Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-02-16
CONTINUED from last week.

Continued from last week.
But Wig. are you going TO do about
1T What the hi is anybody going to
do about 1t? You amt no baby. You
know what life is. And you know
that the seams has got to show on one
OF the two sides and 1t amt your fault
you got turned on the under side. But
you should worry. grill You're fixed.
And I'm here to tell you I'm going to
hand you on top of the two thou this
here little fiat just as 1t stands, Mae.
Just as 1t stands, piano and all. just
guess you got kick comingi"
Her hands flew to her bosom as IL
the steel OF his words had slipped deep
into flesh. you don't mean what
you're saying, Max"
Sure. do! Piano and all, girl"
"No, no, you don't. You're just kid
ding me, Max, like you used to when
you wanted to tease me and throw a
scare in me that your mother was wise
about the fiat. Quit your Kidding,
Max, and take me in your arms and
sing me Maize You're a Daisie' like
you used to after-after we had a lit
tie row. Lemme hear you call me
i. sMaizie dear, so I'll know you're only
N kidding. I'm bum sport, dearie. IL
syinever could stand for guying Cut the
\ comedy. dear"
She leaned to him with her lips
twisted and dried in their frenzy to
belle his words, but with little else to
Indicate that her heart lay ticking
against her breast like a clock that
makes its hour in half-time.
''Quit guying, Max, for Gods sake |!
You-you got me feeling sick clear
down inside of me. Cut it, dear. Too
much is enough"
Her dress rustled with the faint
swish of scything as she moved toward
him, and he withdrew, taking hold of
the back of his chair
Now, now, Mae; come, come
You're a sensible woman. amt
stuck on this business any more than
you are. You ought to have let me
stay away and just let it die out in
stead Of raking up things like this.
Come, buck up. old girl! Don't make
1t any harder than it's got to be. These
things happen every day. This is
business There, there! Now! Now ~
The sudden bout of tenderness
brought the tears stinging TO her eyes
and she was for ingratiating herself
into his embrace, but he withdrew,
edging toward the piano with an en-
tire fiattening of tone.
Nov. now, Mae, / tell you that you
got to cut 1t. 1t would have been bet
ter if you had just let the old cat die.
You Oughtnt to tried that gag to get
me here tonight. You'll get lot more
out of me if you do it dry, girl. cry
ing woman can drive me out of the
house quickern plague, and you ought
to know it by now"
She sat down suddenly, feeling
queasy.
"Now, now. old girl, buck up BE a
q SPORT"
Gimme drink, Max. I-iust a
swallow. I'm all right" And she
squeezed her eyes tight shut to blink
out the tears.
He handed her a tumbler from the
table, keeping his head averted, and
after a bit she fell to sobbing and
choking and trembling.
rs her, It's your old woman
shes been chloroforniing YOU with a
lot of dope talk about hitting the
altar rail with bunch of white satin
with, good fat wad sewed in the
lining. It's your Old"
'Cut thatn ~
ITS your old woman. She-she
don't know you like l do, Max. She"
"Now, now, Mael You knew this
had to come sooner or later. amt
never lied, have I? Right here in this
room amt you told me dozen times
you'd let me go quietly when the time
came? Amt you?''
Il never thought you meant 1t, Max
You don't mean it now. Don't let your.
old woman upset you, dear What she
don't know won't hurt her. That old
woman don't know enough about life
and things to-"
you cut that and cut 1t quick I'm
a decent fellow. am. For six years /
been tipping you Off to leave my moth
er's name out-out of your mouth.
There's place for everything and, by
CAD / amt no saint. but / won't
stand for that BY CAD IL WON'T"
"Oh-h-h-h-hi Oh-h-h-hl Oh-h-h"
She struck her breast twice with the
flat Of her hand. her voice so tight and
high that 1t carried with II The quality
OF strangulation.
Amt fit to mention her name, amt
r? Amt fit to mention her name? My
kind amt At to mention her name.
eh?"
"No. II you got to know 1t. Not
like that My old mothers name. Not
like that"
"Not fit. Ell? What are we fit for,
then. us that only get the husks Of
you men and nothing elser
"T-"
what am At for? Fit to rr.. to
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