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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY Bartlett fell ill of a bone disAn insidious, utterly unforeseen complaint that attacked his limbs and kept him on the flat of his back over the interminable pe- rio.l of two years and four months, Two years and four months of inactivity, niost of it spent in' sufferBob On the Rocks Copyright 1328, by tha McClure Newapaper Syndicate. By Fannie Hurst l AUTHOR ease. vnir Tr.e. WnrM'a Hlihtit F'afl Shw Sr.,rv OF "HUMORESQUE," "A PRESIDENT IS BORN'." married WHEN Letitia tha most Bob Bartlett, she occupied the enviable position ultimate outcome. .But before matThat is, she was the ter could progress from that point, popular girl in her net. most ought-after- . She was a slim, athletic creature with long legs hrAi i&fH anl rather natural curve of waist, tennis de veloped shoulders and a bead set at an enchanting angle that made her always seem in the very act of breaking into a lively, pwift run. She was the only daughter of the most important throat specialist id a considerable town of loma sixty thousand inhabitants. 'So 6he had a certain social ponition, a fair amount of brains, good looks and a fine kind of flair for life when he married Bob Bartlett. Ha waa a young fellow, just out of the state university, aha the sorrpf aWs! phrwcian of no mean repute. Bob, however, did' not folow his He had a natural aptitude father's footsteps. for business. hen he married Letitia, he had already made a good beginning in the building of what was ultimately to be a highly successup V He had ful furniture and rug emporium. to aeeure the confidence and backing of a r- 4 local firm of important bankers. Early in their Fannie Hurst nuptial venture things already looked bright for the Bob Bartletti. Letitia 'a viAnd well they might. They were genuinely in love. tality waa immediately to assert itself in creating a home of taste and distinction, and if ever a man threw himself into his business enterprise, Bob He lived, breathed, did. dreamed his furniture emporium. He interest in the business. After all, left the house eagerly for it and re- his ambition was as much for her as it was for him. Letitia loved beauturned home reluctantly from it. Without his success, tiful things. Vithin five years Bartlett 'a was she could not have had them. It the foremost of its kind in the city. was a deadlock that the years did In fact, the oriental rug department not improve. There came a time when it no had much more than local repute. required a particularly urgent Bob came to be known even o far longer matter to detain Bob at bis east as Buffalo as an outstanding ness. Often when he did return connoisseur of rugs. Several large home Letitia was not there, or, if she hotel assignments had come to him were there, the evening was apt to be long, lugubrious and silent. from surrounding cities. He loved Presently the state of affairs be furniture. He loved rugs. He loved came patsnt to their friends. All his business. was net well with the Bob Bart Thereby there entered between lefts. Nothing concrete; no triangle; the lives of Bob and Letitia the old just a general incompatibility, to which both morosely admitted. Then familiar wedge, forcing their inter-eat- one evening7 J Letitia and Bob sat ' .1.. ,1 more and more apart. quieiiy Dcsiae me laoie.oi ineir It might be said, possibly, that pretty living room and discussed Bob did deserve the indictment of separation. There was nothing emo tional about the conference, at least typical, tired business men. Out- on the surface. Just a quiet con side of his organization, his inter ference on ways and means. est dwindled. He came home There was no talk of divorce, alwith no further desire in his though that patently was to be the fatigued mind and body than for the relaxation of his own hearthside and tne always stimulating company ing. nes All of it spent in enforced idleof mind find body, Knforcrd ' 9. 1923. neglect of the beloved work that of her latent aggressiveness sprang had become almost aa obsession with to the fore. She grasped the helm him. Bob, the ardently busy Bob, of the Bartlett household and the The latter the lying Tat on bis back, at first ner- Bartlett business. teered without the slightest equipvously, frettingly, and then relaxed and indifferent toward, the work ment of experience through two of that had become his very life. the must successful1 j'ears the Of course, Lti'tia reacted in had known. Of course, it the fashion yon would expect is true that Bob had magnificently All prepared the way. The organiiation from a person of ber caliber. organ-iratio- was as well oiled, ts perfectly coordinated is a delicate wteh-workTo Letitia, the astonishing-pa- rt was that, after the first few months of drudgery and a physical and mental fatigue, her interest caught oa. Furniture became aa interesting a for the story as a romance. And rug aspect of the industry, no ro-Continued on fto Tn.) 5 STOPSA ITT hkm Mkyta-- f n kood tk Bothmlrfif dm kanqxiou. I Monvr- - Back Guanaiaa. vAi hmrbm mad Dratfim. 1 V 4: - man-ange- dDwiRiLMnD nHnsTrdDiRTfS et sales Willys-Knig-ht already exceed totalfar127 tui s M A eve-sing- s of his wife. And, of course,' with her leisure, Letitia had developed meanwhile varied tastes. The town had a local symphony orchestra, for which the Bartletta held season tickets which Bob was always too exhausted to use. Then, in the third year of their married life, as the business grew and its scope widened and its responsibilities fell more and more heavily on its president, Bob fell into the habit of evening work. Business men to be taien to dinner and to a prize fight afterward. Inventory to be accomplished by keeping the office force downtown and serving them a buffet supper in the dining room furniture department. Odds and ends of things that Bob could accomplish in the solitude of the deserted building, after hours. It became a not unusual thing for Bob to telephone home half an hour before a dinner waa ready to be served a'nd inform Letitia that he had decided to remain downtown. Letitia was not a whining woman. She had a that- was rather admirable. At the same time, she had that capacity for silence which can be dangerous. She said little enough to Bob about these defections which were bitter and galling. She just endured them; each one adding a little more to her se cret and gnawing discontent. They grew further and further apart. Living there under the same roof, seeing less and less of each other, understanding less and less of each other, they just gradually grew cooler and calmer and less happy in their relationship. A preoccupied, vividly preoccupied Bob. A calmly, quietly enduring Le- Appetite Splendid Digestion Perfect He as Much as He Wants f i It sV, 1 ,; ,' 31 i ttfB7 CSUkXMiSVUtTt Kin 1,000,000 Cars and Going SteoMgl Can you say as much can you partake of a hearty or even mod. erate meal without some after-feeing of distress or do you have to avoid certain foods because they disagree with you? If you have a hard, uncomfort able feeling1 in your stomach, gas, bloating, heartburn, bad breath, sick headache, nervousness or that tired or sleepy feeling after eating, mis message win interest you. For eighteen years thousands have turned to Gordon's (formerly Gordon's Antiseptic) as the best means for overcoming digestive troubles. It exercises an antiseptic effect, prevents fermentation (souring of food matter), dissolves the excess acid and drives out the U was, of course, inevitable that in the end it should begin to manifest itself and disrupt their rela- poisons. tionship. Letitia had not the gift iou, too, can find relief. Get' a of ,tact with Bob. She had not even bottle today. From the first dose the gift of frankness. She sulked. you will notice a difference and in She let her bitterness pour inward a few days you will find yourself and poison her. In a way, of course, leeiing lit, vigorous, sleeping' well Bob knew the source of the disconsna witn a new interest in lu- tent, Bd sporadically tried- to rec- - Gordon' i- made in iiouid form. tify it. Then he, in turn, began to A large bottle, price $1.50 les develop a bitterness at her lack of than 3 cents a dose at Schramm-Johnsosympathy, cooperation and underDrug Stores and standing, and finally her lack of omer druggists. (Adv.) - . ISCSMl -- n JCTLY marks the production of the two-millio- Nurses know what to do for any pain. If there's a headache, the trained nurse gives a tablet that relieves it. That tablet is Bayer Aspirin. Experience has taught her it is quickest. The doctor has told ber it's quite harmless. Safe to use yourself any time and every time there's an ache or pain. .Keep Barer Aspirin handy; take it at the first sign of headache, cold, neuralgia, etc. At all drugstores, with d. Production during the half-yejust completed greatly exceeded the entire output of 1927 This unit volume d the industry's third largest now makes producer. The reasons are plaint In the Whippet the pabfic is getting a Dght car value absolutely without parallel. 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