Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-20
The Wife.
n. IANr PHELPS
tu,h Itr,urns Irom Washington.


CiiAPrEn CNiI
Ruth hated to 20 10 Washington
Never since she had been In the Hhnp
had she so dreaded leaving Nrian
Had YOU asked her, she could not
have explained her reason not 80
that II would have been clear "
wa. more n vague feeling that some
,hins would happen, that something
threatened him
pu, she ~ns n business woman. No
she put aside her fears ana "r'rr
,,,ephonins Rrlnn. started imme
din,rlv for the capital
what" NriRn had calculated
when ahe called him.
II must run over tn Washington
Tor n daN"
"Oh '
"Tm awfilly SORRY prnn hut I,
cant h. helped IN he hack late 10
morrow night would II he asking
too much tn meet me
I'm he there II I car. suppose It
will he the last train"
"yrs gets In somewhere about
| midnight"
Yer, well. well he there
Its tone was ~ cold. 80 detached.
that ruth wanted to cry
Good hye. dear she said Instead
| Good hye
ON the train was n newly married
| rnuplc The girl about her own sgr
They we're ao happy togr,hcr that
nuth's rNes filled NJ she watched
them They chn'trd like two MAG
pies they laughed AT rNerNthing and
at nothnng ~ all as Young things
are Inclined tn do when hnnpy Their
looks cartrwrd each other and oCca-
alonallV. when they thought No one
! looking his hnnd would steal over
and pat hers lovingly
n only she and Rran could hc to
gethet Hike that
StAhhlnglv auick came the Thought
that. but for her they might he I,
was she Sho wnS leaving llrlan no,
him Who had left her She was the
one who made II both possible and
prohahle for him to search fnr other
company to helr him pass the time
HAD she was she doing wrong
M she dr yldrd not NS usual she
concluded that II he could not hc
true when she was working FOR them
both and sharing everything with
him he would not he true even n
she we're shaving in the Kitchen
~ she expressed " 10 hrtaelt
nui she could not shake of her
uneasy feeling neither could she
take her regard from the young
couple Who were sn rrvo'"d ~ cAch
other she telt ANNOYED with her
self she was sillN 90 hr sn easily ~
fectrd h, what she saw and frl
shc went into the dining car and
ate a good dinner then fcli better
. ] haI "a aahl 10
she was uiite herself again and any
ious 10 herin het work u proved
deIshirullv interesting tnd the 'm'
passrd -o nulckl, that she was read,
10 go hack nlmnst before she had
once again thought 10 worr, about
Urinr
she did fccl nnSious however
I lust once
n wa. lust ~ she was falling ~
\ slcrp suddenly she wondered n
| Utnu vts ~ home or II he was
with Mollir kine
"Heasc don't forgrt me Iriau %
she whispered thcn fcll asleep
she had no ,ims for Thought al
! the next dsN Ana WAS so tired that
she slcp, nearly an the way to Ncv
| York She wus u,rtio, ci WHOM sh'
saw prnn waiting hr her ~ th,
head ~ the HtairwbN iir took hot
hnv Kissed her and led the way to q
taxi
"rm starved dcur wAs so tired
I slept all tho way and $50 dld no
get any dinner
AN right well set a bite here
White they were waiting for he
simple order to be fillrd Hrlhn ~
fused to have ANYTHING she told hin
nil about her huSiness trip and whH
phe had accomplished llc made ~,
derosatorV remarks neither dld NJ
show any interest Ruth feli pique,
that this wns No, ana rather impa
y tientiv gave voice to h~r feeling
, Even n YOU aren't interested ,ol
, wight pretend tu he when n, N
Z hard " she said pctulpntlN
who asks you to try don't