Show n rt HEIR MARRIED c III LI LIFE FE I I I Il l arren Stays at Home With a Cold and Helen Has a Most t. t Trying Day By By MAB MABEL L HERBERT URN URNER R RING ERING iii in In her ber thin nightgown Helen looked through the medicine chest for a n bottle marked Cough Syrup I Its not here dear We Vc must have used tup last winI win- win I I think I 1 remember er throwing awn away the empty bottle Shall mike ke you a hot lemonade 1 v Lemonades s not going to help a acou cou cough h growled Warren who lay 3 huddled in bed lied with the clothes pulled up over oyer his 1 cars ears Got Got any of those lozenges fl Oh I didn't think of those Theres There's Theresa A a box in my mr room Ff Ills His slightest ailment r Warren always r v. v 19 took most seriously And now that he had hada LF a cold and arid a troublesome cough he felt sure mire he lie was WElS threatened with pneumonia r jl t With a comical solemnity he sucked at atthe i P 15 the lozenge c Helen gave him hirn She had bad been i w r up twice before once l to get more cover coyer and f once to fill the thc hot lit water bottle for he was he had a. a achill chill Dear is it hot hotS enough 1 feeling th the the wrapped towel bottle 1118 icet lect Is I answered with a a. spluttering cou cough h I Helen Helen hurried out to to the kitchen to When i she he carne came back hack Warren Anen was as sh she placed the bottle at feet teet turned out the lights and slipped C W bd hoping he be would now sleep until t had she ehe he dozed oft of when she was kene b by hl his demanding another rh h 11 drop The he box is II rh right ht there on the table de you 00 Jut ut In fumbling for the lozenges he Ile ked eked off oft a It tumbler Helen sprang up ed ad on the lights and started to pick the broken glass la 8 etter brush that up Well We'll get the flied ed td stuff in our Yet Yes Ill I'll have hR Nora brush rush It up good the morning Be careful dear when get et up Heres Here's your OUr slippers Jut ut Warren had a horror of oC broken and wanted it brushed up at once lelen Kelen mAde mad another trip to the for lor the dustpan and broom That she shet lit t take cold running around in her hern n with Ith only a bathrobe over oer her herMeTa MeTa did not occur to him bile youre you're up tuck In lh this blanket I he the foot Why dont don't you how that how to make malte a h Mt bed d to so the covers t kepI ken pulling up LIp lain n 0 Helen turned out the lights got cot abed and finally fell This he was awakened by bJ Warren anen start- start flip MP with a savage savage savage- ils III blamed things thing's LEAKING I an In she he was wide awake feel feel- under uDder the clothes for tor the hot n water tel Wu Leak ILs i not leaking g much dear for there is IS 5 only a a. timan wet spot on the tho towel to which It was wrapped The stopper In tight Jot Jot leaking much The rue beds bed's all wet to 10 give he me pneumonia If I vant got Jot it IlIr already d Helen lelen felt cit the bed and found there was tiny damp spot on the sheet over O which lie Is Ie c carefully spread A a. lar large e bath towel Get me another handkerchief will willu U u Why on earth do you let that worn worn- el starch tile the handkerchiefs as ns Helen Belen dod him a a. fresh one Would you ou like a. a piece of or sterilized uz It Its It's nice and soft 4 do better than this this Its Its It's meet fI C a Aboard b ba a rd found tile the gauze cut off otT I t two wo vo la largo large e see ee LI save gave 0 him one und tucked the oth- oth under his Ills Dont know where I caught this thI In- In n- n me cold cola h he grumbled for the hun- hun edth as he d coughed and andew ew the clothes up around oro liI Jils shoulders th such force that they again came ulm up ul m the foot By this time it was U dawn Hel Helen n did I Dt t tr try to sleep again and was up tip at I put pest 7 7 I She cautioned Nora to make no noise Mr Curtis Curtis' cough had hold kept him awake oat of the night and she ehe wanted him j sleep p late was a a. gray drizzling foggy morning hould Warren go Ito to the office on a It day e S this with such a a. cold Then she he heard him calling and ran In find flod him sitting on e edge RO of the tile tho solo of ot lil hl his fit f You Iou dM dl a t thundering god Job brushIng brush- brush In hog Ing up that glass Oh Oll Did you ou step on a piece Oh Im I'm ImO so O sorry I 1 thought I got It all up Let me see sec see solicitously But warren pushed her aside thrust Ills his f feet reet et Into his slippers and reached for or his bathrobe Dear you'll not riot try to go to the office today will OU you anxiously Its to so damp daml Its It's drizzling now and Im I'm afraid Ill Il see eCe hio Ilon I 1 feel teel fter breakfast curti curtly Get out m my heavy gray Kray suit will you He lIe Is 18 Irritable ble While he be took his shower ho er an and shaved Helen laid out the he hey heavy y gray array suit and put his buttons in Inn a n. fresh shirt At H br breakfast Warren arren appeared In his smoking S Jacket and slippers which he wore only onh on Sunday mornings That right d dear ar I dont don't think you ouch ough to go 10 out on such stich a da day May clear elcar up tip T by no noon n frowning out at the gray sky eky After Arter breakfast Warren tel telephoned phoned to the office read th the morning papers and then began to gro grow restless Put down dom those windows h he roared hen Nora Xora raised the windows In the li ii- ii bra r ry Oh Nora ora I 7 forgot to tell you Helen explained hastily halUb You needn't try to clean much in here this morning And Arid dont don't open any windows In ons on's on account of Mr tr Curtis Curtis' col cold Got a decent S pen here demanded Warren as he lIe sat sat down dOn at the desk to do S some sorpo r Yo Vo a stub dont don't you Will this one on do Oh dear dears Im I'm afraid youre you're catching fresh cold as Warren sneezed sneered explosively Who wouldn't savagely when you throw open all the windows and have a a. le regular ular hurricane flowing lo through h here Helen refrained from saying that the windows wIndo had been open only a second for she ihie he had no desire to Irritate him further fur fur- ther Dear if sr you OU Inhale some hot hol camphor water water that that ml might ht help That wa Wu always my fathers father's remedy for or a a. cold Will you ou tr try it Helen lichen got ot the camphor bottle boUle and poured a a. t teaspoonful into a II cup of boiling water She placed the cup on the des desk before beCore him and persuaded him to Inhale It It while she held a towel over his hie head and shoulders to keep In the tho fumes With ith the same solemnity with which he sucked the lozenge Warren sniffed and snuffed up the tho fumes under the towel When he f emerged merGed his face was flushed and his hair hall steamed gleamed into damp clinging loci locks s To her surprise half halt an hour later he demanded more of or tile the camphor great Il Its It's clearing out m my head bead and nose Dont Don't feel teel so 50 stuffed up He Scalds Himself Oh Ob Im I'm so clad giad dear Ill I'll get Iet It Il for tor you right awa away Again he bent over the camphor fumes umes but this time he be bent so o low and ardently that his nose touched the tho water With a howl ho o of pain and rage he Continued Continue on Pa page e 19 ID THEIR MARRIED LIFE Continued from front a page e 11 hurled off oCt the towel ind nd sprang sprang- up Dear what I I. I Is It excitedly What Is lg tho the matter Matter Matt r he roared S Scalded my nose noe In that blooming stuff Oh walt Ill get pret the tte cold cream I and U Helen len flew to her room Ungraciously Iy he lie submitted to having ha the reddened end of or his nose noso gently coated coated coated coat coat- ed edwith with cold cream That perfumed stuffs stuff's no good cuff fing at its Us disapprovingly Oh yes es d dear dr r Its It's splendid for tor burns and scalds It'll take out all the tho Inflammation mation matlon lie Ito demanded a hand mirror and gravely STavely examined the cream coated end of or his his his' I Inose Inose nose which gave O a him a clown like look Time TIle rest of the morning was for lid Helen nolen Helena nolena n na a trying time Urne Tho The proverbial snarling bear with a a. sore head was amiable com compared cam cam- pared to Warren with a a. core nose nole Helen could say Bay or do nothing that did not Irritate Irritate irritate tate him B By 12 lZ the rain had stopped and the tho sun Well Ive I've had enough of or this Im I'm goIn goIng going go- go In Ing down to the office cUke You think you wont won't catch more cold 7 anxiously following him Into his room where he jerk Jerked off oct his smoking jacket and nd struggled Into the coat oat of or tho the gray suit Looks like Uko Ive I've been on a a. drunk I Ig Ignoring ignoring ig- ig noring her question and scowling at his reddened nose In the tho mirror Why It hardly show shows r reassuringly with sudden inspiration But wait a Just a minute What the deuce douce Is that for tor he demanded demanded de do de- de as s H Helen len returned with A down n powder puff Lot Let me powder It just jUt a tiny bit coaxingly Not If It 1 I kno know It pushing her ter r awa away with Ith a contemptuous grunt What do you take me for tor You use UlO enough powder for this family Ill faintly Ill I'll let tet my beauty go unadorned una una- dorried Now Non get me a couple of handkerchiefs handkerchiefs handkerchiefs hand hand- kerchiefs ad Im I'm off Helen saw sass the door close cloe after him wit with Ii an aim unmistakable sense ense of relief t It had been be n a morning and she realized now that she was tired Y very r tired For having hn Warren about the house during the day was waB conducive o to neither pe peace ce rest est |