Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-29
MOONLIGHT AND MONEY.
Ey Marion RubincaIu
4 QI ERREI..
ChaptCr I.NXIII.


The sWcrtcr woman : nature Is, The
bitt or she becomes when she Is finally
ruus Ell Il Is like that strength of the weak
willcd- d-stubborness. The strong-wIlcC
woman can be moved by logic, the weak
~illed cannot be budged an inch from
one stubborn attitude. The sweet little
woman will WELD and yield she will make
sacrifice after sacrifice; but when she turns
there are no lengths to which her hitter
ness will not carry her.
Thus was Louise. She had endured real
hardships, as well as many wrongs she
merely fancied, and she had kept her
sweetness and her softness. True enough,
she had run away when the situation be-
came unbearablc, but there was no anger
IN her action. And she had never turned
against Harry. had never accu scd hi N
even IN her thoughts.
But now
For week after the baby's death
she Law IN he'd. while June poured all its
glory out Of doors in blue skies and golden
weather When the nurse wanted 10 put
her m d Whcel char and take her TO the
ward She shook her head with n simple,
No thanks, I'm too tired to move.
When visitors came, she sent word
she was too I'LL to see anyone. even though
DIR Drake assured her that a few short
calls from friends would do her good
Tell them I'm asleep werr her direc-
tione 10 the sohcitous Anne when lntl-
mate friends hike Carol and Elsie were
calling
She never refused 20 sec her father, but
Law for hours with her hand in his. talking
htte. and never mentioning the babys
name But her changing attitude showed
moro pla My towards Harry than anyone.
BEFORE break fast and before he left tor the
utiics he would come INTO her room, snd
she would pretend 10 be asleep. though
she Was 50 kcCulv awarc 0f has ncarncSS hat
her closed Iis trcmhlcd nervouSly over
her ewes When in the evenings hc took
the supper tray from Anne's hands and
brought It into her room himself, she
greeted hum With politcncsS and indifference
And ~ the evenings when he came
back acNln she would say wearilv
Please gu. Just want IN be alone.
Pcoplc bother me
80 Harry thinking Ne was doing the
host thing and wanting to please her.
spent hi- evenings in his own room, bent
over extra work brought M from the
office work whirh nc hoped to sell
tt the end ~ thu week he rcbcllcd,
for hc felt hc could not stand It any
longer
You must not brood evcr this thing 81.
Dearest he protested Tho doctor SAYS
IT would ID Won good - sit up little
snd u have pcoplr scc Won
i don't want to sc,e people He cx-
rectcd tins answer
Not even Carol
''Not even Carol
Not me" He sskc1 this tcsrfuIlv.
but AZ dId not actually expect her answer
Not YOU she sad. after minute
hrcathles,s silence
For wears she stIll remembered how he
looked alter she had spoken His bovish
acc went strangely white: his eyes, that
we're looking af her adoringlv. grew wide
with ama8mcnt and fear. He put ono
hand uncertainty. vaguely, TO his hair
But dearest, he said finally. I'm
your h,Sband-you mustn't turn away
from ne"
Why not IosIrse asked and some-
thing of her mothers cold matter-of-
f3ctncss was N her tone.
'EBut II you brood over this. you'll
hate r-1cf' he said
'1 DO, Louise answered simply.
louise" he gasped m terror do
vuu know what you We SAID
Yes. she said quietly, even Indifferent
Il II know what I've said We been
saving il to myself All week, ever sinoc
,-ver since the night the baby died
But couldn't help that he pro-
tested. weak from fright I'm not to
hlame
You ar She SAID. You know how
poorly VIC lrvcd and how worked and
worried aH tie tlmc il the doctor SAID
il hadn't a chance, il had no constitution. +
il wasn't cared for before il was horn.
you ialit
Iiarrv few 70 his own defense sud .
denly
''lou knew we'd be poor he began
hotly
Bu- Louise turned away snd hid her
Iace n the pillows.
Go away. please 70 away she beg
zed u don't want % see YOU, ever
Tomorrow Fragments