The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-18

day.
see here n II takes you 20 Internally
lonE-Nhy don't you get up In tinsF
I'm going %. dear Hereafter. I'm
going 20 ge, up and 'sSe shower be-
HUI eontsmPtu0usiy. I'm believe
Re ate his grapefruit ia grumpy
silence. the paper prUpped up before hitn.
His cereal he pushed away with an
cream Looks like it's blued'
He didn't leave nothin' but milk this
mornin'. str. That's the top OF the bot
tie" volunteered Emma. as she came IN
With the bacon and eggs.
Helen poured the coffee and served
warren with two eggs ana three pieces
OF bacon. and herself with one egg and
two pieces OF bacon. This was their
regulation breakfast practically the year
around.
why In thunder can't I ever get
bacon cooked the way 1 want itT This
s,uff burnt 20 a crisp" rapping Il with
Dear she does cook yours less That
doesn't look very we'll done"
You mean that's the way YOU want
tt-ournt TO = shrivel How much nour-
ishment do you thinks In that IL
didn't get good square lunch-rd not
30 far on this breakfast"
why. dear. you know I want you 20
have everything Just as you want It."
Huh. 1 know that bluff. You take
mighty good care 10 have things YOUR
chips. and your boiled eggs hard as but
kind OF fodder"
Helen did not try TO meet this TRADE
with argument. Instead she rang for
the maid.
Emma" as the girl came 70 the door.
after this don't cook any OF the bacon
80 much. III take mine the same as Mr.
Curtis. Cut Il thicker and don't crisp
But even this effort at Cancellation
warren ignored. Having gulped down
his second cup Of coffee he took up his
paper. pushed back his chair. and STROBE
out into the hall.
For a moment Helen's hurt resentment
Kept her from running after him. He
was getting into his oVcrcoat She
heard the rattle Of his cane a. he took
y from the rsck-then the opening OF
the hall door.
Warren She darted after him
nut the door had closed
Even then she felt he would come
back TO kiss her goodbye. with an iron
ical Thought ia gone CHI
The seconds passed She opened the
door. re was not standing before the
door. lie was not standing before the
elvatoT. The hall was empty.
SHAH / Iut this cloth In the wash.
Helen, heartsick. passed the dining room.
Nes-no. oh. 40 doesn't matter" run
ming 20 the front room window.
- nfAANfFA hoy with basket. "a EOu=
pie OF girls hurrying 20 work. a sham
bling old man In IA wind-whipped, thread
bare cnat-eNcept for these. the street
was empty. Warren had already turned
IL was foolish to feel so wretched.
she told herself with passionate reaS-
surance. She had done nothing to ir-
ritate him. II was not her fault. Sine
must not let this spoil her day.
But Helen had the feminine trait OF
magnifying the thing that distressed
her hN the gimT Ie process of hTnnhluu
BY noon she had visions Of Warren
leaving her altogether and OF herself
The impulse to do some thing" to avert
these threatening calamities was ire
sistible. She could no longer keey away
before he went 20 lunch
His stenographer answered.
Yes, Mrs curtis. Mr.. curtis Is right
here. Just a moment
"Heilo"' II was warren's voice, curt
"oh. dear. I couldn't help calling you
up" quiveringly. Tin awfully sor-
~ about that bacon"
Eh. whats thntg'
lin 30 sorry about the bacon"
Talk NJ, cant hear you" impa-
tiently. Wait a minute. Miss Middle
ton" 10 his stenographer. who was evil
IDENTIFY tipping. "Now. what Is IT."
ness Of hts voice helped restore Helen's
sense or proportion.
oh. IL" floundering desperately
FOR something 10 say, Il can't find the
name Of that laundry. thought may
he you'd have 80 down there"
oh" In impatient disgust. Il can't
bother about that now. Colonial-Cum-
berland. some such name. Look IL up
IN the book. BY the way. I met Stevens
in the subway. they want Ms to come
10 dinner Thursday. See II I've got a
clean white waistCoat"
Helen turned from the phone with
an hysterical desire TO laugh. Would
she never learn II was always like this
she was always RnEuishinE over some
thing 20 which Warren had not given a
thought.
out IN just such futile hours % use
less. embarrassing worry Were the
peace OF mind and happiness Of other
wives 80 patheticnlly dependent upon
their husbands moods Or did she
alone snalyze and anguish over every
trivial discord9