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Show i , ' ' V Magazine Section - ? Sunday, April 23, 1922 ' v Thou Lonesome Yotmg Brides! They Hit Home, and They Flit Back,' Until Friend Husband, Is Distracted. Meet Their Problems 'Wuuam Townsend Blak ran up the flights of stair leading to Ms new ttXHcoom apartment and, with a wide, sofceotant grin. Inserted hia latch Vsy hto (he lock of the hall door. Wtto waa, for him, tha perfeot and of a Partaot day, but. that experience waa not WHiaual Only alx weeks ago life had Billy Blake a aplrlta a permanent Wa hi another moment ha would baas an tha othar aide of tha door the UtOa ruah with which hla bride krva-tohprecipitated herself tn hla dlreo-ticwhen aha heard tha aound of the turning key. Ha knew that for half an boor or mora aha had been alttlng tn (hair email living room listening for that aound. waa aa ha had expected. Thera waa Cba eoft rush. tha opening of the door Cram within by a jerk eo ewlft that It carried tha latch k ay out of hla hand, and, hi tha next moment, hla wife In hia I didnt quite understud myself, at first," Ruth gulped. "You know hew happy I am, and how I wouldn't have a single thing changed. But while I was our house crying, ah I could see-wat home and end mother end X3al. Billy, I hate to. confess It, but Tm ao homesick I'm almost desperate P Billys arms tightened around her, but ha did not speak. Her wards rushed on, so If, having begun, aha oouldnt atop waa the usual program, hut never once bad BlRy singing heart missed Ite of the wonder and the glory of Cba mbacla Ttonight, however, there was a new quality la bla wife's embraoe a quality ao subtle that a bridegroom with loss perception might easily have failed to dabeot It, It waa merely that aha clung to hi a trifle longer, a trifle more closely .than usual. Also, he . now observed, aba did not apeak... This waa aha burst Into words at the first sight of him sometimes, indeed, before the door opened. ' ' Ha was disturbed by her momentary sOanoe and by that new quality in her Conch. It was almost y as ", If she 'had beta frightened by. something as If she bod flown to him as s' refuge even more ftma ao a lover. But1 already she was peaking as aha, led 'the way Into the immaculate freshness .and quiet beauty of (heir horns, In which each article offered teetimony; to the admirable taste of tta occupant. The discovery of this similarity In testa by the way, had been another of Billy's miracles. Ruth's taste and his own wanr In such perfect accord He bhd not dared to hope for this tn the Small town girl he had met and loved, ODd wooed and won, and carried back to CTesr York, all within - two mem tha He v Woo a thoughtful youth. - Ha knew that postnuptial revelations et tastes and characteristics were Ha had expected to make all acts of readjustments But from the (hurt ha end Ruth had seen wtth'the SKM ayes - Hot always with hla ayes, to be ours Sometimes with Ruths. Already aha had taught him many things ASraady he was beginning to smile over (ho memory of tha careful thought and philosophy with which ha had entered upon tha married ,tt.''- Ha knew that were Immaculate many charming (gt bent themselves afid, hopelessly untidy ao to their belongings.,,. Ha .knew that tic duties, that many many loath almost tftfjepssaiy JncoJnpitefit, that many were extravagant, and that few. eight oclock, tonight," he said quietly. . fits only six now, so w can make It easily, .and be with-yo- ur mother by nine tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is Saturday, you sea so I can stay with you tin Sunday night, ud get back before (ha office epena Monday 0a ly m tt arma her cheek against hla - .All, ,this real-lecti- odd.-Usuall- -- ' 1 -- sd-So- Indeed, ' revealed .these, fallings ge - ' uy ud ud lo She sprang to her feet. "Tm a beast, But I can't she cried hysterically. help It "Youre not a. beast, and there's nothing to blame yourself for. Dont let the thing get on your conscience or on your nerves. Go home, have a ripping time with your family and your old friends, and let ms know when you are ready to come back.- For what seemed a long time she stood looking down at him In silence. When she spoke her word revealed the char- someone I love. Its simply hideous to go and go and go, always alone, always seeing others In pairs and groups, talking and laughing. The few women who have called here wives of your friends have nothing in common with me They can't help me. Send me back home again for a while. Tm sorry. I'm humiliated. Im disgusted with myself. Bpt Ive got to go simply got to go! 1 think Ivscom back, for a long visit. I shall not BUly.T-tlM- I've pulled myself together. Even In the chaos of his emotions Billy took ' In ths full meaning of her I - acter of her'ref lection. so idlotta, when Im so happy, and I adore you and Z love our apartment and everything 'In It. And this la where I belong, and where I want tq belong. But It. seems as If 111 die tf 1 dont aaa my own home I mean, she hurriedly corrected herself, "my old home and mother ud Elsie! ? Carefully, so as not .to disturb her, Billy slipped Ms hud Into his pocket, looked at It. drew, out Ms watch, It aaema ud at denvlIJ a train that leaves for- - Boys. morning.? O Billy!" She raised an ecstatlo face we afford ?Do you .mean-c- an to him, ttr v I do, and wet can.- - Ml telephone at Ms house and 'explaln Tm taking Saturday off and (hat Ml make up the time later. Ill telephone for a Pullman section. . too, . and wire your mother that were coming. Rustle found In ' the meantime, dear, and get us a " bits to eat" She hurried Into the tiny kltchenetta She was transfigured. Buddenly she was back at the- door, peering In at him with a face in which Cheer rapture flamed. "Hava you enough ready money?" she Tea, Haskins , 1 - . at least as peat as his rapture. This was Wednesday. In two days, Friday, he could have left for Boydenvlile on the usual sight oclock train, spent the week-ensad brought Ms wife back some Sunday night Only two days get she obviously preferred to travel alone, rather than to wait those two daya And, yea, She really had used the word "home In speaking of her return. Bhe bad never done that before. He reread tha telegram. It bad been sent from a point only nn hour away. Bhe must be entering the city now I Before he could be at the station to meet bar she would have taken a cab for home. He rushed around the apartment, turning on the lights, pushing ths fumi-tur- n into pises, filling the interval by last, he getting reedy for her. Then, at heard a sound ths familiar click of a latch key turning hi the kick of the hall door. Dasedly he leaped Into the halt and threw open the door. He caught her In bis arms, and, an be kissed her, speechlessly hs heard her broken- - words. .Billy, I simply couldn't wait another I was so. horribly homealckl minute. He knew Young Mr. Blaka blinked. now that It was all n dream, but be was determined not to wako up. 'It was s dream Jto cling . to-- BtlU wordless, hs stooped, picked up the small handbag he had dropped, and, taking bar snarled her into the living room, and to the big chair by the fireplace. Then, almost apprehensively, he turned to look at her. Perhaps, after all, she wouldn't he there! But she waa there, and again, tor a long moment, they dung together, I can't take tt in BUly muttered, at last. "Why didnt you writ that you were coming?"' t , h threw bar bat on tho table, slipped their out ot her coat, pushed him into comfavorite chair, and settled herself brown eyea held fortably In hla top. Her e new expression happy, yet shy.,..eald. ."I "I told you why I came, ahe " t asked excitedly, He nodded, 1 always keep a hundred tn (he secret drawer In my desk, you know, for emergencies. Dont you remember? I told - , you that." "1 she eagerly corroborated, "Tea, had forgotten." She flashed. back to the kitchen he heard her quick movements as she cooked tha simple meal she had already BUly did Ms telephoning as prepared. briskly as tha operator permitted, but odd flatness In Ms tone. There with was an odd flatness In Ms aplrlta also, which he hardly dared to analyse. With Ruth his own life was utterly completa With her beside him he could not Imagine jhlmself missing anything or anybody - tween now and bedtime. The prospect of returning to the deserted flat was nn- bearable, Horrible, too, was the thought of the empty weeks that stretched before him. Even as he contemplated them they seemed-- to stretch into months. Into years. Deep In bis mhid a colled suspicion raised its head and hissed. If, in the first six months of their married life, he ootild not successfully compete in his wifes favor with the charms of her old ( home, what would the future bring? Longer visits home" and shorter Intervals with Mm between them? It looked that way. He bad been married half a year, and this was Ms wifes third visit . to Boydenvlile. - An overwhelming depression seized him. In the bltteraera of the moment he -almost cursed himself for not having made In his bachelorhood more women friends who might have helped him now to send the roots of bis wife's being down Into the soil of her new environment.- As it waa O se tt we! BUly waa at home by this tima He let himself into the deserted flat, his Ups twisting sardonlcaUy as he listened to the echo of hi footstep en the hall' I. ' polished floor. Then, without troubling to turn on the Ushta, he went to hi bedroom, undressed in the dark, and crawled into bed to turn his back alike on ths hour and un bis troubles. Ths two months that followed were long months for young Bisk. Ruth wrote every daw, but no letter contained" the slightest bint of her homecoming. Of course, Billy told himself, she would come back for Christmas. They had been married In May, and it was now December-- - .That Ruth should - let him alone tha first Tuletlde of their was unthinkable. He wrote married life . cheerfully,-- ipittstfng her reserve as to her retom. asklng making no suggestions, hut letting his love for her burn in every Uoe and every word of Ms letters.' "Ruth, needs s long leash,"-- he grimly fiThe only way to bold told himself. her, !f theres any way, 'to to 1st her free. feel that she Her decision to return, when It cams early In December, took the form of a one-lin- e telegram, which bar husband received at half past six on stormy evening. "Reaching born seven tonight,"- - it tersely stated. BUly started at the typewritten words, His heart leaped, but hla amasement was '' them. d, ud u thjs earth. But no doubt It was different with girls. Just the samn It was a bit unsettling to discover ao abruptly that- - bar did not flll every Chtnk 'of hU brides life to the degree In which She filled bis. These reflections accompanied him to the Pullman ear ud Into the section In which, uirtU their berths were made up, they eat side by side looking out at the on before changing landscape. Ruths sllenoe was that of absolute contentment and etatie expectancy. Her brown eyeo shone like those of a happy cMld. After a time she (lipped her finger Into Ms ud hla hand cloaed promptly upon them. "Youre simply wonderful, Billy darI dont believe ling," she breathed. that 'anyone' else' would rush off with me like this, at a moments notloe." Anyone would who loved you "The one thing do," said Billy quietly. In life I simply couldnt stud, Ruth, Is to see you unhappy. 'You've got to he happy," he ended almost fiercely. "You have got to be happy always." Her grasp on Ms hud tightened. 1 will be," she said. "I am." Her voice fHow could X help dropped to a whisper It when I have you!" The Joyous wavs of welcome from Ruths mother schoolgirl sister lifted carried Mm along Billy oh Its crest with the rejoicing trio. He wu glad he had come. There wu something unusual In the atmosphere of the big, comfortable old house, 'which seemed to enfold them ' n f ' marriage. Ha bad been prepared fqr flaw even in bla Ruth, and ha had humbly reminded himself that, whatever (hey were, be oonld match them with Imperfections of Ms own. But already hla Ruth' had proved a born housekeeper and liome-- r 'maker, 'Vhorh'oomradei ln 'ehort,' the Ideal mate the whole world held for him. Bach day of their six. weeks together had revealed In bar new aptitudes new Charms The taqt, the understanding, the philosophy with which be had expected to meet (he hazards of married Ufa attn lurked In him untested. Only that morning he had solemnly addressed Roth across their breakfast table. Ruth," ha said,, Tm so happy; Im actually getting scared. What- - have I dona to deserve such a paragon of a wtfef Im horribly afraid that soma day you'H find out j what an ordinary chap youve drawn, and .then youll e. She had not let Mm finish the She had merely smiled, a wise, stewMt maternal', little smile, and leaned across fta tiny, table and. kissed him. Ha bad gone off to Ms work with a new resolution In his heart. , '. Tm not worth her," he told himself again, but, by Jove, Tm. going to bel Xftnq as they entered the living room. Mo arm Closely around her, ha bent to lock Into her face, and what he saw thsre brought Mm upright with a Jerk. Oood Lord I" ha gasped In horrified incredulity. Why, Ruth, routes been orytngt What la ItT Whafs tha mat- -r tar?" 6h Med te laugh, but gulped Instead. fiNbthlng," aha said. "Nothing. Tm Tm a fool, thats all." - BUly dropped Into Me pet armchair. Which wu big enough for two, ud (Irmly drew her Into Ms lap. He wu alarmed, tod he kept Ms head. ha asld quietly, I want to bear all about U (he whole story. Tell me exactly what two happened" SlotMng hu happened end there is Dot any story." His faridt groped for her handkerchief and. falling to find it, u she slowly, tbthklng the situation. out plaoa and - theres a lot -of variety talked. "It would - he easier. But the ing la jt." In is new,apartment ud everything it It seemed to work with the efficiency Is new. My housework Is don by ten of the traditional new broom. FollowAll our clothes are ing her husband's typewritten schedule, tn the morning. new, too. There Isnt even sewing handed to her promptly each morning or mending for me. Tm not fond of for Billy never forgot this detail of nls I cant read all the tlipe days routine young Mrs. Blake searched fuoyworit, So from ten till half five I merely the heart of the great city. She aaw its she heard Its tor you to oome pictures and its plays, sit around and wait put home. muslo. She visited Its parka Its river He almost groaned. its Its its Chinatown, fronts. ahetto, She Td out my throat after a week of that haunts, and its .suburbs. sort of thing,", he admitted. And you lunched at the Blue Fig. drank tea at -- By ELIZABETH JORDAN -- J ud was homesick. U IN took hla from hla breut pocket, wiped sniffed dolefully. her eyes with It. Before this unbelievable phenomenon we young husband waa aghast. Darling," he spoke, urgently "youre making me horribly nxjoua. Flees (ell me why you haw heea crying." J Tm ashamed to. . Bath buried her face la hla breast end gulped again. 1 Ufa eo Dllly," eh ended dismally. know ttfW silly, YouH laugh at me or, tffl, youll he disappointed In' ud fiRuttv (Aeeae tell me what all (hie la about." At Mo tone she raised her head and looked into Ms What ah saw there toought a rush of oootrltlou. wlH" ah said quickly, ud you'll tea how absurd ft la Its only that Oat wH ft r several days Ite been (Sellng queer. I didnt understand what ft meant tlQ today.' Then, suddenly, at (our O'clock, X 1 went all to piece " 1 broke down and cried for an hour." But whyt" demanded the bridegroom. , WThyr. tm ds . , - No, yet." ud protecting wlnga Billy had always enjoyed It during the brief week-enof Ms courtship, Hs enjoyed it again now, ud felt a deep new thrill that night when he accompanied Ruth across the threshold of her girlhood room,, which remained exactly se She had left tt. Having no mother or slater of Ms own, he enjoyed the petting given him by Ruth's mother ud 131 ud the genuine affection (hey showed him. Here wu a family circle worth possessing. He felt a sense of personal loss In not having known Ruths father, who had died when JEH1 wu baby. Ae an eypreaeioa of Ms appreciation, on Sunday noon at the family table, he offered a supreme sacrifice. "Why dont you stay on a weekor two with wether aad Elsie? he suggested td Ruth In a tone he tried to make cuual, 11 can batch along all right In the flat till you get baekr On the instant the air wu filled with the eager voloea of lira Boydao and Elsie, approving the suggestion. Ruth hersalf did not speak for a moment, but Billy, with steadfast eyes upon bar, realized that she was actually oonslderlng the idea. Something queer happened In the region of Ms heart. At last she shook her head. "No," she said firmly. 'Tm going hack with you." And she laid a soft poultice over poor Billy's torn sensibilities. "1 couldnt be happy a moment, thkivtng of you there all alone. Returning to New York that night, tn the sleeper her young husband revealed his sympathetic understanding of his brides position. Tve been thinking things out, Ruth, ha said, "and I feel pretty bad about them. You see, what Ite done is to take you out of a oommuntty where everybody knew and loved you, and transplant you Into a big city whsre you dont know a human being but me. It must be simply awful for you and the worst thing about it is that I never realized what It would mean to you." She snuggled closer into the hollow of Ms arm. 1 never realise H, either, when you are with me, she explained simply. BuJ, you see, you are gone from half past eight In the morning till half pest five at night Thats nine hour when Tm absolutely alone, , without a soul to speak to. Even the provisions oome up on the dumb waiter. Of course, I go out and do our marketing three times a week, but I can't stretch that over more than an hour, no matter how much I dawdle. H I had more to do, she went on . . , "DarHngl. Beside, she hesitated, there an- -' othar reason. I bad to come to get ready for someone. "O!Despite M effort to control It,trifle flat. "I mothBillys voloeonwent aElsie? or er coming een-(ano- In . , d are used to n big- house and a family the Black Cat, and dined with her on the roofs of mighty hotels. She and neighbors running in and out all day I she as long But youll make some friends here learned to know lta great shops in tlma Don't you think you will? he knew her pockets, and lta taxicabs and added wistfully. trolleys had no secrets from her. at the end of two months I dont know Jwho theyll be." Ruth SheNevertheless, announced at dinner one abruptly poke rather dully. Already, her husband felt, the shadow of the loneliness night that she would like to go home that must follow her return was falling the next day. on BlUy, she said again, "Its coming upon her. "Ive beard how It Is In New . And there's only York apartment houses. One never knows almost desperately. It. other tenants. One's neighbor across the one curs for too well what it was. Billy knew hall might a well be living In Iceland, Start "All right, he said promptly. ao far as meeting her to concerned. bhe aa like. soon But I can't go you laughed a little. . 1 rather expected to aa middle of of the (he la oourae, with you, get some comfort out of Mr. Bailey, the WMk. She admitted. "She comes ,. laundress, cost wontRuth you .anything,.:. Tt one day a- week, and ehee a "Uncle George sent me a souL But she does all her work down explained. It will she ended with a sigh, birthday oheck last Thursday. ki the basement, "ao 1 only aea her when ahe oome for- pay all the expense. himself that reminded resolutely Billy th clothes tn the morning nnd brings thought of expense which them back at night I keep her talking It waa the should be that , kept her from suggesting then as long aa 1 can. for the week-enfollow her. . Billy llataned with an actual contrachow- - lung au 'ymi etpeet taf"t(yf"?i tion of the. heart This waa the exis- asked with apparent carelessness. tence to which be had reduced the belle "Not mora than a week. You wont of Boydenvlile. He waa a young man of mind that, will you?" Imagination, and the picture of his bride's She remained, however, ten daya her empty days appalled him. being that ltehe came home " "It's a mighty" serious situation," be explanation middle of the week she would not In Tve got to do some- seethemuch of BUly, anyway. With her declared at last. thing about it. the dally schedules and excurWhat he did was revealed to Ruth return, sions were resumed. a hours later, when, at breaktwenty-fou- r night, over (heir dinner, at home fast he laid a typewritten slip of paper orEach abroad, she gave her husband an acon her Plata And listening count of her experiences. he tie "Your program for airily to bar, with a sinking heart, aa three day," announced. She picked it up and studied additional months BUly noted the with amassment than with lessening vitality passed, of her Interest, pasIt at firstInterest. Slowly she read It sionately as she tried to conceal this. growing aioud: Buddenly one night, at their home din" Two p. m.: Taka Fifth avenue bus ner table, he stopped her in the middle of h Eighty-sixtto back to end of line, and again sentence in which she waa street. There enter Central park a describing a Jaunt to Greenwich Four and .visit Metropolitan museum. Village. Home p. m.: Hava tea at park caalno. "It Isnt working very well, to It, dear? five thirty. he asked soberly. That would be rather nice, she mur- Bhe looked at him coolly, almost with mured thoughtfully.' resentment. Obviously aha had reached , only the, defensive stagev It will be mighty nice And lta wMle "I dont know why you aay that, ahe the beginning. Hereafter, for a I do everything you suggest. at toast, I'm going to map out your days said. "I know you do, BlUy conceded genfor you. Tomorow you will go to the Bat that to not the point. The best matinee in town. Td have started tly. with that today, but theres nothing but idea back ef all this to not merely to moving picture on Tuesday, and we see keep you busy, but to give you pleasure. By Are you getting that? Are you enjoying enough of them In the. evening. the time Tv arranged your dally pro- your outing? Or era you unhappy all Thats what I want to gram for a few week youll know New tha time? if know." York Inside and cut. In the evening added facetioustoo sensitive be tired. not The lips be loved quivered. you're together, when The charming face Aa loved turned frofo ly, "well go to thing done. aa we've alway him. Suddenly, to fte horror, hla wife we feel like It. you really are wonderful!" burst Into a storm of tears. BUly, "O BUly," ah cried, teoull despite There was aw In her eye aa ah gazed me! I dont blame you. I despite myat him. "Dont be too ure of that till weve self. I seem so foolleh and ungrateful. tried out my plan. But I think It' going .But It people t want. BUly; not things. to wait New York' a mighty Interact- - Ive got to have someone to talk to, - hue-ban- -- good-mothe- rly d. ly ' h She words She had said "Send me. had not said "Take me. She not only desired to. return to her old home, but she wished to return alone; and apparently she was not at alt sure that she cared to com back to him. ' Possibly the whole thing had been a mistake. Possibly ahe did not love him. Possibly she had never loved him. Possibly, quite probably, she was leaving him for all time Under the shock of these reflections he answered almost curtly. "All right, dear, he said. "Start tomorrow if you like, and plan to make a real visit, -- ay a month or so. Mrs. Batlev can keep the place clean,' and I'll take my meals out. You you couldn't go wlth m, I up. pose?" The suggestion cam too late. He shook Ms head. Im sorry. 1U No, not Just now. come and get you, though, when you're to return." ready VPerhaps. V sha was . speaking , almost timidly, you could come on for, weekend while Im there." Poor BUly was No, Tm afraid not," reflecting that since ahe was to ready would not miss him to leave him she much. It's the beginning - of our busy season, you know, he went on, more T cant ask for time off for naturally. a few weeka But youll be happy. YouU have your mother and Elsie." In hla tone, There waa no bitterns but she looked at him quickly. "I want you,, too," ah said. 1 know." He threw down his napkin, rose, and, crossing to her, kissed her. "Unfortunately you cant have us all at the same tlma so I guess you'll have "First to altemata he added lightly, Then Billy. mother and Elsie, then mother and Elsie and the old home and I was pretty stupid all the neighbors. not to realime that 1 was sentencing you to solitary confinement when 1 brought you here, but w must make the best of it Buddenly he draw up a chair and , sat down close beside her. Ruth," be eald, underlining his words, underon to want I 'there' you thing stand. If 1 could make a living In I would take you back there for You believe that, don't you?" good. "Yea The word waa almost Inaudible. ft - , le town-gr- eat "But I cant. If a to live In. but no good to work In. Bo" be drew In his breath "as tt's clear that yon Cant stand tha llfa her long at a time. It squally clear that you and I suppose I must agree to compromise. tt will end by your spending your summers In Boydenvlile with your, mother and your winters her with me If you are willing to gtv me that much time," he ended quietly. Since the thing waa coming, he had decided, he might as well anticipate It. one-hbr- ae "I ought not to go, she said alowly, got to. I think I'll have a collapse If I dont. I havent told you, and I hope you haven't suspected, but Ive riot slept more than an hour or two a night for weeks. Ive Just stared Into the darkness and dreaded the day I" "So It' as bad aa that! I didnt "but-j-dv- e . know." Billy rose, too, and studied her somberly, taklag In with a sense of shock her pallor and the strained expression In her eyes. "I knew you were not sleeping well, he went on with a sigh. "Thats all 1 knew though I suspected that you were slipping off the trolley again. Bhe xumfiht at the word a If they had been a lifeline. . Thatls exactly, it," ahe cried- - 'That's Just the way I feel. A If 1 had bald on as long as I could, and then something like began to slip. I never felt anything It before. But then. she added refleo-nev- e (sens heat I had never been before, you know. away from my mother a single night until I married you! BlUy drew a long breath and straightened his young shoulders as If to adjust them to a burden. Perhaps you'd better get that eight oclock train tonight, be suggested. "You can. you know.' . "And r hours leave you twenty-fousooner? This was her first reaction. Then her manner changed. Wouldnt you mind? she ended faintIt would be great to be home at ly. nine In the morning. For I havent told tomorrow Is mother's birthday. but rou, thats on reason why I have so bad. Weve always had a special felt celebration for her. Then It surely must be the eight oclock train tonight. Ill reserve your Billy started for the telephone. berth. In the Pullman ear, at the moment of to him despairingly. parting, Ruth clung Billy, what are you going to do? ho walled. Its ilk a nightmare. When Im away from you Pna, unhappy, and he I cant happy away from homa." yet BUly winced. "Home" waa atlll Boy to Ruth. But her words had denvUle given him a certain dreary comfort. me, be laughed, "and have a "Forget good time.-Yowill writ every day?" eh waa atm dinging to a button of bis coat, warning i though the conductor1 nouncement filled the air. Of eour. Dont I always writ every day? .He kissed her again, then hurried down tho aisle and Jumped off the now moving train. On the platform all sens of haste left him, and n walked slowly toward the passenger exit, wondering how be could ktU the two hours that lay be- - beest-ewey t i tta someone you met havent As he looked down at her, still puzzled, ah dropped her eyes, and, aauggUng her head against Ms shoulder, drew a long But youU Ilka him, and blissful sigh. "YouU be she contentedly murmured. limply crazy about him. Him? Ruth, - who, are you talking ' about? "Como closer and "Ml toll yon." It waa rather difficult to come closer, but Billy managed it Then, her lips at his ear, she breathed her next words. Tm talking about William Townsend . " Blake, Junior. "At least, I am aura --thats going to be hla name, aha continued more natutightrally, a hla grasp of ened, "though mother says It may have to be Eleanor, after her. But. O BUly, Just think of HI He coming la June and Ill never be lonely- again ly 1 - by Elisabeth Jordan.) 1922, (Copyright, THE QUEST GOES ON. The quest goes on. . Not on on heart alone, However high It beat, depends (he goal. Forward hla comrades press to lands on- - . That, yet unconquered, ring (he conquered pole,. , Yet In the darkness of the frozen night They shall remember bow he led them on And shall, remembering, yearn for touch ne i. n4 sight -- Ot the gone. great-hearte- d leader that to Hla was a boys hsart nnd Ms cheery word , Uplifted those who followed where be led. But though that magto voice no more be heard not dead. The spirit of thsir captain That, tha undying spirit of the rao Whose hardy sons yet seek the wastes of earth. Strong to adventure In each desert placn gtlU tn each eager 'soul shall find new 1 birth. J . His name among the splendid company Who strove and striving died. U writ today While across the sea bnperishably. There comes to Its last home the lifeless clay His work goss on unhindered and ths flame He guarded burnt as brightly aa of v yore. Tended by loving comrades and bis name . a hall last till strength and courage be no more Touch tore in tbs London MalL , r. ECONOMY. Longlocks bad Just received a check for ten doHara for one of bis poems.-Now- , eald Me wife "let dearie, deposit that check In the savings account and Imagine w havent got it." "Where will 1 deposit this bill for the new bat you got lat week, and Imagine I haven't got itr- - Judge. - THE NEW VERSIONS. jugged. Jug ye not and you'U not Wayside Tales. b. t . |
