| Show V I LOVE HON HONOR Telegram AND Fiction Ni NEGLECT I T 5 By VIDA HURST J t CHAPTER 26 KB weeks which followed deep- deep their estrangement Out- Out ply y harmonious their relation- relation fin in private was strained lo to the king point Frances blamed for deceiving her He had tele- tele tied ed that he was sta staying ing downto down- down n to work but he had not been beene he e office when she called him e. e He had Insisted that his hiser Iier Jer er be permitted to live Jive with n and suggested that her own liner in little do doe dor be given iven to a girl iwas as s obviously in iove inlove love with him ded to these sins he was being beng beng be be- ing ng dally daily more taciturn Al- Al gh he did not tell Frances what his mother molher had made I felt the tho effect of them in his eased ased as d coldness ss When he varied by halfhearted attempts to toC toc c peace with sith her she repulsed almost hysterically couldn't treat her like a ager ger one night and make love lover er r the next It was a vicious widening g day by day as Bill I me le more engrossed in his work Frances Trances threw herself into the of her friends r time was full now She Shed d over the grocery money to other law permitting her hern herthe n 1 the meals and do the marg marg mar- mar ig g g as she he had always wanted They scarcely saw each until dinner time Frances late dressed and went out be- be noon The telephone rang She Site went the rounds oi of ivorite luncheon spots and red red re- re td d invitations with the reder reder re- re der of her birthday money that was gone g lle she didn't what she would do A Wont Won't Break Promise spite of ot the fact tact that Bill had so little compunction about abou the truth to her she was ung Ung ung un- un g to break brcak the promise she lade ado about using her savings I nt She felt that she should it t t. warn him When she did p would be a scene Perhaps uld mid tell her to go home She Shet ft t at all aU sure that it wouldn't wouldn to go than to continue the hey they were he would ouId break down and that he had been with Ese Es Es- e night she had telephoned e could not ask him To d do dould dould uld be to confess contess to th the they sy y of which he had already sd d d her hadn't even told Booty about abou telephone call although sh she Admitted that there might b be ber r woman e e you any Idea who Boot Booty practically Ink link Its It's a girl he used to take tak fore We were married tty Rather but the thing he likes about bout her is that she can do all allie the ie things I cant can't She's his mothers mother's s Ideal deal wife and she will never forgive forgive for- for give ive me for taking away from her Booty was wrinkling what she had left in the way of eyebrows You ought to give him a dose of his lis own medicine Fran Make Makelim him lim so jealous he wont won't have time timeto timeo to o think about her How Frances asked disinter- disinter She didn't want to care about anyone anone else All AH she wanted In the world was for him to be loving and eager and tender as he had been at first Well theres there's Paul Belinda sug sug- Be Mysterious l He sent me mc roses on my birthday birthday birthday birth birth- day and Bill didn't even ask asIc about them You probably did nothing to rouse his suspicions You should quoted Booty in her most sophisticated sophisticated sophisticated tone be pensive and mys mys- Make J him wonder what you have on your mind In spite of her low spirits Frances had lad to laugh Im afraid Im I'm not clever enough Of Ot course you are Ill I'll help you Sigh and stare into space and I Ilet let et him find you hiding a letter or i pressing a a. flower to your lips or something Frances refused to consider such tactics but in spite of herself she vas was forced into them The Tho very next day the Uie zealous Booty ordered two dozen red roses delivered at the Bond apartment Frances found them there on her return from the Settlement House Paul had brought her home chatting chatting chatting chat chat- ting casually as wa was waS' his custom now Not once since that first occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion caslon had he mentioned her marriage marriage mar mar- or anything personal Today she had waved a gay farewell fare fare- well and run into the apartment to find the roses still sUll in the box with witha a card which Booty had deliberately left exposed To Frances who will understand why Booty had written in her ber idea of a masculine hand Explodes Frances chuckled with amusement amuse amuse- ment It was so exactly the kind kinc ind of ot thing Belinda Boot Boot- would doHer do Her mother law had seen it no doubt That was the reason the roses had been left in the box She eyed Frances with the glittering gUttering in intensity intensity intensity in- in of ot a snake about ready to strike as fUI tho the girl elaborately unconcerned unconcerned unconcerned un un- un- un concerned put the tho roses in water and tore up tho the card She would woul not stoop to Booty's tricks tricks' to aro arouse e ethe the interest of her husband Mar Mar- should have more dignity If It Bill mentioned the roses she would tell tell ell him they were from Belinda Mrs J Bond gave her no chance Bill had no sooner entered the apartment looking tired and nervous nervous nerv- nerv ous us as he did most of ot the time lately when his mother struck She was in tho the kitchen and Fr Frances was setting etting the table When Bill greeted her ier she scarcely spoke Arent you feling f Yell eling well mother he ie asked concerned Ive stood It just as long a as I Ican Ican Ican can she gulped But its it's high time Ime you know what's what going on behind your back Frances stood frozen into silence as ai Bill asked What the trouble now You think Im I'm prejudiced and exaggerate things his mother cried why Im I'm telling you right in front of her Well for goodness sake mother what's it all aU about Frances made no attempt to defend defend defend de de- de- de fend herself She stood with the plates still in her hand and listened while her mother law told Bill of the way she left the apartment every day dayS to be gone until dinner time Ime Wasting her time with a bunch of high fliers that haven't a a. thought in in their heads she complained Bill looked annoyed Is 15 that all he demanded No she snapped It isn't Running around like ilke that can an only lead to one thing Ive I've told you so zo before and now its it's been proved Do you see those roses Two dozen of them The te card c rd sai said To o Fran Fran- r ces who will understand sue ne burned it but I saw It with my own eyes just as I saw that man tonight bringing her home I was looking out out- the window and saw her waving goodbye to him Bills Bill's eyes sought his They were were she noticed neither suspicious nor angry just tired I No Interest Is this true he asked Paul Harrison brought me rue home she replied The flowers are from Booty Bo Booty ty Bill asked not recognizing recognizing the name Belinda Boots a friend pf of mine who has just returned from Holly Holly- wood i The was a a. mans man's Mrs Bond asserted Bill said sald sharply Its really reany As AJ for tor none non of ot your affair mother Frances France playing around all aU da day if that's her ber idea of a good time Ive I've nothing t to say That's hats hat's up to her He Ho do doesn't ev even n care Frances thought Far from displaying jealousy he I w wasn't nt even Interested ste sted Dinn Dinner r was Vas eaten in unfriendly silence By Sy the time the dishes had been washed Bill BUl was WElB alre already dy in bed but ho he was not asleep Frances lay beside him sick at heart thinking If he would only say something but it doesn't matter to him what I do so long as I leave him alone Anger would have havo shown that he still loved her but she had no explanation explanation ex ex- for or his cold indifference Tears rolled down her cheeks but although Bill must have known that she was crying he made no attempt to comfort her Continued Wednesday j Copyright 1936 1936 The e Salt Silt Lake Telegram |
