The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-23
M A r RE D
LIFE
Warren Tells of an
Experience Which
Makes Him Late
for Dinner.
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kEH FRS. CURTIS said mary.
M coming into the room at .
At4 quarter OF seven. the din
nsr II getting cold Shall take the
things out Of the dishss ana hsAA
them over agAinT'
Helen sighed why. yes, Mary.
suppose 20. I'm sure I don't see
what Is keeping Mr.. Curtis; he L.
generally 30 prompt
7 know he IL mA'Am. rye never
known him to be more than q few
Einutes late since I've been hsras
And Mary sighed too a. she left the
room. She had made plans to gss
out that evening over to Morris ana
she was beginning to be afraid that
she would not be finished with the
work IN time.
Helen looked At the clock. ~
forehead wrinkled In . deep frova
- It struck seven Really Il must
b somsthing quite extraordinary
TO keep Warren a. late a. thiA-
She hardly knew whether to Be
worried or not. but decided not -
be and went back to her knitting,
The welcome sound Of the door
siamming was heard . few minutes
later and Helen tossed her WORK
on the table and fsw to meet wAF-
rem
He was tAeiturn ana looked warn
and flushed a. though he had hur-
RED
what kept you. dsarr' HslsA
auerisd- And then she addsd, why
didn't you telephone? I'm afraid
things won't be a. nice a. usual
You know you always like 70 Be
able to sit right down to dinner ~
soon - you set In
Il know u. but I've had some
time believe me, didn't think r.
ever get home.
Something 1T the otaesG"
No. Of course not always telo-
phone II it's somothing at the ofnca
you know that
Hslsn waited for him TO speak
and then tAetfully SugEestsd that
they 90 out and eat while he told
about t.
-Ail right I'll Be right out Z
want to wash up . BIT nrst"
Helen nodded joyfUlly ana Hsw
out TO the Kitchen. wfers Mary was
hastily dishing up the meal :
Z think sverything's all right.
ma'arn; the steak r. 4 little bit
ovsrdone. but couldn't help a."
Have some hot coffee ready for
Mr.. Curtis to have with his dinner
tor Int. Mary" Helen directed. and
then met Warren IN the dining
room. where they sat down to
staaniing hot soup. After . few
mouthfuls Warren grew more talk
alive. II was good soup. cream Of
tomato with whipped cream. ana
Warren was extremely fond Of t.
The crowd on the subway vas
terrible tonight" he vouchsAfsd
Il could hardly get IN At the Bridge.
% yen can imagine what Il was -
Fourteenth and Grand Central"
what time ala you START homS
dsarr'
-
paper and ] was lucky enough to
ret q seat I was dog fred. had
q hard day rushing around. and
couldn't see why wasn't entitled 20
one Well. at Fourteenth street the
crowd simply pushed on was
reading my paper and I didn't loon
up. The hrSt thing knew woman
was standing In 'front.' OF me. and
before I could even SEE what shs
looked like. she had deposited .
baby on my lap"
Helen Easpsd WARREN
II suppose she was mad 6ecauSs
I didn't get up. and give her my
seat. but hadn't even seen her.
what on earth did you do, dear!
Tried to get up: what would 700
have done? tried to edge W
and let her into my place, but sim
ply couldn't do II. and there wasg
Helen couldn't help smiling. but
she managed to control her feat
ures to some extent. What kinA
of . woman was It dearT
-oh, the ordinary kind; any 0tnSr
kind wouldn't have done H.
And you sat there and held -
nabyr'
sure, WhAt olbS cOUlo W.
Did anyone else notice II
Not as badly As thought they
would. GeeI was almost AFRAID
to look around for fear Of getting
the laugh from everyone, but no
oDs rad noticed. Evidently they
thought the kid was mine Tnank
Heaven. Il didn't cry.
usIsn laughed out here and War
-,aH az eor1forted with
a. not soup. and carving the steak.
was inclined TO feel better himself.
a. allowed hts mouth 20 curve the
least bit. and a. Helen induire9
ouJekIy. what happened them
he responded little less Erouehhyi
well. IN the excitement. I had
+orxotten to get off at Ninety
TIN street. and before knew u
,bs train had carried me beyond
Nv station, and I found myself In
.h. Bronx somewhere. Believe me.
whsn I finally deposited that baby
IN the woman's arms and got out
IN the street I was pretty glad
well. should say 50. Bring
NJ Curtis coffee. MArv." said
Helen. looking up to End Mary1
rood-natured face almost couvulsed
with her efforts to keep back the
Iarsh.er Helen laughed OUTRIGHT.
and Warren. looking up, caught the
exchange OF looks. There was .
moments silence. ana then his face
r.laxed altogether and ~ burst
into a hearty laugh himself Helen
laughed TN she cried. and Mary
finally escaped into the kitchen.
red TO the ears with embarrasl-
wan. buF warmed 20 the heart with