Show afir 11 lib i cuili aliv from eugene walters drama by alle same sc mena name 1 CRAMP toimi W IUM 0 JC 4 C B M J SYNOPSIS mr and mrs move into their now dow w do down n balance bamo la iia renton rent on staten island inland mrs C colllns line a neighbor calls before the household rods roda aro are set got in order spring dick meade newspaper man cynic socialist takes dinner and spends the night the reynolds seem comfortable in their home but with a hint of 0 loneliness CHAPTER lit III continued 1 I know just how you feel eel m dear the she said all my younger days m were ere wasted on sentiment and when I 1 finally let my heart run nin atac aw as with my cau can tion I 1 landed on staten island but I 1 suppose we m e ought to be happy jane ventured resignedly we havo have our homos homes and I 1 know I 1 haie bae the best husband in the world m hat thea the all say oh ob mind you I 1 am not complaining about mine but there are times I 1 am aggravated by the smallness of his bis income but we musa t think of money mrs colllns collins after all we are out here in the countr country with mith tho the fresh air find and sunshine and when we nye think of 0 all those people in tho the crowded tenements in now novi york who mho are so much worse morse off than we m e are I 1 suppose we e ought to bo be contented that s all very nice mrs airs re reynolds but the fresh air don it chop the kin adling wood or put quarters in the gas meters those that prefer the country can hate baio it for my part I 1 would mould rather be in my little flat fiat with mith some one around here it s shut up the house bouse all w minter inter to tho the warm air in and fight all summer to keep the mosquitoes out wh eien een the cats ane eneck tk anay from staten island when ullen its it s cold I 1 know it it Is terrible lonely jom sometimes betimes and nothing but the same old grind dishes and cooking and cooking and dishes well that s something to bring you back to earth ahwai and I 1 guess I 1 had better be getting back home to fl fit james supper some people complain because their husbands stay away amay too much but I 1 will N ill sa lor for mine that he chasn t missed a meal in ten j jears ears and I 1 mould rit mind it if he did now nom and then oh good goodness nessi exclaimed jane what do 3 sou ou think I 1 ve done donea I 1 ie I 1 e been so excited over the matinee that I 1 forgot about our dinner entirely and bob mill ft be home any minute there fen t a thing in the house I 1 know not men even eggs cant can t imagine what to say to him either I 1 don t like to tell him that I 1 ve been to the theater gracious you are a slave does he object to that no not in the way you mean mrs airs colllns collins but there s the money for the tickets you see I 1 saved it out of the household expenses and I 1 don t m want ant him to know well ou saved it t you youa any time almo I 1 carl can do that I 1 spend it where and when I 1 please I 1 figure in business and not james but we much money tor for that sort of 0 thing and ou see there s this too added jane hurriedly hur riedl rel re moving her new nem hat I 1 got this ou out it of the household money also and I 1 in afraid a it would mould be hard to explain such economy well I 1 m t worry orry m dear just put it atay aw ay for a bilile w hile and avoid un necessary arguments I 1 know men do argue so the want a woman moman to drudge and drudge and never derive an benefits from it oh mrs airs colllns collins bob fen t that way at all wo we do han hai e to figure in nickels and cents and dimes and I 1 get so eo tired of being poor but he tries to give mp me everything lie he can that s what makes me teel feel bad and I 1 in just wretched over the dinner you II 11 pardon me mrs colllns collins but I 1 guess I 1 it have to run out I 1 d like to help you out dear oh could aou soua I 1 m afraid not its wednesday laitem litem with us and james will bo be sating the last of sundays roast I 1 dian didn t mean to bother ou mra airs follins but its the first time in in life that this has hap happened pencil and I 1 feel that I 1 just can t taco face bob that a s all why face ace hime have him face ace you its it s the same thing no my dear it isn t the same thing ahen hen iou have been married as long as I 1 hae sou will mill find that the only way may to gt get around our husband Is to hale bae him so boty ry for or ou dont don t let him get a chance for or ou to be sor ry for or him it took me quite a while to to get on to that and I 1 in giving you the beni alt of 0 in experience how hom do ou mean meana honor bright haven t ou ever played postural pos possum sural wit wh no then that makes it all tho the easier IOU ou know anything irom from a sick friend to a case of 0 cholera wh even a headache hea diche would mould answer anser in your case if 1 this is the first time but I 1 don t believe I 1 could do that 1 certainly 3 ou could now nom it if lou 3 ou ro down with mith a sick headache ou cant b ba expected to be taking care of 0 household affairs cau can you youa what chance has a hot dinner against a ease case of 0 aiva but I 1 mould rit know how aas faue persia persisted bcd this little play docent t need a rehearsal just got gel into your kimono dear but it a such buch a terrible fib and I 1 just hate to see bob go hungry I 1 love him mra ira collins I 1 do really and I 1 just can t bear to deceive him this way that a 8 just it dont lot him be disappointed in you because there aren t a couple of 0 scrambled eggs in the house I 1 know men and when they re hungry they re well not sentimental but if he really thinks 3 ou are III he 11 be sorra for you III try it then but I 1 know that I 1 will mill never go through with it III laugh right in hla his lace face then dont blame me it if there a a scene I 1 ve shown you the way may and it has stood the test hurry up and got into the costume III do the explaining jano jane wont ment into her room there wag a ring at the door there he Is now exclaimed her sophisticated neighbor I 1 told you ou were mere wasting masting your time no that isn t bob mrs airs colllns collins he has a key would aou ou mind seeing who it Is it s only the postman she called you re sato safe for a m while hile Is it something for mea me I 1 dian didn t look no it a for your husband and from the butcher too I 1 think there ought to be a law forbidding the sending lending of bills through the malls the re such buch a disappointment jane emerged clad in tier her kimono goodness exclaimed mrs airs collins colling my aly dear mrs alre reynolds that wont do tit at all what 3 the matter 7 1 I our color you d nea ne er malls make him think you re an invalid with ith that corn com alexion put some ponder on all right but this Is silly my dear I 1 feel about as ill as I 1 look nener neer mind sh somebody s opening the tha front door ft ath a kei turn out the light and lie down domn on the bed meet lam at the door whistling an airy tune mr air reynolds entered and was confronted by his buxom neighbor sah warned mrs colllns collins your wife s ill don t wake her I 1 III 1117 wh what has happened 7 he be asked anxiously nothings nothing s happened nothing seri berl ous it a just a headache I 1 cams came over to see va what hat I 1 could do tor for her shea in her room yes 15 ieng ing dom down n ra X ho he pushed past her to his wife door yay fc jino hs he exclaimed im so sorry wrong dear deara nothing very bad dob deb I 1 just sort 0 seemed to go all to pieces today and my head Is splitting my poor darling be going now called calle d mrs airs colllns collins 1 I do hope you 11 be better soon I 1 s tf 4 pr s i ito r 7 1 4 0 0 0 A its from the buecherl But cherl mrs airs reynolds run over in the morning it if tharo b anything I 1 can do before then let me know I 1 will thank aou ou aw full much mrs colllns collins Rn arnolds Ro olds hurried out of the bod bd room let me seo see ou to tho the door mrs airs colllns collins I 1 thank ou too I 1 am sure ill pull mrs remolds around all right ho he did not repeat his cifes ineita tion tor for the morning cill somehow hom mrs collins colline did not appeal to him film ile he knew knem that she had been neighborly and a friend to his wife but he mag inclined at times to doubt the value of the friendship neighbors were mere none too plentiful in their colony and such as the were mere the pressing duties of 0 the home kept most of them prett closely confined he knew that hl big wife wad mats in need of company of 0 some homo kind so he tried to keep his im lr iclona of her quor quondam idam friend to himself but husbands havo have a way of divining the truth about their wives and ho he was waa suro that hat such Indu enco as she e exerted over mrs airs reynolds was not of the best her ludicrous efforts to appear fashionable without the means her lack ot of tests taste and her obvious preference for the petty city life sho she had loft left behind stamped tier her to his mind tor for just what she aho was he had grave tears fears that his wife des spite the superiority of her intellect sooner booner or later would become imbued mith the poisonous polia onous discontent that emanated from her neighbor and he dreaded the day of inoculation CHAPTER IV A confession bob called jane I 1 think IM get up oh you dear stay right where you are do you feel eel as it you could eat something ill bring it to you but it if I 1 tell you something are ara you going to be crossd cross cross with mith you honey ira possible but if ire done something awfully terrible do you think you could forgive mea me I 1 don t believe you could do any thing I 1 couldn coulden t forgive supposing I 1 had told you a frightful black inexcusable fab fiby why jane on your mind minda fess fesa up I 1 guess I 1 can stand it all right I 1 haven t got a sick headache at all that s fine what were you doing joking jolting 7 no it a joke at all it was just a plain lie I 1 went to tho the matinee with mith mrs airs colllns collins find and forgot all about the dinner I 1 was mas afraid you might be angry you 1 11 I forgive me wont won t you doba ho he stooped and kissed her of course I 1 will mill dear you know that I 1 think more of you than a dinner any time was it mrs airs colllns collins who sug rug the headache headaches 7 now nom don t ask questions honey I 1 ve confessed and you said you mould rit be cross dut but ira I 1 m awfully sorra son about dinner that s all right jane only only alint there a dick iou know its wednesday and he chasn t missed tak ing pot luck with us on his night olf off since wove novo been here lies hes the only other member of our farrill I 1 know it but I 1 forgot all about him too well don t mind get yourself sour fixed up and make it all right with dick A welcome shout outside announce announced the archal of the guest beacon dick and deacon dick rey called him tor for he be was mas always preaching his wild theories and bet et was mas cheerful about them ilia his very nery presence seemed to bring a ray of sun shine in the reynolds renolds home it if ill all socialists could ke ill e ejr listeners listeners sille ali as s D c i th at e bao hoitt st I 1 i converts would mould swell materially what hol ho called the visitor as he pre presented gentea himself ai at the window lower lomer the portcullis while I 1 enter with a pickle and a bun what kind of a bun laughed his friend raising the sash A wednesday bun a regular day oft off bun gangway tor for the toe foe of t the he system go around to the door you loon whets what 3 the matter with you youa 7 dob deb stepped to the door and threw it open come in come in and wet wel come ah ab landlord what cheer have you tonight you see I 1 do not come empty handed herr host and dick dis placed a huge parcel I 1 do see herr most alost with in ina 9 food and drink cheer for you yon and the missus and three cheers for or me roa RO reached tor for the package walt said dick I 1 desire tho the housewife to bo be in on this that she may pay due tribute to her guest this Is no meager token of my begird it Is 16 the sum total of a dollar s raid on a delicatessen shop whets tho the ideal don t ou think we hai haie e an anything thing to eat herec certainly but these are delicacies dear to every mon homans womans ians heart and tongue here Is some wednesday night tongue pickled tongue it if you will and he held up a jar of it here m we e have the inn indention antion of old mr dill one that has never been improved upon more alore pickle and here i 13 s con densel all the aroma of 0 bleating goats and sheep breathing the spirit of field beld and farm and introducing my aly lady limburger Limburg erl but where Is janea she 9 13 bang ing down had a headache but ashes better now site she 11 join us ua in ill a in minute sit down domn and take oft off our aloi globes es has the sa system stem got our over co coit coif it I 1 it would it if I 1 gave aavo it tho the chance but I 1 haedt bought one jine he called out not sick are youa no dick ill be with mith aou ou right ama aai tiou IOU can help bob set the table reynolds stepped to his wires door jane dear what have hano we is got for sup pera per now nom hush sho she ans answered aou ou just tell him film yourself hourselt lour IOU oi laid you would all right ile he returned to dick youns younk rain min for a child of y our 3 beirs airs vou ou are blessed with a wonderful foresight lour I 1 our pickles are as m welcome elcome as you ore are tho the fact Is IB my wife has been to the matinee and it was too much tor for tier her there a thing filing la in the bouso to eat till lou came chides of don juan if ouie turned cannibals I 1 think ill HI be going I 1 like to bo be popular but not so much so BO I 1 brought this for protection ho he pointed to his bla feast east wont it out eul fice perfectly I 1 never divest so BO dallum and im I 1 m sure bure I 1 could rit t digest a socialist come com e on lot let us ua prepare tor for the ro roal at and hilarious debauch dick assisted with the cloth and silverware ha he bo exclaimed 1 I know knew it telepathy A dynamic thought wave on the corner comer below told mo me the ice box was empty with such hunches I 1 could play tho the market and beat tho the system at its own game forget the system on wednesday night dick you need a rest I 1 cant can t I 1 met a friend of yours youra today who la Is part ot of it IL who brand drand brand who la is he be oh you know him john brand hes the big man in the hudson C cement I 1 company said he knew you used to go to the same school oh certainly I 1 should say bay I 1 do know him that wee was several years ago though I 1 recollect the name at first how did my name como come up upa just the usual way when you in t a member of the system ho he m wants ants to talk about everything except 4 k 1 4 4 you see I 1 do not come what N hat you want mant to talk about my pa per Is interested in those big dams that are being built down domn in pennsyl iania and out west brand through his firm and the subsidiary companies has practically got a monopoly on the cement part of the deal the paper sent me against him but he talked about everything from the time bg h first grabbed the bottle till ho he got his college diploma and how you on came up he mentioned his class at cornell and I 1 knew it was yours so EO I 1 thoughtlessly asked him it if he knew yo you bet he did yes and ani I 1 to sorry for or it why you ou like him oh I 1 i suppose he a no worse than the others its just the breed that s all get the knife and carve the tongue if I 1 g get et started talking about brand and his bis kind ill I 1 II 11 lose my appetite well dick own up I 1 was lead ing you on when I 1 told you ou I 1 dibut t remember him I 1 wanted canted to see what you knew I 1 saw save brand yesterday though that was the first time since we left college strange we should run into him at the same time he s c oming coming out here |