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Show m Married Life 1 in the Third : Year ' Mie Tholight of Warren's' V Hardships Melts Helen 1 Into Instan t Tenderness BY MABEL HERBERT URNER. D EAR HLMCN: Tunis better. That's more liko i(. cAsid you're sett I up; sonic common sense at lasi. But you say ; ' you're unstrung. I don't like that N'othtin? to bo wiKtrimK about. 2 You've bc-.ii hitting around the house l. an'1 moping too much. Get out every : morning ami t:ik a brisk walk. That'll Ju you fzoijt). Von don't set y enough fwetrtee. That's what's the jr mutter with most of yon women. W,jt N'ow Ki yourself n sooil shape. for I'm coming home soon. C:in't toll M y't JubL the date. Nut things look m pretty good out here got these Ben- W nlngton people .Hint nbont where I M want them. They're netting mlghtv anxious now, and they'll be a darn M sight more so before I'm through. m I m putting the ncrews on Intnl. :ind m, thy know It. And they're going to WM. knuckle down and eome to rav terms. wA' s only !L nucstlon of a wck or rfl so now they can't hold out much I longer. I saw AVInihropo ycatcrdav. Wm pL he hadn't much to say. He rather K Intimated that the. whole thing was ItPs hi Uarkson'fi hundn. that he was the tfi c that wax holding It up. I've MM. known that all along. But he s about Mm ready to come across now. from the way things arc going I'll .1 clear up about six thousand dollars out of the deal. That will come pret-f pret-f ty near being worth the trip out i herewon't It? And It's been riov- i y lush uncomfortable at that. Have ; ' had a two-by-four room andjno bath. nnd It costs me S-'.HO a clnv. llKb- way robbery prices. Bui T had to 5 have a good address out here; had r to put up a Kood bluff. And had to entertain a lot of these men at luncheon. You can't do that for nothing. ; ' So, if I've kicked at the expense . bark ihere. it's been because I've ! been up against it HARD. Knew ; : I needed every cent I could scrape toecthcr to nut this deal over. , . Couldn't take any chances on any S , trlp-up too much at stake. But now that I've just u srood as won out tlilnirs are easier. And I've got everything else in good shape. Ah soon as they sign tlic final papers pa-pers I'll clear out of here quick. And ; we'll celebrate in fine style when I get back. It'll be mighty good to . I , see Broadway again, I Now, kitten, what do you want me to bring you? I won't have much ,! i lime to fool around the shops, but : i guess 1 can manngo to get sonie-. sonie-. thing If you'll let me know what you want Now about one of those , ! embroidered .lapanesc things the ; i long kind with the big sleeves the i ; kind they wear for opera, cloaks? i There's some mighty good looking ones in the shop windows out here. J Id get you a stunning dress if 1 t could fit you but these looac things I will fit anybody. And what shall I bring Winifred? You think up some-ihlng some-ihlng and write me I never know what to gel. Now. Utile woman, take good care of yourself I'll wire you when I start. As ever. From anyone else this -would hard-1. hard-1. be considered a loving or tender lei tor but from Warren il meant a crcat deal. The kitten" and "Ill-tic "Ill-tic woman" was as near an approach to endearment as he ever cam. And the desire to bring her sonictlilnc that, too, from him. was an unusual enns'rrtei'ntlou. Happy Anticipations. And he was comlntr home soon vory soon! And he was coming in a b ippier and better mood because the '.-ai was going through! For Helen t!i whole world seemed changed by iilr- letter. To Iit it meant as much .1 the most ardent love letter would ii..vc meant to anyone else. The sentence, "Now. kitten, what soatl I bring yon?" and "Take good .iro of yoursHI'. little woman." xi s f-iWi to slorlfy the whole letter, jJi And all through between the lines TTj? be read into l her own version ot -t icndtrness. And the part where he said, "So vor$j r I've kicked at the expenses back tbttt thereit's because I've been up linsil "gainst it HARD. Knew I'd need ov-TSi ov-TSi 1 v vnt 1 could scrape together to lllls deal over."' To Helen that 155 atoned for it all. With a rush of rollW tove and tenderness she thought of Wen i lie hardships lie had undergone out HVCS 'here. All the resentment and bit-leiness bit-leiness th:it she had felt was swept P.lL a .vay In a Hood of compassion. , U had bpen hard for him harder 'Of: , than she knew. And she should have 5,5bJ made moie allowances for thin, she TrnitN ,oW heraelf reproachfully. ?f to s,le '1'0,1,1 l,'lVC considered that he was woiTied and anxious and har-lass-ed, and should not havo rcscnt-iltoa) rcscnt-iltoa) -d his letters, even though they did -eeni harsh and unjust. 3 There is nothing that so melts a ipa : woman to tenderness as the thought ldJWW "f hnrdihlps and anxiety weighing jjcftstjl ' coon th" man she loves, and now her a "Wf INlng imnulecs swept her on to the "ilthic of this letter. oetoS A Cheerful Lctte ith Drar Warren: Oh I cannot tell you A ersfi '"ow happy how very happy your xiMt&i ' 3lJt letter has made me. Tho thought that you aro comiiiK honift 'S I ynon- verv soon. Oh. dear, nothing .JB ' fse seems to matter! You don't ' M 1 Know how 1 need yoti and how deso- tp w '',tr ' ,,,v? heen with vou nwav. vrt'i Arid. dear, this last tetter has made itriDjyl -! me most penitent. 1 s.e now that iVj I was wrong lo resont your attitude BflU ,i aboni the evpeuses. T becin to un- gatl 'ierptand how much vou ha e had to i"'W I won -, von out there, the anxieties afltl-i&J and hcaw expenses and I should iNV- 1101 have minded anything you "fii ! W'0'' I suppose I have lien too Oi t i v but I'm going to trv not io''i to be an' mor1.' -"S i t"1 'lrnr- 11 ' Kohie to bo a happy pWJS j liouif oinlng. A moat wonderful 1tJ J home coming! Let m- know th 'xact time nr. soon a you can. no I utOTf'TB i 'io:w off even I lie hours on the. '''"tS '''"ndar. That will make it seem 'm ri rarer. ' j8 And. oh. I am so proud and hanpy ' 'hat. vou re pulling through the deal J0 , v,icccsfully. But I K.'I2V you would. rtf-lUH Vou never know l have iievr doubt-i:."0t doubt-i:."0t "1 that for a second- Whn on fl?ii:titf nllv underiuk'1 nnythtiig. yoti havf 3bory. - much force and determination that ig B" j ' 'oit cannot help but be. successful. And you say yon will make over 35aW,'! l thousand dollars. Oh. dear, that i rtrf' Ik WONDKRFl.'I.! You know it isn't iOXAtt'. "if money that T care for-but the 1Hj' f,,,'t that It will make thing? easier Jr'el ' '"' you You will not be so worried s01" now, 'is About brlngiiic in" soiiftliing -?i dear, tho onlv thing I want yon to -""j2 ; bring is YOURSKI'F- ' know you're rfP -Jtoo biiKv lo bother about shopping A'-' 'hm'l. Iry. About Wlnltred just Mffiy hruig ber iiome little thing a doll wl'l ) o'.'J ZtUt. Dolhi are always onsy to get. and . J'hf loves- them better than anything, . : 'I: - Have you written your mother yon t 'V,,r coining soon? I've thought of .. recalling her up this morning and tll-" tll-" her. Your letter has marie me vlfcjFo happv that 1 want to make every-'4Rf,r,r every-'4Rf,r,r ;,tiC! h0- ff'i'hatiE I WAS rather j.tifiabrnnt when she was here that day. ." 'al),,l,rl 1 fcc I now that I should like In i. its'"11 her 1 am sorry - If only T knew " i'- AfiT h11. dear, she is your . I'ji)ielher and T cannot bear lo 'hlnk ,it;,that hhc reels unklndiv towards me. ,.isr . .p Piiso Purrmcw .iul , nmd- that If' jKhlnt. She inhlnts on sitting up on th .14 'i''pf k as I write, and e-rv now and imtSWw.tliii pub? out hftr paw to oalch the iUen. Tou ought to bavo scon Wlail- frcd nlaving with her thi mornlnc be WA vej-v sweet. She hud tb kitten on' its Mck trvlnc o mnkf It plav "natty-cike" with it nawn. Oh. doar. Mi" whole world noeine iHn"eriit now that you'r coming back." If onlv I could nut into words all that It does mean to tr.el I m so-Ing so-Ing to write you again Innlcht. nut I felt that I must write till now. With love-oh. a GREAT nKAt. of lovl HEIiEfc. |