Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1934, Page 22

DAILY SHORT STORY MARITAL BONDS Don's Patience and Love Came to an End When His Wife Refused to Lend Him Money He Needed. ORIA HOWE BRUE! ON'S voice was low and tight Tve tried to raise money, Connie, but I haven't been successful. That 1s why I am forced to ask you to let me have your bonds. Tke money they will bring “My mone she interjected | coldly. 2 “Yes. Your money. But it is for our mutual good. I will be able to satisfy my creditors, secure new credit and my business will be Otherwise on the I hate to you, honey, but marrage is a partnership. A good wife stands by her husband. i “I don't see it that way.” Ice was in Connie's voice. “You want all I have. What if something goes wrong with your business? Where would I be?” Bewildered, he stared into her cold eves. I'd work for you, of course, can meet my creditors I'll be on the upswing.” “Your mother has plenty of money. There must be some reason why she refused to help you.” Connie's lips were firm “Mbther is tight way since dad’s death “She looks out for herself. the same as I intend to do. No. Don, my bonds stay in my deposit box.” “You will let me crash when you can save my busir my future?” Don’s eyes were incredulous. nie. I'm in a de: must have money. “Get it some place else. You can't . have my bonds,” she said stonily He stared at her. “Connie, we've been married four years. I have never allowed vou to spend a dollar of your own money. When busir was good I was generous with you— too generous—" “Oh, I don’t know.” she cut in He stared at her as though seeing her for the first time. Many in- “1 HATE TO ASK She’s been that stances of the past rushed through | his memory. Instances that in h blindness he had laughed away— Connie’s selfishness, her hardness Slowly as the toll of a bell love died @s he looked at her. “I've done something for you. too.” she said insolently “This is my house, you know. Inherited from my parents.” He might have said that his money paid the repairs, the taxes. the in- surance. He looked at her silently and his eyes stripped her of her beauty. He saw only the hardness of her, the selfishness, the sneering insolence. He turned. left the room That night Don slept in the guest room. He rose early the following morning, went into the small dress- ing room that joined their bed room, packed trunk and bags. The dray- man was carrying out the baggage when Connie came out of the bed room “I'm moving to the club for the present. You can go to Reno as soon as you like,” he said quietly. “Don! You are leaving me?” As- tonishment edged her voice. With dismayed eyes she looked at him How searching was his gaze. “You can use desertion, if wish.” Anger shook her. Wounded van- ity, fear, shrilled her voice. She hurled accusations at him. She had been s0 sure of Don's love. Don, MARRIAGE 1S A PARTNERSHIP. “Why. you'd have me, Connie. | But if I | you | who had allowed her to have her own way in every- thing. ~She had been proud that she could twist this 6-foot, fine- looking wman of hers around her finger. 2 He turned in open distaste from her shrill, angry voice. The hall! door closed behind him. How lonely was ~—— the house as the days crept by. How she missed Don's cheerful whistling, the| tread of his quick. sure step. His chair at the din- ing room table seeemed to have horrid eyes. Watching her. Food was tasteless. my, the house is quiet with- Sanders,” Jane, the cook, re- YOU HONEY. BUT “My, out M marked. “Mr, Sanders may be gone some time on this business trip,” Connie explained. She waited, nerves straining, for the voice of the telephone. Each time a summons came she lifted the receiver with eager hand. Only friends. Never Don's voice. She had never dreamed she could miss him s0. No longer did a man come home at night, loving her, filled with ex- travagan: admiration of her beauty. And to think this is all mine.” he had said so often. lifting her off her | feet in a hard embrace. No longer his warin human com- panionship. She had traded that for the bonds in her deposit box. Gilt- edged bonds, safe, sure. She had told him this was her) house. Its empty rooms jeered at her. Pieces of wood, of leather, of siik. balanced against a man’'s arms, warm and hard—a man’s voice, tell- ing her how lovely she was. Suddenly she grasped at a thought She could still win him back. Surely Don’s pride would not be greater | than his desire to save his business. She would relent—gracefully, of course—and give him the money. “He's got to come back.” she told herself desperately. “He's got to! I'll phone him and tell him he can have- 5 But she paused. She must not appear too anxious for his return: she must still keep the upper hand “I'll tell him he can have one-half the bonds. He can manage on half. He said he had abou® a month.” ShPI smiled complacently: “He can't save his business without me,” she thought. While Connie waited for the call to be put through to Don’s office she | remembered uneasily that new, | range look on his face the morning had left. She wished now she hadn't waited so long. But she had been so sure of him—that he would ' come back i “I won't be taking much chance in giving him half. Don’s mother is well to do, and he is the only child.” Don's secretary was speaking. | “Mr. Sanders is out of the city. He left yesterday to confer with his| mother’s lawyers about the fortune | she left him. His mother died sud- denly of a heart attack. you know.” (Coprright. 1934.) Tomorrow: “Love Contract,” by | Marjorie Dee, tells the story of a| young girl who was in love with her boss, and saved him from a clever swindler. CONDENSED WATER MILE DEEP IN LAKE Leningrad Meteorologists Report Discovery in Deepest Inland Sea. IRKUTSK. Siberia () —"“Heavy water,” or condensed water which has required many experiments for reproduction in laboratories, has been reported found a mile below the surface of Lake Baikal Scientists from the Leningrad In- GENERAL ELECTRIC Refrigerator is just as convenient inthewinterasin the summer—and as thrifty, too! It's a/lways summertime in your kitchen—and even in winter there are very few days when even the outside temperature is low enough to keep foods from spoiling. Now is an excellent time to select your G-E. Even should prices be no higher next summer you will actually be losing $30 to $40 if you wait. | stitute of Meteorology and Stand- ardization reported obtaining samples | of the water at a depth of approxi- mately 5350 feet. The lake is be- lieved the world's deepest. { Prof. Mendeleyev. who conducted the experiments. said it was likely | the heavy water he obtained differed | | from the heavy water produced | | through electrolytic methods in that it had a heavier percentage of hydro- | gen. He added. however, his experi- ment tended to prove that water is' condensed at great depths. | American Students Lead. Two Americans won honors at Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scot- land, recently. National Electrical Supply Co. E. G. GRAHAM, President 1328-1330 New York Ave. N.W. NAt. 6800 THE EVENING BSTAR, ON THE THIRD FLOOR —beside our new electric stairway, you will find ad- ditional stocks of gift hand- kerchiefs, and Christmas cards. THE TOY STORE —Fourth Floor, is easily reached by our new electric stairway. And here you vill find Santa Claus and Slivers the Clown; waiting to entertain the younger gen- eration. THE MEN'S STORE —Second Floor, is just 28 seconds from our Main Floor, by of our new electric stairways. GIFT WRAPPING —is located in the Down Stairs Store. Any purchases made here will be wrapped as gifts, if you desire. A PARKING SERVICE Representatives of the Cap- ital Garage are stationed at our G Street entrance. On request, they will take your car to that garage for park- ing, and return it when de- sired—at the garage's regue lar rates for this service. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934,