The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
WHEN DAISY DARNED.
by JANE OSBORN.

ny JANE OSBORN.
Like a thief in the night. Harvey
let himself into his own apartment an
hour before his usual evening arrival
| He went straight TO his own room
that Daisy. his wife, was not in and
IL was Thursday. Jennys day out
He went straight to his own room
his room and Daisy's. and. with fur
tive glances to see that Daisy was not
In hiding. opened the chiffonier
\ drawer.
There they were. the shapeIess piles
OF minated. undarned socks. just
where they had been for the last
month. Harvey seized the afternoon
paper he had bought on his way home.
bundled the socks into II and then
| rolled IL into a parcel He cast about
for a string to tie 1t His eyes
caught sight of a piece of Daisy's pink
lingerie ribbon lying in her bodkIn
holder on her dressing table. He
seized this and in a minute his bundle
was firmly fastened.
Then. with guilty side glances. he
hurried out of the apartment closed
the door nolselessly and. avoiding the
apartment elevator. passed down the
narrow winding stairs. Once out in
the open. he turned the corner sharp
ly, jumped on the nearest street car
a
of relief. Daisy couldn't possibly see
him now.
On his way down town. Harvey
opened his cardcase to find n clipping
torn out of his morning paper.
For Busy Women and Bachelors
Darning and mending of all sorts
done. Anything from a pair of socks
to lace gown mended and renovated
by experts. The Mendery. rs Bristol
street"
When the car reached Bristol street
Harvey slipped on with his bundle
and in a few minutes reached the de-
sired number. 1t was such a very
little shop that Harvey would not
have seen 1t but for the brightly
painted sign which dubbed II the
Mendery.
1t was a charming siIken-voiced
young matron wearing an osprey
trimmed hat. with a veil drawn back.
who received Harvey's package and.
giving him a numbered ticket, prom
Used to have the work done within
three days.
Harvey traced his way back to his
Office. For the first time within the
year that he had been Daisy's husband
he felt as II he had deceived her. He
sat staring into the inkwell on his
desk and fumbled with the pens. He
had broken into his own house when
she was away. and still. he unused,
they were his socks and any man had
a right to dispose of his own socks to
suit himself. Still Daisy had given
him some of the socks-the bright
colored socks that he wore only with
high shoes were all her gifts. Per
haps he ought to have left those. Stin
man couldn't so with holes as big
as eggs in his heels. He had bought
new socks. but he couldn't go on doing
that always And then there was the
sort of the socks-that alone was
enough to vex the heart of mere man
accustomed to having a mother or
wife attend to such details.
But what had come over Daisy. !
Daisy who had up to two months be- |
fore regarded the slightest detail OF |
her widely duty as a joy and a de-
light. Daisy who had sat at his side |
in the evening as he read putting the |
tiniest stitches into those socks of |
his and telling him every five min |
he'd changed. Daisy had met some old |
school friends who had filled her mind |
with new interests. Now in the morn
ing when Harvey went to search in /
his chiffonier drawer for socks Daisy
was already lin the dining-room.
dressed half an hour before he was.
and was calling him impatiently to
come as Jenny had breakfast all wait
ing. Daisy always seemed to be eager
now to have Harvey leave the apart
ment In the morning. and only a few
months ago she had begged him so
tenderly to stay. 'just q minute"
longer. 49,. r..
Harvey pondered over the change
that had come in Daisy's attitude to-
ward him. She seemed happy enough.
but clearly something or some one
was coming between them.
Harvey half expected that Daisy
might notice the Absence of the socks,
but when. after q week of the new
she said nothing he real
zed that she didn't even put the socks
In the drawer. Jenny. the faithful
maid of all work. probably did that |,
after she had laundered them II
Harvey sent his ONCE boy to the I
the nrst, time. but the next
Thursday afternoon he went himself L,
with the weeks installment Of work. ',