The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-11
Married Life.
the Third Year

When Hslaa a~oke tho next nacgnr
ing her nDst Impulse was to call 10
Warren IN the berth abov~ Than
came the s1ckening realization that he
was not thepe-And The mAmogy Of
the wretched Incident Of the night
before.
She glanced quickly at the osuch
and carpet under the portfolio. was
that dark stain water? Had the
waves washed in ardr all? Slipping
out of bed. she felt the green velour
couch covering. It was soaked
through, and 90 WAS the carpet
So Warren had bean right N CLOS
ing their ven1lator. Because she was
seasick she had insisted on having
air, and had finally asked the stew
ardsss to lot her s3eeD IN a vacant
stateroom vhe0e she CoUaD nave tns
window open. warFeu. white with
rage. had let hsr 60.
She BITTERLY regretted Il now. Shs
had Thought that he was merely OBJ
stinate In closing their ventilator.
and that the waves would not come
in. But it would have been better
to endure the sitting heat than to
have gone to another stateroOm in
this way
The stewardess would undoubtedly
sneak Of it, and 1t would be gossiped
about tho ship that sho and her hus-
band had quarreled. Warren's atti-
tude would bear this out, for he was
furious and might hardly speak to
her for the rest of the trip. And
they were not due in New York until
Saturday noon-almost three days.
Although her dizzy nausea had
passed away, and tho angry sea had
.moHhed down to q tranquil, clear,
blue surface, Helen, - she sat on thu
edge of tho berth, was trenendously
unhappy.
Warren uz yet! The sunlight was
streaming in the portfolio. but she
felt it was still early. Had she bet
ter 60 back TO their stateroom now
and try to mako things right Was
there anything she could say or do
that wound mako things right? When
he was thoroughly angry. he was al
ways SO hsrd to appeass.
Gathering up the few things she
had brought with her, she threw on
her dressing gown and hurried down
the corridor to their stAteroom. But
Warren was not there. Yet 1t was
only 7:3o-he had evidently gotten
out carly On purpose.
Quickly she bathed and dressed and
went down to the dining salon. War
rem was Just finishing his breakfast.
with a murmured good morning" to
which he replied without looking up.
A Mr.. Walters, who sat Just across
from them remarked politely that he
was glad to SEE her down.
al
morning. answered Helen. How is
Mrs. Walters? Isn't she coming to
breakfast"
NO, she isn't quite over it yet. we
had it pretty rough yesterday. The
captain says it has been the toughest
summer trip he can remember
"Oh, Warren, that is interesting,
exclaimed Helen, pitifully eager to
draw him into conversation and break
his frowning silence. mo wonder
l was ILL.,
But Warren ignored her and d.
rected his answer to Mr.. Walters
"Oh, they say every trip is the
toughest 1t is like the hottest OF
coolest day in the history of thu
weather bureau-we seem to get them
every season"
Mr. Walters laughed, and he and
Warren talked on. Once or twice
Helen ventured a timid comment
which Warren entirely ignored.
When he finished his breakfast, he
left the table. Helen bent over hel
plate with flushed cheeks She hoped
no one would notice. II he were go
ing to ignore her like this, how could
she get through the rest Of the trip!
Helen was always keenly sensitive
as to what people might think, es
pecially where Warren's attitude to
ward her was concerned.
Although she had been too in te
eat anything yesterday. she had nc
heart for breakfast now. So wher
she finished her grapefruit. she left
eggs untouched and went up on deck
The steward had put out thei
steamer chairs, but Warren was no,
there now, but he was walking about
the deck. He was probably above
but as he was making 1t so plain thai
he wished to avoid her. she would moi
follow him.
The steward wrapped her up in one
OF the chairs. Several of the passen
gers stopped and spoke to her. Hel
illness OF yesterday gave her an ex
cuse for seeming languid and unre
sponsive. Her mind was on Warner
and on how she could mako thing!
fright" between them
The morning passed on and she d1t
not SEQ him. Surely he would come
by before luncheon. He would no
let her go down alone.
The luncheon horn blew and still hi