The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-21
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

D TT. Warren. YOU won't he
gone long," asked Helen
~ lremulous'y. can, ten
- how long I've got TO stay
TIL put this deal through
or find out that IL can't be done
and I'm not going TO find that out,
But how long do YOU THINK it'll
take-ABOUT how long
Cad. that's like YOU. If tell you
don't know-thcn you want TO know
what ] 1illNki You never let up
why. dear. | Just wanted Ia know
about when J could expect YOU back''
We'll. ] told YOU I don't know-I
DON'T KNOW! And I'm not going
to guess or surmise about thing |
don't know
oh. Warren. don't-pleasc don't
let's have any harsh words before YOU
well. then don't irritate me by
your internal persistence When 7
SAY / don't know I MEAN ! don't
ping a cigar and looking around
frowninEly. Cant YOU ever leave
any matches where they can be
found?'
why. aren't they right there on
Huh; carefully hidden behind a
vase. But ] don't see" striking
match with unnecessary force, why
YOU r" so keen about my coming back
y llttlc separationll do us both good
We've been grating on each other a
whole lot lately"
oh. Warren. don't say that
Well, I WILL say that. It's tile
truth. We're always getting on each
others nerves. It's got To where you
eAaSp"rate me 80 at tlmos"--
Warren, HOW do I cXasperate
You? II you'd only tell me--Td try
so hard not TO- Sometimes II seems
lhat | cant say anything without ir-
rltatinS yo'I.'
There you go again! That re-
mark not likely to put me in a good
humor-is it? Now I say my having
tn go on this trip is a mighty good
thing for VA both We've been
anyway. Al married people ought TO
have vacation from each other oc-
casionally. MS better TO have IT.
tie separation now and tllcn-than
Psr'TanTn, narn,1 on, one s,.g. after @ ThIle."
nuirercd. WHY, Warren, what do
YOU mean"
Just what ! say That it's better
to have little separation now and
then than n permanent one later on
'B't Warren. you can't mean-ol
you CAN'T mean
Now, for heavens sake don't got
melodramatic, People DO separate
sometimes fts not an uuhe card OF
'u'h--lS Il. but j Ut not saying
were going 10. What | DO saw is
That IN be a darn sight better for
us TO have n few short separations
than 10 take the chances OF mighty
long one"
"Oh. Warren. that YOU could ever
consider such n thin@r
There you are again. You're al
ways putting words into my mouth I
can usually manage TO say what I
mean And If meant I was consid-
crlng our separation I'd say so. Now
Tor heavens sake drop the subject
DROP 1T! by Jove. Of all persistent
women, When YOU get started there's
no stopping YOU. You can harp on "A
Thing longer than anybody ever
knew
Helen bit her lip. Something had
made him unusually irritable today
and he was taking IL out on her For
almost week she had known there
was a possibility Of his having TO go
ON this California trip, but II was not
definitely decided until today
ma not only had he come home
from the office this afternoon with
the news that he was going Thurs-
day. but lle had also come home In
an unusually bad humor
Where are those time tables !
brought with mc?'
You LETT them In tho dining
room Walt, III get them"
''Now.' as he spread them out be-
fore him. nv" got TO find a train
hat leaves around midnight that'u
pnt me in Buffalo before noon.
want Il colIp!e of hours there to sec
Bradford before I go on
Helen watched him In silence as
he frOwncd over tho time tables
There was a cold. ClutchlnE weight
at her heart that had been there