Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-11
The Wife.
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Brian, Tempted, Spends the Evening
With MOiIic hing.

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IAfe Is habit. Nothing more or less
Bran IaChett had formed the habit
OF considering himself OF paramount
importance. His pleasure, his com
tort. his entertainment so that
when he vowed 10 behave himself
ana eat At home, he felt AS II he were
a martyr Ike those Of old. That
there was no one to appreciate ms
sacrifice, to tell HIM how good he
Was, took al the Zest from the ac-
ton,
lie wanted TO be patted on tho
B back, not tguraLyely but hteraLy.
/ lie wanted to hear the well done
! he felt no deserved. so, although he
I went home to the delicious dinner
. hU,h had ordered and Rachel pre-
pared for him, Il was ashes IN his
mouth. After ne had finished, he
smoked II cigar. That too did not
taste right. Perhaps because Ruth
had not lighted 1t for him.
Then he tried to read.
TRASH" he nuttered, as he
turned the leaves OF "A late magh-
zine How people expect Fellow
10 spend his time reading such stun,
Can't4magine."
/ Finally he decided he would take
! a walk. That his steps led to the
drive. and that Il Washington SQUARE
| bus happened that moment to pass
! him, WIS simply a coincident.
/ IT would XIII the time to ride down
and back. OF course he would not get
OH tho bus II was a beautiful night
and II would be hard to secure
seat.
SUmeway the cigar tasted all right
now, and he puffed away contented-
I Iy When the bus stopped at the end
OF the route, without any conscious
I object In view, almost without NOH-
ton, he got down with tho rest OF
the people.
Il wonder IL Molle Is at homer"
he said to himself, looking In tho
dir6etion OF her studio. or course,
haa he Intended to see her, he would
have called from the house AND
found out II she were at home. But
now that he was so near 1t would be
a pity not to run in and see her Tor
just "A few minutes.
Hello. Brian!" Mollie herself
opened the door. "Mlss.s away
again" she asked with II comlcal
look and accent.
Yes, whent this afternoon. Up
state somewhere. Why?'
"Oh, when the cats away tho
mouse will play. And look up an
other mouse to play with him.
Don't fool yourself" Brian re-
piled smiling at her nonsense, Il
only came out for a ride. am going
right back. But thought If you were
! in, you might feel hurt II / were 50
near and didn't come in
You are pleased 10 be faceuous
tonight"
Il follow in your lead, fair lady
So they chaffed and laughed with,
and at, each other, Brian enjoying
himself hugely. once or twice dur
ing the long, short TO him, hours he
spent in tho studio, he thought re-
/ gretfully Of Ruth. she was 4 good
girl and he was hardly fair Espe-
cially when he kissed MOll!e. But
who could help it? She looked 50
! provokingly pretty with her big
/ checked apron on, washing up the
! dishes she had made in preparing a
WEIGH rarebit for him.
! lie somehow wished Ruth would
wear a checked apron and COOK
/ things for him at midnight II would
I be terribly jolly. Then he straight
way forgot that Ruth existed, while
Mollie entertained him with the gos-
sin of the village and her own plans
4 for the coming fall and winter.
1t WAS after | o'clock when he rose
/ to go.
Il shall have no shred OF reputa-
; ton left II you stay SO late" she had
said to him. But 1t is good to nave
you"
And it is good to come"
Brian really meant 1t. MOllie had
| given him just the adu!ation for
which his soul hungered. When he
described his lonely dinner with only
. Old Rachel in tho house she con-
duned with him as II he had no ain
uer at all instead OF delicious one.
When he told Of the llnely home 10
which he was doomed to 30, she
( petted him and told him it was n
| shame that a domestic man should
/ have married a woman VINO cared
nothing for a home.
So that when Brian again mount
/ ed the bus ne was IN u He1tiiic mood.
Tho time had flown, he had been en-
tcrtaIned, fused over, praised ana
consulcd. What more could man ask
Arrived at home, he found Ruins
, telegram
III IL wasn't so late I'd send her
an answer he yawuci s.ecplly IN
do it in the morning then went 10
bed to dream ot Mol.ic in checked
apron making Tarcu!ts Whlch taN"Tt-
ed all over the table, and which he
vainly tried TO ca,ch. While, in ho-
tel Ruth tossed and tumbled, sleep
/ less, wondering II he had received
| her wire and II he had spent the
evening at home, or with Moule
King.
, Tomorrow-B and Mollie Arc
T'rc,nsCIous That They Are Watched.