South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-11
SECOND YEAR OF Plans TO MAKE
MARRIED LIFE. ~ FOR TTiE HoSIEITss
HERBERT URNER.

whole house and she only spreads up
tho bed and snears things over
Helen laughed. I'm afraid, dear.
vou haven't become reConciied 10 the
Sew York boarding house"
"Reconciled? I'll never become
rcconciled. Just as soon as / can
afford it, I'm going 20 have a little
twO-rOom kitchenette apartment and
send for mother
nrcading Christmas.
ooh. that Will be nice for you--then
New York won't seem so dreary. And
you'u look forward TO Sundays instead
Of dreading them"
eyes. out it'll De at least six months
before { can nope to do that-if /
don't die OF inconsistencies in the mean
time. If could only 90 home Christ
mas, The thought OF spending Christ
mas and New Years here alone! on,
those two days Will be worse than sun
days"
Laura. I wish we were going to
have dinner at home Christmas. and
Ia have you with as. But " arren's
mother is having a family dinner, and
We're going To MS sisters for New
Years. But oh, I'll tell you what /
can do intend 10 have a little tree
y
must come and dine with US then"
oh. I'd love tO-but / didn't mean
that, I'm afraid I've talked 80 much
about Sundays and holidays that you'd
think
You know I don't. can under
stand-it must be dreadful 10 be here
alone And there is something about
Sunday that does make il more lonely
than any other day. Warren has only
been away a few Sundays since we
were married, but l know how hard
they were. And a holiday must be
worse. / wish I'd known you were
I here. I'd had you up for Thanksgiving.
We had all his people for dinner"
Thanksgiving! oh, ] think that
was the hardest day of my life IL
could have gotten into the office I'd
have gone down there and worked.
I tried to work here. to sew and get
things in order, but / just Couldn't 1
wrote TO mother in the morning,
washed my hair, and then-but why
am I boring you with all this? / sup
| pose because it's been so long since
I've had anyone to talk To-
And there are times when il does
help to talk. Then you didn't go out
at all Thanksgiving? You stayed here
1 in this room all day."
Laura nodded. IT suppose I should
| have gone 10 church, but somehow l
didn't have the heart TO. And oh. It
was the longest day! / tried to sew
and to read-but I couldn't do either.
And there wasn't anybody IN the house
after dinner. They had dinner in the
middle Of the day-and everyone went
to tn matinee or to call. The old maid
on the floor below and 1 were the only
ones here for supper And oh, the
supper! I didn't go down because 1
was hungry-but just for something
TO do. The halls were dark and as
there were just us two. they had only
/ one gas jet burning in the dining room
and it's a basement dining room!
came back up stairs and threw myself
on the bed and cried for the rest Of
| the evening""
you poor child" murmured Helen.
Il do wish you could get your mother
here soon. I can see how hard il IS
/ for you 10 live like this. But don't
| YOU think in the meantime you could
\ get into more cheerful boarding
! hOuse?"
Yes. but I'd have to pay more-and
| the more / can save the quicker 1 can
get mother here"
She Asks Warren.
a half hour later Helen was hurry
| ing home. her mind full of Laura and
/ her loneliness Her cry of "Oh, the
Sundays and holidays can bear any
/ thing else" kept haunting her.
/ When Warren came home she told
him Of her call.
: And, oh, she's living in the dreariest
| boarding house. " invited her here
I for dinner Christmas Eve. And 1
| thought we might have MissFanton
and Mrs. Sandford-you know they're
4 both alone, and II must be so hard to
spend the holidays in a boarding
| house. And oh, Miss Andrews tool
always feel so sorry for her. Don't
mas Eve dinner for the homeless"
/ "Humph-a lot OF detached females
and I'll have 10 take them all home"
But won't it be worth while-to
give them one evening away from
/ their boarding houses and a real home
| dinner?"
"All right. go ahead. But don't
count me in on the entertaining. This
is your party-yOun have TO put it
over yourself"
"Oh. l will" gleefully, coming over
land kissing him. You won't have to
\ do a thing but sit at the head of the
table and look handsome"