The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-24
Married Life
the Second Year
By MABEL HERBERT URNER.

BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.
Helen had been home ten days now.
And while these first days of her re-
turn had not been all that she had
dreamed they would be, still she had
been very happy. Though Warren was
not as tender and affectiOnate as she
had hoped, yet he was far more con
siderate of her than he used to be.
The heat had been trying, and made
him at times more irritable. But she
could see he tried not to vent his dis
pleasure on her. And that had been
one OF the things that had hurt her
most. Whatever the cause OF his an
ger or discomfort, he used always
make her feel that it was in some
way her fault
That fearfu~'y hot evening they had
taken the car ride had been the most
unfortunate one since her return.
Warren had been undeniably irritable
and sullen then. Warren hardly spoke
to her on the way home And she
had gone to bed with a heavy heart
fearing that he was relapsing into his
old spells of irritability. But he had
made up for it the next morning in
saying as he started off:
Take it easy today, kitten. Keep
as cool as you can, and tonight We'll
60 to a roof garden. Thatn be better
than crowded trolley ride. How about
having dinner there"
"Oh, no, Warren, we mustn't dine
out so much You know how expen-
sive it is Let's have dinner here first
Just something cold, and then go to
the roof afterward."
"AlI right, economical person." as
no DIIl1o6 at a loose strand of hair
PAYING HER COMPLIMENTS
ooh, you're mussing me all up"
You look prettier when you're
mussed," brushing her hair loosely
over her forehead. There now, go
look at yourself in the GLASGOW look
like the girl on the magazine cover"
When he had gone she did run to
the mirror, and not only was she
slightly dishevelled hair becoming,
but her cheeks were softly flushed and
her eyes shining from Warren's unac-
customed compliment.
He so rarely said anything of this
kind to her that she treasured every
word. And now she was more than
ever glad that since her return she
had faithfully kept the promise she
had made to herself-to always wear
a fresh and dainty house gown every
morning for breakfast and in every
way to make herself as attractive as
she could
Her resolve that Warren should
never again see her carelessly or I'M
becomingly dressed, she had so far
rigidly kept And she felt that the
compliment he had paid her this morn
ing was worth al 1.-The time and effort
1t had cost.
So instead of spending an unhappy
day brooding over his garishness of
the night before, just because he had
said what he did this morning, every
thing was right" again. And she went
about her work humming happily.
That evening they went to the roof
garden, and again the next night. But
each day grew hotter than the one be-
fore.
Warren vowed repeatedly that they
would never spend another summer in
this apartment, but he admitted it
would be better to wait until it was
cooler before they again went apart
ment-seeking.
The papers had daily announced that
the morrow would bring relief. But
the thermometer kept steadily up
ward now, the eighth day of the heat
wave, dawned hotter than any that
had come before. The air was sitting,
Warren had laid all night on a
couch in the front room, and Helen
had her bed drawn close under the
window, but neither had slept Wini-
fred too. on her little cot by the nurs-
cry window, had been most fretful.
Helen" Warren demanded sudden
1y, his chin in the air as he struggled
with his collar, how long will it take
e..
shore?"
"a week at the seashore?"
YES. this thing has reached the
limit. We're not going to stay here
another night in this heat. Well be
sick if we do
But where can we go?"
ITO one of the hotels at some
nearby beach-here's plenty of them. -
PLANNING THEIR TRIP.
ooh. but can we afford it? You
know how expensive it will be-"
It'll be cheaper than having all of
ms sick. Now, can you be ready by 5
and We'll go out this evening""
But Warren"
well. we're going, that's all there
Is about It. | don't intend to spend
enother night like last night. Now
hon't take a lot of things, just enough
FOR you and Winifred to get along on
I'll be home in time to pack my suit
Ease
Nov just leave that to me. All
you've got to do is to get yourself
and Wintfred ready by O'Clock. Can
you do it?"
"Oh, yes. of course l can"
Good! I'll be here at 5 sharp. It'll
take me about twenty minutes to get
my things together and We'll be out
of here by half past.
A week at the seashore. In spite of
Helen's anxiety as to the expense,
she was filled with joyful anticipation.
Somehow the thought of going away
with Warren for a week seemed to
renew the romance of their honey
moon.
To many women he possibility of ro-
nance in married life ends before the