEf
What Would He sayf
Zen Win ner sensitive
ana vivid Imagination tortured be-sa1S
with questions as TO what ne V-or1I5
ay--and now he would say it? V6e1
carrie pressed him for a reason for h.
l lol conlng-What reason would he
OF course Carrie knew the rssso,
el Helen Lelt she would pretend no.
% snow That she would ignore ~
-ucloent OF Christmas and ask We
en-, with well assumed surDrise ~
isn helen coming9"
,rr- -AHl lhen what would Warren sav9
w ouId ne refuse TO discuss Ii ans Ssv
IS ne had tonight ''Youu have Ia ssl
-eI ABOUT that or would he tsll- -
-artle aoout herr Would they tsilv OreT
ne lhcloent of Christmas when 81 bo5
50 Indignantly left the roon2 TVlsot
"uutQ lney say about it, Could We
-sn talk her over" with anyone-sva7
WITH his sister? 0"
some such tOrturing thoughts "a
wife. No'ii7 20 every
ana now to Helen they came with a
SICK realization that after an in many
Fays she stood alone She could never
sam Ieei quite the same sense of "be--
~ one with Warren that she had be-
tEND OF THIS sERIEsl
The first number OF married IAfe
n me Third ear" VIII appear on this
'age shortly.