The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-21
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telling herself. The whole thug
the dinner and Derek's accident
and the quarrel e. everything.
Presently she would wake up and
find herself in her own small bed
and Tom asleep opposite. his arms
flung over his head.
But the clock licked on inexor-
ably, the rumble of the storm con-
tinued. and when she flung the
door wide only emptiness greeted
her. He had really and truly
gone.
She went back into the apart
ment and stared around her. 1t
was all over. their life together.
The plans. the laughter over bud
gets and books. the kisses, the
promises. the shared delights.
We'll. that's that" she said
fatty in the silence. 1t wasn't
that she hadn't honestly and sin
cerely tried to make go of it but
she had failed, even as Lila had.
Maybe marriages weren't meant
to succeed nowadays. If you went
at them in the old-fashioned way
las she had) determined to work
and save and cleave to one man.
you bored him. II you behaved as
Lila. had you crashed up in more
spectacular fashion.
The crisis left her light-headed.
She moved quietly about, undress-
ing, so as not to disturb the baby.
Her mind felt light and free now.
quite apart from her body. She
would have to make plans. She
would have to spare her family.
Daddy. 1t was long time
later-an hour perhaps-after
she had crept into bed that she
began to cry.
"It can't happen as simply as
this" she said to herself. "Oh,
Tommy-Tommy!"
THE day dawned bright, smil-
l. ing, clean washed after the
rain. There were things to do. to
keep hand and heart busy. Thank
God. thought Gypsy duly. remem'
bering Lila. for things TO do
Breakfast to get. Orange juice
and cereal and toast and milk for
David. She could not eat-she
simply could not eat. And bath
ing David. And waiting. with a
sort of structure at her heart. for
the telephone to ring.
But Tom did not call. Not all
through the long morning. Elsa
came and Gypsy sent her out with
the baby in his cab. She made
beds and busted. all with a sick
heart. Once she called the hos
'pital where Derek had been taken
and she was told his condition was
the same. mo change" said the
dispassionate voice at the third
floor desk. Hunt telephoned and.
in an apologize tone, said he was
sorry If he had butted in last
night. Gypsy assured him it was
quite, quite all right. She under
stood. They had all been a little
crazy last night. she said. and
laughed shakily. Hunt had gone
on to say he was lunching with
Sue. Thank the Lord. he added
with apparent irrelevance, the
mess had been kept out of the
papers. GypsyThad seen suddenly
and clearly what he had meant
her to see. He was perfectly will
ing to play around with a young
married woman. beau her to par
ties, even hold her hand a mo-
ment too long at parting. so long
as it didn't involve him any fur
Their.
ct don't blame him bit, "
Gypsy said. Of Hunt. Just the
same her heart felt sore.
OF Tom she simply refused to
think. They had quarreled before,
naturally; but not like this. He
would think things over present.
". He would be sorry. She would
not forgive him at once. He
hadn't meant it =. or had she!
How was she to get through the
day?
She called her mother ana
eco,