Shoshone journal., 1923-07-27

bring Ia his letters and say. There
| dear with that good little way o.
dipping her head and turning 1t side
wise without turning her eyes
They considered the theater and
gave up going They considered tele
! phoning for somebody to come In and
make up table and gave that up, too
| Clauson built q fire and smoked and
Jep read aloud Then they sat talk
ing. Once they disagreed on the
ethics OF Q bit of gossip and had
spirited ten minutes he didn't
quite Ike Jsp when she argued
When they sat silent Clauson thought
Of Miss Rickson's restfui way of re-
Joining Exactly" to all his opinions.
he suddenly imagined her saying
Exactly. dear; imagined her sitting
: here beside him; caught the zest, the
, laughter, the thrill which talk with
her could conceiyably hold
Obediently on that he halted his medi-
tations-
He looked thoughtfuiiy at Jep. Jep
was responsive; she had humor; she
could be amusing. But he was 80
used to her. Her hands, that gesture
to her hair. her absent look, her little
crooked yawns Not a surprise, not
even a variation. She was Jep for
ever
At nine Clauson rose and wound
the clock and observed as usual that
he must have 1t regulated.
1--WE heard you say that oceans of |
| times. DEAR" Jep remarked-also as /
usual.
Dear" again. What a continual
farce! And he wished she wouldn't |
always say oceans" What a rotten
go everything was. How had he got
himself into this miserable little jail
Of a life, full Of clocks and keys and
kettles. What did any confounded
thing matter? No wonder everybody
was tired of everybody else. 4
He faced about and said abruptly:
I'm going out for a little while, Jep."
"Well, where ON earth are you GO
ingf" she inevitably asked
''To take a turn around a block or
two. I'm seedy. I'm seedyI" said
he. and went.
Ten minutes later he was back and
at the look In his face Jep said
"Why, darlingl Is anything the
matterT
II wish you wouldn't call me 'dar-
ling when you don't mean It," he !
burst out, and added: Il beg your ,
pardon. Yes, something Is the matter ,
met Dibble down In the Office He :
gave me the tip that this building Is 7
to be pulled down"
pulled down." she repeated, and
he wished irritably that she would not :
let herself look so surprised-Jep y
always did that He had seen her do
1t innumerable times over. nothing. n
"Yes. pulled down." he repeated r.
sharply. 'We1l all have to get out h
by fall. Dibble heard 1t pretty n
straight. Says he's got his eye on a II
fiat and he's going to get out of here o,
now and sublet till his lease runs out 81
Arthur" said Jep absorbedly, "do
you think we could get one of those NJ
In the new addition? If
we only could-let's look tomorrow,
dearest, and If we can get one. let's =.
move now" ~
tpul uOA Ndut u move ut Ill, |
said Clauson bitterly. II like this 49,
place. I'm used to 1t. What right -, ~
has he got to turn us out?' -
II saw one Of them last week." Jep -
vent on absorbedly. Darling little -
,upboards and such oceans of closets" ~
II don't want TO move at ALL" Clau-
ION repeated doggedly; "I'm used to 60
his n1acp " IJIo ava -aetod 80,
he deep fireplace that never smoked. yo'
N the familiar brown tile, on the raj
helves that could be reached from WI
is chair spe
well, but darling" Jep was be-
inning thousand times had he ny
cen her settle down with the same ~
emile evaporation to an argument.
I'm going to bed," said Clauson: can
nd went. mo
Next day they drove out to look at 70
he bungalows In the new addition. oin'
had been a terrible day at the Of oie'
broken big con- any
act lost and Miss Rickson at home '0e'
/ When he picked up Jep waiting
corner Clsuson was In no mood saio
like a house on a street of pearl my
Yes, the bungalows were undeni- ''ul
'ly nice. Jep was In ecstasies. "See
rling. Oceans of pantries." She any
L, he thought distastefully, white ever
Ing and sn outside door for the ice r.ei
IN above every wtfely consideration. "ni'
II even he was forced to admire the COM
'set-room. the loaded windows. the
mpact kitchen. pose
No corners, though" he growled. "a
o corners. ! can't smoke unless soa.' IN
res corners-I tell you Jep, / don't
nf 70 move" ask g
,,'-- -. = 'De ram ana al smile
sio1f-imaginins furniture into r,
2 DgrsalOT. capsoH sat silent soo ,