South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-30

D4Nh3 ApA lAaf4Ai 'l y AHiA '-+~-'
provocation upon me. let ny
| speech lash out bhndly. not caring
what ] said:
You are wrong in one thing
right in another 7 am not jealous
OF Miss Draper To tell you the
truth. I DO not care enough about
what you do to be jealous Of you.
But I would not like 10 live in Mar
vim for this reason never counted
in my list of friends a woman who
possesses neither good breeding nor
common sense. and I do not propose
TO begin with Miss Draper"
Dicky stared az me for a momen,'
his face dark and distorted with
passion. Then, springing TO his feet.
ne picked up his collar and tie and
went into his room. Returning with
fresh ones, he snatched his hat ami
! stick and rushed 10 the door. As ne
/ slammed il after him 1 heard an
other oath. this time coupled with
reference 10 me. ] sank back in the
I big chair weak and trembling.
We'll. YOU have made a mess Of
lit" My mother-in- laws voice, cool
and cynical. sounded behind me /
/ felt like saying something caustic
I L. her. but there was something IN
/ her tones that stopped me 1t was
not criticisms Of me she was express
I ing. rather sympathy Accustomed
a. ] was TO every infection OF her
voice I realized this, and accord
/ insly held my tongue until she had
spoken further.
"Tl admit you've had enough to
/ make any woman lose her control OF
/ herself" went on Dickys mother
with he fairness which ! had found
I her invariably to possess in anything
big. no matter how petty and fussy
/ she might he over trifes. But you
ought 10 know Richard better than
to take that one with him. Give
/ Richard his head and he soon tires
4 of any of the thousand things he
proposes doing from time 10 time.
/ Oppose him. ridicule him. make him
( angry. and he'll stick to his notion
as a dog TO "a bone"
She turned and walked into her
room again. ] sat miserably huddled
IN the big chair. by turn angry at
my husband and remorseful over my
own hastiness
"Not ] do about dinner. NHssis
7 Graham p" Katie's voice was sub
/ dued sympathetic and respectful. I
realized that she had heard every
word of our controversy. The knowI-
eGge made my reply cure.
Keep it warm as long as YOU can.
( ] will tell YOU when TO serve it,"
( Katie stalked out, mutterins some
/ thing about the dinner being spoiled,
4 but I paid no heed TO her. Ny
! thoughts We're too busy with con
4 lectures and forebOdings of the
future 10 pay any attention 10 tritles.
The twilight deepened into dark
ness 7 was Just nerving myself TO
summon Katie and tell her to serv e
I dinner when the door opened and
Dicky's rapid step crossed the room.
I He switched on the light, and then
I coming over 10 me. lifted me bodily
out of my chair.
Was the poor little girl jealous"
+ he drawled. his face pressed close 10
mine Well she shall never have
10 be jealous again. We won't live
i'm Marvin. naughty old town. full OF
beautiful models Wen Just go over
To Hackensack or some nice respect
able place like that"
At first my heart had leaped with
/ victory. Dicl1y had come back, and
he was not angry Then as his lips
sought mine and caught his
breath my victory turned TO ashes
The regret or repentance which had
driven my husband back 10 my arms
had not come from his heart but
from the depths of a whisky glass.
IL was two DAYS after our quarrel
over Grace Draper and her selection
OF a summer home for us before
Dicky again preached the subject of
leaving the city for the summer.
think ne was thoroughly ashamed
of his conduct the night OF our dis
; agreement when ne had flung out of
the house in a rage. and had then
come back repentant. but more than
half intoxicated.
Dickv had talked necessarily in a
rather maudEn way at the dime
table and I had seen his mother
look at him from time 10 time, her
proud old face growing winter al
each glance
But he managed 10 preserve a
sem blauce of sobriety until he
sprawled himself out in his clothes
on our bed. while 7 spent the night
on "a couch i'm the living room.
Neither he nor I had referred "a
the events of that evening again. 70
it startled me when Dicky brought
tup the subject al the dinner table
BY the way" he said as carelessly
as If the subject had never been a
bone of contention between us
that house ] was speaking of the
other night, the one Miss Draper
thought we would like. has been
, rented so We will have 10 look for
something else"
had no idea how he managed
70 get rid of taking the house after
his protege had gone 10 the trouble
of hunting one up. nor did I care
] told myself that as the girls inso-
lent assurance i'm selecting a house
for me had been put down I could
AFFORD TO be magnanimOus So