The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27
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even remember it. It didn't amount
to anything"
Maybe not for you. wish I
knew how Junior was"
"Bennie Rogers, if you say that
again I'll Scream!"
Bonnie got up, made for the hall.
eff I knew how mean you were,
I'd never have married you. I
wish to heaven I never did. So
darn mean you don't care whether
an innocent kids lives or dies"
"Oh, stop it. He's not dying.
Anyway, you gave them up.
They're Helen's, and she's taking
care of them. Now forget it."
"SayS you. But he's my kid!
wish I knew how he was. She
ought to write. I'm going out and
send her a wire. Maybe I'll tele-
phone. Would you telephone, Dor,
or would you write? Which?"
eff you spend any more money
that way, I'll-Tll leave you. I
can't stand it. It's to much to ex-
pect anybody to stand, Helen'S
just doing this to drive us both
crazy. I don't even believe there's
anything wrong with the child at
all. Bonnie, if you go out you
needn't come back. Do you hear
me? Do you hear me, Bennie?"
For answer Bonnie dashed back
into the bedroom, grabbed his hat
and fairly ran down the hall, down
the stairs and slammed the door.
CHAPTER XVIII ..
Dorathea began to cry loudly,
without restraint.
Evelyn came in. Shed heard it
all. She'd have had to be deaf not
to hear it. She put her hand on
Dorathea's heaving shoulder. She
didn't know how to comfort her,
what to say to her.
my head aches" she said, be-
cause she didn't know what else
to say.
Dorathea put her hands to her
temples. my husbands just left
me-my whole LIES ruined and
all my mother says is her head
acheS!"
OF course Bonnie came back.
In the next few weeks he'd come
and gone so many times that no
body could count them. It was
always the same cause. Helen and
the children.
You'd see the look come over
his face. A picture in a magazine.
A chance reference to another
child. Sometimes for no reason
that the others knew.
His forehead would wrinkle.
He'd sit, stupid and silent, staring
into space. Then he'd begin look
ing towards Dorathea, hopefully,
almost beseechingly. And at last
it would come out:
Helen wrote that the baby's
walking. I'll bet she looks cute, all
right. I'd sure like to see her. The
only thing is, she's such a darn
heavy, fat little thing that it kind
of worries. Kids can walk too soon,
you know. Makes em bowlegged.
Helen would have let Junior walk
at IA months, but I held him back.
I'd rather a kid would be slow
than too fast. Isn't that what
you thing, Dor?"
Poor Dorathea, she always
failed him.
He'd try again:
GIVE been thinking about
Junior. Other kids his age go to
kindergarten. I don't know why
she doesn't send him. He knows
all his letters, I taught them to
him. Seems kind of a shame to
have him forgetting them"
It always ended just the same.
They'll have to move, can't
stand it! I'm going crazy!" Evelyn
told Jan. why do they stay to-
gether when they fight like that?
Your father and I never had a
word. Well, he might have said
something when I charged some
thing-I did like nice things, and
perhaps I was a little extravaganza.
But the first time he got real mad
at me-that was over the mink
coat, and you can see it was a good
buy-look how it's worn-why
walked out.
"And he didn't say one HALF of
what Bennie says every day Of
his life to Dorathea, and he
wouldn't have, because he was a
gentleman. But even that was too
much for me. told him what
thought, and I took you two chill
dren and out 1 went-out I
went"
"Oh, nom! It's so long ago
don't cry!"
(TO Be COntinued)
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