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PAGE SIX THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON March 81, 1931 MOM It ICR 10 TODAT OTI't MOHKI.I mm TOM WHVF.R mrm Mtmrrird aa laa ir Ml' HOTA1.INO ' mm ii:iii:k Ul.lHa aat I.lla'a vr4lnt la m aorlrlr eveat walla ClriMr'a la vary almpla. Walla Mia llvra la llOTT - Araar kaa lo afrvaala la Urrp n- Eanara wllaln Tom's Inrnm. Haa raaa ar Jak tcacalae: Halll aaa . Iraraa aaa la tm aava a baby. AMrr DarlS'a Mrlk aaa la r trrnalr aar, earla far mim and far fear fcoMa, Tom la frrqarallr away la laa avralag- aa itrviy aaanrcla ha la Inlrrratr la VKUA lillAY, waa work la Ike anna oftlec. Ona day ' aaa area farm iralniK lo Innra to rrthar. Baa la acnrt-brokra and rrfaara llale la him axylaaa tloaa. Ijlla aaarraara la OraaT raat aaa talaada la dlvarea Ilrrrk and ailir MAHKO DROUUUTON, rlrfcrr aad aldrr. ' ' ' Orpsr'a falkrr la earlaaaty la '-' farrd la a aiotar aerldrat. For rvrral dara kl Ufa kaasa la tka kalaaor. Tkaa ha racavara. Gypar . raaolvra lo lorrat her Jcaloaar of Vara Grar. Hcwwr. era - ttauea ta aaraoa TaM. MOW GO ON WITH Tins II TORT i CHAPTER XXXVI TCLSA cams back to work on her AJ old schedule and. with the sad denness of butterfly released from Its neat, Gypsy began to rash about whenever she was tree. David was In good hands when Elsa was pres ent Ho and the clumsy but gentle- fingered maid understood each . other and Gypsy eonld play with an easy mind. . She had known a gay, Irrespon- slble crowd In her pre-marital days. She went back to them now. She went to cocktail parties In Green wich Village, exhibitions of mod- era paintings, motion picture : showings to the inner circle. She . bought some new clothes and had new, daring haircut Tom said he approved ot the change, although sometimes yon .' caught a puuled light In his eyes. This chameleon, this flushed, dark haired young person In the well- cut gray suit was curiously nnllke the dlsconraged, pallid girl who had : complained last winter ot the routine ot dishes, bottles and naps. . Since Gypsy's return she hadn't said a single word about their old difficulties. She had behaved as though nothing had ever happened to disturb her placidity. He didn't quite understand the change but he was grateful tor it ' Manlike, he was interested in and attracted by the transformation. Of course Gypsy was his girl his wife no matter how she looked nor : what she did to herself. But, al though he approved her gayety and ' spirit In theory, sometimes he missed the old Gypsy with her seri ous talk ot budgets and cheep cots ; and. her adorable frown over the laundry list This girl was far too . bo By to bother with laundry lists. There were buttons missing tram Tom's things nowadays and his brown and blue socks had holes in . the toes. Often he came home in the evening to find her still away : and Elsa muttering over the pots and pans, anxious to put en her big shapeless hat and remove herself :: tm that mysterious realm from ' which, she would emerge the next - working day. Torn would be left to give David Ids bottle. Presently Gypsy would - lash Jn with a gardenia at her throat and the scent ot cigarets cnngimr to her cool, fresh cheek. ' 'Sorry, darling. I had no idea It was so late. Ronny Burgess had a - Russian violinist and it was so thrffllnr!" She would tie a big apron over her sheer black frock with Its frilly ; eetlar. Smiling sun over the after noon, she would serve Tom cold haa and potato chips and salad. She seldom bothered to cook much now. For one thing, the weather . was crowing warmer. For another, ah hadn't the time and Elsa was a . most indifferent chef. Besides Tom .didn't care. He need to be bored, tshe thought now, with all those .'fancy messes she had prepared for (aim. That was little bride stuff! i Well, she had got bravely over that .phase, - e . a - TT was thrilling It was exhllarat-i ing to be received back into the iold circle as an equal. At first peo ple bad openly patronized her. .'"How's the babyf they had asked .'negligently. "How's motherhood r j But they had got past that now. 'She was one ot them. She had even jjolned a class in scnlptnre, one that imet Tuesday afternoons, and K was, :She said, "inspiring.". I It was queer but the prospect of spending the summer in the apart ment didn't daunt her now. Last lyear she had been unable to bear the very notion. But that had been because ot her condition. She felt strong now and It was tun to be within reach of things. Why, If she moved to the suburbs she would miss out on all the invitations she sow accepted so eagerly. No one would remember her it she buried herself in some little house on a: side road. When Tom said something about' rtrylng to find a place on the Island she smiled and shook her head. Don't bother, darling. Well be all right I don't mind the city any more. Besides, everyone says we're going to have a cool summer." The pnssled look came Into his eyes again and ha said no more. More often than not Gypsy en countered Hunt Gibson at these festivities. Hunt was very much the young-man-about-town at the moment and be had met these peo ple through Sue Canavan. The more Gypsy saw of him the better she liked blm. He was always so amusing. He had a grand sense of humor. Tou saw him on the ave nue those days, broad Bhoulders sot oil to advantage by his well fitting British clothes. He swung a stick. Girls riding on the tops of buses craned their necks to see him, "Oh," they sard. 'Isn't he like Gary Cooper?" He would offer Gypsy a lift hp town as they left the Eighth street radio Ronny's or Elspeth Harris' place on Barrow Btreet "Coming my way?" he would say, milling. ...... i Gypsy would waver. "I was go tf!L!to,aVJho Fronch.pastxy MARPL McELUOTT 0WtWaka. shop' on Sixth and get soma brioche for breakfast" "Well, come along. The taxi can wait, can't Itr a a TT was fun; it was all tan. To1 play at being a girl again, to pretond for a llttlo while thore were no responsibilities, no worries. Ot course yon always went home to the baby and Tom with a thank ful feeling. It was wonderful, back of all this playing and laughing and chatting, to feel that your lito was secure, settled. Just the same, the dssh ot freedom made Gypsy rounder, rosier, prettier than she had been In years. She looked about her at the peo ple she knew, the completely un fettered ones, and found that she did not envy them. Elspeth was thin, haggard, . nervous, at 29; in love with a married man from Pork avenue. Ronny had been mar ried and divorced and so had Wills Burns and one or two ot the other girls. None of them had children. She would rush into the apartment after an afternoon punctuated by frensled chatter, scented with clg- aret smoke and the dregs ot a cock tail shaker. She would bury her face In the pink warmth and sweet ness ot David's baby neck, "Was he good. Elsa I" ' "Oh, sure, he fine." Elsa would wriggle out of her apron. "Take his carrots all right?" Ta, he eat nm all no." "Well, now I've got to settle down to business." She would hum a dance tone, looking abstractedly into the icebox. Asparagus and cold lamb and a salad; Tom would like that She wasnt hungry. Those pate sandwiches had been so good ... The door would slam. Tom would be In the doorway. "Hello, dar ling!" She would smDe at him In the old welcoming way and he would fold her In his long arms. "Been painting the town again?" "Tea. Oh, I must tell you, Ronny has the most marvelous idea. . . She would talk eagerly all through dinner and would not notice par ticularly if he were unresponsive. "Dont you think so?" "tXmm ..." Tom would stare at her, that puzzled small-boy expres sion on his face again. "Trald I dldnt hear what you said, darling. But all this did not dash her spirits as once it would have done. She would pat his shoulder gently. Poor Tommy, he was all tired ont these nights from that hard old Job! "kNE night he slapped the i w paper down beside her. It vss folded neatly back to a penciled item. "What on earth?" Gypsy picked It up, stared at It. She paled a trifle. Almost H was like a bad omen. Tila's got her divorce!" "Yep." Tom rubbed his forehead reflectively. "I wonder it lasted that long. He was a good gay, too." "Oh, marvelous," Gypsy assented absently. "What happened?" "I dont ..." she flushed over the words. T dont know." "Well, I think it's a' rotten deal for Bliss anyway," Tom offered bluntly. "He deserved better break." t "We were married the same day," Gypsy reflected. "Oh, Tommy, wouldnt it be dreadful If anything like that happened to tar It would!" His voice sounded grim. She-shivered and his arm tight ened around her. "Dont fee silly." She Winked and laughed, wiping suddenly filmed eyes. T don't know something goes wrong and flrst thing yon know people talk divorce." "Who does?" "WeB," she told him slowly; Tve been so mad at you, once or twice, I've been on the verge of suggest ing It myself." "Rot!" "No, bat seriously," Gypsy said, luxuriating in her own sense of security. "What could a man or woman do it the other person In the case came to him and said "Look, I want to be free?" Tom shrugged. T dont know. Let him go, I guess.'' She protested, "Ah, bat that's not right. I suppose I'd do it. though. I suppose anyone would. Pride would make yon, no matter how you felt" Tt's stop talking nonsense," Tom advised with a yawn. Gypsy thought of the conversa tion later that night Such things did happen, and to people they knew, too. So far she and Tom had been lucky to keep their marriage safe. Pray God their rock would hold! (To Be Continued) When It comes to trying on new dress, most girls are In glass by themselves, ySsl THE NEWFANGLESMOM'N POP, ' By Cowan PHSM r7 r OKK! PILE LET'S ( A WMB. 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