Evening star., 1923-03-28

tude.' He could not believe that this
| nervous obsession of duty-for it
seemed nothing less-couId be perma-
nent. The spring was coiled too
tightly. The pendulum had gone be-
yond It's leisurely arc and. obeying a
natural law. must some time swing
! far in the opposite direction.
After she had gone over the house,
making suggestions as to changes of
| furniture to suit the needs of the
family, she dropped wearily into a
| chair in the room which had been
selected for her father and took out
her cigarette case. The moment for
| condolences had come.
| Il want to talk to you, Rameses,"
| she said, II haven't had a chance be-
| fore. 1t seems as though / have been
driven from one unpleasant duty to
another with no time to think for
myself"
1T has been a terrible responsible
| ity,' said Sangree with feeIing.i i've
thought of you often"
You know" and she laughed
! I've felt as though some devil were
/ CHASING me-that I'd have to keep
/ solng-to prevent him from catch
Ing up. | must keep going. l need a
skid to my wheel-that's certain"
Sangree frowned. You need a
| rest" he said severely
NO, she went on quickly, II 'on't
! L
thing damned silly if / sit down and
think. / think I've had a little t. 0
much-all at once-that's all It's
gotten me twisted somehow. 1 can't
! quite find the reason for it. The
whole thing is like a death in the
! family with any funeral to go to.
l could understand that You could
! erleVe, go in mourning. and have it
over with. but there isn't any end
to trouble of this kind. 1t just goes
on and on. without any end in sight
| I've had bitter moments, unhappy
ones, but none of them is SO bad as
the indifferent ones, when don't
care what happens"
That's rubbish" he broke in.
Thanks; know it. And I wanted
somehow You see. Rameses," she
finished with grin, "its you who
, hare been the skid to my wheel"
oh. have II"
f., Ges But l need an emergency
brake or something I'm in a funny
mood I guess I've always had nv nv
own way too much. / never had to
mink about anybody but myself
rms thinking for others isn't nv
tnre tine at AZ all drs, 1t WAS kind of adven-
;ua a' nrst. ] hked them all rely
ing on me- / liked making the beds
at frst 1t was a sort OF game
pelns useful-a sort of novelty. But
l don't mind telling you that I'm
ralner tired of il all"
She took few puffs OF her cigar
ette, but Sangree didn't reply, though
he was watching her keenIy.
Why shouldn't / tell the truth 70
you: l miss the machines, nv run
about especially. I miss the crowd
TOO They used to come running
after me-Gloria, vi. Sylvia Phoebe
-phonlng every day. Now nobody
does except Genie I've been busv
when they called. God knows | can't
Diane them! l haven't been much
run when | have seen them. I dom
suppose they see any reason WHY
ihey should get down on their luck
Just because l am. | wouldn't either
II 1 were the~ The boys have been
al right-but somehow ! haven't felt
tluch ike seeing the boys And no
pody likes to be hearing hard-luck
! stories all the time. And so rf
course: things are going on with
them in the same old wav-nart;as
!azz' Joyrides. 1t hurts me a uttie
mat mat they can jog on without me
but you could 60 out now If Won
wanted to- Why don't youp n
would do you good"
No Things are changed somehow,
h poiit you suppose l feel it?" She
broke IN quickly. ITO go with thar
crowd you've got to go with them ali
me me Time And besides, the jnvita-
tlofls Tor the real things have STONED
comm ng-even to Muzzy She fea1s
the sIlght horribly. She would. Won