The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
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SHOR 5: CRY.
T ZEE ii: BLUE BOWL.
Z BY LILY &WANDEL

.EHE BLUE BOWL.
d ~ Lily WAnDEL
iris felt that pr. Bowen alone
understood what she had suffered
mentally at her brothers home,
that the entire 5atmos pierre was
alien to her, that she did not tit IN
$and last and most OF all thai
kitty, Jim wife was OF a differ
$ent social class. Kitty with her
Expansive bosom, bad grammer.
loud voice and booming laugh and
dragged Jim down to her leve-
The whole neighborhood was AKIN
10: Kitty and the house and cnll-
Sdren belonged specifically to her.
! The green and red rope portieres
u Even the warm spr1ng sunshine
feeling OF. despair that settled on
slrisf as: she lay, pale and weak
n bundIed up in an old steamer
h chair in7s the back yard. Il would
ssssbeE M onths before she would be
n stronEs enough to go away ana
earn her living again, many
snionths, and perhaps she would
SneYers be able to fill her old posi-
u ton again. She had no money, No
u home, except this of Kitty 9. IT'S
could not call 1t Jim's.
ITO have come for weekend
visit. thesvery first since Jim had
Il marTied, to be taken violently u,
i Etbxlfe weeks In ISitty's guest room
siys9nink and green wall paper
that had been her fat. She con-
ssgratulated herself that she mad
n been able to keep Jim from know
Ting how she longed to get away,
Il how everything, most Of all Kitty,
had made her feel out or place
Il desperately unhappy
ss,ss3JssSDr +. Bowen had understood:
That had been the one crumb or
u connfort, an EN- barrassing crumb,
1Ehat was denied her now, for ola
seV2r. Wells was back again and ms
SSsssvnII i, = assistant was released from
s8the# case.
z Iris stirred restlessly under
Jim old steamer rug that Kitty
chad tucked around her. Why did
sSDr. SBowen's3 not coming effect ner
Il so much? Was it because he was
" the Gully link to the other world,
her world of so-called nice peo-.
stple and refinement, that was lelt
ssher2 Even in her position in the
Getty there had been constant
y struggle to keep above the surg
GWeep her off her feet and with
sffRenn-a constant practicing OF
a Xe1f-control, not to enjoy their
company, rather to be lonely at
Il times than lose her footing in the
II certain circle to which her family
had always belonged. Jim mad
.sstepped off that rung in the social
q ladder when he married Kitty
and lazi1y enjoyed the security
and Importance Of his new posi-
|liaon-
Skitch en- with an immense basket OF
ssEp;et clothes and Iris hastily closed
Her eyes to avoid talking. She
gshiyered when Kitty's booming
sSyoice rent the air in converse ton
with a neighbor, crushed her hng-
a ers5 IN the palms OF her hands when
4 her n anne was mentioned, her pny-
Kfsical condition discussed.
sssg She's asleep over there" Kitty
Called III hoarse stage whisper,
AAookin' mighty peaked. What she
4Heed is cheerin' up, Sam, she's
stoo down-hearted. never talkin-
Wait Till = get this wash done I'm m
B Afng to bake some lemon pies
Sthat,l. make an undertaken smile!'
And her loud laugh made Iris
h crinRe. What would this indis-
Il crinainating Kitty tell Sam Moore
next, this man who was ever1ast-
n fngly leaning over the fence talk.
{ ingS:w1th Jim or Kitty?
Something made her open her
q syes. DR.. Bowen was coming
across the lawn. Her heart began
ISxo pound and she was suddenly
) bainfnlly conscious of the wretched
bathrobe Kitty had enveloped her
tSsE ~. ~ Il =, <1f9
pressed on her head. She heard
N him explain to Kitty that he had
IS fust5 dropped in unprofessionally to
see how Miss Long was progressing
81 and fairly writhed when Kitty
voice Responded heartily, Just the
sS thing; go cheer her up, doctor.
there's camp chair. and make her
laugh, that's what she needs
He came over to the GONZALES
III cen I. drew the camp chair close to
sssS her steamer chair
ICY on are not getting well as
last as you might" he was saying
tSinSlow grave tones. Somewhere
keIse another environme more
YEopped.
1. It is is impossible. she an
j swered quickly and then blushed.
40 1e 4 must have realized that am
pennl1 hat
with II swift movement he
CAUGHT her hand. a cold rembling
onIe Iris I noticed everything! I
sKaSr how all this'''---he touched
the old rug and nodded toW@a't:
sssthe Tapping clothes------"is repug-
* nant to you, how that your sister
in3law reacts on your nervous sys-
W. TEN. Iris Didn't you feel that !
und erstood? That knew You
ssssS I,eloIred TO different place