Show I I THE TANGLE 1 A A ALETTER LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT PRESCOTT PRES PRES- COTT TO THE LITTLE MARQUISE MAR QUISE CARE THE SECRET DRAWER DRAWER CONTINUED CONTINUED Would I do the banal thing and write and remonstrate with Melville Mel Mel- Melville I ville e Sartoris or would I l keep still 1 and read the letters t that t come come comedo to tome me from time tImo to time Just as Iam Lam Iam f doing now I do not know which f 11 II 1 would do You see Little Little Marguise Mar Mar- ia f 1 I guise Melville SartorIs In the cleverest clev f crest erest possible way has fled fixed Ii d t the tle je jef f i J whole thing so that I can salve my f I conscience easily I can say to myself my my- i I se self That man does oe not knowl know f l a whether hether I r receive th these se letters o. o or r I not lIe He just sends them out as a aI ar kind of outlet to a heart surcharged f f I with loneliness and a a. temperament which is romance per personified r I lIes lIe's never before had a chance f to dramatize himself in this way f and he is reveling in n It ft I would f not dare to show Jack the letters that I Z havo received from Melville Sartoris They would make my myr r 1 I husband perfectly furious f j He did not like the man an any too I well when he met whim him and now he would probably be thinking things a about bout Syd Sd that are not so so Pot Pore f whatever may be Sydney Cartons Carton's feelings toward me and me-and and up to date I have no ny reas reason n for thinking they are anything more than the polite amenities a man would have ha for tor forthe forthe torf f the wife of or his friend I friend I am cure ure sure that Syd Is the most devoted oled and loyal friend to Jack f I 1 wonder if it ever e came to areal a a. f real showdown If It Sydney Carton would take my side or Johns John f You know I would not have dared f to put that question to anyone anone butI but 1 I you ou Little l Marquise but as MelI Melvilla Melville Mel Mel- I villa ville Sartoris said The fact tact that i j i you and I will never ne come face to f face in this life Ute makes it easy for forme forme forme me to become really confidential to to I you even oven more than I am nm with m my myself f self sell I know that sounds Munds P paradoxical rado caI l but Im I'm afraid Little Marquise l e that sometimes s I 1 am not always quite honest with myself I try to tomake tomake tomake make myself think that I 1 do not know that because of me Sydney Carton has eyes for tor no other ether woman woman wom worn an on this earth That he has never ne told this to me by word or I look or action makes no difference I am just as sure of it Little f Marquise as you ou were sure suro in those off far days that you were beloved r by the king and that whatever you r might be to anyone anone else on earth f you were were the the one ne woman he cared for tor more than all others f Dear Little Marquise I will pr p probably bably bably b- b ably not write you ou again until ti I t I come back from Ruths Ruth's In the r i meantime do not censure me for forthe forthe for f the disclosures I 1 have ha made de I m to you OU OUr r this morning Every man or woman wom wont I an on earth must have someone or 01 f something for tor a confidant I 1 have e chosen you for tor mine LESLIE Copyright 1925 sEA NEA Service Ice Inc TOMORROW TOMORROW Letter Letter from Priscilia Priscilla Priscilla Pris- Pris cilla cilia Bradford to Mrs Mary Alden Prescott |