The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-01
CHAPTER XII.
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she moved petulantly Don =
You'll muss my hair.
y He dropped her hand That Wonio
be a shame, wouldn't it,
He sat down near her. She sighed
The sigh, one might have thought
was one OF alarm and was because
she had noted his pallor, which even
after the spirited drive was 80 pro.
nounced.
Been a hard day." But the ques,
ZION was not Unity's. She had not
marked his air of exhaustion or, II she
had. was so used 10 il that she was
X not concerned.
N $50 hard" She sighed again very
plaintively. so very exciting And
you know how excitement always al
fects me-"
Eyes, know" Just the edges OF
his satirical smile showed again.
ewhat has been the particular eX-
citement today?"
Mrs. Henley called"
"Yes?" Marks voice did not re-
veal the interest so epochal an event
demanded,
= "Yes?" mimicked Unity Us that
al you can say? But | suppose, OF
course, you don't care. though you
know what IL means TO me
"Just what does IL mean TO you,
Unity"
Il ct means" somewhat dithyrsmbic-
z, any, that ! have won the friendship
III have tried so hard for three years
90 win"
Then she came up 70 the plans and
4. specifications"
.sShe's a dear. So sweet and re-
\ fined. SO intelligent and ambitious!
4 Ifs no wonder a man with such a
wife has got as far "a Mr.. Henley has.
( Though suppose he would never
giro her credit ~
!. 81 fancy Henley does her Justice,
1 Mark ventmed
THAT is more" UnityS tone was
one OF patient, dignifed reprosch,
~than some people know do for their
} wives"
4 Habit put seal on his lips.
From the lesser beginnings the
Truitts had found, in the earlier years
( OF their marriage, steel and finder for
I, uuarreIs: nasty quarrels in which
I fempers were lost and cutting words
i spoken and that invariably had the
same issue-the husband, Inundated
BY the BorGidness of 1t, suing for
peace. But that stake had passed.
+ Now. at the first sign OF hostilities,
4 he promptly hung out white flag.
He was willing, with the never word.
ed thought that when a man has made
a had bargain the least he can do is
10 stand by II, to buy peace at what
ever price her desire or within de-
man6ed. A fact OF which even an I'M
Intelligent woman could not remain
ia ignorance.
He was, that evening, at low ebb
, physically his hip ached severely, and
despite Henley's insolent parable he
had less inclination than usual for DO
nestle pickering He leaned back In
hts chair. closing his eyes, and relax.
a his tired body. She interpreted
z is listless attitude as evidence that
u was in a docile frame or mind.
She eyed him covertly for little.
~ was so ashamed this afternoon"
ne murmured at last psthetically.
He opened his eyes with start;
he had almost slept. Ashamed?
Oh. yes--Mrs, Henley. What did you
doen
at did nothing. II was this house.
could. see her looking around at all
this and trying to hide her amuse-
ment over IT, Though she was care
flli not to take too much pains TO hide
A."
"But, for friend, isn't that
rrOll. you can't understand nr
WON'T she amended bitterly. You've
NO conception OF the pride a woman
ijkes 10 have in her home. OF course,
she looked down on this. Anybody
would"
"Wo used to think II mighty fine.
iii Bethel we never dreamed OF any
! thing so good"
you didn't. But did" she retort-
ed. Besides. we aren't in Bethel now
. We're here and growing rich. And we
ought TO live like the rest OF our
! kind"
-Just what is our kind, Unity
.If you didn't have me 10 give you
ambition. we'd still be bomely dowdy
nobodies?"
~Then we are somebodies?"
I'VE can be. We're going 20 be"
(, She sat up suddenly, her thin lips
tightening. Mark, we must--we sim.
ny must-move. We can AFFORD II, |
know
.eYes, we can do t." He made
sesture Of resignation. But IL will
clean me out OF ready cash"
~You can make more said Unity
< negiigentiy. you're so clever at that.
And besides. what's the use OF hav-
! ing money II il doesn't buy the things
we want"
''For one thing" he smiled grimly,
81 can't get insurance, and men have
been known 10 die and leave their wild.
I ors penniless. However" he .rUse
Z with an evident effort. we've gone
sover all this hundred times. I'll
see"
Yielding was in his voice.
, she fell back into her languid grace
ful pore She gave him her very
sweetest smile, which she meant 70
seem lovingly grateful He saw In It
only triumph.
"You can be such dear, she
purred I'm 80 proud OF you, And
nov you'd better hurry and dress
You know Higsbees are coming for
dinner"
lie repressed an oath I'D forgot.
ten" And he limped heavily from the
room
In his own room he dropped on the
bed. Yielding for a brief interval %
The pain and weakness Of which II was
BIZ pride never TO give sign before
sfhers. lie had learned that doc.
t,.ttn ,,,r,lfhfffou IL not atUayE "a he