Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-14

humble gratitude that he could lift
those burdens; slipped in turn into
love and longing that must have
reached Cynthia. for she turned hel
head and saw him; and smiled.
He crossed the room few steps
took one of her hands in both OF his
and said gently.
Grand TO have you homei"
Grand to be home again." she an.
swered politely.
Stupid, banal talk Underneath
II her heart was asking an ag-
onized question: "Do you utterly
despise us, now that you've learned
all our horrid secrets?' And his
heart was saying: Darling Sweet
heart | love you better than all
the worldl"
Cynthia broke the silence alb.
ruptly. About the household bills
Geoff-"
He shook his head. you're not
to talk business today"
whats the use OF putting 1t OFF,
she demanded. I'D rather know
the worst at once so could begin
to plan"
Indignation seized him. what
d'you mean--the worst? There's
no worst about 1t. Every bill Is
paid"
"Then you did pay them out OF
your own money!
Il did no such thingw = He rose
and stood towering above her
Didn't you ask me to promise moi
to and didn't | promise?'
In spite of his new tenderness
for Cynthia, In spite of the fact
that he knew for the first time what
love meant, the old faint hostility
was rising between them. Wher
Cynthia's weakness pulled at his
heartstrings, when he would gladly
have rushed out and died to save
her pain, he was swapping at hel
In exactly the old quarrelsome way
Nor had illness quenched Gym
thia's smoldering ill-humor.
Are you trying to tell me thai
--you-have run this house"
Il most certainly have" Ht
slapped the little pile of bills dowr
before her. Grocery bill-receipt
ed In full; milk, ditto; Tenny''
coat, ditto"
She fingered the rubber band thai
held the receipts. "Im afraid tx
look at these. can't believe you've
done all that without-without-'
Il give you my word | haven
spent dollar of my own money" ht
assured her. tits all come out o.
your own funds. It's been an edu
cation to me-learning the prices
of things"
$50 valuable to chemical en-
gineer." she taunted him.
"Why not? Cooking as | see 1t
is, after all, wholly chemical proc
ess. Take. for instance" he begaE
In an oratorical tone, ''the effec
of heat on vitamins. In cooking to
matoes-"
Cynthia, whose look of bewilder
ment had given away to mirth
laughed until tears ran down hel
cheeks. "You-and tomatoes
she gasped; caught sight of hi
dark frown and went off into a Sc
ries of weak little shrieks. "Geoff
you've done me a lot Of good. VII
you come in tomorrow and tell m'
more about the chemistry lessonsl'
For a week the pleasantest OF re
lationships prevailed between thu
two. Geoff congratulated himsel
upon having learned to manag'
Cynthia. He grew little arrogan
over his present success and thu
prepared himself for the fall which
Is destined for the naughty.
"I'll take over the budget tomor
row." Cynthia said one evening
I'm quite strong enough now."
The new sweetness and grateful
ness of her manner persisted
Geoffs heart was singing. If h
could just hold himself In check fo
q little while longer-until he ha'
regained some of the ground he hat
lost with her at first
1--WE just got the hang of th'
thing" he urged now. let me keel
on with it-until after Christmas
at least. I've discovered that In
lots better at this job than you are
For instance, you've been buyinI
what Marguerite calls stables II
the smallest possible quantities
That's all wrong. BY buying II
quantity"
Cynthia's sweetness and grateful
ness vanished.
"That shows how much you know
about colored helpl III | bough
lard In ten-pound buckets Margue
rite would simply riot In deep fry
ing. AS for soap--if there was an.
way could buy half cake at
time, I'd do It'll Geoff, listen q
mel I'm grateful to you for taking
charge of things while ! was Ill
terribly grateful; but that doesn'
give you the right to dictate to nj
about things you can't possibly un
derstand-"
Geoff realized that this Interview