Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1939 — Page 14
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WORKING WIVES
By LOUISE HOLMES
CAST OF CHARACTERS
MARIAN HARENESS—A working wife.
DAN HARKNESS—Her husband. DOLLY HARKNESS — Dan’s widowed sister-in-law. - SALLY BLAKE—An ambitious young stenographer. Yesterday: Marian is surprised when Carma calls at the apariment. Carma has found happiness in her home town, is to marry a childhood sweetheart. She hopes that Pete and Julie will forgive her. Like Marian. she is trying to make amends,
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
AY DAY. No letter from Dan. Marian stayed close to the telephone all day, waiting for Dolly’s call. She was restless and uneasy, filled with nervous energy. She cleaned the apartment until ft shone, baked a small cake, wrote letters, finally packed a suitcase. Nightgowns, the pink taffeta house coat with the flower buttons. She'd had it on’the night that Dan refused to kiss her. He hadn't noticed it at all. But her baby would like it. She went on, filling the suitcase. Little shirts and bands and tiny sleeping ‘garments. Packing the little things, her daughter's clothes, she was filled with wonder. Closing the suitcase, she lay beside it on the bed, one arm thrown over the lid. “A woman needs her husband at 8 time like this,” she thought. A dreadful, suffocating loneliness caught at her throat, For the first time, she was frightened. “Dan— Dan—help me to brave,” she moaned. “You are far away— d you at all.”
Resolutely, she set her chin. “It’s
punishment. I'll glad of the chance.
velope. A check lap, but she ignored it. “Dear - Marian: | Enclosed find check. A nice clean spring has arrived out here. I can’t remember that we had springs in Chicago. Dan. ” Marian closed her eyes. .There was &- stinging pain behind them. Dan couldn’t remember spring. He couldn’t remember her. ’ 2 ” 2
bell tinkled and she said, “Hello.” “Marian--it’s Dolly. n “Dolly—my dear—can you come right now—right now?” There was frantic urgency in her tone. The enemy forces, loneliness and fright, were gaining ground. Dolly, | the reserve army, had arrived not a moment too soon. | “Of course—are you sick?” “No—I don’t know—" Her voice blurred with tears. Dolly asked no questions. She said, “Give me the address.” Marian told her, then went to the window. She waited but 20 minutes. A great car careen ed up the street at unlawful — It slowed down and stopped. Dolly fairly tumbled out, running up the walk, peering at the number. Marian went to the head of the stairs. “Up here, Dolly,” she called. Dolly came, running. Almost at the top, she halted. Then, with a moaning little cry, she had Marian in her arms, crying, laughing, hugging her. “You poor child,” she kept saying brokenly. “You poor child. Why didn’t you tell me?” Marian led her into the apartment and closed the door. were wet. “I—-I'm glad you've come,” she faltered. 8 2 2 OLLY removed her hat and gloves and threw them on the couch as "if she intended staying. “And just: about time,” she- said briskly. “Where’s Dan?” “In P-Portiand.” “Why isn’t’ he here with you?” Marian caught her by the shoulders. “Look, Dolly—I was never so glad to see any one in my life. I don’t think I could have endured .it if you hadn’t come, but I'll throw you out, I'll run away and hide, unless you promise to do as I say.” “All right —all right —you don’t have to make my shoulders black and blue.” 8 Marian pulled her to the davenport and they sat down close together. “start at the beginning,” ” Dolly
“First of all—I'm going to have a baby.” “No—Really?” ‘Dolly dimpled and laughed.
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before you were married.”
Dolly turned sidewise. “Why did-
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-g right to know.”" “Pan didn’t just go away, Dolly. He—he left me. I don't blame him,” she hurried on as Dolly exclaimed in dismay. “I don’t know why he put up with me for so long.” - “Oh, Marian — you should have told me—I wouldn't have gone—I still dor’t see why you didn’t tell Dan—" “I was determined that it shouldn't be true at the time. And, when he went, I hadn't time to think. Since then he’s made it perfectly plain that he cares nothing ‘about me and I haven't told him pecause—because I don’t want him rushing back from a sense of duty. ‘He’d come, you know. Dan is like that. ”» Dolly nodded thoughtfully. “And your job—are you going back?” “No. When the. baby is old enough, I'm taking her {o Portland.
- Even if Dan doesn’t want us, and/
I'm facing the fact that he probably will not, I want her to grow near him, I want her to know father.” SHer? Are you sure?” .*Dan always wanted a little gle ”
. You're beautiful, sweet and womanly, if you care
for the adjectives.” “1 love them. I've found my place, Dolly, and I'm happy in it. I have an idea, maybe it's a foolish belief, BE hos hoi at hh Ill find my way back to Dan. can’t happen all in 3 minute begue 1 have so much © undo I Biyears of selfishness to atone
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