Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-21
Their Married Life
Ey MABEL HERBERT UaN:R

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the cool disk of the receiver. Mrs
Thurston WAS there and she would
not speak to her!
Ask her to call me up as soon as
she comes in," she demanded.
With her elbows on the desk an,
her flushed face in her cupped hands
Helen fairly glared at the inoffensi, ,
telephone.
Sr. Mrs. Thurston had deliberatel.
refused to speak to her. Evidentl,
; she thought her "easy'-as Warre,
would have expressed it. Helen's lin,
set grimly. She would show Mrs
Thurston her mistake.
II was twelve now. Mrs Thurstol
was ALWAYS at home for luncheon
She would wait until one and ca.
her again. Ii the maid said she wa.
still out-then-Helen had not quit
, formulated in her mind just what sn
would 40 then.
With tense impatience Helel
watched the clock. 1t had barrel
struck one when she called UP.
: Is Mrs Thurston in?"
+ VINO is it, piease?"
AGAIN Helen gave her name, and il
: the pause that followed strained TO
the Ialntest whisper She could hea
| only the hum of the wires, but tn,
wait was long enough for the mai,
TO receive instructions.
, in yet" '
Can you tell me when she will b,
, in?" icily.
: But the maid. evidently at a sigl
: from her mistress, had cut her off.
with flaming cheeks Helen starte
up and walked blindly arousd tn.
room. Then she came back to thu
phone. This time she called the near
est messenger office to send a boy
: once.
A Strong Note
The note she wrote now she wrot,
quickly, without pausing to weigh
words or phrases.
I MY dear Mrs. Thurston,
l have just called up your
apartment twice, and both times
your maid said you were out, al
tnough the first time | heard a
dlstlnct whispered consultation,
know that you are NOT out, but
That you are deliberately refus-
ing to speak to me
VI course the only possible rea-
son Tor this is the twenty-five
dollars | lent you, and which you
nave failed to pay back. If you
did not have the money. you could
at least have written. But to let
almost two months go by without
word of explanation and then
oeHDefately refuse to speak to me
over the phone has made me most
indignant. am writing this to
ask you to return the money at
once.
l understand of course that this
ends our friendship, as neither of
! ia xnt~
such an incident.
Very truly yours,
HELEN l.. CURTIS.
, she gave this to the messenger will
strict instructions to wait for an an
swer.
, 1t was an endless three-quarters O
; an hour before the boy returned.
: She said there weren't no answer,
he announced, indifferently.
Who said that? l told Won not +,
give 1t to the maid, but to the lad,
: herself
: Yes, ma am, that's who I gave /
70. The girl let me in and then tn,
lady came out. She read 1t and sale
, there weren't no answer"
Are you SURE it was Mrs. Thurs
ton? Was she tall. with dark hair
ana. reluctantly, rather good look
!. ing?"
r.
his cap impatiently.
i, She paid the boy and let him go. r,
this time she had worked herself nj
: TO trembling, sick rage. 1t was no
o1ten that Helen got thoroughly an
cry, put when she did 1t always mad,
her ILL., She had visions of goin,
straight to Mrs. Thurston's apartment
and confronting her.
She Tells Warren
The rest of the afternoon she spen
rehearslng various such scenes Blu
t first she would tell Warren. For ono
e the thought of his fiery temper wa
comforting. 1t would be sc othing I,
e nave him wax it on fierce rage a
MRS: Thurston. Perhaps HE wouI,
confront her! She gloated over IN
s thought of Mrs. Thurston cowed h,
d Warren's scathing Indignation.
The fact that she did not wan
;. Warren to know she had lent thi
money was now almost forgotten. Sh
t could hardly wait until he came.
Hello, what's up?" noting he
nushed, tense excitement the momen
he entered.
Breathlessly, aquiver with indigna
ton, she told him. With her femi
nine love of detail she dwelt at Iengtl
on every inciient.
Warren listened in grim silence un
TIL she finished. Then, instead of tn
explosive outburst at Mrs. Thursto,
that she hat expected, he aske,
) coolly:
Well, what's all the heroics about
You Were fool enough to lend he
the money. now what do you expect !?
Why. dear, she's GOT to pay 1
back! She MUST!' excitedly. ,
!, q She must?" with a cynical shrus
e How're you going to make her
a What've you got to show for 1t? .
. note?"
e "No-but of course we can max
Q her pay It! Why, thought you'd
/. Thought I'd get mixed up in 1t
Q Not on your life! That woman's ou
a to do you. all right. You'll have
K devlish hard time prying any none