"Sam! Sam!" she cried. "Do not give up the trip! Scold me! Beat me! Do
anything, but do not let me go on making a fool of myself and destroying
your peace of mind! I shall be miserable if you stay at home because of
what I have said!"
Over the 'phone came the insistent voice of Central and putting her hand
aside Sam talked to his man, letting the engagement stand and making some
detail of the conference answer as his need of calling.
Again Sue was repentant and again after her tears they sat before the fire
until his train time, talking like lovers.
To Buffalo in the morning came a wire from her.
"Come back. Let business go. Cannot stand it," she had wired.
While he sat reading the wire the porter brought another.
"Please, Sam, pay no attention to any wire from me. I am all right and
only half a fool."
Sam was irritated. "It is deliberate pettiness and weakness," he thought,
when an hour later the porter brought another wire demanding his immediate
return. "The situation calls for drastic action and perhaps one good
stinging reproof will stop it for all time."
Going into the buffet car he wrote a long letter calling her attention to
the fact that a certain amount of freedom of action was due him, and
saying that he intended to act upon his own judgment in the future and not
upon her impulses.
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