The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-07
SOULS for SALE
,continusd Prom isstsrda, D.,
By RUPERT HUGHES.

souls found expression only In raw
nHWha}HHt culOrH, The r4uuWs Wen
down the street To- cheap fabrics, high
Boa tho neck and low in lnr hem
They wore mainly biucHud white
Mother HuhhaHr aided ard nhrfta1
by gapes ~ eulou that WHEsaFr.d unt
.HHu.hfF and tortured the hFA0ldrr
Tho hdt wind Mapped their rluIhFs
about thHu with a ruthless drafts
W1uship thar emphasized what it CON
CaHIrd There was no question H5 "a
the conformation 81 these squat,
t0isy figures.
/ The red hllets about their hrowH
/ would have been more effective II
| the faces beneath had hrcu more at'
/ tamlga or the lHWlass hair better
kompt
/ Itsn the ynung h4uaws had little
I 20 commend them o. admiration, and
I the contrast between their gold
crowned teeth and their shoeless feet
was not 20 their advantage
! The men were better looking and
better carried They were mainly tall
and 1.-THE aud naughty, They had
also passion for color, for handaH
mus and loud shirts, They wore their
har longer than the sauaws wore
theirs.
IuHal custom forbade them TO
braid II and Il fell In long strands
SONS ines 10 their waists. with no
confinement except perhaps a piece
Of culorod string.
Mem could hardly believe her eyes
when a long. lean buck flew past on
a bicycle, his HEAR streaming out Ike
a young girls.
She passed one boarding house IN
whose front yard was a signboard
Boosting the stormlesFness OF the
region:
Free Board and Lodging
Every Day In the Year that
This Sun Don't Shine
In such prosecuting heat as this
Mem thought the legend ON The sign
more OF threat than Il promise.
When she reached the boarding
house selected for her. she reioiccd
at sight Of shade. But here lurked
another landlady to be lied to. Mrs.
Drisaett greeted Mem Hospitality and
asked. What name. please?'
Mem managed 20 check the name
"Stcddon" coming up her throat and
changed II hastily 10 Mrs. Wood
VILE"
Your husband amt with you?'
"Er. no. He-he's coming along
later" And now her heart sank.
How could she Kill of Mr.. Woodyille
here when he had not yet arrived?
How was she 10 arrive him?
You'll want a double room, then
said Mrs. Drissett.
yes, OF COurse-er-yes.
And now she had to pay extra
money for a ghost!
As she moved up to her allotted
room the sad.eyed man she had
noted on the train came up and asked
for 'commodations."
1t was well that Mem had not put
on her mourning. She would have
been caught indeed. She rested IN
her darkened room to escape the aft
crnoon blaze. but when she came
down to supper she was placed next
to n woman who frightened her
worse than n tarantula, by the petrify-
ing remark:
"Small world, amt It, Miz Wood
vile? My husbands folks on his
mothers side was Woodvilles. What
part OF the country does your hus'
bands family hail FROM
Mem choked sincerely on a bread
crumb, but prolonged the spasm
while she tried TO plot an answer TO
this perilous question. She had never
expected to be cross. examined on her
husbands family or habitat. and had
never equipped him with either.
So she excused herself and left the
table, strangled In throat and mind !
She could mot endure the iail of
her room, and stole out for a walk. !