Evening star., 1932-11-01

cracked up to be. Feeling little
and pulseless Santa stood ga2-
no down from her apartment at the
,i9my stream Of automobiles racing far
,eIow along Lake Shore Drive. AT ~,
urelv, she had the right to be happy.
All those people down there, were tney
happy?
Behind her Ann. the cheerful, dumpy
: maid she employed, announced:
breakfasts ready, Madam
Santa finched. 1t hurt 10 De ao-
dressed as madam. Her idea OF heaven
VAS to find herself again fiuf1y oepu-
ante. Dicky's friends wore mustacneS
md were as ancient as her ialner !
heir wives had reacneo tne trylls ~ ~
De-yolng stage. To have no one else
with whom to associate when you your
self we're really young, was pathetic
discreet cough brought her back
10 the present.
II heard you the first time, Ann
Turning from the window, she faced
nto the tastefully furnished room. II
mailing a home held a husbands al
ections. she'd done her best. And sne q
eost him nothing. An estate Wnlcn
netted her $4,000 year mad peen
Grandfather Summers wedding present.
Dicky ought to be grateful ms was
The one morning VI o. iiioA =
nave shown his gratitude.
She pulled herself together. why
not make another try2 She would
PROMISE, if he'd promise. That MS
mood might be receptive she must ap-
near conciliatory Transferring tne
breakfast to tray, she carried II 10 MS
bedside
Morning. Dicky!'
He rolled over and yaWned.
"What time is it? Goodness, you're
hp bright and early
"'TIsn't early. Dicky. All the future
d. s. Presidents have been IN tnelr
6nlces for half an hour.
Never yearned to De rTeslueii.. @ !.
Wouldn't accept 1t II tney on oiielga a ~
me- He raised himself on his elbow
"Dont distress yourself; they won't
sHow about a kiss?" he invited her.
She smiled. So,
$50 YOU have remembered?'
He rumpled his blond hair.
Remembered What?"
Her smile faded.
"You haven't. s ond
She poured his coffee, sugareo anu
MIXED it, c,o srore
Grossly Aaer his
teast pardonable follies ne always gleee-
I'll her with this blissful air OF lnho-
carea He had no memory for yester-
days-made her 1eel lila1 ilei
aWhat,s up? You're disappointed.
"Not at all" She shrugged away.
.It onlv happens that today Is the IlfsC
ANNIVERSARY of our wedding
THAT SOP" He helped himself from
d;sb IN disguise his confusion.
whats this-bacon? aos y
"Our first year together Is enoeo'
khe persisted. Has it satisfied you
"Iet's leave post-mortems to cor
oners." he grinned. ,,od
nm not satisfied" her voice pursued
him WV 80, 10 as-
sumed the light comedy manner u
bachelor uncle. Given the cllolee, "
YOU suppose any one Wouid 90 slliou.t, 10y,
the ceremony tWlce-Iia1 " '"'
the same person? ,,,ese
.you mean that we've made mess
of things. If the faults mine tell me.
ATS the first time you've owned that
vou could have a fault Santa: your
narents taught you to believe that sou
we're perfect s +.rob+ VOL
put this Dot calling the Kettle DlaCK
gets US nowhere. Can't we do netter!
depends on you ,
"All right, then" she made weary
gesture you're the one who's perlect.
WHAT'S my failing that most aiiiios >
you?" ,ood "rhat vou're
drill sergeant-seem conVlhceu sou
we're born to run me
aBut Dicley." she protested in patie4te
,ni.l IT don't want to run you. II
draw vou from your bed and try 10
.,ur yolr ambition, its because snare
s.p,,r spu fortunes Id give anything 10
have a husband on whom l coulo oe-
py You said it," He pointed an accus-
,ro finger. you don't trust me.
"oh. Dicky, must I tell you that again.
yo,,ra IRRESPONSIBLE as mischievous
nov M What happened last night was an
example. You take me to dance anu
then vanish. A couple I hardly know
feel sorry for me and bring me noine-
You return by yourself hours later.
How you'd spent your time was op-
vious." .., he
last night was an exception, ne
avoided her eyes.
him. you're becoming booze -houno.
The habits growing Nice people steer
clear of you"
He sat up with as much dignity as
a man in pajamas can muster
so that's your opinion OF me OH
our first anniversary"
(which you didn't remember she
challenged ., .o,,.
get along too badly
She perched herself on the loot oi
the bed a,od
vo1l Dickv. There're IA years between
rs We belong to different genera
tons
Any reference 10 MS age HiiVa1eu
Handled! There you go. Can't YOU
oct II into YOUR head that man de-
tests to be managed? And the dlner-
ence in our ages was your reason 1or
accentinp me. You were sick of BOYS
a man Of the world could make allow
ances"
She nodded ae
But I didn't realize that men 0 ol
the world make allowances in order 10
bo excused I've been eXcusing you
since the third night OF our Money
moon" -.
tered .'is that you have money at
moment when l haven't
Il knew that was coming" Her face
darkened. You paid for the honey
moon: since then I've paid for every
NV bad luck" he countered. WAS
10 blame that my real estate venture
went bust? l certainly did you royaLy
SO long as l had money.
and yourself as we'll Your money
lasted as long as our honeymoon
everything depends on the interpre-
tation," he sneered.
TT does" she continued relentlessly'
you've never played the game py me.
IF Won had, I'd stake you with my last
dollar But from the first day you
misrepresented yourself. You didn't lie
outright, but you implied by your ex-
travagance that you were prosperous. :
80 shall be when the old man