Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-20
The Wife.
Uy JANE THETpg
\ Delicious breakfast Helps To Re
store Brian's Coon Nature.

1iiAl' 4 islk NV l.
This rico pudding Is delicious,
/ Ruth said nonchananuy as she took
q spoonful. mo you remember IN"
one I tried 20 make that first week
after we took the flat. Brian2 ! used
( hnlt dozen egBs, ana IL was hard as
"A rock, Mrs Crawford doesn't use
any eggs az all. she says IL never
iS creamy N you DO"
The pudding ls all right" Brian
Erudgingly admitted, then. see here.
Ruin are you going 10 stop this
d ------ fOollshnesg, or nOt''
What foOllshness2"
You know worry wen what I mean.
] suppose you think because you are
earning more than Z am, that YOU
can act as you please and pay no at
tentlon 10 my wishca' but / tell you
/ won't stand for it, he clustered,
showing Ruth sho had been right In
/ her deductions
why. Brian. / have no intention
OF doing anything 10 which YOU pos
slbly could Ubpcrt. You surely aren't
making "A fuss because my boss has
discovered | am worth more than no
was paying me. or course II / were
In business for myself u5 practically
you are, / should bo willing % go on
earning very littl0 because uf what
II meant to me iu the futurc to be
my own boEs. liut when you are
working for someone else, 10 seems
I 10 me YOU are worth all they pay YOU,
or they wouldn't glvo 10 To you. and
| that you should get all you can. You
see, one doesn't have the same indc-
4 pendent feeling one has when one Is
situated as you are she finished
tactfully.
There's aomthiuE I'm that tgAin
the admission was grudElugiy given.
but I don't Ike IL. Just tho same.
No man wants "A woman Growing over
| him because She earns more than he
does, aud
"Oh, Hrian' you don't think that
! H.
Wei most women would" he In
torrupted, looking biz sheepish.
I'm Ruth IIloket, not most
women and $50 l shan't CROW as you
put H. Come ON, hurry up and finish
that pudding aud we'll go to a
show
Brian said nothing more They
went 20 a play az thonter in the
| neighborhOod, then he proposed they
/ get "A rureDit before they went home
proposed it with an air OF bragga-
| doCto that made Ruth smile, while IL
brought tears suspiciously near
- is because he's hurt" she said
TO herself as she readily agreed.
They had the raTebit and a glass
Of boer. When be paid the check.
| Brian gave tho waiter an unusually
large tip for him, ana gave Il with a
| flourish that didn't deceive Ruth,
Poor fellow he'll get over that"
she mutterod az she saw, Hes sore
| tonight"
Neither Of them mentioned the
raise again. but long after Brian
slept. Ruth was planning how she
| could propose they move into better
/ quarters. ana she pay the difference
| In tho rent She would walt a few
dnys until he got over the first shock.
she decided, smiling In the darkness
at tho thought OF his sulking AS he
| had
Just like a little boy" she mur-
INJURED leaning over and smooshing
his hair
Ruth had found. long ago. that
Rriau was apt 90 be morose for "a
| time when ne was crossed In any
way, ANA that the best way 20 deal
with him. when in that mood. wus
not 90 notice.
The morning mail came while
Brian was In his bath.
"Eucky for once" Ruth exclaimed
ns she saw the thick letter the cu-
velope bearing her aunts handwrit
ing She knew her aunts feelings on
tho subject OF women doing nnythlng
out of tho home. so was sure the lct-
ter would be filled with objections
and perhaps reprUachcs. She slipped
IL into her pocket. Shc would read
Il after Brian had gone.
when she came To tho table sho
wins Immersed IN the morning paper.
and al once commenced 20 read him
the war news. In which he was In
teuvcly Interested.
Germany had declared war, and
the French had Joined mo British IN
the common caustH Of defeating her.
Hrinu had. from the first been great
~ taken up with the adyiccs from
the other side, and although tho
fighting had sacrocly begun ne often
declared 10 would mean "a long war.
and that. IN his opinion. other ma
tions would Inevitably ue drawn into
| it before rluch time had passed
SO now ne listened while Ruth
read. and forgot Co ask IN there had
been any mail. Then. too, the break
fast was so good. so to his liking.
that he had TO hurry tu get TO the
office at his usual time
Ruth had been up earlier than
usual heCause Of her WBkcfulness,
and had Eone out and purchased a