The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-21

/ ing before she saw him. Then she made
GUY Harold lying on the bed, sound
disheveIed and his overcoat lay on the
noor whore he had dropped n. And for
MIN C. be home At that time Of dayi
! oh! said Lissa duly She put her hat
on the chair and then she went out 10
the kitchen.
II was an urlv kitchen The walls
were nuEsy gloomy drab: the floor
Clipped and grayed where "a was chipp-
ed. The gas stove was rusty and de-
crepit. The table Of vine wood held the
dirty breakfast dishes. She had been
too late that morning Go wash them. As
she came in. humminC. she had planned
TO wash them in fash and prepare din
ner. Vow she stare@ sulentiy at them
Wash them? She didn't care IL they
! never were washed.
My patience is gone" she said not
Nlclously: not even eNcitedly. She said
u twin the deaddull. tone that exhausted
vitality uses She sat there n long time
| IL seemed. What was the use Of going
OUT II would always he the same.
I And she might as well leave him now
woke AMI had crovied away the spleen
that wa, the usual aftermath OF a
spree. And he would protest that q
| broke his heart for her to work. and 50
forth. Oh. she had heard Il all. She
| didn't feel that she could bear TO hear
IL again. She didn't want TO talk to
4 him again.
Presently she got up sIuEcishly and
/ going 20 a small. dark closet in the dark
passaeg between kitchen and bedroom.
got out a shabby suit case. IL had been
new at the time Of her marriage. but
now 70 was as ugly as the woOdwa TX
and walls OF the nat. Then she began
/ 10 put her cloth es In ~. They were not
many. but she had To make several trips
into the bedroom for them. She pulled
I them from the hooks OF the closet. then
swept the bureau clean or brushes. comb
and the few cheap ornaments that sre
had bought All the while Haroids
neavy breathing made a raucous acorn
7 N GnffH faA h.. La. .
I her eyes avertcd from his tousled hair
I md flushed face. with a sickening sense
{ curing memory OF the genial. ciean-eyed
+ hoy that she had married. Well she
was through-all through, Shed 20
/ away and live her own life. And he
could drink and go as far down the scale
as he liked. She wasn't Obliged TO stay
and Try 10 keep him straight. AM she
! hated him.
! Then she put on her coat and hat.
/ ahsently tidying her hair first She
/ picked the suit case up and opened the
door. When Harold awoke--which she
4 come hesitatinc out TO the kitchen and
I explain. Well. she wouldn't he there
to hear. lie could explain TO the dirty
, dishes. and then he could drink himself
10 death. and he laid on just 80 often ne
y pleased him. She opened the front
door.
And when Harold woke and stroIIed
out, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. lie
saw hcr before she could stem out and
close the door behind her. Hello Its
sa' he called. Just getting home
D You're late"
LISA looked at him. lie talked stead
1 lily and without the usual irritation OF
! such times
/ = suppose" he Erinued. that Won -
/ thinking I've been fired again" lIis
laugh seemed unusually tender. Well.
I'm not. hut YOU nearly became a widow.
Two cars Cavorted together. and thcv
tried "a send me 20 q hospital. but 'sid
I 'NiNev' So I Eot away and came hums.
Felt sort 81 weak when . saw the lcd.
q but I'm all right now. What you GOT
! Tor supper. I'm hungry"
LISA set the suit case down. And for
| once she blessed the dimnese 81 the itall
| lie didn't SOC the furtive movement. She
+ saw that ne kept one hand on tho wall
Z a. though for support And LISA I
u haven't told you. because ] wasn't sure.