The evening world. Newspaper, May 27, 1922, Page 13

THE EVENING WORLD'S COMPLETE NOVELETTE VAY WIVES. —— BY LUCIAN CARY — 2— ILLUSTRATED BY WILL 8B. JOHNS TONE ORY ABOUT A COUPLE WHO WISHED AND DIDN THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1922. ' is A ‘'T WAIT , WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY. ' Bucks softly, ‘ten thousand a “And if they do necept it and If they Anitc was so enthusiaatio about other "How | much?" choked it back, Anita whispered nso happy.’ Wilbur frowned. Wilbur shook his : give me his job and if they give me things-furniture and all that, Those blush foam 1,” Wi hiepéied bast ; WILBUR RUDGE, who wants an automobile, who has a fairly ,,"Ten thousna fiddlesticks.”. | Wil- six thousand and—that’s three “its — things could wait. ‘They were desir. “Thank you," he sald, and rose to Was Ge nerehe sour SE Anttaa rape pene, iat they spend thelr $1,188 664 good situation and falls into a better one, only he doesn’t know how pha is Re ene guslbose De Fons tne NL Ae TE ee eee Teun cet mune aia, eueaneealy Is cba De en om eee ce Ome aes ‘ 3 a - eC," lenat not eclately ens hat's 1 H tudge it i ‘ much better. est's successor is gdlng to get any Anita stood up, stretched her arms ear. Hy wane navel comme this out President, conan “ ven iiica to, CIURDUEI® Game eine eave: ta: Gstyet cg Se ee ea pecint a4 Rewree ia ANITA RUDGE, his wife, who has a taste for Colonial houses SUCh salary 98 he got, do you? high abowe her head, yawned to Anita see our men come along. ei Sal a ected Mong Mig pegesi moi “Why not? He'll have to d) the Wilbur thought whe yawned Anita stirred sleepily. She was 2 N t 6 eee cates mien tile aad find expensive furniture. ke ayibae rush when she reat irred sleepily. She was Wilbur went back to his own desk N his way to the subway the q genuine antique—a iamp thet would . i that her pretty red mouth was like to talk in her sleep. He lis- He felt better when he got Anita on next w | DE FOREST, Rudge’s superior, whose resignati kes the ‘‘How'll’ they know he can do the a kitten’s—an adorabie kitten's. Only 1 intentl he phone 1 pard her e shric eee ea ee eee eater bs vod iain’ Aula aie g p gnation makes the n adorabie kitten's. Onl} intently the phone and heard her littie shriek brand new Brownson’ etx "What do you think?” Anita eaked same work until they've tried him?’ when it came to getting what she ‘Make them g-g-glve you elght of delight anxiously good situation better. SoU ak TeCRNE RAGS werk,” Wanted ot HLL ; Br 4 ; 3 . ; ork, nted she was more like a tiger. nd, w-w-won't you, Wilbur? “Oh, Wilbur, I knew you'd get It rawn up at the curb. Wile “Mngt abet THE PRESIDENT, on whom so much depended by way of grati- Anita asserted roundly. “You're a — “Of course not, silly,"’ Aiita sald TUreds, UL wewawcwant soe Tt ketet th all cue eis ese Seti iy paused to look into the driving th; ie yduld ustiae, eam kidned) & le tying the tastes of the Rudges. 4 Laden cle than De Forest—you “The things: we've got arenft so bad. shes—Chelsea dishes. you'd got it, And you thought maybe compartment and gase curiously at nace tatihe penta tbr around a bit pee - SMAN J ., no 1 are. “We'll replace them gradually, © sighed and fell asleep. you wouldn't!" ’ . i rr Sa _ AN AUTOMOBILE SALESM AN, who also did his part in. «y don't know anything of the sort, course, But I have to plan for the Next Guy wae Saturday, . While Anita tattied on), Wilbur res SN eninihg instrament boned with) :t69 T suppose I had,” Anita admitted bringing the tale to its conclusion. And, besides, that isn't the point future, don’t 1?" De Forest wasn't down, Wil. fected that this wus the curious neat ewitohes, {te apesdometer; ite COTS yo nut = Bate to Jet it ge: the point ts what do Whitworth and “Of course," said Witbur weakly. asidbbes etna delightful thing about Anita; she had chaste clock, | 7 Sul) “Wilbur Coyle acy Soran ee eom HERE are: three stages in the the prospéct than he was. He de- Campany think I can do. Why, [tl Bhe tent suddenly and klaved him bur knew no more about his jin his appointment for ehanted chaste clock, its delicately poised am-. subject of the Brownson six. tasting 0¢ 8 New York corn. Sigs (ERE NG muse fot Bike Anite be luky to eet, ax, shousknd.! Thu you want& home in tie couns proapect when ha/eaiie honie Cees ie SPPOUH GD aeiaa eigny meter needle. Wilbur Walked on, Guy | Om BAGteSy WilOi ee eee ak muter. The first 1s a bungalow co. dofinitely eave. Sie) perye wie ar planeta ed tone stabosed don't you? Saturday afternoon than he had thousand, and then when he told her Sfter a dozen atepe he paused and Prikl Times Square and walked up- i of six thousand dollars as an income “Of course,” said Wilbur. known the previous evenir a he had got the Job she was perfectly turned to look backwar ar said Wilbur. wo the previous ning. Anita he had got the job she was perfectly turned to look backward at the rf he couldn't buy a car at least he in the Bride's Park addition of jobif they ever did. It would be * gne of those towns in Michigan or hard to walt. Bnt it was @ man’s could look at cers in the show wim dows of Broadway. Indiana or Mlinols where the bank part to endure. cléarings double every three or four years. The second is an apartment in one of those tall buildings between roadway and Riverside Drive with a marblo entrance hall and a colored boy who attends the telephone switchboard and runs the elevator when he is not husy getting a tip The third ts an entirely Colonial house twenty-one minutes from the Grand Central ‘Terminal. The Rudges were in the middle of Wilbur stopped in Broadway and bought half a dozen carnations for Anita. He felt the need of some de vice for concealing his emotions. He held the flowers in front of him as he entered their apartment. “Oh,” Anita sald. ‘How nice!"” She kissed him, as she always did when he.came home from the office She separated the carnations from their wrappings of tissue paper, buried her nose In them, kissed him again Wilbur felt himself a villain to de ceive her, at the same time he felt a pride in his powers of deception. It was Not every man who could deceive ILBUR passed slowly the magnificent rooms of the great Francia car, whose chassis alone cost $7,000. He passed quickly by the rooms of the little Bixby that cost $796 com- plete. He lingered before the en- trance of the Brownson. Wilbur was sure he wanted @ Brownson, Everything he had read favored a Brownson. It cost $1,395— well within his limit, It was a light six and anybody who knew anything the second stage when the thing hap- pis wife after six years. Besides he pened. ___ was doing it for her own good. about cars knew that the light six Wilbur Rydge had come to New a was perhaps half an hour later, wan the order of the.day for people York to be assistant advertising man Y Pea ae aie eadc Capel when Wilbur was contentedty Wo. osnlds't: Keep @SBRAERET a agt yorth and Company, ager ol worth sipping his small cup of black apend a great deal of money. And It was the best looking car of its size— anybody could see that He decided that he would look at everything else first. He would event- vally come pack to the Brownson, but 1 it to himself to see what the others had to say for themselver Wilbur walked on to the broad win- dows of the Smithson twin-two. The great salesroom was empty nave for the shining examples of the Smithson product stomer and no salesman was in sight, Wilbur stepped gingerly into the doorway. He apprdached the Smithson touring car. He gazed at |t It was not as graceful as the Brown- son. It looked almost clumsy. Tt Was not #0 well finished, How could it compete with the Brownson? It manufacturers of varnish. He had SGMEST aE LEIA CER remained the assistant advertising manager of Whitworth and Company for three years, with a raise so hand some on the first of each new year that he was able to live just about as well after he got it as before he got it ‘Wilbur Rudge was not one of those unhappy men who pay last month's bills with next month's salary. Wil bur was what, in those dark ages be fore the war, was called efficient, He managed his income; he managed It so well that he had a balance in the bank. But there was something human about him, too, so that he was not able to live according to an ap proved family budget. After six years of marriage his total assets were $1,188 in bank and a forty-fve-hun dred-dollar job i To an apostle of saving, $1,183 in bank sounds pretty bad. To ordinary Jon him me Now,'’ she said, ‘tell what's ow weak human beings it sounds pretty ! : good, Toa veferee in bankruptcy it had only four oyltt ci fie would sound like an asset—pr sely Isn't it a perfect b-e-a-m-tey $1,183 worth of asset The fact is sald # voice at Wilbur's shoulder, that $1,188 was a ltability, {t was Wilbur looked up in panic. A ‘ Wilbur ‘ smiling salesman stood behind him. “It's very nic said Wilbur, weakly. “We think #0," the salesman agreed He advanced and lifted the hood. “Clean little engine, eh? Develops fifty horse power. And the most eco- nomical power plant in the world.” “1 see,’ said Wilbur. “See the carburetor adjustment on the Instrument board? Always have the right mixture. Cold day—plenty of gas. Get warmed up—turn on the air. Pretty nearly runs on air, Wait a minute.” ‘The salesman slipped across the broad floor and came back with a hat and coat “Jump In," he sald to Wilbur, "I want to show you what she'll do. Wilbur jumped in. They ran up. Brogdyay,_ turned west, turned south, came suddenly to the foot of a steep hill. " “Now watch her,’ the salesman wale. The car shot up. the bill, the sales- man brought It to an abrupt halt ‘Taking it on high, you see, Now ll show you what she'll do from s standing start’ Deftly the salesman shifted into first, started slowly up the hill; deft ly he shifted into second; deftly he shifted into third and went over the top into 10th Avenue. said the salesman, ‘Climb anything. Only shift gears when starting. Moment she gets to ten miles an hour you're in high, and vou stay there until you're ready to stop. the result of Wilbur Rudge’s desire for'an automobile, preferably with six cylinders, and f Anita Rudges de gre for an entirely Colonial -house, preferably with a wide hall runn straight through the middie, with a large living room on one side and the dining room on the other, and re mahogany furniture, and a butler's pantry and all ‘As for the forty-f}ve-hundred-dol far job—well, you know that's all a matter of environment, The pastor of a struggling church in Southern Tennessee might imagine it was wealth. A head waiter would regard {t as criminal poverty. The Rudges thought it was a minimum wage, N the morning of Jan. 31 Wil- bur Rudge spent the half- hour of his subway journey from 137th Street to Wall and William Streets in reading his . ; mane) But: BR aig inet: means Oy / Chore v , j Nor * Brownson six, to take It in as a whole. half-hour between Wall and William i Wilbur thought a Brownson six would Streets and 137th Street in reading aatlity hiss loigingeceatiaty jit pet the evening paper. The evening fectly, Some day soon he would use paper remained folded in his overcoat his lunch hour to visit the Brownson pocket. Wilbur stared, stared at @ srooms in Browdway and tf vision that had been conjured up in aed Laie at s 0 He had won his mind by a remark of De Forest, run jp Shia week, Et had net fifteen is y sundred dollars as his mit ut the the advertising manager of Whit an t worth & Co., his immediate superior angie thin that mit was rather The remark was: “Well, Rudge, I am wide. ‘He had better begin this very going Into business for myself—l've : Pati just turned in my resignation. pat i ofeloek Anita called him on Before Wilbur had time to ask one he phone . question, De Forest disappeared in “Oh, Wilbur," she erted, ‘you must answer to a summons from the Presi- ome up to lunch with me. I've found = +N , the perfect thing-for our living rooen dent's office. It was time to go home . 3 set You mfust see it--It's a mahogany tilt Wilbur delayed his departure from Happy: Bho: didn't even ask mboul car eabion that real Drown mahogany chem, emived auddenty ‘at: te Salas the office for fifteen minutes in the the raise e8P\ Foom they had quitted ten minutes hope that De Forest would come back Att t t y Oe the: MONG: SrsaeRia he ental YOU vtore : Pe | STB hat precise moment, Anita sale saw, with snake legs and all, and De Forest didn't come back. Wilbur Ovaur ede whe” oigué thousand (OCpa at reresclermeron ats ih and ““eitow do you like her uit on his hat and coat and waited course, yay pear age tree, mates “Why—why—she' " m Reet Inutes. Still De Forest bade ord it's the only one they've got and ‘Why—why—she's fine ‘Wiltog another five minutes. 3} are Well," W arted. ‘Well, We | nate to buy It until I've looked at Sd: What question could he sake? ; didn’t come back. Wilbur was al didn't—we d mention €xaCt gome other stores. but It tr doowen U He had heard that deliveries were i ready late for dinner. De Forest figures,” i r ig! i and © BONE siow—you couldn't get a popular car might talk to the President for an But tt ought to be definite, Wile “sow much : under six weeks hour.) Wilbur started home witho! bur 0. “How about deliveries?” Wilbur knowing whether Whitworth & C« MUA Miba lta be definite: WIMLF Ads lend Ohh ornare ee ke } would take it for granted that. he i nitted, But t rt the time to Sous tim wo afraid Ht aight be sold, We're making them strictly in er- | could fll De Forest's place or that 4) \ ine the qu mn 1 have. @ and it's so important, and I need yottr the salesman answered. “You ho could not. De Forest's salary was 1M Tt vuimur. He raised | ry bad effect to raise it-—now midvica ine dt HL Gikinias least 4 deposit now, sign a contract, ten tho.sand a year hin vasebrawe ui abe 4 ‘Just whe 1 he Anita In- MONTHS to get another guarantee delivery in two months Wilbur perfectly well knew that if . Onan: jeaVor! tO: Gke 5 “IT WAS THE HOUR OF CHARM. WILBUR COULD NOT CRASH ated oy a days. A week from now It 4 ‘ 1a Press the innocent wonder he did not \ idee si n he did get De Forest's job he would Pi" i ‘a. He ' have to give me "rhe tiltctop table. w shar My be ninety days—we don’t know." not get De Forest's salary all at once ‘ ’ INTO IT WITH A DISCUSSION OF MONEY.” sise- t 41 aan Wee ond lle pulled a pad from his pocket. wie ethete wan no reason why he q Anita waved one hand Inasmall but { Well tk i it was. The price was 1 adv : rs th ; ee an flerce gesture of impatience. Wilbur - ar 9) wihtle “Wilbur tated saving. you 1c IRD BD MGW reeee shouldn't get six thousand, or sixt¥- ow it was no use. And you want some r »4 did not seem t nalthe uncertainty uld have pinned him ind an English sofa that was wise you'll be left out,”’ five hundred, or even seven thousand. «ne sorest has resigned," he said { mahoxany, don’t you he was busy planning their removal ' ands Avactly: what atis had dreamed ‘of £0 *Well,” said Wilbur, “I haven't dee i Seven thousand would be twenty-five Saat Gait eHe ea orate ek “Of course 1 want ‘ough. On Monday De b hat can hare only $260, Wilbur suewasted that the Jed just what L want to do’? hundred more than he was getting. age hese aan Wilbur Wil that the resignation thousand no to Henri's for furich and talk it Come inside a moment,"' said the Or, to put it another way, it would "sr aon't know.'” Oh, Wilbur, we'll have Accepted, to take effect two But, de ed, “a raise ver. He meant gently to suggest Sdesman, He led the way to his desk baltwo hundred endieight dollars.and ving causes oes witicand we'd nyo CWwhy: tt vou don’t wot sieht thou: @ flower garden and vin s hence. Hi ed his personal ' eight thou the lan- that they would have to see) at one side of the salesroom, He had pome odd cents o month more than in ¢he country well move the first of “You bet we will,’ suid \ that Wilbur would succeed him, al it would furniture else they couldn't have a ‘he alr of a conspirator, He spoke ta he was getting. Mage Ge aamnunccincle ie io rg of ‘ remained unfinished; They planned for two 1 it was a lon 1 verish is the Ic car, He hadn't mentioned the neces- & lw Intense tone, fixing Wilbur's ‘Wilbur, hangin) to a atrap in the haven't signed a lease for anothes year ve led off as her eyes took planned so definitely that V quys, before the President of But you do expect that SiG, OF ACaP to Alta Gecause ha had) eee with Lin. subway, was s° pressed by other jn this building—oh, Wilbur!” pn aN aE maar er ar ees pal ead ea tact} aly tworth & Co., called Wilbur into And do con expecterd It t in to her, ba ¢ ke my advice, Make @ deposit strephaagere «io eouldselther "she sumped' un,’ ran around the She"rculfet healt to spencth ingot De Fares 3 Brinig ofiee and sere nity De 1 ; wasn't going to remember it he woult new-if ler you don't wane tMe SF iat held stray ple, Pp Pan aun . q ‘ores! » # Job. ‘ ind he you can easily get rid of y . nor raise the otlur hand sufficiently table, put her arms around his neck, “We'll have @ house in Sparbor- very well stay with Whi ‘ ‘IUs a@ big responsibility, Rude yes cried Anita : mi es Rear haar eet te PR ses to get a penoll hip pocket, ‘But Oh," she cried, “I knew you'd do near the Ningletons,”’ she sald if he didn't. He would f Pr a ede ier anergy mations : ; You know," Anita said when they trac jut make sure of something MA hey an in Neate at twentee Lary ina ewe een "And, Wilbur, T want real some new connection you'll pr to it " at hot ets to th we'll juat EN Be ee ‘oh e Tiirait 3) bets Abe five hundred a year would be enough jump to conch ‘ ‘ - PPINER: ONG) Some Foot nen: Mi he 1 get De | Wilbur thanked him as hea s reigning cor ’ peculator we've got in the bank on a few he salesman put a pe and. oer ial astronaut pe ya Pee Rr Te Aclusior I don't know she« j p English sofa in there reais : ag ei te a hy Haar tin the bank on afew — T man put a pen in his hand, stify the y ed: it would that they will give me the job ee ra panei es , ie and stopp thon wait until we can In a trance Wilbur wrote his name on. eran Justify the house Ania wanted gages Ania waved “her hand in wiih o table behind it . 1 ‘Spark t ' owe t ie et ar i pe 1 Wilbur's eT Mave ar Lemetae cet dant sows’ aid. th y ven furnish the that q gesture; it was like snap- Wilbur mad tee eet eres ARCRSANG FOUR Ab Tikh UE A AOU Ibur's we could } an account, but I don't ow.” said the salesman, ‘if house Anita wanted. ring he ai Y Par Ya 4 . 2 1 cur I t r We muy € t neck and he ainst s und believe in going to debt eve ‘or you ast e e a) etataa ha there’ excited t re r fingers don ven } tu 1 But haan “ ily. hrs pole Pe : nl n Jobt even for Vil Just give me your check for, ed by, en thousand a year,’ she De Worest’s resis mention comity whea ir folt @ wild imp t All ‘ aw. i Si Seek t say five hundred. we'll call tt @ dage> a a of ' ve Vilbur fel wild | sise t ey All my dr ] e true, iibur took a sip of ice-water, anda g 1 duy for you, Mr, ' ' ' ; A