Show I Saint Sinner II Faith and Bob found Aunt Hat Hat- Halle Hattie hattie tie le In the living II room sitting bolt upright in a a. straight backed un un- uncomfortable uncomfortable uncomfortable comfortable chair a work bas bas- basket basket basket ket filled with many-colored many silk stockings lockings balanced on her bony old knees knees her spectacled eyes Ces frown- frown frownIng frowning Ing ng Intently upon the stocking she was darning Has Hope been good Faith asked as she sho bent to kiss Lisa her aunt Hasn't stirred all evening Aunt Hattie replied almost resent- resent fully ully Seems like I never see the baby iby that she aln t asleep What Wh t do you feed her on on onion onion tea Well WellI I hope you jou OU two t children enjoyed your Jaunt Dont Don't see why you jou OU dont don't t tRet get Ret out more Faith You know Im I'm glad to come corns anytime Youre a 1 dear Aunt Hattie Hattle Faith Falth said warmly But Dut you really mustn't strain your eyes darning Cherrys Cherry's stockings We all spoil her Sixteen pairs Aunt Hattle snorted And every last one of em em needing a needle and thread You trot on to bed Bob Me and Faith wants to talk and when an old maid and a a. wife get to pow pow- powwowing powwowing wowing it aint no place for a a. hus- hus band and Scoot 1 Ing ng Aunt Hattie Hattle smiling her wry tight Ight little smile because of the kiss he had given her Faith sank s wearily into a corner of the sofa her head on a 1 down down- stuffed black satin cushion She could feel her aunts aunt's sharp eyes upon her but with Bob out of the room she was powerless to keep up the pretense of being a beloved and happy wife Her eyes ejes closed the he thick fringe of her black lashes Intensifying the pallor of or her Ivory ivory- white cheeks What's the matter with you Aunt Hattie Hattle demanded in a voice v whose hose harshness did not disguise her tier anxiety and love You loot look loo c to me like a wife who's come down I with a spell of them my husband don more me blues Faiths Faith's eyelids quivered but she did not open her eyes ees Im afraid youre you're right Aunt Hattie Hattle Old maids have ha a II chance to do doa a lot of crowing first and end last Aunt Hattle observed with apparent apparent ent irrelevance Trouble with you Faith is that you jou OU never let Bob Dob forget for a a. minute that youre you're crazy in love wit him It must be powerful wearing on a man to have to live up to a wife who Just hangs on his words trembles when he frowns and weeps with delight when he smiles at her Pity you cant can't take love lo and mar mar- marriage marriage marriage with a sense s of humor but butI I reckon the Lord didn't have too much humor handy when he made wives Marriage seems to be humor humor- humorous ous to everyone but those who are arc married Faith answered wearily too accustomed to Aunt Hattie's Hattle s acidulous tongue to be offended I I 1 suppose you jou oU would advise me to fall out of love lose 10 e with Bob so that he and I both could be more comfortable com com- comfortable comfortable If H you jou ou fell out of love with him you couldn't endure the sight of him Aunt Hattie Hattle retorted wisely Nor he the sight of you But Dut if you jou OU could Just let up a a. little on him quit looking at him with dying calf eyes eyes Aunt Hattie Hattle Faith took look the plunge desperately do you think Bob ob Is still in love with Cherry The way he looks at her tiers J And he acts like a crazy person when she's out with another man as she is tonight tonight- Guess hell he'll always alwa's have a a. little itch for Cherry since he never got gother gother gother her Aunt Hattie Hattle conceded with relentless honesty No use beat beat- beatIng bealIng beating I Ing about the bush Its It's your jour our Job lob to see that he never does docs get et her heror her her- heror heror or what's more like It that she never gets sets him him NEXT Aunt Hattle discourses on love lo and marriage man Copyright Cop 1927 NEA Service Inc |