Show I LOVE LOVERY By AND Margaret Ro Wood DISHES CHAPTER NINETEEN I Bonnie looked calmly at Gregory as he stood above her desk He had hadnot hadnot hadnot not forgotten to ask her to lunch with lunch with him Kim but she had a n real engagement this time with Bill Im fIrm lunching lunching- with Bill today Again Do you have to do it every day I Bonnie laughed in his face Have to luke it iU Bonnie you arc are a maddening creature crea ture Why dont don't you give me a break I thought you knew I 1 was married mar mar- ried ned I know you are arc the most beautiful ul thing in the world he whispered And you will go with me some time wont won't you Miss Mull came in and Gregory up the notes shed she'd made for him and went out Bonnie straightened straightened straight straight- ened her desk and closed it for the weekend week powdered po her nose and went out to shop an hour before time timeto timeto timeto to meet BilL Waiting at the door of his office building she watched the faces of people hurrying past strained intent in tent faces mirroring the thoughts back of them lined pathetic faces smiling contented faces faces blank and faces lull full of the business of living living living liv liv- ing Bonnie wondered how many of the worried harried expressions were born of minds frazzled with thoughts of making making life life possible for those they loved How many of those faces had taken on th their ir lines and pallor from working mo at their individual individual in in- difficulties Was any anyOne One one tJ o oZ those women hurrying hurrying hurrying hur hur- by deceiving the man she loved by working and trying to protect his pride NEWS Her philosophical mood was banished banished ban ban- by Bills Bill's hand on her arm and his cheery Sorry to have kept you waiting Sugar Its all right Ole Son Ive news for you Bon Croesus wants me inc to start right in on an apartment apartment apart apart- ment for him Really You dont don't seem enthusiastic Should I dance the Highland T i itt l But t we xi need d the he mon Sugar Do Dowe we It occurs to me that our little account with Brother Hicks is about paid up upi Oh Bon BonIn BonI You needn't say it I 1 know you are going going- to tell me rue not to be that way Well I 1 am m that way Im I'm exactly ex cx- that way way You may take it or leave it Ive I've got nothing against mothers mother's church church or church your or any I still send my my- little dues to the church at home but but I 1 have never s sent money I owed somebody somebody some some- body else Dont lets let's talk about that now nov All right but I 1 do think you should ask the doctors to send you their bills Lets speak of ic music boxes And clothes It required oly a B few few- moments to dash the music store store- tell the salesman they had decided on the machine they had tried pay for it and direct that it be sent out At home Bill smoked thoughtfully With that new apartment to fig ure out for Croesus this is an art outstanding outstanding out out- standing evening Bon Our very last lazy night A A. night of freedom Sugar What at shall we do with it How about staying at home and playing with our wedding present I l want to tell you Bonnie u Bill was looking at her strangely What A CONFESSION I 1 sent mother and wrote her herit herit herit it was o. o k about the other but that I 1 wouldn't have any more to send for some time B Bill ill I I 1 think I 1 made it pretty plain She wont won't give that to Dr Hicks unless she has some left he smiled You didn't hurt her feelings I No I 1 just told her that I didn't I have lave any more and wouldn't have That the extra work was over and that this was the last of the money for it I suggested that she pay her herl bills before she she gave gave any of oUt it to anything anything anything any any- thing else Bonnie sighed Do you ou think she will Um Optimist While Bill tuned for for- distant stations stations stations sta sta- sta tion's Bonnie was busy with her new purchases She had spent some of her own money and all that was left of of the five hundred without Bills Bill's thinking it strange that so little had bought ought 3 so much Clothes are cheap Bill Arent Aren't we lucky Just give me time Sugar and then let em rise What will we care Not that Bonnie replied trying ludicrously to snap fingers rigidly stuffed in the new new gloves she was try ing ingon on Bill floor restlessly Havin Having Haying Hav Hay ing in looked forward to a night of leisure he ne had lost the art of enjoy enjoy- ing mg it He Ho went nervously from the radio to the afternoon paper Lets legs go out to Bon Im I'm tired watching you nurse that cook cook- stove stove- good with me Ole Son Youre a little tired of it yourself yourself your your- self arent aren't you Sugar Not I I love it iU she retorted I dont don't mind it much any more really she added Bill smiled contentedly Is the new job going to take as me nie much uch time as the other queried Bon Bon- Well they are not alike Both cover coy cov coy er cr about the sane same dimensions but there theres s more re detail in an apartment BANTER BANIER All of which doesn't answer my question she laughed Dont you know what dimensions mean Infant Of course Silly I was speaking of time you mean money No Nol I dont don't think about money all the time 1 want to know how long it will be before we have have- free evening we we wont won't know what to todo todo ido do with Bonnie youre you're a queer kid kidIs Is Ills that why y you u like me a B littie little lit lit- tle tie Who said I liked you A little little from boy Ohio So That's who got me in trouble trou trou- ble Uh he like The little prune Oh he has curly black hair and bi big black eyes eye and is a general nuis nuis- ance she she- grinned Did h he tell you anything else I knew everything else You thought you did right aU-right 17 11 I knew a few things myself You wouldn't fool me I knew enough to marry the girl I wanted wanted wanted-in in the fa face e of terrific opposition opposition he added Sea you Bo Bon you wouldn't like to have a dog Bill asked amazingly pos Me A dog What arc are you talking about Im talking about a dog That silly little boy from Ohio always either has a dog or wants one When we save up enough money lets let's move out to the suburbs so we can have a cute little bulldog not so little either you know one know one of the white English k kind nd Who ever heard of a cute bulldog bulldog bulldog bull bull- dog Who ever heard of one that wasn't Nice stock stocky little fellows white al all allover allover over with brown eyes I had one once All right Son When you make your first million Ill I'll see ee that you get gel your dog doga a green one with purple eyes if you wan want tit it SPLENDID RESULTS Imagine my marr marrying ing a woman without ever finding out if she liked dogs docS And I always held held that to be bethe bethe bethe the first qualification Come on Ole Son I 1 think your head is weak from lack of nourishing food They went out to dinner in gala mood The rent was paid for another month His mother had three hundred dollars and they each had something new to wear Wasn't her deception justified by such splendid results Bon Boa Bill BiU asked at dinner do you think Id I'd shy at a talkie I haven't haven been to one in about four fOUl months Want to try me When we build our mansion for forthe forthe forthe the dog well we'll put in a picture show of our own By that time everybody will have havea a little gew gewgaw gew-gaw gaw on their radio anc anca and anda a fellow can sit at home nome and see sec everything even what his wife's thinking about Bonnie caught her breath Suppose Sup pose there were such a thing now Bill would know that his wife was making ten tena a week more than he did and nd that would that would spoil everything She shuddered and Bill thought she was being expressive That would be ter terrible terrible ter- ter she said emphatically They sat hand in hand in a rr ovie ovie for two hours and then went home Bill was too thrilled picking up new stations to dance He would find a station and keep it just long enough to hear the station announcement then go JO on with his search It seemed everybody went through that stage but tonight Bonnie wanted to dance She curled up in bed waiting for Bill to leave the radio and put ou out the light What was it Gregory had said today about her new dress Festive Fes five tive That was it she thought drow shy He said I looked festive To be c S Copyright 1932 the Register and Tribune Syndicate |