Show s. s THE THE THE- 1 i II i I TANGLE y i I II LETTER FROM LESLIE LESLIE- PRESCOTT PRES PRES- I COTT TO RUTH BURKE CONTINUED I wont won't have you talking to that fellow exclaimed JackI Jack shook I my head at him the matter sald Karl Your Tour voice does not sound at all like you There Is nothing the matter except ex except ex- ex Jack Just got in fn last evening I ex-I and brought little Jack and I gu guess ss my nerves went back on me for I I fainted but Im I'm aU all right now When I you first c called up Jack seemed to think I 1 was not well enough to answer answer answer an- an an an- I the phone but when I 1 knew lenew It was you I insisted upon taking your our message myself You got ot my letter did you Yes dear There was a smothered exclamation exclamation exclamation tion from my husband behind my y back It was a very splendid letter very brave very self seU sacrificing I haven't had time yet to show it to Jack but Im I'm going to to Will you tell him that If It he wants to see me or even f if it he heI wants to see Alice I shall insist upon her making an explanation to I him Of or course ourse you must rem remember remember I em-I ber that Alice was not quite her her- self She still is very unsettled settled and nervous She must have some kind I of excitement all the time then again again she again she is very melancholy Iam I Iam am not sure that that- I 1 will not have to take her ou out of the the country Poor i child I 1 do not know what she I would do if it were not for tor me mola me as she has seemed to take a sudden fear that her mother and father do I II I t inns hI he nv mOp and nn of I u I course course she says that you you ou will never j II I care car care for her again I called you I up to ask if It you would not write j I her a little note to let her l know now you I I have forgiven her I 1 I think it w would Uld be better Karl J I If Ir you would insist upon Alice AlIc coming coming com com- J ing home If It she gets over the morbid morbid morbid mor mor- com I bid fear tear of ot meeting meeting Us and knows that we still care for her I think everything will be all right Why dont don't you try to get her here while Jack is la with us and well we'll have a kird of ot family reunion Hell Uell have to come pretty sudden sudden sud sud- den Jack Interrupted My business business business busi busi- ness wont won't let me stay away more mora than a day Im I'm going back n not later than t tomorrow morrow night I was was In a quandary Ruth I didn't know how to finish my ray conversation con con- v with Karl with Jack standing there I didn't want him to know lenow that my husband was still angry with me and I knew that Jarl Carl arl would want me to make some explanation Karl said Here comes Alice I do not think we would better bet bet- ter talk ter-talk talk any am more She has become very suspicious of ot everything I do Goodbye then Ill I'll answer your letter tomorrow Ill say you wont won't again came the th ugly voice me Ringing flinging off oft with a Jerk I turned and faced face my husband Ill say I will Im I'm tired of your I sudden tempers tempera John I am going to 10 be a free born white woman from now nov on Then I think I would better say goodbye and return came In cold cutting accents You can do quite as you please I 1 have the concessions pos pos- sible Fate Intervened however r. r other came In and said to Jack Jack your father wants to see you Without a look backward he strode away Copyright 1924 NEA Service Inc I Tomorrow The Tomorrow The letter continued |