Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-20
Hez Heck Says:
Kay is Mystified

| When / arrived home that night ]
tried to find some reason for Shei-
las peculiar state of mind. Until
that night she had not referred in
months to her life at the hospital.
But as the words were spoken /
sensed that her hospital life had not
been absent from her thoughts for
| a moment.
DR.. Thornton's comment came
back to me that, with her sensi-
tive nature, her life with Phil
would probably be hell"
But even that did not seem to
warrant her sudden changes from
gaiety to a moroseness that I had
never seen in her face before.
| l wished that Phil would speak
to me about her. Her very aloftness
at this time added to my unhappi-
ness.
One day when I was sure that
Phil and Sheila had had some sort
of misunderstanding | suggested
to her, that we had better go down
to the shore Immediately. This seem
ed to terrorize her.
"0h, Kay, Kay, please don't sug-
gest that, for / can't go to the shore
now. / have to stay in town. /
would go mad at the shore"
"Why, child, [ thought you loved
it better than any other place in the
worldf
81 do, I do, that is the reason /
cannot go there now"
"Just as you like, dear. Would you
rather would go than stay here
with you and PhilY'
"No, no, don't leave me! Don't
leave me here with him alone"
Then, seeing my look of surprise,
she tried to explain. "Phil might
think that we had had misunder-
standing. And, oh, whatever 1 do
or say, sister mine, remember, love
you, love you better than anyone
else in all the world"
Except Phil" I interpolated.
Sometimes [ think / love you
better than do him. You are so
good to me, you put up with all my
foolish idiosyncrasies. But you make
me ashamed, Kay. l don u know
what has got into me lately. / have
no control of myself. I just feel
most of the time like a wicked little
child who wants to make everyone
as unhappy as she is.
81 can't understand why you are
unhappy, Sheila. Phil and I are
both trying to be as good as we
know how"
Perhaps that is the reason I am
so unhappy. | don't deserve it."
Eyes, you do, dear. Don't be fool
ish."
"We won't speak of going down
to the shore before Phil, will youP"
''Not if you do not want me to.
But really l think Phil would like
to get away from the city. He has
been working very hard and we have
added to his physical exhaustion by |
taking him ont so much at night. |
have not thought he was looking
quite as well as usual lately"
That is one of the reasons, Kay.
that have wanted to stay at |
home" Sheila's voice was not quite
sincere as she said this. Especially |
have / wanted to stay away from
the restaurants and theatres. do
not think it is good for him to eat
away from home. Here you, of
course, eater to his taste. He has
a great deal lately about
his stomach"
But after telling me all this,
Sheila accepted an invitation to
ball for the next night at home
where the food was always rich and
and where the cellar.
aid down before the war, was said
10 be worth kings ransom.
could not understand.
Phil, of course, had TO get down
10 the office by nine as usual the
morning after and Sheila coming H
lown at l2, told me that she had
been playing bridge at place that
never visited and where it was
ommonly reported that the stakes
we're very large.
She got home late that night.
iardly in time for dinuer Forum