The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-18

over you 7' John Fcrrol put two
fingers uDdcr his wifc's chin, turn
ing her distressed face Up 70 his
ou'Ne plnchrd and scraped and
gone without things for II years,
Eide, ever since we've been married.
ana at last. when we're able to have
something you behave az II IL were
tragedy"
Wei, perhaps II is a tragedy"
Edith murmurcd. slipping from un-
lcr Fcrruls hand There's no tell
ing whether the money Will hold out.
Things have looked this way before
ana then, all Of a sudden, every
| things petcred out should think
you'd be satisfied for while with
the CARTS cost a small fortune al
ready A. for your simply going
and renting that enormous Hampton
house without a word TO me, It's
positivcly humIllatlnE'"
Well, ! figured there was no use
arguing with an obscssion.' retortcd
fcrroi You've got this economy
bug, Eide, and the only way To do Is
To commit myself To the Hampton
place, move you In willy-nilly, and
haze you see that nothing terrible Is
going 10 happen. We're going to
move, that's all there is to It
There's no sense In our poking along
in f2j shack when we can pay
three times that without turning
hair Why can't We loosen up and
live Ike regular forks Why, I'd
hc ashamed to have my business as
suciatcs see me grubbIng along this
way They'd think the company Woa
gong To bust up. ! toll YOU we are
making money. | can show YOU the
ItA Ina la a
anything. | can prove TO YOU
II don't want TO see the books, and
| don't want anything proved TO
me, said Edith In a dun. rebcllious
tone that John had rarely heard her
use. Il feel that | am simply hcing
forced into n scale ~ living that is
out OF all proportion. ! am being
forced to--to obey. and | detcst mere
blind obedience
rcrrol looked in astonishment at
his wife who was leaning against
The window frame tearing small
handkerchief To bits and trying 10
control her half -hysteriCal breathing.
lie had seen men stand up against
all sorts OF strains and suddenly col
lapse when the necessity for resist
arCe was past And he figured, with
more or less riGhtness. that .his wife
was at that moment undergoing a
sort OF reaction. She had borne the
long Siege OF poverty with resource
fulnens and courage. Now that for
tune had released her, she was un-
able tO realize her freedom, afraid to
try her winES, Johns heart
,Oftcned sympnihetiCally, lie felt
FOR his hclpmatc with more than
ordinary masculine undcrsts Of
the complex feminine temperament
There, girl" he whispered. pat
ting her shoulder. take my judg-
meme this time You'll see Il will
pan out all riIht--morc than all
right And say Eide, don't feel hurt
nt my not talking Il over with you
was afraid TO for fear you'd put
your foot down and spoil the whole
scheme. You know I'm not the man
to force you into blind obedience.
only feel this time that I've got n
better line on things than you have
Come. dear. buck up. let's he happy,
Edith didn't feel at all like buck
ing up" She felt like aoinG off into
a corner somewhere and having "A
beautiful miserable. self-indulgent
cry. But she had too much common
sense and too good poise to allow
herself the luxury Of further re
sistance TO her husbands plan. She
would submit to the inevitable for
the time being and work out pro
gram Of economy ms far as possible
In 'Nc new conditions.
Sh, went through the motions OF
"hucking up" therefore (Which Is an
excellent way OF getting back TO
nornan. and took the first oppor-
tunity OF going over for a look at her
new home
tTo be continucd)