The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-02
BEGIH HERE TODAY


Gypsy dORELL anu TOM
~ f.AS FIR are married 90 the
same day az LILA HOTALING
AID DEREN BLISS, but Lila ex-
poets to- live In luxury while
Gypsy keeps her job teaching In
SctItemcnI school.
Gypsy has 10 struggle TO keep
expenses within Toms income.
Another prObl EN- IL Toms
jealousy OF we lthy MARkO
BR0UGHTON. n former admirer
or GypSy's, whom they meet ut
ahc BliSSes' home.
When Gypsy learns she u TO
naVe q baby she gives up her job.
The baby IN born in September
and ~ chriStcned DAVID.
Derek Bliss, weary OF the social
whirl i'm which he and Lila live,
b"gs of from party one night
aud Lila goes with SIarko. NaEko
tells her he IN mad about her.
On morning following
lonely evening ut home Gypsy
finds n wOman's handkerchief In
Toms coat pocket
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVI
HER heart plunged sickeningly;
there was the taste of salt water
In her mouth. Her first sensation
was OF mortal sickness, not anger.
The thought that Tom would de-
liberately deceive her rocked her
world. Blindly she went on with
her tasks, The day had cleared.
was cold, bracing, blue. Bliudly
she dressed the baby in his warm
suit Of woolies. got herself ready
for the street.
In the market she stood aside,
tryins 10 remember what she had
comesfor. David'S luncheon: there
must be fresh spinach for it The
thought Of food made her definitely
i'll but she conquered that. AS in a
dream she bought bread. carrots,
potatoes. sugar. Elsa would wonder
il she did not buy supplies for
dinner. But how did one eat chopped
steak when ones heart was break.
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in the street she saw no one she
knew. IL was q dismal block she
had to traverse. between their
apartment building and the wide
cobhleStoned highway where most
OF the shops were. An elevated
train crashed by. Chaff blew in the
gutter. Everyone looked cold. brisk,
purposeful. She thought she must
be the only woman so miserable in
oil New York that day. A young,
dark-eyed woman in an unfashion.
able cloth coat, pushing rosy baby
in a bis blue carriage What was
she 10 do now?
Her first impulse was to fly back
TO the safe shelter OF Blue Hills.
to cry her heart out in that famil-
lar and beloved setting. But pride
held her back. No one should know
how she had been hurt. She would
work her trouble out alone.
Maybe it all meant nothing, her
eager thoughts cried out. Maybe
the handkerchief was a trife Tom
had picked up in the street &.
at the Office But she knew it was
not true. No, this evidence ex-
planned Toms frequent absences
from home lately; his silence, his
abstraction. Fool she had been not
TO see before!
She fed the baby, tucked him
away for his nap. Elsa came.
Il fix you some lunch, now, huh?"
Just some tea and toast"
you don't feel so good, huh?"
Elsa's wide. pink. humorless face
took on an expression of concern.
IL have a headache" 1t was
always easy to say that. You never
told anyone you had pain in your
heart
tom was late that night. even as
l. he had said. and Gypsy ate
solitary dinner with book propped
up before her, not even seeing the
pages but thinking her owa
thoughts. Elsa washed up. moving
stolidly about. Early darkness
closed in and lights flashed on all
over the city.
You feel sick, Mrs. Weaver"