Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-01
The Wife.

i,rian Junior Appar- on the s.sne

CHAPTER tNIN
TWi," again. before Mis- cay
hnruc came. Atuhr Naudrl lpnk
ituih 10 the th"at"r. bntr 80" con
scented 10 have supper with MN, bu'
nlr pssasure Was su patent, h's love
fur her 80 obvious, II made h"r uh
comfortable. while she waH scarcely
aware of the reason.
Huth waa slngularly modest Tor
on, 81 her atthinmcntH and phNscal
aitractiuus she hadn't paftlal OF
osullsnt, say" uE regarded her knn"l.
edge of interiors su what ~ould
have been perfectly PLAIN 10 most
women simply made her uneasy
Yet that night she refused 10 have
supper with him ana went inmedl-
utriy home.
She had heard once NOR" from
irian. A glowing letter filrd Win
lhr spirit Of adventure. iir NhS thll
.uf enthusiasm, und dcsct bed min
ufrly the welcome the 'AHnkH' re-
,'iNrd and told of liiih incld"nih
which had happened ou the itip over.
huuh rhuddrrrd when hc told of
sighting a submarine
W. showed hrr 4 clean pair "
heels cur boat wa too sNlti Tor
h,' ~ bet there were lot ~ lis
appointed Huns when Wr shook her
Off, llr had told % ghtly, 1y was
h,s way. bat tu luth u was tragedy
iir told her how 'u reach hint. ana
promised 20 write often. llc htd not
80, heard from her hut Wa looking
hnNiuusy for letter. llr did not
mention huNnT~ ur money
'lir takes It fur granted that can
take care ~ myself" Ruth NUT.
tered bitterly Then shut her lpr
rghtlA as she remembered thnt 1t
Wts her own fault. that had she been
Cuut-ntod to remain "a the niue
apartment they had rented when
they were first married and had
done her own work. Brian, although
ho would doubtless have been drafted
later. would never have enlisted
Shr would then have been dependent
entirely ON him.
Ruth wondered ldly II she wished
shc had acted differently Then came
10 the same conclusion Hs always.
that ~ nrinn cared for her hor hap
pinca -ha would not object 10 what
she did. aS long as she hadn't al
lowed II to interfere with his com
fort. She figured that he had been
even more comfortable. forgetting
| that his principal objections had
been to her frequent shecnccs ron
home
no II wouldn; have made an,
| difference" she always c"ded 10y
saying aloud.
one day she had faiut.ng sprl
In the office Fortunately 40 sh'
though Mandel was away Sh'
called taxi and went home The
she wrote her employer that sh
would not be able 10 keep her plac
ns she was not able To work. Some
thing she said In her short note ht'
told Mahdel the reason
/, Poor giri'" he said as he ordere
som" flowers sent her. and nnswcre
ne sotr telling her that when Hh
was ready Ia come back, her posiilo
would bc waiting This "a n way va
: a relief to Ruth She was prou,
and while SHE might accept checks a
presents from Mrs. Clayhorne. sh
did not care 10 he dependent upo
her She had oppoeed her mhrryin
lirian because he could not suppot
her. and she would not hellttle ne
! husband hy throwing her supper
upon her aunt even when he va
away
Tho day after Ehe left the shoI
I her aunt came Never WIS anynn
more cordially welcomed. Ruth clun
d To her In the days that follnwed, an
when about slI weeks later. hp
baby hoy was born che declared M
> would have died had she been alone
, shall you cable Hrian?" her aun
asked.
: "So-he doesn't know anythin
, about q i-I--gucss I'll walt until h
| comes back --to--tell him "
| You mean that he went away NJ
, knowing YOU were To have child p
Yes was afraid he would wan
me to give up my position 80 I d
, not tell him until II WIS too late
Too late what do YOU mennf
I Until he was going l Intended q
tell him that night but I--chang"
my mind Her face flushed cr,msu