Evening journal., 1922-03-28

lost her interest in her exhibits and
their cage. She rather hurried Mark
through the kitchen premises and.
moving into the garden. replied
rather abstractedly TO his plans for
the gardens development
Suddenly she said, Mark. l do
wish you hadn't said that in the
kitchen"
He caught his arm around her and
gave her a playful squeeze. About
High Jinks and Low Jinks? Hal
Dashed funny that, don't you think ?''
NO, ! don't. / don't think It's a
bit funny"
He stared puzzled. He had tried
TO explain the absurd thing. and she
simply could not see Il. 81 simply
don't"
And again that vague and tran
silent discomfort shot through him.
"
Sabre awoke in the course of that
night and lay awake The absurd
incident came Immediately into his
mind and remained In his mind.
High Jinks and Low Jinks was
comic. No getting over &c. stupid,
OF course but just the kind of stupid
thing that tickled him irresistihly.
And she couldn't see it But II she
We're never going to see any OF these
stupid little things that appealed TO
him?
A night-light. her wish, dimly IL
lumined the room. He raised him
self and looked at her fondly, sleep
ing beside him. He thought. Dash
H. the things been just the same
from her point of view. That den
business. She likes den. and 1 can't
stick den Just the same for her as
for me that High Jinks and Low
Jinks tickles me and doesn't tickle
her"
He very gently moved with his
finger a tress OF her hair that had
fallen upon her face Mabel
His wifel How
gently beneath her ilmy bedgown
her bosom rose and fell How
utterly calm her face was How at
peace, how secure she lay there. He
thought Three weeks ago she was
seeping In the terrific privacy OF her
own room. and here she is come TO
me in mine Cut on from everything
and everybody and come here to
me-"
His thoughts continued; One lifel
One life out OF two lives; one nature
out Of two naturesl Mysterious and
extraordinary metamorphosis. She
had brought her nature to his, and
ne his nature TO hers, and they were
to mingle and become one nature
Absurdly and inappropriate
iy his mind pickedgip and presented
TO him the grotesque words, High
links and Low Jinks A note OF
laughter was irresistibly tickled out
OF him.
she said very sleepily. "Mark, are
you laughing? What are you laugh
ing at
He patted her shoulder. ooh.
nothing"
One nature?
CHAPTER III
One nature? In the hfth year OF
their married life thoughts OF her
and Of the poignant and tremendous
adventure on which they were en-
barked we're no longer possible while
she Law in bed beside him. They had
come TO occupy separate rooms
In the ffth year OF their married
life measles visited Penny Green
Mabel caught st. Sabre went TO sleeT
in another room-and the arrange
ment prevailed Nothing was said
between them on the matter one
way or the other. They naturally
occupied different rooms during hei
illness. She recovered. They con
tinued 10 occupy different rooms. i
was the most natural business ir
the world
The sole reference 10 recognition
Of permanency in this development
OF the relations between them wa
made when Sabre, on the first Sat
urday afternoon after Mabels re
covery-he did not go to his ofiic
al Tidborough on Saturdays-car
ried out his idea, conceived durin
her sickness. Of making the bed
room into which he had moved serv
as his study also. He had never go
rid OF his distaste for his den"
At lunch on this Saturday.
tell you what I'm going to do thl
afternoon" he said. I'm going
move my books up into my room" ."
Mabel displayed no interest in tn
move nor made any reference to
at teatime In the evening. hearin
her pass the door on her way 1
dress for dinner. he called her in.
He was in his shirt sleeves, a.
ranging the books. There you ar
Not bad"
she regarded them and the roor
They look all right All the sam
must say It seems rather funI
using your bedroom for your thin
when you've got a room downstairs
II
But the significance OF the r
moval rested not in the definite r
linquishment OF the den, but in h
words using your bedroom" Il
definite recognition OF separa
rooms.
And neither commented upon
After all. landmarks in the cour
OF a journey. are more frequent
observed and noted as landmark
when looking back along the iou
ney. than when actually passfi
them.
CHAPTER "
Mabel was two years young
than Sabre. twenty-five at the tin
OF her marriage and just past h
fhirtietn birthday when the separa
rooms were nrst occupied. Her hat