Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-05-12

orally. And we won't let him hear OF
II. That's flat"
Georges old Energy had returned
TO her. She swept Jenny out Of the
way and began to burrOw into the
huge wardrobe for her suitcases.
ITS only for a few days, this trip,
tho | expect II viii be for longer than
Wednesday. None Of hat lingerie,
it's all new. II oughtn't to be. but It
is. She laughed without merriment.
My rousseau. Jen. Wasn't l a fool?
| haven't ven tried il on yet. Haven't
had the heart"
Jenny could not find anything to
say. h watched the quick hands
folding and packing. They shook sud
denly and stopped.
You think don't really care much
for Eddie, don't you JeR?"
Il think you love him but = In
your own way" Jenny said.
But you think I. love my job more.
Wen. that isn't SO. L choose Ed,
now. before my job; Id realized it
when | was being married to him. 1
know il wasn't a solemn ceremony,
exactly. butt was solemn to me I
wish now that 1t had been In a church
instead Of in that fusty office. | felt
that | needed a blessing. l should
have liked someone-sounds sloppy
doesn't ito bless us both"
Jenny's mind went back to the dry
words that had declared George TO
be Eddie's wife. She tried to remem-
Der them and all she remembered
was that from where she stood in the
dingy room she had seen a little quiet
garden and a bed of snapdragon and
a green bench; empty under the trees.
Il blessed you both in my heart.
George"
Il know it. lambie; l can always
reckon on you. But again George
paused in her task and sat back to
peer up at her cousin, percned upon
the gorgeous new bed. Except this
morning at the hotel. Jenny What
happened? Where were you They
couldn't find you anywhere and you
knew how desperately important II
was that you should see the Old Man
at ten. | tolG him you were the sort
of dreamy child who probably thot he
meant ten at right; but I'm pretty
IRE he didn't believe that either.
Anyway, he insisted on coming here
and seeing you for himself But what
happened that you weren't at the
hotel?"
Il was selfish. I wanted a day TO
myself. Jenny gripped the lace of
the coverlet ana tried to say that she
had wanted to spend the day-had
hoped and dreamed that she was GO
ing to spend the day with the man
who loved George and who meant
nothing to George at all. But the
words lay like bitter aloes upon her
lips and would not be uttered I'm
terribly sorry. | cant explain"
George pressed down the lid of
the suitcase ana clicked the locks
shut She seemed to be satisfied with
the hating words.
well, all's serene for the moment
You won't let me down again I'm
confident of that: not now that you've
tackled the most difficult part of the
scheme, the Old Man himself" She
returned to the dressing table, powd-
cred hastily. and combed her hair.
It's most extraordinarily fortunate
that he should have taken a liking
to you. Perhaps you remind him of
his long dead wife or something
Jenny was Jared by the laugh.
Perhaps he likes me because l like
him." she said. Yes, | like him
very much. Why shouldn't II"
"Only because everyone has always
found him absolutely uncomfortable"
Then it's no wonder he Is lonely
Amazed, George dropped the comb,
picked. it up, bumped her head on
the corner of the table and knocked
over a chair.
George, truly Eddie can't stand
any noise. You'll see for yourself in
a minute how appallingly nervous he
is
George righted the chair and sat
down on it.
What did you say, Jen?"
At a loss Jenny repeated 1t.
Are you telling me that Eddie is
actually in this apartment? Actually
in the kitchen? That he was really
there when you told the Old Man
"Of course, he was really there!
OF course he is In there now! What
in the world makes you think he
shouldn't be-"
Because late last night | rang up
the hospital and said | would take
a car down ana fetch him during the
morning" But she spoke mechanical
ly, her attention concentrated on Jen-
ny "Then-then-you see, | thot you
were just bluffing the Old Man, just
posing as an anxious wife. And all
the while you weren't acting at all?
You were really anxious, really an
gry?"
Jenny slipped off the bed. She felt,
family, that contraction of the heart
that she had endured outside, in the
hall; the desolating fear that George
was changed towards her. No, not
that!
Go in and see him now" she
urged. She took the key from heI
pocket and laid 1t on Georges knee
He's been longing for you, longing
and longing. All the more because
the idea of seeing anyone else simply
terrifies him. I'm hoping he's asleep
But If you wake him and say you're
only going away for a little while
and that you'll never leave him, once
you're home again, you'll begin Z
cure him, as no one else can, You'll
see. dearest, that 1t is So"
George smiled family. The strange.
ness went from her eyes; she leaned
to Jenny and kissed her lightly OF
the cheek. And again Jenny felt tina
they had come close in spite Of
something.
You're a quaint, solemn littl'
creature and I'm a fool. No, | won
wake him; it's far better that
should slip away and that you shoult
tell him 1 couldn't stop" Georgit
jumped up and, as tho her move
ment were a signal, there was
knock on the outer door. That's tn,
Old Mans valet, Mace, sent to tel
me to hurry up. / can't stand tn
man, he's like a mole; but he's rathe
a power in his own way. Let me pass
honey-what's the matter?'
Jenny could not clearly say wha
was the matter. She found hersel
with her back to the door, barrinI
Georges way out.
"You simply can't go without see
ing Eddie. You can't. Perhaps 70
don't understand what you mean I
him. He needs you. He's been count
ing the minutes. Because he's aslee
it doesn't mean that he isn't waitin
for you - he's only sleepy becaus
thev had IN give him something [