The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-22
Married Life
the Second Year
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

room than here. We can open the hall
door and get a breeze through"
1T isn't cool anywhere, and this
apartments the limit. There's no ven
tilatiOn in these rooms at all; they're
damned right up against that brick
wall. Wen not stay here another sum-
mer. can tell you that"
But. dear, this is unusually hot
weather; we've never had it like this.
Yesterday was the hottest day in
twelve years. Wasn't that what the pa
per said?'
ayes, but this place is unsufferable.
Its hotter than my office, and that's
bad enough, Get on your things, and
we'll go out for a car ride. m not go
ing TO sWelter here all evening"
Put dear, what about Winifred?"
"Have Mrs. O'Grady come up and
stay with her"
Helen hesitated. She disliked leav-
ing her with the janitOr's wife and yet
it was too hot to drag her around
night like this.
"Well. if You wan to stay you can,
but I'm going out. You've been coop
ed up here all day, | should think
you'd like to get little air.
"Oh, you know | would, I'd love to!
] was only thinking about Winifred."
to sit here a couple of hours for so
cents.
ALL CARS CROWDED.
Helen teIephoned down to Mrs.
o Grady, who came up at once.
"Wherc shall we go?" asked War
rem, when a little later they reached
the street. Take the car to One Hun
dred and TWenty-fifth street and
come back on the Riverside bus?"
"Oh, that WOuld be lOvely!"
"All right here comes carl"
But the car was crowded, there was
not seat and several were standing
No use trying to get on there, we'll
have to wait for the next"
But the next was even more crowd
ed. Warren swung his cane inpatient
ly. "That's the trouble in trying to get
anywhere in New York. You always
have to go with the rabble."
Wait, dear, maybe therell be some
seats on the next one said Helen
hopefully.
1t was several minutes before an
other came. There was just two seats
on the rear platform. Two workmen
i'm their shirt sleeves and colored
boy were the other occupants.
But it isn't so bad, dear" said Hell
en-. You really do get a better view
on the back seat than anywhere in
the car, and it's cool back here.
Warren hung his hat on his cane
and ran his fingers through his hair.
It's better than that stuffy apart
ment. Helen, we've really got to get
out of there. | meant what said I'm
not going to spend another summer in
that place"
urh N on a
can't get anything else for what we
are paying there"
"Why cant we? There are plenty
of apartments in New York"
But you know the agent made us
a special rate on that, and heard that
the first of October they're going to
raise all the apartments $40 a month
to anyone coming in. Only those who
have leases can renew them at the
same rates"
"Nonsense. They can't get any
more than they are getting for those
flats.
'Why, yes, Warren, they're cheap,
we have six rooms and bath for $40.
And for that neighborhood, that's very
low. ! don't believe we could get any
thing else for that"
OF course you can, it's only mat
ter of looking. You can get anything
if you look for it long enough and go
after it right AS soon as this heat lets
UP little We'll go some afternoon and
size up a few places. There" he point
ed to some large apartment houses
they were passing. Those look like
pretty decent places, and I'll wager
the rooms would be cool, too"
But dear, do you want to come up
30 far?"
well. if I take the subway a few
more stations don't matter"
''All out! Car ahead" shouted the
conductor.
Warren muttered some thing about
the wretched service of the surface
cars. They managed to get seat in
the car ahePd, but at the next corner
some people crowded in and stood in
front of them
Gomez" Warren rose angrily. I'm
not going to stand for this. Let's get
out and walk-its only few blocks
further"
They climbed out, making their way
with difficulty past a stout woman
with baby on her lap and a man
with his legs crossed.
That's the last time we'll take that
line" declared Warren more and more
airritated at each discomfort
But it'll be lovely going back or
the bus. It's so beautiful along there
by the river, said Helen soothingly.
She was anxiously trying to make
their outing a pleasant one. He so of
ten made her feel that 1t was her fault
IL things went wrong.
They walked slowly over to River
side Drive.
Here. we get the bus over on this
side. Jove. look at that crowd waiting