THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
SERIAL STORY
WORKING WIVES
,BY LOUISE HOLMES
COPYRIGHT. IIH.
HI INVICt. INC
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CHAPTER XXVI
pHE yean had flipped by. A
more expensive apartment, itiU
better one, furniture, clothes,
Can't path going stolidly onward,
Marian's swooping up and away.
He had tried to show Interest in
her progress, but he had instinc
tively recoiled from it. After the
depression he had gradually
worked back to his salary of $35
a week, and there he had re
mained. After a while he hadnt called
her Glad anymore. After a while
she had not been particularly glad
about anything. She was the best-
dressed woman in the Loop, her
friends were among the other
well-dressed women in the Loop.
She and Dan never quarreled
any more. It took too much effort
Nothing mattered enough to start
a disagreement Dan had ap
peared to accept their life, he was
agreeable and pleasant And then,
imperceptibly, a change had come
over him. In his own words, he
had Anally arrived at the place
where he could take no more.
Marian marveled, in her new
perception, that he had taken so
much. She had been no wife to
him. Far better, in that first year,
to have told him of her extrava
gance and debts. Together they
would have got out somehow.
Was it too late to turn back?
Was it too late to try? Sitting
there in the miserable room which
she had not taken the trouble to
make livable, she faced about It
would be hard going, but well
worth the effort whether she ar
rived or not
A vague promise beckoned her
en. Her back seemed to straighten.
She raised her chin. Afraid? There
was nothing to fear. Through her I
own weakness the worst had hap
pened. She would fight her way
back, one step at a time.
There was a larger apartment
In the building. It had south win
dows, sunny and nice for a baby.
She'd sea about it in the morning.
Her heart sent out tiny tendrils of
gladness, she could almost feel
them unfolding. She had found
job worth doing, a Job which no
on could take from her. No more
sniveling and crying out at fate.
She'd do the Job right so that
Dan would be proud of her.
mere waa much to be done, she
could not change her faulty self
over nignt sne a learn to be
van's wire, the mother of his
baby. Someday, when she had
learned, she'd go to him and he
wouia be proud. Maybe his love
was not dead. Maybe, if she built
up instead of tearing down, ha
ougni love ner again.
one went xo aieen aerenelv
Upon waking, the first thing the
saw was janie't battered doll and
the smiled. She went to the office
Witn a lightness to her tteo.
softness in her eyes. It was well
that ahe had spent Thanksgiving
oay wun ine sands. It wat well
that she was fortified. For Mr.
Fellows asked her to come to his
aesk.
"Marian," he said kindly,
"You've gone to pieces, d'you
snow 117"
gHE looked at him, smiling
faintly. Gone to pieces?- She
naa lound herself.
"You've got those charts in fine
tntpe. They are usable and vslu.
able. Now I'm suggesting that
you take a rest, say six months on
pay -
it wat the thing ahe had
dreaded, but her smile did not
cnange. She raised her head.
"Before you finish, G. F., I want
to tell you something and ask a
lavor."
Ml riKQl snoot." He hart a
relieved expression, as if he had
oeen prepared for anvthine.
"I have gone to pieces in the
last lew months and I want to
give you the reasons, three of
tnem. I think you'll admit that
i ve nad cause."
"Yes?"
"In the first place it hasn't been
pleasant to see Sally Blake fitting
herself into my shoes. It hasn't
Deen pleasant to lose your confi
dence and regard."
He started to speak and she
raised her hand in a silencing
gesture, a gesture which asked
him to hear her out.
"I have it coming to me and I
tan take it," she went on quietly.
"You and I did the same thing to
A.ngie Doran yean ago. Do you
remember?"
"Yes. It't the way of the world,
Marian."
"The man's world," she cor
rected him. "Women do not be
long in this world. Nature has
made a better place for them, in
he home, keeping their husbands
. happy, rearing children to be good
citizens. A woman can't be sup
planted in that Job."
"You're right, Marian."
'1 know, and you know, that if
I accept thla leave of absence, 111
never come back to the office.
Sally Blake knowt it, too.1 She
poke without rancor.
He dropped hit eyes. "I'm sorry,
my dear. The business world is a
Jungle survival of the fittest"
"There are two other reasons
why I have cracked up," the con
tinued, taking a long breath. This
wat the first time she had put the
other two reasons into words, "My
husband hat left me, G. F "
"Dan left you?" Fellows' voice
wat comforting. "I didn't know
I m to sorry, Marlin."
tlby.". Teara filled her eyet. Jje
blinked, trying to smile. Her
mouth was as it had been when
ahe first came to work for Mr.
Fellows, tremulous and tweet
Jumping from hit chair, he
leaned over her. "I can't believe
it I don't know what to tay
you poor girl."
"Oh, no not poor I've never1
been to rich in my life. I've spent
yean trying to stamp out every
natural instinct. I'm through
tamping out I'm free to be
happy, to fight for happiness in
stead of success. I can't fail this
time. It's written in the stars that
I shall win because I am a woman
and because I am going to have a
baby." Her burst of eloquence
ended on a hushed, thrilled note.
QENTLY, he put an arm around
her shoulders and ahe leaned
her head against him.
"And the favor, Marian?" he
asked huskily. "Ask me anything
anything."
"I want to stay as your secre
tary until the first of February.
Then I'll go and I'll never come
back. I'll never' want to come
back."
"I want you to stay." he said.
"We'll make it our best time to
gether we'll work side by side
Igain."
"Oh, yes!" Her eyes shone
through tears.
"And when you go youH take
t bonus from this office, a bonus
tor very good behavior enough
to see the little fellow safely into
the world."
"Thank you only the little fel
low is to be a girl."
"My mistake," he laughed. Then,
sobering, "What then, Marian
what then?"
"Dan will take care of us. He
tends a check every month. Dan
Is fine and honorable. It will give
me happiness to live on what he
lends."
"What does he think about tills?
The young scamp. Why doesn't
he send for you or come back?"
"He doesn't know I don't want
him to know." She looked down,
her lips trembling. "I must make
myself worthy of Dan. Then if
he's generous enough to give me
another chance."
Mr. Fellows patted her shoul
der. "Good girl," he said. "If I
can help"
She shook her head. "You
helped me ruin my life, and Dan's, i
to bits. I'll build it up alone." j
(to na lonunueai
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By syivi. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE BY HAROLD GRAY 4
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coninfiYNUicmcLnt r. n an. v. a mt er.-
SCWOOL TEACHERS
HOW ARE THEY SO SMART
OR SUPERIOR? TEACH WHAT
THEY'RE TOLD TO TEACH -
PL. AY POUTTCS-TRY
TO, HANG ONTO THEIR JOBS
SAME A OTrfER FOLKS- S
J
WHAT DO THEY
CARE HOW A KID GETS
ALONG. SO LONG AS
TH" KID IS QUIET ABOUT
IT? WHAT WO ANNIS-S
TEACHER CALL. OP
FOR. ANYWAY?
1
TTHATS .
what rvs
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f TWclTWTO
THLLYOU,
SHE SAID ANN 18 IS THE
MOST SURPRtSINC CHILD SHffS
EVER HAD SAYS ANNIE HAS
AN eXTREMBUY ALBRT MtNO
AND RHTENTtVS MHMORY
THEY HAWS PROM OTTO HERE
TO THE NEXT GRADE
HM-M W1U.--6AY
I THOUGHT WHY, THOSE
TEACHERS ARE SMART. JU-L-
YSS.CtREal COURSE it's THBIR
BUSINESS TO KNOW KIDS
AND THEY KNOW, THBIR,
euSINESS-
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
BY BLOSSER
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CLUMSY ANIMAL
X.
horizontal;
I Pictured wild
beast
Sit belongs to
the
family.
10 Turkish
officer.
11 Papa.
12 Uncooked..
13 Stiffly nice.
14 Lettuce dish.
16 Lion. ,
17 To consume.
19 Silkworm,
20 Paid publicity
22 Wild goat.
21 Electrical
term. ,
2$ Fertilizer.
30 Threefold.
32 Suit maker.
34 Electrified
partlclei.
35 River gorge.
38 Elf.
39 Gun.
40 Water rodents
42 To chatter.
43 Railroad.
44 Blemish.
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groove, t
15 It Is widely
or
spread in til
climates.
18 Stern.
21 Soft brooms.
23 To clip.
23 Faint color.
26 Plural.
27 To postpone.
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VOICE'
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WASH TUBBS
BY CRANE
SiLlUEl 28 To molt.
L AMI AI
lAS'TiwTiDt l3AL.'DOLI I !n! 29 Lively,
oi swaggering
VERTICAL fellow.
2 Auriculate.
3 Money
changing.
4 Battering
machine.
8 Overturns.
8. Sun deity.
7 God of war.
8 Valley.
9 Conscious.
13 Its feet are
or used
like man's.
4S Greek letter.
47 Chinese
measure.
48 Roman
buildings.
SO Fodder.
32 Group of
eight. .
84 Male bee.
55 Gnawed.
56 Garment
clasp.
37 It hat a
or unde
veloped tan.
33 Makes a
speech.
36 Musical note.
37 Myself.
40 Founded.
41 Mouthlike
opening.
44 Food list
46 Acidity.
49 Drone bee.
50 Meat.
81 Japanese
money.
S3 An essay.
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