Show THE EVENING STORY STOR L THE WAY WAT BACK Copyright 1912 b by W W. Emma entered from the tin tiny oven o of a kitchen where the gas as light had Oared Dared luridly ov over r her hurried breakfast preparations The dining was almost as small as the UtE kitchen and as hot lint despite despite de de- spite the lie effort she had hul made to keep It cool coolon on Rex's account He lie sat Bat at tile the table with Ills His head on un lila his hand han waiting She set the tray down before him silently Silently he accepted her Iter ministration From the adjoining be bedroom room c mc an In Insistent Insistent insistent In- In wailing The Tho baby had awakened Emma ran In and lifted the child from Crom the crib The little tittle on one drop dropped cd limp limply over Q her hel shoulder anI and the lie wail wall subsided Into Inlo a whimper called d the matter with her There was genuine concern In his voice without much tenderness He tIe was about to step forward ward Into the harness harne without being tull fully rested from yesterdays yesterday's 8 long strain arne earrie out with the child in her arms anus cro cross with the lie heat Ill r o 4 k N vas amazed I i bathe her lar antI then theli she shell hell 11 feel eel better la Its It's dreadfully close e toa today We Ve OU ought to nether ret net rether let her out of or the city before long IonS The In milk Ik IkI I Is sr so poor Im I'm afraid for her Ilex Hex drew a n lon long eath M t dont don't see sep how hios- were we're going to do o It Emma I cant can't rL board for fol you OU and board oard for fOI myself and keep up the rent here Why hy h dont don't you r go 10 home and stay ta for Cor a couple of 01 I months I coull manage t tha that t much w well vell enough Home Emma cried Sho She thought of the lie hint hot iiiI little lc hOIl house c. c of her and brother in coarse working clothes of her sternly economical and ami hard working mother of Ill her younger oun el ulster sister with hI her he- 1 lIn schoolgirl clique She hu tJ Oil I 1 cant can't p gt i there I J cant can't ht take baby there then she hp appealed u ua- ua lug Inc her eOl 1 Well then Rex flex said In Ia a tone 01 of ot r finality Tears I leaped aped to Emmas Emma's eYe eyes Turning quickly she took the bab baby Into the bathroom bathroom bathroom bath bath- room and shut the door Ten ren minutes later Rex Rev came and looked In You better consider my suggestion about your going home hom this summer he said kindly Ive got to go now t B By honey Left to herself herselt Emma thought things thing over o Tho The few e small rooms grew fIC hotter and hotter Tho The bab baby cried continually She Is hs suffering Emma thought de desper desper- pe otel And Rex will not send lend us liS Into the tile COUn country tr try She felt Celt resentful toward this new altitude attitude atti atti- tude of her husbands husband's Last Lost summer she had bad gono Iono before this to the country countr and Rex had joined her when his vacation time lime came The They had been happy together torether in ina a H. delightfully quiet spot spot- She had looked forward to going back to 10 that place this summer with her bab baby And now no she he could not riot 1 go gol 01 As for Cor or going home she home she could not nol bear bellI to think of 01 that Home had never tr meant to her hel what It meant to most girls She had been the eldest and the brightest and tho had gol got an education tion Iou that enabled her to earn man many of oC the pretty things 8 she site had always alwa's lon longed ed forand for Cor forand on and which her father tather could not afford to bu buy for or her liar While at business school she Bhe had met Rex flex and when hen after artel she thought he had pass passed d out of or her life forever he suddenly appeared at the office where she was wa engaged en en en- as stenographer she was so glad that her eyes had told him so before her lip lips had spoken They had become en enga engaged en- en ga aged ed immediately and married a a. fe few months later Between those thoo two dates her liar happiness had been boen mingled with satisfaction t Ht itt the thought of oC leaving home hornc forever She Site loved her people but she site had never felt feit of ot them Her educe educe- tion had lifted lieu her out of ot their flick way was rh They were plodders she site longed to soar A As Rex's wife she he would have an to go gu us itS high as her wings would curry carry her tier The Tue eighteen months of their belt man married led life bad had seemed scented to tD realize her dreams Then the baby came and i with Ith her liar a distinct change Life Lite took on ona I Ia a gravity ra ll a u. seriousness of oC aspect she had I not nOl looked for how for how actually actual serIous ellous she had however hO never realized until now She he had not been home since she was married She Sho had written occasionally of or course and thc they had answered But Bul with the Infrequent letters all ull Intercourse bet be- be t Wean the thu home folks and stid had be begun begun begun be- be gun and ended As S the lie morning wore on on with Its wilting willing torpidity Emma became convinced that thai she die ought not to be In lii th the city with the lie bab baby ne Rex flex came home to lo luncheon hooking looKIng looK hook Ing pale pilo and spent The hot waves wave's here all right he sighed I I wish you'd KO go to our your folks J Emma lOma You ott could get Jet read ready this afternoon after alter noon and Id I'd see sec you out of or tho the elt city early tomorrow morning You'd be there b by 10 if It you start at 4 t and the thears cars ars wouldn't be crowded as they are later In the tho day 3 We e mustn't let the he bib biby get g-et cr very sick you OU know Emma looked steadily away from him for a Ii long lone moment Sho She thought much In that moment But nut his last sentence helper helped her liar to a decision Ill 11 do aa as you ou oua cay eay a- a Rex Hex she replied After tel ho had gone Jonc back to work she made maJe ready to oro ao awa away It grew hotter and hotter The baby biby cried and Emma cried with her She Sho had never ne been so utter heartsick In hn life Rex br brought ii ii home te some r ice ce cream for tor I dinner linner r antI and thc they ate little else I tell tall tellI I you ou he lie said as f he wiped the Iou from Crom lila his limp collar If it I could get a Job In lii the country Id I'd take I It t. t You get set such a Job as youve you've got In tho the country I Imma said Look at al 1 tl th father r. r what lies he's worked for lor all his life Nevertheless e I. I has ho's lived II R Rex flex x sighed Think of ot having ha a n pl piece c of grass to Alton sit nit niton on on a night like hike this It was a torrid night Before It was j I fairly done dune the they thea crept out and made their thelt way nay to the station Rex flea wa was wa very Slave pa at parting She Sho SheR was R too tired l to notice much besides the fact tact that h he h- her hem HM Mil comfortable us its 1 hr could She hll kissed him the train began to move mo he hI swung oil ofT tho steps tep onto the pia platform She Sho looked look back n and 1 Ii aw saw 1 w hi him m watching after her hel amit arlet the ic horn hard little I spot pol In h her r heart camo came near ell entirely tJ rei A telegram which h n Rex flex hail had sent Kent Ih the night before brought liar her father to the thc station II He lie stepped forward out of oC the little that group awaited waited tho the trains train's ar- ar rhal rival rival-a a sober rough figure with a home I ly is kindly fa fare n Hello HelloMs Ms ho he said sa merely rh and took pole lie tho suit stilt Ci ease caKe arid and the I h from front her He lIe hail shin lOio lIntl noticed a n per perfectly satisfactory fl wa was was' of carrying the bab baby At M. least leat the little thIn thug thins cr cry l- l Emma mma t tagged l titter art her father Cathal who talked nil all th the lu wimy 1 t to tho tIme baby fn instead tead of or to 10 liar her I L t she hr knows her he tea said It triumphantly h When n at last they turned Into a a. certain green en lane lano Emma was ama amazed cd at the sight of the wood colored house homie which had hut been bach her liar former Cormer home It wan WAB eo so much larger than titan It used to seem There Thero C i w wai a vms VIM on th tho porch T ri HA I maple ru rustled over th the root roof Arid And I w t i an open field with a a. bro brook I Ilor mother and Mildred II w we were J to receive lve liar her Mildred had f n nl a l quiet I i This ThIH Is Ir the thc bab tab baby said aM i 1 out omit C eager cager arms for it IL It Il Ilas wa raspS as nice In tn you to name mIme her after Em Emma maI ma fi fc I always liked your name replied with a R. smile Within tho house was wu clean M na were airy bare spaces spaced It Wall vaa fp that thal Mildred n lI used tIl a IL JOO Rood goon tn rna hr r own oun Ideas In making her boi bom hOUlt tilt ant They Thy led had her tier up to tho the sue Iuen tie b her bar which had hart been daintily After Afler the close little lItti flat Irot ln ig p pa In brIck Ick wall wail tho the wood colored ho houn der th the maple seemed a 1 haven o of or orne ness ne and rest I wish Ilex flex wa was hr here 1 Emma mma tb r Anti And she Ih pitied him him b because he m mut mus In tho the city After ACter all he W waa I wt Viler Iti L I I They sat alone beside the brook brook H she had been He had hac known whit H best for her Dinner was a n revelation from tram the i tied meK messy greasy affairs affair she so IO r remembered There was clean linen i the cooking was delicious Emma her herself eJr eating AS she had not eaten nten j weeks and praising everything I Yes Mildred does One fine her moth mot said admiringly had a coi count domestic science you OU know know sut sort i takes to It somehow l 1 Its strange strang-c. thought Emma everything e here seems so 80 different what It used to Mildred Is a a. dear der derAnd And mother mother well well she's mother father and Bob are the mantle next to 10 Rex flex I ever met Poor Rev wish he lie was here Three weeks week later ator Rex flex came baby had hall grown jail jolly and plump E EB looked like her old self She an and 1 dred had become Inseparable chum told him all about It one nl night ht they the sat alone out beside the lug Ins things blurs over Im glad clad I came said Inlet Oh Oh Re Rex flex It Is as if Id I'd been beena L La a a. Ion lonz time lime and had somehow found wits WU back I He lie squeezed her Iter hand Im going to see that you OU dont don't lost that way vay a again aln he said T do you think dear Your fathe lather theres there's a Job I can get here H Hwe He we one can rent a COZ cozy house bouse with Ith ar ag right near and get tet down to living your folks do do elm eh my darling Ive I've you cry en I lint Hut she was QS crying for Joy |