Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-19
A WOMAN OBSESSED
BY CAROLYN BEECHER


proves TO be not only a poor housewife
but intensely jealous and unsympathetic
with the fun-loving nature of her
husband. She endeavors to prevent
reconciliation with his father because
Of her jealousy, and insults his friends
After the death of their infant she be-
comes even more eXacting. Bruce makes
progress in his work and his father and
Murels younger sister, June, visit them.
Muriel is cold to both. Bruce while walk
ing late one evening rescues a drowning
woman and takes her to her home in a
none too reputable section, and decides
to say nothing about it to his wife. Now
go on with the story.
CHAPTER Xxx
yr URRYING about his business Bruce
II suddenly stopped, stared a moment
then hurried after the slim form of a
woman who had turned the corner ahead of
him.
II beg your pardon but are you all right?"
he asked as he barred his head 1t was the
girl he had rescued. 81 was afraid you might
be i'll after he stopped embarrassed.
mo, I'm all right"
"You won't do it again, will you?" He
looked down at her with his boyish smile.
you told me 1 mustn't" she smiled back
at him and he noticed her long lashes when
she lowered her eyes
''Do you always do what you are told?" he
laughed.
mot always. 1t depends upon who tells
me" The subtle compliment pleased Bruce.
''You are on your way homer" he asked.
eyes" +
"Ill walk with you if I may. I was going
in this direction"
''The sidewalks free" she returned rather
CURLY, he thought.
But if you don't wish"
ooh, come along! Why should l obJect?'
A hardness had come into her face.
"Who and what is she?" Bruce asked him
self as he fell into step with her.
you're a little bit Of all right, Mr--?"
she said
''Conway's my name"
Mines Hammond, Lulu Hammond Most
folks call me Lou"
"Then I shall call you Lulu"
Gust to be different?"
'No-because 1 don't care to use the same
name for you that others do. I prefer name
of my own" he laughed down at her, LnTlIleu
by her beauty. M
what kid you are!" she returned. Il
don't believe you've cut your eye teeth yet
Eyes, I guess 1 have but-not my WISDOM d
teeth. I'll wait until I'm ninety to cut them.
They chatted throwing bits of repartee
back and forth. She was very bright. He
wished Muriel would spar with him IKE sac
did It would be some fun going home.
I'm leaving you here" she said as the
group of houses doomed short distance
away Don't come any further, not today,
she added as she noticed he was about TO oo-
ject. ,
another day then" he smiled as he real
lied the promise in her words Then he stood
still a moment and went about his inter
rupted business. But he did not forget her'
Not even when seated opposite Mur1el at DIN
ner And neither did he speak OF the chahce
meeting when he detailed the dolngs OF tne
dav and told of his effort to rent mouse 10
a grabbed old man who had taken up most
of his afternoon.
For days he found himself unconsciously
looking for the girl whenever ms business
| Of hnT
'She isn't bad-not real bad he said to
himself cts a shame for her to live IN
that place What a gay spirit she has.
wonder what made her want to die. Some rot
ten deal man has handed her propaD,ly;
The idea of calling me a kid" He smiled
broadly at the recollection then soDereo as
he thought how long he had been married.
81 wish I could tell Muriel about her IL
she was like Ann Mason [ could. Aom tellS
her eyerything-but AIMS a good sport!
He didn't say Muriel wasn't, yet her lack
of the sporting instinct was one OF the Things
hard for him to understand Murlel was not
a good sport in any sense of the term
A great friendship had sprung up between
him and Tom Mason and this liking Bruce
extended to Toms wife Ann deserved eV-
erything that was good. Tom had told MIN
something of their early struggles and that
Ann had been the "best little sport ever
even when things were hardest.
1T should have gone down in the struggle
had it not been for Ann" Tom SAID. we
were poor and it took me long time TO get
started But Ann never Welched even WIe aI
I had to leave her and look for Job leIC
her all alone for four months at time Wneh
she needed me most-just before little rom
came. She never peeped and went through
that awful time all alone and was as brave
about it as if I had been with her.
Bruce couldn't help comparing Murlels de-
mands unon him before their baby came to
what Tom told him of Ann. Muriel scarcely rely
let him out of her sight. She found tault
with his keeping strictly to his business
hours even when he gave her every otneT
moment of his time. But as always ne trlea
to put such thoughts aside-Muriel WASH
very strong-those headaches, etc. But she
had her mother with her, his thoughts IN
sisted. Ann had not one-yes, Ann Was
sporting all right ~
June would be like Ann. Dear little June
who never whimpered no matter what nap
pened. She would get angry but was all over
| it in a minute and he rather enjoyed her
| tempers.
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