The Washington herald., 1917-06-04

Here, stop that thrashing about"
Warren. How the deuce dyou
sxpect me to slesp?" .-.
Am I restless. dear?" apoIogeticaIly.
drawing farther away.
'Restless?" with a yawning snort.
"fouve been squirming around there for
the last hour" y
They had been in bed hardly twenty
minutes, but Helen did not dispute this
tnaccuracy. To keep Warren awake was
grieyous ofense. Whatever her wake
fulness, he must have his sleep-the i'm
portanee OF that was deeply implanted in
her consciousness.
5!:what fool thing are you worrying
6bout now?''
why nothing" untruthfuIly.
We'll stop it and go to sleepr' leaving
her almost coverless as he rolled over,
drawing the bed clothes with him. I've
got hard day tomorrow"
, That was the threat he always held
over her. Anything that contributed to
with the menacing. hard day tomor-
row"
To keep him awake when he had "a
hard day tomorrow" was the height OF
feminine selfishness. That was the i'm
plication he never failed to convey, and
: the one before which Helen was always
sbJectly contrite.
= On her left side. her arm cramped un-
! der her. she lay rigidly still-her mind
: worrying on. She, too, had hard day
tomorrow"-a day OF anticipated dis
cords number Of unpleasant duties
augmented her dread of the morning
Above all she feared a clash with the
maid. II was the day for cleaning the
dining room. The work was so arranged
that every room had a thorough cleaning
once month. The dinins-room being
the easiest. the hall and hall closet went
with it.
For some reason Nora had a desp-root-
I'd aversion to cleaning that closet. Last
month. wanting things to run smoothly
as they we're having company the next
day, Helen had discreetly overlooked the
fact that the closet had not been touched
But tomorrow she was determined It
y should be thoroughly cleaned. Nora was
: oeceming entirely too slack about the
work
a A tvinEe in her cramped arm Cau-
-tiously. not to disturb Warren's now even
: breathing, she drew IT from under her
IF only she could get to sleep. She
: tried counting q hundred backwards. but
> could not hold her mind to that EFFORT
|. beyond the fortieS
: She must speak about the bread! Nora
would cut more than was necessary. The
oread-bON was always full of stale slices
She was extravasant with the Ice too
he would not keep the ice-box shut
When would they fix that bathroom
shower? II had been over a week since
she reported H. She made fewer de-
msnds on the superintendent than any
OF the other tenants. yet every one else
seemed to get better service. If that
shower was not fixed tomorrow, she
would report It to the agent
A single chime from the library clock
Was 1t one or hah-past? Would she
never get to sleep? II she could only
stop worrying
= That waist from the cleaners. She
must call up about that the nrst thing
In the morning. She had said distinctly
epot To clean It II they could not take
: ont those spots They had cleaned it
but not faxed the spots.
= And the milk bill-another ranking
yeNation- Last month she had twice or
dered an extra half-pint OF cream, and
both times they had charged for a pint
ESne had written that II they continued
10 make such mistakes. she would have
10 cancel her order-and they had ig-
nored the letter.
= cloud Of other worries drifted vaguely
Through her mind. It was so hard 10
hnd a reasonable cabinet-maker, but
that chair with the broken arm must
-6e hxsd. And that lock on the book
:eass-
The swish Of running water from the