The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-08
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mSnt V era 1r8y, an Olo ltiCHs
of Toms, telephones. Tom asks
her to luncheon to meet Gypsy,
but Gypsy cannot leave her work
to 20.
After a hard day she rushes
home to find Tom already there,
He announces that Vera is COM
ing to call that evening.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER "
An affected voice gushed, $50
this is Gypsy"
The newcomer was tall-almost
as tall as Tom. She was honey.
blond, with deliberately dashed
and mascara-ed eyes. Everything
about her Gypsy, quite naturally,
dishked on sight. Her high
strapped, high-heeled shoes; her
magpie costume Of black and
white, which fitted her rounded
figure like the proverbial glove
her cooling accents.
"And your little place-Quite
sweet" Vera turned condos
cending gaze upon the apartment
which had seemed, only last
evening, rare perfection in the
brides eyes.
Vera lolled elegantly upon the
day bed, and Tom ran to fetch
pillows from the bedroom tc
make her more comfortable
Gypsy sat upright on one OF
the stiff windsor chairs, wishing
she would go, wishing the night
would open and swallow her
Hateful, hateful girl! Wasn't il
enough that she had pre-empteC
Tom for luncheon that day with,
out having her wished upon then
at night. But she was going back
into Boston soon, Tom haC
pleaded; she had so wanted &c
meet his wife.
eyes, she does" Gypsy haC
said, lightly and humorously.
Honestly. darling" Tom haC
been hurt, bewiidered by the
fridigity in the atmosphere. Why
he had never seen Gypsy like thi:
before, She'd always been easy
and friendly with everyone. i
lust wasn't like her to turn crab
by all Of a sudden, for 70 goOC
reason. Something Of this he
said, in clumsy male fashion.
Gypsy smiled.
81 like that. No good rea
SON."
Then Gypsy had relented. Hel
natural amiability had come tc
the surface. She had said. equa,
bly,: "Never mind, darling. II
be sweet to her. I'll be nice.
promise
Tom had been satisfied. He
had been more than that, delight,
ed. And now Gypsy was slowly
congealing again, in Vera's pres
ence, in spite of all her good res
olutions.
"If she'd stop calling him Tom
my I could bear it," GYPSY
thought. Tf she'd stop fluttering
her hands about him, touching his
arm" But no, Vera was Of that
great army of coQuettes. She
must be forever bridling, smiling
cooling at a man. With her If
the room Gypsy simply did not
exist. She monopOlized all atten,
ton. She needed a fOOtstool
she needed a light. She-might
she Just have one teeny-weeny
sip of water?
Gypsy said, with suspicious
brightness, that Tom mustn't pc
up. she'd get it herself. In the
kitchen she ground her teeth anc
collected her forces. She recog'
nized the fact that she had NJ
weapons against an adversary OF
this sort unless she selected kin
dred tactics. She might, for ex'
ample, go and sit on Toms knee
that would be quite in the
little bride tradition. But oh
how revolving!
at won't do it," said Gypsy
She couldn't help smiling to her
self at the picture. She ran the
water furiously and went to the
refrigerator for ice cubes.
"HoTid creaturew She jammeC
at the ice compartment as though
ramming hot irons down Vera's
spine.
what on earth are you do
ing?" 1t was Tom in the doorway
slightly mystified and ever SO
slightly bored Tom. Gypsy, recog,
nizing his expression, tingled to
her very toes with delight.
Nothing at all. Just getting
ice"
He took her by the shoulders
He marched her to the door:
Look here, you run back there
and talk to Vera. III do the
dirty work" He kissed the back
of her neck. "You little divvil,
you"
Gypsy gave him a gamin grin
80. X, boss"
She went back and talked to
Vera, sedately and politely. Vera
turned off charm when the male
left the scene. Gypsy had known
she was that sort of girl. Vera
went into the bedroom to freshen
her makeup. When Tom appear,
ed, with the belated water and
three tall frosted glasses, Vera