The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-19
The Struggle

The moving picture fiasco left
Edlth telling Ike "A Gagged bird. eN-
baustcd with incffeCtunl beating
against bars CudRcl her brain as
she might. turn this way and that
to find path into financial free
dom, she met failure rSery time.
Added 10 her sense of"bafflcmrnt
was the knowledge that she had hurt
her husbandS pride and wounded
his feelings
Daily. too. she read the lrrtry
news OF war and want ana IN" ever
soaring cost Of MES necessities.
with the added expense OF her
brothers maintalnanCe. the bus .uB
OF school supplies for the children
and the inccssant demands Of neigh
bothood clubs and patrsotcaily IN
tcntioncd organizations to which
local pride, II nothing more, com
PEELED her to contribute, Edith Fer
rUl waged an .nccesant hn'tlc against
dctt
Her brothers debt TO the Fonrs
waH simply impossible To cancel
Edtths heart sank a. she realized
how much stronger Fate rulings
are than the torCca given vs. r. light
with Frightened at her irspuudrn-
cy Edith shook herself 'nRe,h,r re-
solving TO focus her energies upon
on" thing the immedia'" triumph
uf Ncd ana Ned's invention.
10 boost up hor spirits she went
down into f.dgar's workshop where
he vas puttlnE he last tuucbDr TO
tur actual finished water lun'".
Look a here. Sis Crlcd Ncd en-
Enthusiastically aH she came In. she
works In Just one haf hour by
IA a.. .altft.I Ia tIH
family bathroom turn the we'll
known tap and behold -sup, cheated
fluiod viii gush forth as by magic.
In one month. 30 days added Edgar
with a bow OF mock dignity marrcd
by an imitation stumble. your
worthless young brother VIII hc
raised from the ranks Of pitiless
poverty to the attitudes Of afflu-
cnCo"
Edith loved his antics Her heart
lightencd AZ his young enthusiasm.
Through his foOllshncss and his ir-
rosponsible manner somehow his be
lief In his own ability projected IT
self
"Oh. Ned. darling Edith pressed
her cheek against her brothers.
sturdy shoulder. struggling To- keep
out OF her voice the mingled eager
ness and anxiety she felt con, little
brother can II really be true? Can
actually turn on the
The sound OF footsteps and VOICES
upstairs interrupted her.
Where's all the folks. kIdd.c-
kins" on down In luclc Edgar's
Workshop? Well wc'n pile right
down" II was LII Blake intcrrOgnt-
ing little Jack Ferrol. no mistaking
-. .V,,
Fay, dear watch ont and don't
stumble with those silly h gh heels
OF yours"
The quick movement Ned Flower
ton made startled Edith, holding to
his muscular arm one OF those
flashes OF insight or instinct or
pyschic sentitiveness or whatever II
Is that causes a woman 10 feel a
hng a fact before II has been
proved To hc one revealed To Edith
Ferrol that "A sentimental attach
ment existed between her brother
and Lii summers. Her intuition
was strengthened when. "A moment
later Ill and the young woman
hustled into the cellar workroOm to
the accompaniment pf cffervcscent
chatter and hilarity Edith had
vaguely known that Miss Summers
liked Ned. Hut until this moment
she had regarded whatever arfa.r
there was as a sort OF harmless flap
per romance. superficial and fleet
ing
Tho promptness with which
Edgar left his work his hurry to roll
down his sleeves and smooth his
hair his hasty inspection OF his fin
Hernalls and most telling OF all TO a
woman the way he bent over the
blonde and shr mply-slen Fay
In greeting her. showed Edith that
an interest, apart from the mundane
one or putting new kind of water
heater on the market had place in
her brothers mind How much Of
his mind II occupied. how urgent II
was to be satisfied she must find
out
why. YOU wonderful boy Iii
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