Show THE BEA BEAUTY beatt ty y VP FROM tom bur BUFFALO FALO S BYR n RH ill WILKINSON service fl 0 flace associated Acl HAD begun to despair of marl c a venn was her most recent I 1 venn name her sixth yes marcia had been married six times and was only twenty five once she had she lived with a husband eight months that was the ft longest eest nis his name was harris we all admired him rommy thad I 1 bad begun to despair of marcia because I 1 felt fe fit that at silo had the markings makl nes of it a fine wife I 1 I 1 dont know why in 1 I guess ner her choice of mates to ti date included a wide variety an artest a soldier an explorer a politician a baseball player none had tolled suited ner her and now she was married to good old J jim im venti venn jim was a business man needless to say marcia was the most beautiful woman in buffalo she had more than beauty that indefinable that Is a females most cher dished gift she always got what she wanted except in a husband the five that she had tried lacked it IL we wondered about jim venn good old jim jim himself told me the story there was a wild desperate look in his eyes which presently gave way to relief they were happy the first month marcia and her husbands were always tappy the first month A week later marcia bought a new coat mink she tad bad it setout sent out from one of the most expensive downtown shops when jim came home she was waiting for him with the coat on how do you like it she asked and for him how much did it cost said jim marcia stopped pirouetting jim venn what a thing to bayl say 1 whatever has the cost to do with how it looks A lot said jim if it cost over a hundred bucks it would look like h I 1 to me marcia stared at him she was in if it cost over a hundred bucks said jim it would look like H 1 to me credulous slowly horribly the significance of what hed said seeped into her brain A sob escaped tier her lips you wretch I 1 you unspeakable wretch I 1 jim strode over to the table where lay the box bos in which the coat had come ile he picked up a pink slip and looked at it nine hundred dollars lie be exclaimed whirling you must be crazy marcia knew how to get what she wanted shed been through scenes like this a hundred times before she flung herself on the divan and sobbed convulsively not ordinary sobs marcia could be dramatic she be beat at the pillows and buried her head jim came and stood over her take it off he said more ough lough than I 1 can afford barcia became hysterical or id go 80 1 I wont I 1 wont oh you liast I 1 why did I 1 ever marry you because said jim 1 I was jackass ell enough ugh to ask you and he reached own and jerked marcia to a sitting position before she could fully grasp gras p what he was about he had stripped off the mink and flung it on the table marcia arcia expected this she hadrit mat experienced anything like it be fore e asae she forgot corpt to sob dramatically asae to sob dramatically instead lead she leaped to tier her feet and there mere was genuine anger in her voice and al eyes why you you her tiny ti ny flint st struck jim on 00 the cheek color rushed shed into his face angry lights smoldered dered in ills his eyes I 1 SOP so lie he said you cant be a lady tad d with mill ills his open palm he smacked br ber down on the divan again marcia believe it imagine tue the most beautiful girl in buffalo a E with six husbands to her credit being re smacked down by a mere jim enn words come she opened bened and clos closed ed her mouth like fl a ah out ot of 0 water angly aliu laughed cruelly harshly taunt barcla found her voice brut rut beast 1 insect this Is heend in the very endl end ill not sta stay this 1 house another minute i sly es a you will said jim youre lot t going to make a fool of me he decked wd her bit up she struggled fought the th i 1163 but he carried her into bedroom room and dumped her cara n piously ly on to the bed when you quit lilt you u cari can your bawling and blubbering berio COMO come out and get my dinner at the door he paused and 1 if break you one thing come out allowance of your he slammed the door and locked it marcia pushed on the other side she screamed threatened wept kicked kicked but she break hour anything an later she went into a conference with herself decided on other tactics sweetly she called to jim Da rUng im sorry and and hungry id like to get our dinner jim let her out but he take her into ills arms and kiss her tie he apologize and ask forgiveness instead he told her he had returned the mink coat stopped all her charge accounts and reminded her that if she ever did anything crazy again hed divorce tier her marcias lips quivered angry tears brimmed in her eyes divorce met mel you will nill divorce me why she stopped jim looked as though he were going to hit tier her again he SULU said i better get my dinner were staying in tonight im sick of horsing around to your danged parties I 1 want a home and a wife not a house with a woman who visits me occasionally barcla caught on she went out and got his dinner she tried to make up while they were eating but jim in the mood for it ile he went to bed early and kiss her good night marcia sat up by herself tor for a long time she was angry and humiliated conscious of an annoying feeling or of frustration she planned dire things she would get tier her revenge she would do this and that and thus and so oh would she humble that man at twelve she went upstairs jim was snoring comfortably when lie awoke the next nest morning marcias Marcia 3 bed was empty he grinned and listened well well well the most beautiful girl in buffalo Guf Talo the girl with five previous husbands to her credit was down in the kitchen rustling 0 up a breakfast for a belligerent sixth six t h mate and liking likin it jim really belligerent moreover he loved marcia more than the other five husbands put together had ile he would have killed himself if she left him but he was smart smart and desperate smart enough to analyze the dispositions of the other five desperate enough to put into execution the one form of treatment marcia experienced and it had worked you see marcia known what it was she wanted in a husband it if told her it was what jim venn offered shed have told you you were crazy shed still tell you for ashes never found the answer cut but then ashes no longer interested its fun being a little bewildered aud and married to jim vinn |