Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-03

or New York traffic Usually MIN
hle and Tracv enjoyed watching pc
destrtans make hairhreadth ESCAPES
and waved gay on the rush ~ air
and the sensation Or easy motion.
hesidcB. tho Sixth avenue elevated
runs overhead 90 nuisily you have
Ia alt very close IN order TO carry On
any ConVCrhauon az all
The EiTl leaned back silent Tracy
watched her with anxiety, Ile suw
she wss tired. and slipped an arm
behind her. trying not 10 talk until
the air and rslaNauou would reso
her g0Ine lie took or her hat and
held It on his kuCcs with the shy
sort OF tenderness that goes with
Irish lovemakug Minnie wanted To
cry How could she think OF
Thompson and As motor car with
Traoyg arm holding her go gcntly7
| hhe refused to Gct or for stroll
In Central Park 1t seemed easier
10 cling ~ her determination away
/ from the fumuutg shadows OF "A
summer utRht Ia the laafy bypaths
Tracy let their silence continue.
quite confident ur "a depth OF mutual
understanding that nCedcd NO words
! Minnie he said, after long
time. Il saw q Clat oyer In Newark
wltha little private porch that could
be sctoeptl ia as slick as anything,
And It only cost $40 month"
/ She turned nor head and started
out ut New York with blank eyes.
/ II Tracy was disappointed becauss
she did not Apeak, he managed 20
conceal II with quiet gravity lie
could see when they went into "a
druK store for u soda. that tho siri =
face was whit" ana couvulsed ns n
with fear. She smiled ~ him WHOM
ne pDited ho- hand with ,p7l-bNe
nSsurnncc. She coul- not tcu him
II was not muidculy shrinking. but
panicky recollection 81 hor moth-
ors story a drclry tale of five liv-
ing ana three dead children, Of
drudgery. Helf-dcnial ana pltlful-
" limited outlook
ON the way back at FIFTY ninth
street. she was s'ill trying to re
momher that there need bo no limit
TO the ambitions ot Mr.. Thompson's
wife At Thirty fourth street the
car was caught In a whirl OF motsrs
and cable cars and floods of pcdes-
triana all tangled up iu "A traffic
snarl There seemed to be no way
out 40 they decided TO sit quietly
hntn their car could bc moved
across BROADWAY Suddenly e
found her hand In Tracy's. ~ was
mot the place where ringers uf the
future Mrs Thompson ought tn re-
pose.
Hundreds Of e.peoplc passed and
lrepasSsd until the Birl began 90 Fel
dizzy with numbers. Tho motorWAn
abandoned his post TO Nt down ueay
Tracy and begin an eloquent CON
ldcmnatlou or all two-leggcd cret-
,turcs who cross street car tracks,
Minnie watched suhurhonitcs, thcat-
/ orgoars, street walkers. policemen,
lnewsbays and mnHher5 SARGE bN
without a glance at her or at each
other, The lonoliness that Is most
poignant In crowdH came upon her,
Suddenly, thd warm thrill OF her
hand In OTracya lumpy fist seemed
tho most rcassuring thing In the
world Thompson Gould give hor
many things. hut Tracy would un'
derstand her. They might have TOO
many children. she would have 20
do her own work and probably tho
only automobile she would ever eL-
ter would be- one of the cardboard
ones at Coney Island. where you
can have your picture taken In q
and printed on a postal for two foI
10 cents.
lruptina tho moturman recklCssly
"Traoy. listen here Il minute. did
YOU notice II there were any laundry
tubs built in that Newark dat"