Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-06
The Wife.
Nv JANE, PHELPS
brlhh Apol"glIcS and 11my spend n
Happy Evening.

"'i'f h' nome Bran sad HgiIn
Il'"h.ug painfully Il felt depressed
NOT Il h,t IKE working. 50 called goa
Hp 20 ask you ~ 20 10 n. uhuuo"
"r Hpm"whcr". when found you
"Ji starred to 20 alone. Then !
met MolHe, so took her
Ruth listened to her husband s
elaborate explanation In silence.
She couldn't help feeling glad that
ne had called her up TINT ne had
thought Of her, yet she felt terribly
embarrassed 20 have him feel IL ne.
r"-stry to explain what he edid be
fore Mrs Roberts What would she
rel her husband would they think
brian did not care FOR her, that he
"nS In love with MDIlie, or what
would they think?
Never had RUTH been 40 glad to
get home.
Sow say what. you have to say.
ana have It over" lirlan said when
they were alone. III You would stay
~ nom" whore you belong. instead
~ gadding about working ~ that
you can do things cant afford to
let yOu- do, we would have been to-
Ecth"r instead Of you and Mrs. Rob
"iis going by yourselves
~ N'flllH l'lll 'hll ~ " iJN bllill u ~
take MullIc King Ruth was goadcd
INTO ia" reply put that isn't the
pOI"t. Brian. | was not UbjcCtlug
- ia" money but don't you think It
looks strange to our friends for YOU
20 Spend 80 much time with her"
She tried 10 speak calmly.
'Tta no ones business"
VERY well. II you are Eoing to
fu L a. fhNt uffill1a fhArp 20 F1A
to be- fu,id / am sorry I was not at
hom" when you called me up. !
thought ~ calling you. in fact we
spoke Of calling both you and MIR
iiOhcrts. but Clara said ne hated to
lose half day for pleasure. SO
M long nR she didn't phone him, /
thought I'd better not either. But
/ am very sorry now that l didn't
call you"
Brian made no reply. and their
dinner was eaten almost In silence,
Afttrward he put on his hat, saying
ne would hG back shortly.
Don't sit up for me, | may play
cards awhile with some friends he
said, standing in the open door.
Ruth looked blaukly at the closed
door. Her first Impulse was to run
after him. He never had delibcr-
atoly left her sitting home alone be-
fore. -, dear, how she wished she
had kept the fact that her salary had
again been raised from him. lie
had been so impossible ever since.
never min. honey, 20 OF nanny
81 VIII yo."
Throwing her arms around Rach-
ers neck. Ruth for the first time
since she had been married, gave
81, %
she sohbed unrestrainedly for an
hour, the old nurse grooming over
her. IHiHally she dried her eyes and
sent Rachel to bed. She sat by the
window until after midnight when
she too, undressed and crept into
bed
She wondered who those friends
Rrian had spoken OF so casually
could be. and why he had never
mentioned them before. Perhaps he
was with that Mr.. Clark, OF whom
he had borrowed money. once she
thought: II wonder II he is with
that MolNe King" but dismissed
the idea as unreasonable. He
wouldn't leave her alone to spend
the evening with Mollie. even II he
had taken her to the matinee. lie
had only done that out OF pique be
cause she wasn't at home when he
called. OF course he had taken Mol
lie out when she was away but that
waa So different. Te~ do II when she
was at home. anxious and willing TO
he with him. either ut home or
wherever he cared to go, would be
too much like intentional neglect
Finally she fell asleep. only to be
awakened when Brian stumbled
ho 10 la, thu dark
40 switch on the light. dear, !
youll hurt yourself" she said. sit
ting up in bed. rubbing her eyes
What time is it," as he followed |
her advice.
About two. ! guess"
"Did YOU have good time"
"Nes-iprctty fair
Brian did not volunteer any intor- |
nation as to where he had been or |
who with Ruth longed to ask, but
her curiosity. Brian must
not be made TO feel that she didn't
trust him
In this Ruth was wise. His was
a nature that could brook no re-
stralnt lie had shown this in many |
WAYS SO, she realizing II, had tried !
to keep herself from saying or doing |
ANYTHING tha: looked like espionage |
Yet she drcadfully wanted 20 know .
whcrc he had been.
Tho next morning A. breakfast.
rather as they finished and Bran
was about to leave. ne said shame
faCcdly.
Il was rotten to ask Mollc to 60
10 the matinee when you were in
.uwn. but was sore when ] met
her"
THAT was an Rut all day Ruth I,
was happy hccnusc OF tho half
hearted apology she knew he
meant WIN, he had said, and moro.
That was his way OF saying he was
,orry
That night they spent the happtest
,vcninE they had had since Ruth
old him she had hcen given more
money because Of her good work
\nd rs she had so many times be
ore she said ~ herself
"If hnly va could be like this all
ne time. how happy | should be-
To Re Continued
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