The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-07-22

pfspe.a and always "ouiu
M 'lnsu : tired. blue and ashamed
Bdsn wa as,suse she was blue blue
sAiped De'a nae tired; and tired be-
verse s cal her mind reviewed her
", ~ dragged herself out Of bed
Shs aau !. Ave. but even then her
4 nh ,p'lst had been fastened to al
I Iaas half completion by the e.e queru+
pae ',. na Of her mothers FREQUENT
w. ". l', sDoT, Helen-you must know "
fe' ., .SI impossible it is for me to
~ y !, a' head until I've had my coffee fee
y e S' y, and almost ready'" Mrs. Ray
rs' y, ,Sp s sl earlier than usual
n' !. ,' ar and she could never en-
s q s ! lie i bed when not asleep.
'a ~, : ore shoe unbuttoned ana no
WI WHO ), 81 Helen had prepared the cot.
s' ~. m had come the delicate task OF
ssjss he ,emi-lnvalid up and 1a, dressed sea-
En- ' "a all resulted as Helen had
- ,h.t it would result-she was
~, -" md tardiness at Henderson q
~ n'.,. !. meant a sharp reprimand'
n'p. .,,.o a fine. Helen'S place In
~ y . ! department store was behind
inter where spangled nets and
...s,sIdsred chIfons were sold. It had
:: =, 70 Helen today that half the
Ia must be giving a ball to which
!. other half was invited. SO con
! s.,t.-,u spite Of the rain-were the
IN, for her wares ,
~ .,.ovapces at the counter had
y. more frequent today than usual,
s ~ thought. Perhaps the rain had
"A, people cross. Helen's list Of sales
u beeu short in spite Of her incessant
.Ar.-snd the list Of sales was what
undsyou 1 Henderson looked Mt
"a 1 promotion was being con-
adAed.
AZ through 1t all, hour after hour,
a. IA been the simmer of the
n,dss the light chatter OF coming
III md weddings, the merry voices
ture{ree glrls-the youth, and love.
Dd hlshter.
routh, and love, and laughter" I'm
cusdsusly Helen repeated the words
Isud; thea she smiled bitterly as she
,ppid them to herself. Youth?-she
M twenty-1ve. Love?-the grocer?
IL nIlkmanl the foorwalker? oh, yes,
ID here was the postman. Laughter?
~ could not remember when she
kdMen anything funny-really funny
asuCA to laugh at.
o. Oh this Helen thought as she
Il,ddsd YEARLY homeward Of this, and
M At home there would be supper
b rspare, her mother to get to bed,
n he noon dishes to clear away.
Hdn drew In her breath sharply as
~ thought Of the dinner. She hoped
nth had not been codfish-and-c cream
indy. II II had, she must speak to
xn Nason. Goldfish twice a week
might DO, but five times! Mrs. Mason
NJ the neighbor who. for q small sum
I'd day. brought Mrs. Raymond her
dinner fully cooked.) There was a
Nlsf 70 Iron and some mending to do.
Heen sighed now. She was almost
~ but involuntarily her speed
sdtaed. Enthusiastically she dreaded
~ TIM.
y Y shabby door of the apartment
- Helen half closed her umbrella
- Acak 4 6ercely. Then, as If free
nasek from something as obnox-
= M the rain. she threw back
= ~ and shook that, too. A mo-
Z 'atsF. carefully carrying the drip
umbrella. she hurried up three
las q stairs and unlocked the door
z " rear suite.
~ Pot 4 sprinkles! Did you know
y - cried cheerily to the little wom-
: alung By the west window.
rlnkles! Helen, how can YOU
- ale That when you know what d
:. s.dsI Day It isw fretted the woman.
! = uea you don't know. You never
a q you had to just sit here
10y and stare and stare at that
!. y ~, ~ do. perhaps you would
" smiled Helen Oddly-She
y. ns Just then at the havoc that
b.. - nin had wrought in what
! fairly good hat.
-, tasrs glance followed hers.
Z, n that can't be-your hat p
y. 3 woman, sghast.
. niled qulzzIcally. "Do Won
. ~ exactly what | was think.
"a u' mother! 1t can't be-but
q naan.. ''"'
~, I'd haven't any other that's
nasn.-
ssaan sighed ,mpot,snt,v
~ y. can you answer like that
49, INT anything dampen YOUR
splrits?"
~ 'its~ breathed the girl. A
lssped to her eyes.
1 garments a little later,
= ssout the evenings tasks
! salled ! doleful voice 'f from
rsom. 'o''e from
atAer..
~, week; and you know
. s,'i s. dear. I'm so sorry
- ~ ~ that doesn't feed me.
= to her. Helen. | can't