Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-01
The Wife.
Brian Tells Ruth About His Dinner
With Molly.
BY JANE PHELPS

Win Molly.
! CHAPTER XxXV
brlhn caught Fifth avenue bus
al mo square. II would take him
Early home. lie rode on TOP. the
phIy passenger. While he smoked
h" thought OF Mollie.
GOOD little scout" he said aloud,
! wish the others had kept away.
Neht time I'll have Mollie meet me
up Town, some whore" showing he
time
When the conductor came for his
ihr" ne had no change, so took our
dollar bin Chs last one) and
handed 1t 70 him.
I'VE spent a lot Of money these
l"o nights" he soliloquiZed But
was worth H. IN have to borrow
to pay the rent tomorrow. clark
VIII let mo have H."
'Iark was the man who had
loaned him money once before.
Brian had paid II with the check
RUINS aunt had given her, and he
had also given Clark much bigRer
interest than the banks gave. SO he
hhd no fear but that he would ac-
comm0datc him again. That settled
brian gave neither It, nor tho fact
or his extravaganza, any further
thought, His mind dwelt upon how
sweet MOllic King was. what Jolly
/ littl" studio she had, and what a
comfortable place 1t was to visit.
II was after . O'CLOCK when hc
switched Off the lights
'I'retty late for an Old married
man he muttcred with "A grin.
Ruth was at home when he ar
rived the next night, She had sent
word zh "A
so that he might meet her: but he
had been away from the office when
It came. lie had not gone back, 80
missed It altogether
Ruth had been terribly dlsap-
pointed when she realized that Brian
was not at the station. She ha 4
fingered some little time hoping he
would come for her Then she had
gone on home, a little hurt. but her
mind made up To show no signs Of II.
So she had met him with a loving
kivs, and no reproaches. although ne
saw she had been disappointed.
Gee, Ruth, | would have gone
back had | thought Of IT, But for
got all about your promise TO let me
| know the train you were coming on.
I'm awfully sorry. dear and he was
lie felt chagrined that he had failed
1
Never mind, dear. I'm here now.
Had an awfully lonesome time.
denrp"
"No--not so very" Brian flushed
and stammercd little. ~ went out
to dinner. There wasn't any use eat
ing alone"
Indeed there wasn't" Ruth said
heartily, Where did you go?"
Down town To the Brcvort."
How In the world did you come to
go way down therc?"
As she asked the question Brian
recalled what Mollic King had said:
You tell her. then the others will
| have nothing 10 gossip about" Yes,
Mollie was right fle better tell her
| himself.
II asked Mollle King to dine with
me, She is good company. The Bre-
wort is handy for her. so | asked
her IN meet me there"
oh" then, after a minute, did
| go" uSk hcr both nights"
| Yes" with little bravado. II
was lonely Mollie is~the best com
pany OF anyone know. II you will
| leave me alone, | have to find some
one. TO take your place, you know"
| this last pleasantly.
"Of course you do. And don't
| think for minute | object to your
having company" Yet as she said II
Ruth's heart contracted atlittle as
she thought OF Mollle King, and OF
| two nights in succession.
We'll, let's have dinner. You must
| he hungry. How did things go in
| Philly?" Brian changed the subject.
| He did not care to be asked II he
| took Mollie home or what time he
| hItOaplf rpt In
"Oh. everything went beautifully"
| Ruth responded with enthusiasm.
1T is the loveliest old house. and will
| lend itself to certain schemes won
| dcrfully | am delighted that Mr..
| Mandel let mo have the work to do,
| Even IL 1t did mean letting you dine
with another woman" she added
with little laugh.
For the remainder OF the evening
| Mollie King was not mentioned. But
she was In the mind OF both. Ruth
| told OF the details OF her business, IN
which Brian was only politely in
tercsted; but through her mind ran
! the picture of Brian and Mollie at
! dinner together. Brian listened oc-
| Casionally asking a question, but, In
! his thoughts, Molie. and her smoke
! filled studio insisted upon intruding.
II was so easy to talk 20 Mollie. She
sort of looked up to a fellow. But a
| wife who earned more than he did,
| theI insisted upon talking business
well---he loved Ruth, but he couldn't
! help 10 II ne wished she would not
be so superior,
The fact OF the matter was that
Ruth wars not at all superior" She
constantly tried, in her talk with
Brian, to eliminate anything that
might make him feel that she was
sensible OF her earning power. She
constantly tried to make him see her
business as n business, done because
OF her love for II, instead of the re-
enumeration she received. She hal
sensed his feeling OF resentment to-
ward that phase Of il, from the start,
and was constantly on her guard
when talking to him.
After Brian fell asleep Ruth lay
for some time, wide awake, thinking
Of her handsome. careless husband
aud Mollic King.
He belongs to me- she can't take
him from me-" she muttered before
she fell asleep to dream that Mollic
had taken Brian from her: and that
Brian wanted TO go.
Tomorrow-Ruthi is Made tnCom-
Portable by Mrs. Curtis,
Copyright 1918 George Matthew AdsmSD
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