Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17

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fore the children" she safe
primly. Junior. eat youI
spinach II YOU want 20 grow up
big and strong like daddy"
Are they here already" Phil
asked i'm mild establishment.
81 believe lin early families. 4"
she old him. "Now b o "a
Phyllis"
Her name II Lois" he COR
rected. "and she looks exactly
like YOU, except she's at the
awkward age and has braces on
her teeth"
HE'S REAL PROBLEM
"She has not" Lois said in
dignantly. "She has beautiful
teeth, and she'll he a glamour
girl because she has black hair
and blue eyes like YOU"
Phil frowned.
'NIickey's our real problem. III
I have 10 hail that brat out Of
Jail once more for speeding -
what's the younger generation
coming to: When was a
boy"
Lois sighed.
"Yes, you must have a man To
man talk with Mickey. He's 30
stubborn. Determined on Yale,
and think Princeton, don't
YOU: Now. I can always mar
age Phyllis" "
Her name Is Lois" he re-
minded.
II mean our first grandchlid.
Her name Is Phyllis and she's at
the dimpled age"
Wait a minute. We can't be
grandparents. We haven't been
middle aged yet"
"All right. Now I'm middle
aged. DO you still love NEE"
How do you looks" he asked
warily. Are you fat 2"
"Oh, no. The women I'm my
family get lean and leathery,
like old birds. Peckish, too"
she told him cheerfully. "My
great aunt Mabel was the
meanest woman In 10 countless"
Then still love YOU" he de-
clared. "Me: I'm psunchy and
good natured. The. men In my
family get stuffed and smug."
philip Santley, you must
join a golf club at once Look
at you--with a spare tire at so.
Here, try setting-up exercises"
The Polish girl from Norwalk
Who cleaned by the day came in
nd found them touching their
oes. They fell over and Phil
,issed Lois three times before he
would let her 60. The Polish girl
iggled.
you make me laugh, you're
so happy" she said.
GOOD DAY AT OFFICE
They sat up. their hair tumbled,
md said together, gravely:
$50 we are, aren't we:"
Later, when Phil came in from
inkering with the car, Lois asked;
"GOod day at the Office, dear ?"
He gave her a brisk, business
mans kiss.
sold old Jones on the steel
DEAL" he said pompou
There's a mink coat In that for
the little woman"
The little woman clapped her
lands in appropriate glee.
That night il turned chilly.
hey sat before the fire, she knit
ing and he smoking "a pipe and
eading aloud bits from a scientific
After a while she
'awned.
'"Are you bored: Shall we
bicker:" he asked. 1--WE really
should have one fight, don't you
think ."
"Divinely bored" she said.
Imagine stupid people who tear
of to Niagara Falls and Sun
Valley and Bermuda for honey
moons"
"Saps" he said.
They'd think we were dumb
to spend IL sitting around, cook
ing. tinkering with q car. But
then they've got years and
years TO do that in--later."
Lucky saps." he said.
Then. suddenly. il was the last
lay of the honeymoon. 1t was not
Is though they had had a thou
and and eight minutes, or even
.6S hours. II was as though they
lad collapsed into second. Ii
wasn't fair - so little time eked
'ut for happiness. But they did
lot mention this to one another.
They smiled quickly, when their
yes met. They went for a walk
hat last afternoon. and they did
rot chatter as much as they had
lone.
On the way home he climbed a
MI TO get her a branch of maple
caves. He stumbled and a rock
ut his ankle. Blood trickled over
MS white shoe. She crumpled up.
Ter face gone puckered like a
frightened child's. Tears ran down
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