Show m I Husban and I By Jane ep S CHAPTER Atlantic City As Tom ha had planned Friday Priday night bight round found us In Atlantic Cit City It was more morl than it was when we weI I crowded on our ur wedding wedding- trip and andI I were went to a a. smaller less expensive expensive ex- ex we pensive hotel Tom 1 was so tired about did duj was vas to tide lid In the wheel wheelchairs wheelchairs all we I chairs or sit along along- the hoard board walk looking a at t the crowd or gazing out orz 01 the water t I Several times Tom apologized be- be 1 cau cause e I 1 was not having a gayer time I 0 lt It seems selfish he remarked as I We sat on a a. bench along the walk hut hot hotI I would you care very much If we just at here mtH time to go in It is so soI restful Of course not r replied The walk I was almost deserted It IL had rained a i little tittle earlier in the evening and the I I indoor places were with th the I I IIi of the as well wP as theft usual pleasure seeding crowd I Ii I 1 tell felt worried about Tom he seemed seemed J so languid I had not left him a mo- mo ment I said something about th the e shops but he quickly gave me to understand understand un- un that I must spend no mone monein money y in them The only thing we bought bough t tI was a little canoe for Junior yet et I knew we must have spent a lot o of fd f money Our fares the hotel bill an anthe and d the hours we had spent in the wheelchairs wheel chairs on the boardwalk would I 1 figured figured fig fig- have gone a long way toward the new furniture I wanted gut Cut I said nothing o of this to Tom lie He seemed rested and certainly certa looked much better bet bet- tel ter when we started sta ted back ack home late Sunday afternoon A FAIR RETURN That was money well spent he said as we sat in the dining room eat ing the nice cold supper Norah Korah had ready for us I feel like a new crea- crea ture You were were- a brick Site to be so good about it I know you would have liked to have a little more gayety If you had felt lute It yes I re- re plied But it has done mo good too Tom I feel fine As I watched Tom step briskly around the apartment the next morning mornIng morn morn- Ing I was glad I had tried to pleas him Ile He was so different from the languid tired looking and acting man he had been for a couple of weeks Norah had managed the two children chil- chil dren beautifully She really was wonderful wonderful won won- with them I might have wished for a better housemaid but if i one can only afford to keep a single servant and has children a good nurse mail maid is almost a necessity Then housework never bothered me I seemed to possess a knack of doing It easily and quickly Also Z I did riot not dislike doing It Though I often had dreams of o the time when I 1 should be able to have a cook and butler as well as a maid for the chil- chil dr dran n as did sty ry ambition was to live e as she and Vivian Morton diet did l I must be careful o of Toms Tom's health I often otten thought because because be- be cause he will certainly be rich some day So even though he told me our trip had cost him forty dollars I considered considered con con- It well invested as he had said that he had h d received a fair return A CHANCE MEETING About the middle of o the week after our return from Atlantic City I ran Into Carol Blacklock I had supposed him In Newport r or one of the fashionable fashion fashion- able resorts I knew he frequented in summer This is fortunate I exclaimed as he turned and walked beside me I Iwas Iwas was was' just wondering who was in town l 1 hate to lunch alone Be kind and come to with me Im I'm or off again this afternoon Why es Ill I'll come I hesitated a little Tom had said long Jong- ago that he didn't want me to lunch alone with Carol But Tom himself hall done any number ot of things thing's of which I disapproved disapproved proved since then and a 11 luncheon In that delightful place appealed to me After ter Carol arol had ordered I had to ten tell him of fathers father illness and hI he was wag so acid lid so sympathetic Then I I 1 ted w him of the new apartment that I I we were settled and that in we would be ready fW company Please make It September he pleaded I have to come back to town about the and I shall be terriblY I. I lonely unless you promise to take care care of me All right I promise I laughed I had learned a little of the trick of repartee repartee rep rep- artee and I loved to try to exercise ItYe It Ye We had a delIghtful c ld luncheon I and sat over it until nearly 4 1 By gad Ill I'll have to run or Ill I'll miss my train Will Viii you take this and pay I Ithe the check and get a taxi home I think 1 It will be enough he pres pressed ed a hill bill I into my hand as he rose from the ta- ta ble I feel a brute to run away this way but you shouldn't be so interesting interesting interest interest- I ing that a man forgets everything but you and with a pressure of the hand I he was gone I I unfolded the bill and surreptitiously looked at It Twenty dollars The I check was a little over five I did not take a taxI I had some shopping to do What at did other women do under such circumstances I wondered Send I back the money they didn't need or keep It CHAPTER I IA A Dreadful Experience The next day with Carol Blacklock's I plea that I get ready to receive him hime by September e be r ringing in my ears I went n down to Bimble's g l to order rd the I materials for my draperies etc I fIrst I made a lIst of everything I should need for the different rooms I might as well get it all at once It would save saye going out in the heat and as we owed them nothing the amount would not be great I measured and listed the quantity I I should need for each of the rooms the color I wanted etc Then I called Helen up and asked her to go with me I probably should not see much o of her after Toms Tom's friends returned In the theall fall all so would be with her now as much muchas as possible We Ve started earlY and planned to lunch downtown We Ve went directly to the cretonnes and I selected and had cut all I needed I then bought ht the frInges and gimp to match The bill came to about 28 Char Charge e It to tours Thomas Randall please I said to the clerk cIeri and gave gaye him the new address We Ve then started to look at dotted swiss for the inside draperies in the same department In Ina Ina I a moment the man who had sold me methe methe the cretonnes rame over to me and said I find Ind your our account has hal been discontinued discontinued dis- dis continued Mrs Randall Handall Shall I send the goods C. C O. O D or do you wIsh to pay for them You must be mistaken I told him I haven't ha discontinued the account Ve have hav just moved and you rou probably proba- proba bly have us mixed with some other othern n then turning to Helen Did you ever hear of anything so stupid punt om paid them In full lIl and gave me methe the receipt when I came ame home Doubtless there is 11 tome mistake Melon 1 hot T a peculiar eXIl expression on her face as she said itA Of O course there Is anc an selecting the swiss and the oth othI I needed at that counter It II annoying to have such happen cl ci cretonne Presently the I turned Excuse me madame bu the account dale dall stopped a the last bill What hat do you mean stopper count I asked paying n no noto Helens Helen's warning glanceS to he saId we were tr tl Why That he would nothing more a aI bills contracted any absolutely petrified I 1 stoOd How had Tom Tom d did It mean barrass me like this It If be hell l heft helt heftI hadn't why such a thIng I said to after saY U clerk cancel my order You may elsewhere after till my things thing foil fall the store rushed out o of Helen h he T d Oh how however ever could th thI itt in were when we h gasped g I dont don't understand t to tell Tom probably meant fOI forgot ot it Heln tried to con i Tomorrow Tomorrow-A Quarrel |