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EVENING PTJB1I0 IBDGEB-PHniUETHIAr. WEpHEBDAY, NOVEMBER 23, l'92l
f HE MAN WHO WAS TIRED
OF HIS WIFE
By LUCILLE VAN1 SLYKE
Copyright Dutlerkk Ce.
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THE CtJAIlACTEItS
ta SIMILE? Ferty-seven, DUi
nttv'" Tduacce broker, bored
' himself, and particularly
TtlA-Wa wlfe- torty-ene. Careful
Til" .'. ni,.npkAl In Urn nnr
:K".haifMeTety and In preBerv-
" ret buuu i t
MATOn in spirit Heldlnf? the key
y "':;.,, v mid tomorrow, called
a
tt Vhiind i snfttcher" by the neighbors.
UANDEHSON KID. and TntlDCJE.
TSB-fiiVali Pell te the Imp. .
.r-Alredalt--Pnli te the Imp.
ViMMlN' Bertna s uereu.uuBiun ran
CV" ..WnA sympathy with Charles.
J" e,C,r.!aw1?ls. TIIR -UAWSON3,
T,ieP AIJVeNH. tHK CHKONIC OB-
SnIW TUB HA1HTUAI, MEDDLBIl
-.Inhaunanta "' '" - "
She had te
eyes
An
BERTHA wns very decent. She 1
i. CliarlM didn't lift hs
bVi -.... I.a ii'na nhnlufntr.
the die I1C
wns chalking.
. ..I!Awn JtllMllPfl.
.K."V ;l inv hand?"
k l.Pl! .-- --.V
"Wen i
luir cards
Bertha
nerejti the
. i i .. thnrf
!m "Miss Hnswell docs peel. WV're
H. 'V. n fourth. Truly. I'd
Stkernet piny In my own house. It's
U hard te play nJ kc0P everybody
a little
Miss
"Oil, I" Wl"r" cver.vuimy
,kii, ii den l piny viinie.
'Y.if'-nt (np)i vnu Uellv.noeL
tt..nll nlwnys' instituted heri-clf mis
est l ceremonies, b he shoved a cue
no Margery's hnnds, B!v n her n brisk
it "If veu only ile this ns well as
Idii'nstd te' de f requet "
Crwuet?" llcrtha's nrettv laughter
Jinftcl the players. "I didn't knew
injbeYyln jhe world vcr played croquet
The four bridge players wedged .tlicm
idm carefully behind their table, but
thefnlnj was no longer sedate or con-
"linrnffic laughter warjed about the
tllllirn tflble. The lingular hplnster
tiijcd batter neel than any of the men
and constantly twitted them. The new
mmlL delightfully awkward, had four
ardiH Instructor." who liked te show her
ttacfly hnt te de. They steadied her
inri 'sad lmnd frequently. She w'ns
ilttij excited. She dodged lightly
about in her stubby rubber-soled oxfords-
flic took their bnnterlne good geod goed
bmoKdly, only her heightened color
ilevvcd that she wns coneimis of the
tllent wiubblng of the bridge plnjprs.
When the refreshment trayH wre
wheeled In. '1C ,no" escorted the un un
rtlceme viller te the shadowy window
ieat "here !"' let them feed her
tlraenilc. The live f thein kicked their
heels In a row and t-ang an ubsuc'
(ing4ih"t ,," beauty of v'Toe-oo-ood"
that had endless verses.
The hestecH was very solicitous about
her wiMPcted guets.
i 'Take .Mrs. uerring i uhil'ii ui-m-terh-
did I set the name right? mere
ia!ad, Tina."
Mlsn Haswell shot n eurprlscd ulancc
it the enubbed person en the window
teat, accepted n wireless nnd-shrugged.
Blie'd known Margery tee Iehr te inter
fere with any gnme slie wanted te start.
i.i tlin lenew nerfcctlv well that the
Kte'ntly crushed manner with whicli that
leunr Ionian inic ht hum-" ;"
nleht vrni entliely ter the henclit of
the hint. Nethlnjt loath, Mlsu 11ns
ifll kept the ball rolling.
"SiwiebedyV get te crank Margery s
car. The self-starter in self-stepped,
that'" hew I happened te run into her
out, here." , , , ,
11 (our men volunteered, but it was
Charles who struggled with the rusty
bandle. ... ,
"Nothing nich the matter," he yelled
jbere t chugging of the ether cars.
"Think I knew whnt nils It. I'll run
ever In the morning and ghc it u
leek sec."
He furget te say goed-mglit te the
ethers until I. s wife reminded him.
He uneked a ciucful rlgurettc tii
tl'eihlveu&y befere he faced the musle.
Bertha was ndjusl'ng the deg's leash.
"Cunnlii' hasn't had his run today.
I Was mi busy. Will you glvu liim ju-t
one turn?"
Cliarled took the leash quietly
enough .
"I think," phe remarked with studied
courtesy, "that I'll go in town with
jeu en the 8:10. I want te cee about
fie slip covers for the library."
"I'm net going ou the early train."
He had the grace te redden.
"Then I'll go en whntcver trnln you
de." She eyed him ilrmly. "I only
aufsested that train because the .Sher
mans p en Hint, and as we're going te
dinner nnd theatre with them wc could
raake the arrangements en the way in."
He answered net nt all.
"If you're thinking about that wo we
jsan's old car," she lliuncd out sudden
ly, "why, 111 telephone for a garage
Kan. It would be clieupcr In the end'
thin ruining your decent clothes."
Still he did net answer. Hut he
tarted out toward the Duarbernu end
of the street. He retraced his steps
nMfly when she suggested the ether
direction.
"Don't go down In nil that shrub
bery and weeds. Keep out in the open.
I don't want Cunnln' juBt chewed with
BOWJUltOCB."
H walked the oilier way, enmc bnek
Weking nnether cigarette, waited until
Bertha hnd enrried licr pet upstairs and
tnen resni y took up the telephone.
rllm, listening en the stuir landing.
nuiht eery word of his quiet cemcrsar
tlen.
"Berry I can't patch up your enr in
We innrnli,,, T 'II go t ft the first thing
luuMdav, Oh, pii.ne don't. He's n very
inefficient werkmnn. I'll be glad te de
I knew exnctly w lint's the matter.
"u "er(,? He forgive me. What a clear
Helenre te be nhle te tumble te sleep
quickly ttH thnt! Pleasant dreams."
t. l .ns at tl10 ''"T ' her garag
ii i ,nrc " nn Thursday. She was
ft i,"C with thn car herself, her eyes
H.r'B.' h.cr chr'u Pi'- Hltc laughingly
'hew ,le waH Just te Bll0w lrcr
brli'i ,(1l;''bately lifted her te the
rert ahelf that ran alongside the wall.
tt"k .l,,f ,nJ' wy. Ye lll'l,r
till I told ber with mock grulTiicss.
' bother me about half enough."
lirtt,.yi ircttkfMcd under the grape
tnTi i11'. " wide-eyed maid ran back
jna forth three, times for mere hnm and
tt .. lle ''""fepsed thnt she ndered
u?m ,nf.,,n after-breakfast cigar,
km. miln(llel Inte an animated mono-
,2 ' "nB ber about his one ad
Vnil. l'l ls "'ney ' tobcece growing
leu hV, i ""'d nwfty fr0l' lr with .1
lav.?!1 ".wnRKW! there was an air of
b, T l ,"t- llp ferKt te step lit
wMaitedUH, l "plQln tlmt he lml
eSkeninr,l('0"r",.,here w"" " fearfuJ
Ve ?ni5fi u"ntl i the tuning.
Ulaber1 ,lln '"i""1' ll'eln,, ln tee
' ter'fwt !0WM' tlm presided ever
ttlt It 25 hc,r. l,0,,e! Hhe '""' forgotten
Ck waiiA,leMCOnl "' the month.
BTLVS ! Charles. Before she hnd
Mtefuii. " , drnmntlc sentence of her
teuniy..J)lann.ctl Peroration he had
'ltd ni.ti ' B.D,uni"e of mall that con
tthbaffl..f 0Mhe Ijitl". "el'ln
THE GUMPS Andy at the Bat
By Sidney, Smith
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4 rV.. ,T..He ?nl ttt iiiBllftrnry t
te her tl. Preoccupied intllirerence
ItnSi i, F5' y-'lfye" rcmniks. In si-
fiwri.. f-f ." ." ."0,VI1 long line of
a. . viit-ii nnni n iwi iimwi,i iin
C.T '? ,lpr,"'n. with nn ironical
brew8. U at U wlth "wpercllleiia
'SuiJl'P6?1 t0 llve tie vny
"fflStar neut mltg," ,bIie gnve her
var nnswcr. Slut te her amiue.
ment his shrug nnd hnbltunl, "Well,
cut It down if you can next month, my
dear,' was net forthcoming.
.By Rd, I can't t You're' the ene
that gets awny with that! When I
think of what you calmly take, year
after year, for nothing, I sometimes
wonder hew you have the gall te de It."
"Ker nothing? Why, I've given. up
everything te jour comfort for nearly
seventeen years. My girlhood, my "
"Girlhood I Yeu were n mere child of
twenty-four when I married you J we'll
call that girlhood stuff off. I can't
think of. niiytblny you've ever given
up."
"I've clvcn up Iny time te keeping
house for you," she llnrcd back at him.
"leu re n rather exasperating person
te keep house for."
"Kept house for ine," he sneered.
"0U've. kept house for yourself. There
isn t n blessed thing in this house that
I'm consulted about! There's nothing
ilenii the. way I want it ! There isn't u
comfertnblc thing in It for mc except my
old merris chair, and you've put that in
the attic. It's taken about all I could
cam te keep this darned place going,
and what I get ls a place te sleep anil
a couple of meals a day. I can't even
amuse myself ns I please. Bridge bil
liards heavens I Yeu don't seem te be
satisfied unless you've get me tied In
the house."
i m sure I'm nlwnyB glad te co
metering."
"In n closed car!"
"We have the windows out ln sum
mer" Shu was crying new. Tears hnd
always been a reserve force that brought
iilm te her side with a "ncver-mind-we'U-fergct-lt,"
but th(s time he
growled In exasperated tones.
"Oh, quit qqibbllng! I'm sick and
tired of it."
They'd weathered many a wersa der
mefltic storm. They might have Hailed
HRfely through this one if an habitual
meddler hadn't tried te help them. HIih
was an cxasperntiiigly cheerful soul, she
alwayy telephoned nt most Inopportune
times, and she telephoned nt this par
ticular moment te nsk why they hadn't
started for her house. Churlcs declined
abruptly,
"My dear boy. you can't! Bertha
accepted for you this neon. We renllv
get up the party te cheer her up. if
you must knew it. She's blue as Indigo.
And I don't blame her. Pretty, please!
Come along. The Buwsens will step by
for jeu in nbeut live minutes."
He was se angry thnt he couldn't
trust liiiiihelf te speak. It seemed te
him shockingly disloyal of Berthn te
hac discussed their difference of opin
ion with any one, particularly with an
hahltunl meddler. He shut himself in
His room until she had departed, pre
testing, with the Haw-sons. Faint
echoes of her silly excuses about ills
Headache lleated tlireuih the hallway
he wns se tired of the sound of her
thin little voice thnt he felt he couldn't
endure another sound without cursln.
He managed te stay In his room for
something like twenty minutes nfter her
departure. The rest of the house was
he better; Its pvettlness and emptiness
mocueii mm. it seemed exactly like
Berthn smug, well ordered and soul
less. Up derided te wa'it,
He itredc impatiently off Inte the
dark, hr.tlesx, with thu wind blowing
against his set luce. He wandered aim
iessi.v. lie inigiit nave been tramping
nn hour or two when he found himself
ciesslng the Denrbenis' bit of lawn
The wind was high new, -the faint
smell of n weed hre vaguely comfort
Ing. A boyish figure in nn atrocious
coat, with the inevitable deg nt her
heels, was in the shelter of the perch.
'"I.e!" she greeted him. "Blews
like n storm, ruffles nil our f-ntliers, eh?
prin h n iickie judo; dun t sec why we
:evc nor; u iieee ou ee tnere s the
rain new!" She latched the deer b
hind them and leaned nc.ilnst It.
lie helped her nwkwnrdly, her hnlr
tumbled, caught it-elf in the button of
his sleeve. He trembled while she
loosed it. His ejes were se tragic they
start'ed her into sneken tivmnnthv.
"Hew tired you are!" she murmured
Impulsively. "Don't you want te Hit
down and reft a little jeu leek se
tired "
"Loek tired ! I nm tired," his words
came tumbling In n throaty rush. "I'm
se tired of tvcrjlhing and everybody
Hint I well, I've about reached my
limit!"
He could have bitten his tongue be
fore he hnd finished. lie presMjd his
hands against his graying temples and
shut his lips grimly.
In spite of his gray hair, in spite
or inose iiguceneu lips, tnere wns some
thin;; fundamentally boyish about him.
She mannged te smile nt him, but her
threat contracted. She hud a sudden
vision of hew he must have looked when
he wns a very little boy. n chubby lit -tin
boy, who had played tee" hard nud
who needed mothering.
"I'm seventeen kinds of n cad, but
I've gqt te tulk te somebody!"
She pulled up nn armchair before
Hie lire, put a steadying hand en ills
shoulder, hunched herself demurely en
u hassock ncress thn hearth from him
and clasped her bunds about her kncci.
"Light up. old dour. Get It nut and
evor with. Pretend I'm jour favorite
aunt."
"I hud f.ne. y'knew," he began dully.
"Bear old soul mined Deberah. I'sed
te mil up every spring nnd see her for
a few days. Just en niv own. Bcitha
never wanted te go. Went two jears
age te Inn y the little old ladv Lord,
what hadn't the sweet soul done for mc
nnd for flVrtha but Berthn wouldn't
go. Berthn lutes funerals. Never liked
Aunt Deberah."
The person en the hassock nodded
gravely. II'i no longer heeded her. He
just blundered out Ills grievances
against life, poured out his overbur
dened soul without even waiting te
see hew she was taking his confidences.
She. took them rather well. She lis
tened with u mingling of pitv and scorn.
She wns honestly ashamed of herself
for listening. She wonted te comfort
nnd scold nil In the same breath. But
she did neither. She just let hlin
talk. And the burden of It nil wu:
"I'm tlred of it sick of It! I'm
been chealed out of everything I've
wanted In life. Kiddles. Peace. An
evening pipe. A sailboat A sndille
horse. An outdoor job. A funny
rambling benne somewhere en a ceuu
try hill. I KCt nethliiK but bridge
clubs and 8.10 trains and slip-covers
for the library furniture. If I'm geed
nnd enreful, sometimes I'm allowed te
take Cunnln' for a walk! My llfe Is
bounded en the north, south, east nnd
west bv whnt Bertha must hnve and
whnt Bertha wants te de! There Im'l
anybody In mv whole world who ciues
n darn what becomes of me (.wept
Berthn, and the only reason she cares
is thnt I'm a geed old meal-ticket!"
"Would veu it rather be some one
clfe's meal ticket?" she nsked abruptly.
"Heavens, no!" hi" exploded. "1
wouldn't marry the Queen of Sheba!"
"Who's both dead and black!" Mar-
gory rocked en her bnseck ln glee.
r'Yeu dear'" she tended him. "You're
the sumo funny old dear you always
were! Yeu always said jeu wouldn't
marry the Queen of Sheba whenever
win weic disgusted with anv of us
leek." With a quick gesture she
pulled her hnlr back across from her
forehead. "Knew mc new! ltcniom ltcniem
ber who teased jeu about the homelj
Shelden twins and tried te get you te
soy which ene you'd marry t"
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