The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-07
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Gypsy NORELL and ROM
WEAVER are married on the
.nme day ns LILA HOIALlN"
and DEREK BLISS. but I'm
wedding e. q society event WINE
Gypsy's In very simple.
While Lila lives I'm iuxury
Gypsy hns to struEEle 10 keep
expenecs within Toms income,
She keeps her Job teaching UNI"
she learns she IL 10 have oap!
After DAVID'S birth she u eS.
tremely busy. caring for nim nh"
for her home. -
Tom ia frequently AWAY IN the
evening and Gypsy suspects ne
interested I'm VERA GRNf. WI"
works tn the same ONCE
Lila conTesses 10 GSpss tina,
she intends 10 divorce Derrk nnu
MARI, VI \ RIO BROt GHrON
richer md elder
rev DAYS later Gypsy. calling
nj the office. sees Tom going 10
lunrh with Vera. She goes noun
hrart-brokcn and refuses Ia hste"
TO his explanations
SoN Go on WITH TIE STORY
CHAPTER xxx
DEOPLE IIved with broken
hearts. Gypsy reminded her
self. They went on ordering food
bathing babies. making beds.
mendlng stockings. She wasn't the
only woman in the world to whom
this SCATTERING thing had hap
pened. II vas-well. only that
she had thought she and Tom
would be different.
It's all wrong" Gypsy told
acTself stuboornlg and angrily.
The whole system is wrong. The
man Is free and the woman tied'
as soon as children come along.
Naturally mes attracted . the
sort OF girl be knew before mar
riage-footloose, always we'll
dressed and groomed and scented
He sees his wife in her old dress
ing gown. weary and headachy and
overworked. They haven't money
enough for outside amusements.
He gets bored
AL this stage of her reflections
she usually began to cry. She
cried a great deal these days when
Tom wasn't around. When De
was at nome they were coidly,
stirfy polite to each other. The
promise OF the earlier April days
mad faded and now II rained.
coldly. steadily. unfeeiingiy. for
days. Gypsy was distracted. II
meant staying indoors with the
aaby. His endless small garments
we're never dry. There were al
ways limp lines OF damp things
stretched high In the kitchen. To
crown IL all Elsa fell Ill and
teIephoned she would have to
stay in bed for a week.
Gypsy struggled with II all
dishes. wash. meals. mending.
Sometimes she Strengthened a
weary back TO look about her In
puzzlement. Was this really she,
Gypsy Moren. this tired woman
with the circles under her eyes?
She was never really rested now.
When Tom politely urged her to
ger another maid temporarily she
gave him a Iifeless look. a bitter
smile that was more cutting than
words. She did not call the
agency. Ii assuaged some deep
anger in her. this battle with the
work and her own WEAKNESS.
II can't go on like this:
can't" the girl whispered TO her
self one dreary afternoon. April
twilight was closing IN and rain
peIted against the windows. Sew,
eraI blocks away the fog horns
prayed ceaselessly. The grocery
order had been late. David had g
cough and she had been attend
ing him.
SUDDENLY the whole thing was
too auch for her. The thiI
she'll OF composure which she haC
been building up for the pas
week cracked and she began &c
cry wildly. bitterly. in the silence
and gloom OF the little apartment
Everything was hateful. Greary
impossible!
The bell rang and she looked
about IN a frenzy. snatching at q
handkerchief TO mop her eyes. She
vas a fright: she cnnld not nos.