The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-25

tan, flung herself into the arms of any olol lover. Through night Iof tossing she recalled the bright spots in the past year. Dicky was a lamb; she was the sinner.
 Next morning at breakfast, she announced to her mother and fa- ther, I'm going back to Chi Icago."
 Not today, darling
 Whats the matter with today, Mummy?' After MT Dawn had left she answered T don't know, darling. You're your own mis- trass. But"
 1T can guess.s' Santa forestalied her. "Daddy's been discussing me. IHe's way off--got the wrong idea" l Then everything is all right?" l Why shouldn't it be?" | ''Only that becoming a wife is falways business. Such readjust- tments."
 "Curtailments," Santa helped her.
 Exactly
 That afternoon, without further palaver, Santa boarded the Chi Icago Limited It was a clear, cold
 morning, when she arrived. Losing Inc time she drove straight to the apartment. AS she was paying her fare, someone jostled her, scram- Hing into the taxi which she had
 barely vacated Gee, it's bitter. "zcuse me, dearie."
 ] Santa gained glimpse of a lslight girl, commonly pretty, eyes l immensely blue, wealth of flaxen ] lhair. The detail she remembered
 was that the jostler wore polo | coat of the same model as one that
 she herself possessed.
 Having closed her door and lis , tened, she tiptoed into the kitch- len Not sign of Ann. The apart : ment had an odd atmosphere of
 neglect unventilated, undusted. The dining room was strewn with . unwashed plateS-her choicest set
 which had cost from two to three hundred dollars a dozen. It looked
 as if Dicky had thrown party
 to hoodlums and then decamped. l There remained only one room ito explore. The bed had been
 slept in; the clothes were tossed aside. Here, as everywhere, were . mounds of cigarette stumps 7 She was despairing, when a r sound attracted her. She peered linto the bathroom. Hello Dicky!" ? Dash it all, Santa! I'd have
 cut my lip if the razor hadn't been
 a safety"
 She hovered on the threshold,
 repentant, lovely. s You're glad to see me, Dicky?'' S If you want the truth, thought t you'd gone for good
 Would it have been for good
 Dicky?"
 r ''For the love of Mike" give a
 fellow a chance Can't you see l what I'm doing?" r His reflection gazed at her from the mirror. He stood framed in l. the entrance to the bathroom scrub : bing his face with a towel. y What have you been doing s without me, Dicky?"
 Camping. What did you ex-
 pect? I couldn't keep maid when g I was alone. Let her go to avoid }. scandal" T never thought of that" she l. said humbly. Well, think it over next time l and oblige me-" He disappeared t So there was going to be next
 time. She drew sigh of relief 3 She could act naturally now that
 she was sure she would share this e room.
 Il Approaching the dressing table l he applied some tonic to his hair, = Not till he was knotting his cra- n vat, did he again acknowledge
 her.
 e She glanced up palely, like a
 child who had been slapped. d May I. Dicky?" = Cut out that Dicky stuff"
 She rose to face him. t I'm sorry" t "A man doesn't like to be made
 a fool"
 C, please want me, Dicky-the n way you did when I was new" e At the sight of her tears, he
 melted.
 S. There, there. little girl! WV It won't mention it. It's over"
 But I must" she pleaded, 'tt r, start things straight" It Whats that?" He stiffened o You've not been off with man?'
 She shook her head, weeping 1T buckets.
 e Its about Give" a "Clive, by golly The last you e told me he was in EA,roYNn"