Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-28

wsn. 70 my room. ] took down -.
afternoon gown which IL D,cl,s, l''1
simple affair OF soft dark bios ..,,'or''<
Tiny oid rose figures dottinR h ~ ru
and collar OF old rose satin ' On
II can't see any difference 49,.
self and the savage wife who s..tch NJ
SELF brave with extra beads 49, ~
avert beating" I told mvsei, as'.p,lF aop,lF =
1 let down my hair and arran..St.vr ~
way Dicky likes best, in carsis.. y y ~
waves over my ears. and coIled Io,..t'fN
the nape Of my neck 'oo~r \
As I put on the gown ana ,..,..
temptation came TO me. II was ~ s'..1A
me 70 ASK Dicky for more money h,'.,,.W ~
ing az tne TASK was, than 10 tell hI,n 49,
had paid the bill he had neElectes ~ ny
that he was extravagantly carsi-..' .1@t
money matters, also that he r..
enough my lover TO wish 10 49,
suppose 1 told him I needed th-'.
money for some purpose other IN. NJ
housekeeping expenses--any exrs.e
do--and keep quiet about the clssrs-
| knew that II I simply told hin, M. kI-
keeplns money was gone, even car,'
Dicky would know that sonnetni,.-
wrong, that / never could have sns,, = IL
short time we had been keeping to,.- ~ y.
generous sum he had stuffed in nv 49,
What is she bothering her heAx .<<|
nowT Settling the war or the Tha< : X
Dicky's mischievous face peered 49, ri
shoulder into the mirror. I haa t.1|
absorbed In my worries that anho,,-.< = III
door Of my room was open | nenh-r "
heard Dicky enter the apartment nor !,
him cbme into the room.
"Dickyl How you startled 49,.
dropped into the banal TO avoid tslI,,. Y,
my real thoughts.
This may soothe your trembling n.r,.. :
.lag -
me- knew its contents before \ o,',,,1 W. q
He had brought me many similar "a. =
DINNER is sERvEpy
you 20 ''4
The temptation to let things a,,e
take the easiest way out Of the dIfbau,v
was very strong. Then the thought n ~
shabby little man whom Dickv haa -
for so long struck my conscienos ny. :
whiplash. ~
Violets Almost every fancy grat,ssa 4.
me and for himself and for ali he Ln-.--
man who had worked hard IN Mis- serr,.r
sorely needed the money justly due ~,
My Puritan conscience. lulled TO s.m.>-
sciousness In these days by the Rlsmo,, r
Dickys personality, awoke and dem.r6<
hearing: had no right to keep this th|lr
from Dfcky. For my own Anal peao> ~
his. this whole financial question mus, Z.
settled before we slept.
Was II common sense consderatIo, T..
Dicky or plain cowardice that made X.
resolve to avoid any discussion untl ~
dinner? ~
"oh. say, Missls Graham, dinner IA r..<.
/ mean, dinner is served, Misses Grah,~
You forgive me dis time. I no forrS
again" W
Katie's voice came as a welcome r.l.<
Something about her appealed to ths sus.
of humor which / fear is rather laeE|.1
in me. had gently tried to cure her Y
her habit of addressing me as eoh. -
mssis," but Katie invariably forFot IA
reminder. Katie invariably asked me d
I forgive her.
"Will you honor me?" Dlcky bowed d
and offered me his arm. Such an ~
nouneement as that demands that we nah
a formal entrance TO the dining room"
How dear he was, this lover husband 4
mine. How / wished that our ideas ~
ideals were not so opposed as fss,r|
they we're! 80
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