Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 22

22 Adddbbddtddbbbitbiit bbbt bbb bbb bbb b bbb bt dbb bbb dd __’C(m(b..."d from Yesterday's Star.) (Copyright, 1928, H P Yvonne Ross. unknown to her husband. who has been &way on a three-month vaca- 1ion trip. became & famous dancer on Broad where she is billed simply as Mad le. As Richard’s wife. she kepl . cooked his meals and served him in every way. wearing the simple costume she wore when he married her three years before in Normandy. She has herself educated sec- retly. Under the patronage of Mrs. Ogden she has attended a tea. wearipg a Wiz and make-up. and overheard Ann Lovelace, an old flame of Richard's, speak of receiving a letter from Yvonne's husband. The night before Yvonne atired, met a friend in New him coldly and explains next morning he h New York. Yvonne treats INSTALLMENT XIX. HEN Richard opened the door of his iaboratory the day of his return he felt a thriil at the prospect of close, inter- esting work. He crossed 10 his desk, puzzled by the unfamiliar look it wore. Yvonne’s picture looked wist- fully at him. He picked it up and looked at it. “Whatever made her do this?” he asked himself. He was touched. “I'll thank her for it when I go down to lunch,” he thought. But when lunch time came he was 100 deeply absorbed to go down for Junch. and ate his meal from the tray which Yvonne, as in times past, placed quietly outside his door. Evening found him tired. his mind deep in problems of his work. As he cleared a space, making ready to lay aside his work for the night,” his hand came once again against the picture. “Queer child,” he thought. and then absent-mindedly opened a drawer and laid the picture inside. It bothered him there on his desk, was in the way. He did not know—nor would he have cared—that the picture lay directly over the old one of Anne Lovelace. Yvonne was in the kitchen when he went down. He settled himself with the evening paper. After the meal Yvonne played for him a little and then, saying she was tired, went to her room. Richard had completely forgot- ten the picture, but Yvonne wept once again at the thought of his indifference. For two weeks Richard submerged himself in his work. Then quite sud- denly it all went stale. He found him- self spending hours fiddling away at specimens, accomplishing nothing. He | took to reading in his workroom when he should have been studying. He felt | restless and ill at ease in the house. ONE MAN’S BY BARBARA WEBB by Public Ledger.) R L o A e | pretty well this way, she is satisfied, | and it's too late to change no | Dr. Loring nodded. “You mean you | hate to admit vou made a mistake | when you exacted that promise,” he | said. | “Not entirely.” Richard disputed. “I | still prefer my wife to be modest and | home-loviny, and then after living | with her several vears I frankly don't | think she is fitted for anything ex-| cept the life she is leading.” “You've asked me (o tell you what! the matter with you, Dick.” Dr.| Loring moved the chessmen he there. “The matter you are leading the life of a hermit | when you ought to be taking vour place | in society. You need friends, recre- | ation something to take you out of yourself now and then.” But 1 tell you that's impossible, I leave Yvonne alone continu- “Dress her properly. give her a few English lessons, and you'll be surprised | al how big a success she can be socially A | “No. I am sure she hasn't the flair | for it. Tt would either go to her head | and make her impossible, or she would be ulterly miserable—inferiority com- | plex and so on. Besides I don’t want | her changed. She suits me quite well | just as she is” “Then I suggest that you go out once | or lwice a week. off from & married man the way they | once did. You can have the com- panionship of a pretty woman at the ' theater now and then—spend part of | the time at the club with other men— | humanize yourself. You are trying to | turn into a fossil and you're too young | vet for the proces | Richard stared thoughtfully at the ' smoke from his cigar. Yvonne listened | breathlessly, her head bent over her sewing. in which she had been taking | great jagged stitches. “No--that's not the trick either,” | Richard said at last. “My wife is the | most faithful soul in the world. I.could | of course go about with some of the | girls and women in our crowd without a | suspicion of -infidelity. But _Yvonne | couldn't understand it that way. She | has the French idea—if I were to be ! friends with another woman Yvonne | wouid conclude that there was a great | deal more to it. She has never caused | me a moment’s uneasiness or unhap- | piness since we were married. I don't ! ;:uend o make her unhappy if I can | p it that's up to you. of course,” Dr. _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON., D. ¢. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 26, 19%8. Women don't shy || THE HUB—Seventh & D Streets N.W.| THE HUB—Seventh & D Streets N.W. Throwing the Spotlight on The Hub’s Annual Pre-Inventory Sale ] A R R A A A A R R AR R R A AR A A R A S S S R AR SR SRR AR AR S R A A LY Walnut Bedroom Suite A charming group consisting of a French vanity, semi-post wood bed, chest of drawers and dresser; decorated front. 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Offhand I'd say you needed amusement, relaxation, more | 1han anything else.” | “Then come over to the house for | 50 dinner tonight and we'll relax afterward | over a game of ch " Richard invited. “PFine, if you can square it with your wife.” said the doctor accepting. | Richard called Yvonne and told her he was bringing a guest for dinner. “Mrs. Ross doesn’t speak English Dr. Loring asked as Richard finished | the conversation, | “No. Yvonne has never learned the | language,” Richard said, a trifie apolo- | getically. Richard's message had come late in| the afternoon. Yvonne scurried around, adding tidbits to _her already perfect dinner. Although she expected no e tertainment for hersélf during the eve- ning, she was glad of the excitement. ‘The days since Richard’s return had| been dreadful. She had sternly re- ressed any longings for the stage. She d written her friend Mrs. Ogden, ask- ing her to forget “Mademoiselle.” com- | pletely. Mrs. Ogden had read the girl's desire to be left alone for a time and had discreetly refrained from even call- ing. Yvonne had been very lonely. She had turned to her music again and could already feel a difference in her playing, so long neglected. Dr. Loring came early. Richard shook cocktails for them all and the doctor, his eyes fastened on Yvonnes beautiful | face, complimented her on the tang of | the canapes she brought in to ac- company the cocktails. “He says you are a wonderful cook, ‘¥vonne,” Richard translated for her. | Yvonne flushed. How she had come | to hate that word. “cook’ Once she had thrilled to the thought of her | ability to please Richard's palate. To- day the word seemed almost an insult, She went hurriedly to the kitchen, | Richard thought her flush was one of pleasure. “Never miss a chance of showing her I appreciate her cooking.” he said to Dr. Loring in a self-satisfied manner. “Try telling her she is beautiful for a | change,” the doctor advised dryly. “She is a pretty child,” agreed diffidently. | At the close of the dinner Dr. Loring | said, “Now, Dick, you translate this| word for word for me—Mrs. Ross has | given me a dinner which is almost as | good as she is beautiful.” | Richard translated. Yvonne flushed again, this time with pleasure, for there | ‘'was no mistaking the admiration in the doctor's eves. She got some sewing and settled herself in a small chair in the living room while the two men got the chesshoard ready and lighted their after-dinner cigars. ‘What do you do with your evenings, Dick?” Dr. Loring asked “Read, go out for a little walk, listen | to Yvonne playing a little for me.’ | “No parties, theaters, amusements and recreations of any kin “Well, aid Richard. can’t go to those things because Yvonne wouldn't understand them or enjoy them, and T don't like to leave her alone. She's alone zll day as it is.” “Why can't your wife go with you?"” ‘She doesn’t understand the language —and then she prefers her peasant dress to our American clothes. She always attracts attention because of her costume, and neither of us like that.” ‘Won't dress like the up-to-date led’ws. eh? - She'd be a knockout if she Richard moved a little uneasily. 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And then everything will go to smash.” “T'll have to risk it,” Richard said. | “I'll try playing golf a couple of after- noons & week this Summer, and I'll take | Yvonne to the movies oftener. We may | _back to France next Winter and | visit her grandparents.” | The doctor arranged the chessmen. | Presently the game was in progress. Yvonne forced herself to sit quietly until the two men were too absorbed to notice her sagitation. Keeping *her you mind, Richard, if I go to bed? I am very tired.” Not at all, my dear,” Richard said, hlnrdly pausing in his game. “Run along.” Dr. Loring rose and held out his|!| | hand. Yvonne’s trembled as she laid | (}| Ger fingers in his. The doctor looked | at her keenly “You'll be next,” he said. “Ask her if she has! been' sleeping badly. . In surprise, Richard repeated the | question. Yvonne nodded _miserably, | longing only to escape. Dr. i wrote on a slip of paper. ;& ltbk‘fl case of nerve: ou take my car and run up and| get this filled. I'll look her :ver a little while you're gone.” | When Richard returned Yvonrie had || gone to her room. He took the sleep- | ing powder up to her and watched her | while she drank it. She did look pale, || and there were great circles under her || eyes. “Stays in the house too much, | Richard decided. He patted her hand, kissed her cheek, and went downstairs, | “Anything the matter?” he aske Dr. Loring. | ‘The doctor shook his head. “Jumpy | nerves, a good deal like yours. It's high time some one exploded some dynamite under you and that ‘pretty of vours, my friend.” Richard laughed. “It would take more then dynamite to shake us out of our present way of living,” he boasted. ‘.Then the two men settled to their me. 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