Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-15
THE NEW TIM.

S,,o d;d NOT move until he made a
at;,,, ss though he were going to come
to her. Then she closed the door behind
hsr and walked into the room with ner
h.ad h;uh and the most dmihed ar sie
could assume. She went To one of tne org
unbolstered chairs and sat down IN IT,
and faced him. .h
''Vell9" she asked, feeling very much
like a tragedy queen, only httle 700
frightened to recognize the hutnor tiia'
plaNcd through all this melodrama
Having gained his point and forced C,
her to come in and listen TO him, Inn
was suddenly at loss as 20 wha1 " say
next II was PLAIN that he had hoe ac1il.-
command Of his, and he certainty oio ho'
| r,u, What TO do with his victory.
II want to apologize, want to apol-
o,,a he repeated several times, walk
ING up and down the room.
esYn,,'ye. already done that, Ruth
aosvered her tones as cool rs she could
mako ,hem You were going to send the
apoloov bv a letter" 1t was evident too,
that Ruth was not gong to help hun out
4 don't mean for tonight, Tim SAID,
suddenly finding the words he wanted
10 saw. II want to apologize every
thing. all down the line. Everything We
ever done or said
This made him feel better. Ii was,
after All. what he wanted to say-kuth
hal helped him out without meaning 30,
snce she had gwen him the suggestion
for the words He stopped walking about
anil began searching through his pockets
lie pulled out some cigarettes. lit one,
and leaned back against the table, smok-
ing.
He wasn't looking at Ruth, so she
looked UP at him, still wondering about
shis new development.
He wasn't at all the Tim OF the old
days As he leaned baok against the
table his shoulders dropped, after the
manner OF all men tied TO desk dur
ing the day 1t gave an old line TO his
back. His head WAS dropped rs he stared
st the carpet. which some how made his
rhin-always his worst feature look very
bad II was ALWAYS w ak In this position
no looked almost chinless His skin toO-lt
VAS ssllow.
She began counting up-why, Tim WAS
onIv 25. Whv should he begin 20 look ma
t,,re? To be sure Myra was losing her youth
but that was from over-indulgence that
WAS plain fat But Tins body was getting
,he settled-down look of the 'desk-man
his clothes hung in the lines OF clothes
Of under-officc workers They stretched
over his shoulders and they baggcd at the
knees and the elbows.
Once again she was sorry for him. After
all. did Myrs know how 70 take care Of
him? He should be made to do exercises
she would have coaxed hlm on long
walks and country climbs, made him play
tennis or golf, or join q \. NJ. G. A
ANYTHING to keep him looking fit.
She relaxed her rigid position and her
frigid manner.
What's the use of apologizing what
it's use ever? 1t doesn change anything
Il suppose I'm doing it TO make my
self feel better Tim still stared moodlly
at the floor, his cigarette sometimes In
his hand, sometimes hanging loosely In
his mouth. the smoke curling up and
around his face. II never felt right about
that affair of ours. ] was too much of
coward 70 writc you after II was over;
Icouldn tell Myra, for fear she might feel
badly. he liked you SO
Ruth danced up at him again t
this refe.,uce 70 MyTs. Did he know
hat Myra had deliberately played Wit