Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-04-16
REFORM OF ROxANA
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hewitching. tantaliZing girls one could
not helm loving. On each one of her
rosy fingertips she could recite In CO
onettish fashion the name of q de.
goted. withal unhappy, sutton; but toe
!, mist be admitted that Roxana often
found need to exercise her most win.
some tricks of cajolery to win back
the smiles her teasing tricks had
chased away.
II was Dick. nicknamed the Faith.
fu,." who suffered the most and COM
nlained the least. He loved Roxana
But perhaps nothing tried his pa
fence and good temper more than
Roxanas curiosity.
II was to her mother that In des-
peration be appealed. what can |
do?n he asked dejectedly. Last
night she unwrapped box l had with
me when | called"
"And-" prompted Roxana's moth
er.
"oh, pshaw," blurted Dick, at con-
tanned some underwear had just
bought" Dick fancied he saw Rox-
ana's eyes twinkling merrily at him.
what can DOR he repeated.
Roxanas mother glanced up. lips
tyitching in a smile she could i'll sup
press. "Pll tell you, Dick" she finally
answered in an encouraging tone,
you can either give her up--or marry
err"
'Tll marry her ~
And marry her he did.
Already on this fine July morning
her honeymoon of four saccharine
weeks seemed like a beautiful dream
Just that week a roll of films had
been ruined by exposure to the light,
when Roxana could no longer resist
the temptation to learn if it contained
six or twelve exposures. But Dick
was big enough to realize he must not
permit this failing of his wife to mar
the placid and unruff1ed tenor of their
existence and he gradually ceased to
resent the tampering with his mail.
There was no more the unconscious
act of ripping open the envelopes as
Roxana handed him each night his
letters in exchange for a kiss.
Red summer had merged into a fall
respondent in galaxy of yellows and
browns, and Dick trudged home from
the depot through the cooler atmos-
phere so pleasingly refreshing after
the long hot day just over. The days
work had been particularly and de-
pressingly enervating and he looked
down the road toward his home as
he shifted the heavy satchel he car
ried from hand to hand.
Wonder what's in it," Roxana's GU
riosity danced excitedly high as she
saw her husband coming up the gar
den path carrying the grip
Making all sorts of pretty fuss
about him, Roxana finally gave verbal
vent to her thoughts. "Dick what
have you in that grlp?"
But his words did not carry effec-
tive weight. "This satchel" he said as
ne laid the small vslise against the
wall. contains material for a suit"
oh, do let me see" interrupted
hoxana, I'm so anxious to look ii
over I'll bet it's beautiful"
No, 1t isn't, and that's just why ]
dont want you to look at It," Roxana
IroWned. ITS an off-color PROPOSE
tion," Dick continued, "and it's Just as
well you know nothing about it."
indeed Roxana was quite dis
Pleased with her husband and firmly
ueclded that If he was getting materi.
al Tor a suit she ought to have been
consulted.
mere the satchel lay on the floor
against the wall, its black leather
surface seeming to aggravatingly tan
tailze her with the secret it concealed
The echo of his footsteps along the
garden walk had hardly died away
"nen koxana, with no qualms of con-
Sclehce, sat herself on the floor be-
sue the valise and with hairpin and
scissors commenced operations upon
the lock.
NOT note of veXatiOn escaped her
as TOOLS of feminine inventiveness
oent beneath the unusual task allotted
men, and as she applied herself with
pauence worthier of better purpose.
MOI until the debris of two pairs of
manicure scissors, one pair of tailor's
shears and an easy gross of hairpins
nay broken and bent before her did
results reward her efforts.
AT last! The lock was pried. In a
noment she would know all. The
ca'cn was slipped and the sides of the
Satchei flew open, revealing--a mass
OF papers
"oxanas surprise of disappointment
nsefed her. "Oh, that Dick should
nave told me an untrutl," she sobbed,
anu smarting tears sprang to her eyes.
Ho&ana squatted Indian fashion be-
iore the bag overlooking with legal
'OOklng letters and greedily read.
"A pnzzling expression was succeed
" DV one of deep interest, and as a
young girl with her first romantic
noVei' Roxana read on, oblivious to
Everything save the sheets before her.
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