The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-05-08

row your vnac. GertE
Please don't call me Cert. Tom
besought his wife plalntively. "A fs-
ure. I wanted Innes to try to get one
for me In Los Angeles
Il did tfy." began lines
-Yours Is good enough for anyone.
Why should you get anotherY He
was openly ad=lir.ng the ample bust
swelling under the pink gingham-
Don't. Tom
Innes tried to explain the sincerity
OF her search. She had visited every
store (which might be suspected of
having q figure She could not bring
smile TO her sisters face. There
was none your sire. They offered 70
order one from Chicago. They have TO
be made TO order, IL they are special
sizes You are not stock size. did you
know thatT
Il should think not cried Gerty,
bridiing. MY waist Is absurily small
for the size Of my hips and shoulders--
Innes wondered II IL would be safe
to agree with her.
| -When win it be herer
~YoaT be disappointed" Inees
found herself stammering. But not
for SIX weeks did not know whether
to order II or not
And I In Los Angeles with my sum-
mer sewing all done! What good will
Il do me thenT The pretty eyes
looked ready for childish tears
Il kn0r. That Is, I didn't know
what to do" apologized Innes Hardin.
Il decided TO order IL as I'd found the
place. and was right there. but made
sure that I could eountermand the or
der by telegram So I can this very
afternoon. I knew you would be dis
appointed. I was sorry
I'll need IL next winter admitted
Gerty. helping herself to some Of the
chilled tomatoes. I'm sure I'm much
obliged to you I hope I; did not put
you TO much trouble"
Thee words raised the wall Of for
mality again. Innes bent over her
plate.
-what made you change your plans p
suddenly demanded his wife Of Hardin.
when Sam came In with your bag. he
surprised me So"
MY boss kept me-" Hardin's face
looked coarse. roughened by his ugly
passion. -Rickard. your old friend.
He served q subpoena on me at the
station
oh cried Gerty. Surely. be did
not do that. Tomr
Sure he did" Hardin's face was
black with his evil mood. I'm only an
underiing. q disgraced under.ing. Hes
my boss. He's going to make me re-
member It."
You mustn't say such things" pout.
ed his wife. If II does not hurt you,
II you do not care. think how I mus,
feel
-Oh. rot!" exclaimed Hardin. The
veneer was rubbed down to the rough
wood Innes saw the coarseness her
mother had complained of. the Glpgg
fiber.
Il suppose you think I like to take
orders. to Jump at the snap Of the
whipi" He was deliberately beating
up his snger into a froth- ~Oh. sure.
do. That's q Hardin, through and
through"
Again the angry blood flooded his
wife's cheeks. He. too. was throwing
the boarding house at her.
you oid IL yourself" Gerty with
difficulty was Withholding the angry
tears. Il told you how It would be
You would 90 IL"
"Oh. hell - cried Tom, pushing baci
his plate.
His sister looked drearily out ths
wire-screened door. Her view was g
dusty street. Hardin got up. scrapins
his chair over the board floor.
And to keep IL from me-" persisted
the wife. ITO let me ask him to din
ner-"
"Does that dismal farce have to Il
on" demanded Hardin. turning bach
10 the table. You'll have to have Il
without me, then III not stay ant
make a fool Of myself. Ask him I,
dinner. Me! I'll see myself"
Innes wished she was In the neigh
boring tent. Tom was lashing himself
into a coarse fury.
To her dismay. Gerty burst int
tears II was killing her, the disgrace
she cried. She couldn't endure IL. Sh,
couldn't stand II there; she had NO
the courage TO so to Los Angeles
where her friends would pity her. Il
wns crushing her She was not Har
din; she was sensitive: she could NO
Justify everything a Hardin did al
right. no matter what the consequences
The pretty eyes obscured, she rushed. {
streaming Niobe. from the room.
The brother and sister avoided eaci
others eyes. Innes rose and cleared
the table OF the dishes. She made Z
loud noise with the running water ir
the shed. racketing the pans to drowr
the insistence OF Gerty's sobbing.
! She kept listening for Toms step
She wanted TO &C -ith him when h,
, left; he must not reach the ONCE II
, the blackness Of that mood. Shs