Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-30

NV ~ 'IN'H' ava "a h'f " f'''F
h'f suuue iu" to get nn answer ana
when vh" did shc Thought Mplll".H
'pir" ''undrd ~ II sh" We" crvinr
\ s"t' - nausea cam" over her AF
she 'hlugh' ~ What she should sit
- 'h.uk hat shr should call h'r
husband ai anoth"f vumanH houlH
90 tell him such thing m" g..
action VtH too much for her ana shr
VuiCkiN hang ub the trrrser then
Fnuk upuu the floor ~ hn agony -
spifIt tni suhb.i ont her nlsrtb
her 'pNr ana h"t IouFins un'Il
"lIh' hrl hearing came and pat hrt
to bed
ru, ur,' mDrr.ug 'hr rouman
h'"u.' DO u'. 90 IhH'... ..rtlt.ri untf
'um i'u4u
Don frrt Roth I,rNih.uR vii
com" oui r,Eht am Just going
aboard. ana viii T,v- this 10 somr
on" in mal I shall love Nuu every
minute aud shall write you ~ often
~ can Nflhu
Ruth read ana rereai tine short
not" finding comfort lu spite ~ ,tr
ri~fn'ss Then 49, Sh" lilN turned
'h' envelope over she saw u had
been mailed at one ~ the terminal
stations over two hours after Bran
had l"f h"r
HAD ~" man carried ii around IN
| his pocket. or had 10 hrru posted ~
soon o. l.rian EnN" u tu him huw
! sh~ wished she knew llut nov she
, never would kunv She Il probably
| die ana then ltrlnu would bee free
she thought with u hystericnl burst
at self pity
Eu' she must not give way 10 her
/ fee She must Work and save.
against he time when she would hr
| idl- So she dried her eyes and was
a "a" shop ~ the usual time
Mr Mand.l remarked upon her
palsnsss Shs told him that she had
; not slept. that lirihn had gone ,cti
lite tho nlght before gone OVERSEAS
She did not understand the look
which vwep, over his face, n seemed
as n ho were glad ~ something hut
n was gone ~ quickly. aud IN It's
| plar" came the sympathetic eNprcs-
sion she knew 80 vol
Nv" must not let You he lonely,
nov that he IN gone" Maudel said,
after moment "IIr IL very fortu-
nate 10 he young enough TO fight"
| YES he thought So
That night Nuth wrote her aunt n
| long letter She told of Nrian's go.
Ing also she told her the secret she
had withheld from him. Then she
nlh
when YOU can arrange your n
fairs Tor an absence won't ,ou come
and stay several weeks or months II
Vou will, with me- am very lonrlv.
| shall he more 80 Please come
| Aunt Louisa I need YOU more than
anyone else IN the world needs you.
| shall look anNiou-ly Tor "a letter
| telling mo YOU viii come and
when
After she had posted this letter
Ruth felt better There was comfort
In the thought that there was some
one who cared someone who would
he Interested IN her Aud there was
Arthur Maniel She recalled the
sympathy expressed IN his faco when
she had told him she was 10 be
alone now She must take good
care of hcr health. not fret any
more than she could avoid so that
she would he able To return TO work
~ soon ~ possible after her baby
came tho child of whom nrisn
knew nothing, and which because ~
the sound Of Mollie Kings voice she
had not told him
Hut unable 10 longer restrain her
self. because of her longing for un-
dcr-,R Rnding, she told Rachel The
old nurse pctted and fused over her
to her hearts content She begged
her " give up her position and re-
main ~ home, hut Ruth laushed At
her and told her that she should 90
mad at home with nothing to do but
think of Hrisn 30 far away.
The submarine menace was grow
ing hourly, and she had that fear to
add tu her sorrow, longinEly she
scanned tho paper for news Then
one morning she received the card
saving they had arrived safely
Somewhere AT u French Port"
That might Ruth knelt down aud
thanked God for, his safety. and
ptayed that he might come back to
her
Tomorrow Ruth Goes out with
Her Employer
CNryrirht 1913 u~mr. N.tihs- Adams