The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-01

OF Marty would get INTO the focus Of the greeting.
"Oh, hello" smirked Gloria.
"Hhow are you. Iel--I-how dre your" coughed
Marty
"How Is Scamp" asked Helene
Fine" answered Gloria and Marty in breath,
relieved at tho impersonsl detour.
"And how's SVerything?
Wonderful" cut in Gloria before Marty could
answer.
Aha! She was doing the talking for the family
as well as the driving, oh?
81 Joined the club" observed Helene sweetly.
Both Marty and Gloria knew lust what 1t meant
when Helene 80 studIously saccharlne
Good" said Gloria. eve need new members
the expenses incredible and every dollar helps"
Helene took that one right on the tip of her pert
and admitted nwnrdly that she had laid her
self open to it--had begged for It, SO she coun-
tered;
"Yes Aren't the dues high when one has to
pay them herself2"
Gloria had suspicion that Helene adverts-
Ing for something and OF course, let herself right
In for II by saying:
an tell the world MS no club for poor folks"
Even Marty shifted ner'ously ana knew what
was coming.
"lm not exactly poor" purred Helene, "on my
nlimony can do very decently. ] think dear old
Marty very generous don't you, Gloria?"
II there one subject that made Gloria burn
up and Marty curl up 1t was just that one Gloria,
from the moment when she had Hrst whlstled at
hearing the alimony figures had ridden her new
husband ragged over them, Why had he consented
to such preposterous terms? Taking so much
right away from her--that was what II was, Marty
had always answered that Helene had stood pat
and stuck him up-no almony at her own price no
And a.
And here was Helene openly stating that the
allotment was generous. That didn't sound as
though she had nailed Marty with his back against
the wall and cut It out OF his bleeding side It
promised bad evening for Marty, that dig, and II
than kept its promise
"Yes2" recovered Gloria 81 really don't know
what Marty did grant you-he and | never dis
cussed It,"
Now, Helene knew Gloria we'll enough to know
:hat this was more than legitimate pussy,cattIng-
It was downright and deliberate lying And that
ward grant" conveyed all the accessories Of a
backhand punch.
"oh. It was quite fair" gushed Helene 'I know
II was, because, dear, of course know Marty's
income"
That jolted Gloria, To have this woman not only
cut in on her own husbands salary so substanti
ally, but TO know exactly how much was left--it
hurt She couldn't even hb herself of by any fleet
footwork, ns Marty's contract was long one and
Helone know we'll enough iust what it's provisions
were. So she parrod weakly with
"Yes, Marty is liberal with everybody. ! don't
know how we'd skin through If It weren't for my
personal income"
Helene raised her eyebrows,
"oh. didn't know you had been married before
she shot
Gloria the point of throwing a monkey
wrench at her but she pulled herself down by th'
collar too, and CHANGED;
"Not everyone draws alimony, dear You see
my grandmother"---
"oa, Mrs. Clancy--or your naternal one2"
Now, the Clancys were far from arlsocratic ant
very few OF Glora's intimates had any hint OF tha
nbre In her ancestry
"Nno. Mrs Triyers rs-father's mother you know
, Didn't Grandma Clancy leave anything? | al
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