The Washington times., 1918-01-25
THEIR MARRIED
LIFE
Helen Plays the Part
sOf Comforter to
Louise.

pously.
HeAsn looked surprised. 1t was
seldom necessary to be announced
when she went to see Louise.
"ArA. Curtis" she responded. smil-
ing at the evident effort OF the boy
to be ACRIMONIOUS. The next minute
she wal ushersd into the elevator
and a mnmsnt later was getting off
at LouisV's floor.
The dCA1r Of the apartment was
opened w Louise herself. who
looked pal, and tired. The waiIInE
Of . baby OILED the place. and Helen
exclaimed di surprise:
''Lousis. MY dsarI What Is wronET
Helen. lsts had = terrible day.
Thank fortune you happened to run
IN. because h'was Just going to tsls-
phone you to come over"
5omsthing' gone WronEr"
well I sha'uld say sol Jennie
has left me-"
Louise. what a shame"
Yes. and she never told me =
thing about It. OF course she has
been grumbly ftAr a long time now.
and I have trieH to make things
easier for her. 4hars why i have
had the laundresA IN TO help with
the laundry
We'll. of course there is a lot OF
extra when there'a 4 baby IN the
family"
81 know It. my dear. and I've
tried my best to ma ide her satisfied.
But from what she tuOd Mrs. Bryan.
she has been getting seady to 90 for
q long time"
when did she leaTA?'
when I was downtown shopping
for the baby. left Mira Bryan hero
washing. Everything seemed all
right. When I got back. about an
hour ago. Mrs. Bryan mtt me at the
door. She said that Jenrue had left.
and she has been saying the great
est string Of things about me"
''oh. well. Louise. you canaffOrd to
ignore anything she might have
said"
That's all right. Helen. I know
you're right, but the entiIe thing
has upset me fearfuIly. Why should
Dany say anything about mSc You
know how good I have always been
to her"
'T know. dear" Helen said sooth-
inEly. but " Jennie has really de-
termined TO go. she probably has
felt It necessary to make excuses
for herself. IL there didn't hapIIen to
be any"
Well. OF course. she gave the
baby her greatest reason"
Helen smiled. In her minds eve
she could picture the colored nnlid
that Louise had had ever sincs
Della had left. Warren had "a
ways called the girl the diplomsS.
but she was so entirely efficienE
that Louise had been blind to her
autocratic manner. She was an at
tractive colored girl, with a pleas
ant manner. but when things did
not move in their accustomed way
she had had a habit OF being dis
agreeable. Helen had told Louise
oncs that she ought to curb this
fault. but Louise had only laughed
at her. Now that things had come
out this way. Helen hadn't the
heart to say anything about II. She
wasn't the type OF woman to say.
81 told you So"
ssnA rhaf told
Mrs Bryan" Louise voluDteered.
Helen shook her head.
She told her that she wouldn't
be seen in the coat that Bob and
1 gave her"
What. that plaid coat OF yours
that I liked so much"
Yes. that English tweed"
Well. Louise. Won know your
self that that is ridiculous"
'I know II is, but that isn't ths
worst. she left her two Christmas
presents here. that white vOIIs
waist and the gloves. She said that
she had expected something good"
Helen laughed merrily. Louise.
can't you see. dear. that It is all
too foolish to notice7'
NO. can't Helen. I'm too upset.
It's n real tragedy to me. / tried
to be so nice to Daffy. and sacri-
need myself at every turn"
know you did. dear. Why. War
rem was saying just the other night
that there weren't many women so
good to their maids. You have
hardly left the house since the baby
came"
20. yes. that's another rhing she
said" cried Louise unable to get tho
thing out OF her mind. she said
that I had been crowding company
down her throat every week lately,
and you know. Helen, one Of tho
chief reasons for my having people
here was to manage SO that she
would not have to be in to take caro-
OF the baby"
20. Louise. do he your sensible
self. dear" said Helen coaIingly.
You are letting this thing affect
you far more than you should.
Come on. let's make a party OF the
dinner tonight. I'll telephone War
rem and have him come over here.
and wen get dinner together How's
that"
YOU'RE n darling" said Louise
impulsively. but Helen, do you
think I'll ever get "A maid so good as
Jennief She was so sweet with the
baby"
'Nof course" said Helen soothing
ly You'll get better ono Now
don't worry any moro and I'll prom
iss to help. You can bring the baby
over to tho house tomorrow. and
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