The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-11
TRICKS
Faces Are Mirrors; They
Reflect What Is Before
Them; But Young Love
Didn't Realize That Until

NM and Marion French had been his
w June bride. In less than q year
Warner could not remember the incidents
which had led him into marriage. He
found himself sitting like a amid the
half conscious, with the bricks and mortar
81 illusions strevn around him.
II vas not all so vague with Marion. She
had the feminine memory for microscopic de-
tails which build up. for women. the climaIss
e their lives. She held in her mind every
prv~sous word. gesture. and intonation Of
Warmers voice. She rsnembered the
phrases he had used in tho college library.
after lectures. walking upoh the campus
Warner had put himself through Columbia
university upon insurance money paid at his
fathers death. So tar Immediate relatives
vent, he had none. The two thousand dol
lars which he invested In education were
simple for his academic needs, and during
each summer vacation he had worked, first
upon 4 mail trade journal in lower New
York which kept him in food and shelter.
and, between his Junior and senior years,
upon Q weekly Newspaper in New Jersey
which had paid him eighteen dollars to Ill
In while the regular STAFF members were on
their summer holidays.
Upon the day he and Marion were married
there were two hundre ed and nifty dollars left
Of his Inheritance, and that night Marion
wrote to the school board OF her home In
Pennsylvania Withdrawing her application
for a position
The nrst exact knowledge Warner had
that he was married came to him when, some
weeks after the wedding. tired, worn out by
the heat, BY . rsiteration Of refusal to en-
ploy him, he sat down upon q bench IN Bry-
ant Park aware that he did not wish to go
home to dinner. He also knew that he was
expected home by Marion. She had been
sitting or standing or walking about that
apartment through the entire day. Perhaps
she Lad walked down the four flights OF
stpos to buy some lamb chops or . piece ots
s.eak-inevitabIe chops or steak. the meat of
an inexperienced bride. She would be cal
eulaur the time Of his arrival. and fifteen
minutes before she would place those chops
or the steak upon the gas burner. and they
would s-kzIe and hiss and grow hot Just as
he grew hot IN the choking. fstid air of the
subway
When he arrived home the long stand In
the train had subdued him again He felt
a. II he had forgotten or mislah something
and he returned Marion's caress . tribe me-
ehanicary.
well. dear" said his vito, what luck
uoday1"
ITS tight all around" Warner replied
with an attempt At confidence. All the
papers have cut down for the summer. They
told me 1t the Tribune that there might Be
q place in september."
Marion said nothing to this. and Warner
sensed her disappointment. She might he
felt. have made an encoura ging reply, and As
no ate Marion. In her turn. waited In vain
for some commendation Of her own days
effort
As the little amateur dinner progressed
Warner again eIpertenced the return Of
buoyance. and with coffee the sltsht irrita-
ton In Marion's soul passed Of. The young
husband lit bis cigarette. pushed himself
down comfortably in his chair. and Marion
drew several plates toward her.
Let the dishes go q while, Marion" he
said. II guess we're entitled to a few min
utes' tax. Good Lord. I'd rather cram for
tan million exams IN Philosophy4 than face
some Of those once boys I suppose. though.
everybody has to go through this expert
ence.-
what happened today. Paui," asked
Marion.
The usual thing he said If could
only get beyond some Of those once boysl
They make you write out your name and
business on slip Of paper. When you put
down seeking position It looks too fancy.
and when you write looking for q Job I:
sounds as II you want to dig bitches But I
did get IN to see the assistant city editor at
the Tribune"
What did he say"
Warner anplihed what he had already told
Marion, and as he talked he again felt tina.
dehaton Of confidence. There seemed some
thing in his wife's attitude that was critical.
He caught himself upon a note Of e1plana-
ton bordering on apology. In an instant his
pride rose and choked Of his words. He an
shed briefly. and both sat silent, the width
Of the table suddenly broadening into a gulf
between them. Marion dropped her gaze and
brushed with her band at some invisible
crumbs In her mind grew those pictures Of
Warner as he dominated the undergraduates
n their circle. She strove to At the edges Of
me campus 10 the rough frontiers Of this life
which 0ou found