Show q 9 I IE HER HE R FLING 9 By ELENORE I IWho Who Wrote I Chickie I Ie and Sand Sandy y The Ilie Astounding Story of a Society Girl III i II S Continued from yesterday Y I will vill We Ve wont won't tell anyone I There Is nothing to tell EverYone Everyone Every EverY- one knows it S Oh they dont don't Perry You Tou wont won't sa say a word S But nut you have given your promIse promise promise prom prom- ise haven't you Gail Gall In a way I have I We Va walked slowly through the poplar trees He lie kept his hand handon on mine We Ve said nothing Ive I've only cried two or three times since I grew up This was one of the times I wanted to Perry left in the he morning That afternoon il I I was having tea In jn the gardens with two or three other guests Mary Cranston came in from the links sauntered breezIly breezily breezily breez breez- ily up to me took my left hand handS Well VeIl where here Is it ItT she asked crisply here where I laughed S Ill lAte Is isit It Id ide Id or any other bl bleach that that Is Is- Is Isif If it you admire natural beauty Dear WIDOWER In Saturdays Saturday's column a a portion of your letter was left out put through some error We Ve are very sorry and are printing It a sec second nd time because we know there will be many who w will Il want to read It t and who could not help but wonder i what it vas was all about with only the thelast thelast thelast last paragraph showing the last time Dear Betty Blair S column been reading your with great reat interest and I tried to keep quiet but I cant First is my love for birds and andall andall andall all kinds of animals domestic and wild Im I'm with you and Friend of the Birds in wanting a tax for cats or getting rid of those which are not special pets and nd well c cared red for forin forin forin in some gentle way Second r 1 love and respect ladies and gentlemen who after they have met and married try to help each other and make life what it was intended to be There are far too many divorces and the courts are too free in granting them I hope the time is no na no far off when divor divorces es will not be granted except in very rare cases Then they would be a little more careful how howand and whom they chose for life c corn com m- m There are too many who live together for a a few years and then sep separate rate because hubby cant can't make more money to throw to the birds birds' in all kinds of amusements balls and railroading ling and nd hd h hubby has o o stay and work work work until he is all in And there js no happiness with his hs wife and children children children chil chil- dren at home When the husband has paid for a home and struggled in in the best beit way he could and then some dissatisfied woman up and leaves him and t takes kes his all h home me and hard earned eared money May peace joy and happiness be beto beto beto to all who are determined ined to to stay with each other and help one another another another an an- other through sorrow w as as well as joy I am 62 years old and know krow from experience If I could find a alady alady alady lady of such caliber I would not be afraid to start life anew A t. WIDOWER We e are very glad that you didn't l keep quiet AV W. It is always interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting to get the different points of view on life liCe and some of its customs customs customs cus cus- toms and frailties Before so so very long I ani am going to print a letter from a woman pointing out some of the things to which she objects in the average husbands I think you'll be interested in what she she says and may even want to answer some some of of her accusations Watch for this and t thank you for writing Dear Miss Miss' Blair I have a pair of dark brown suede slippers and I wanted to know if it is all right to wear them on the street They were an expensive expensive pa pair r and the most comfortable things I ever wore on my feet They are absolute comfort but I dont don't see anyone else wearing any and I would feel conspicuous if I knew they wel were not the tle corr correct ct thing to wear or in style or something Also Miss Blair if it is all right to wear them what color hose would be correct to wear with them I should love love to continue them for the comfort I get out of them if nothing else You know if your feet are in ease and arid you are n not t conscious of them you aNt are just about in Paradise especially when the weather gets hot Thanking Thanking Thank Thank- ing yo you WANTING TO KNOW I should say that If you wish to wear those favorite slippers you should most certainly be able to do so with a clear conscience Suede may not be the very latest mode but since e the new spring styles are In such a great variety and there are so many contrasts contrasts' and combinations your suede slippers would never be noticed as not be beIng be be- ing th the ver very last word Light stockings are still the favored mode with almost any kind of slipper and I believe you would do well to choose a light tan or something near the same tone as the frock or suit you are wearing Every so often we hear that dark hose will be worn i again but Iut ut so far there have been very f few fw w of them seen on well weIl dressed women By Dy all an means wear shoes that are comfortable Did you ou know that shoes that pinch or hurt In one orie way or another or-another are are ae responsible for th the wrinkle In fri many many women's s 's faces V Worse still still Improperly improperly fitted shoes cause nervousness nervousness headaches fallen arches backache etc to to say nO nothing of t terrible dispositions dis dIs- positions quarrels in the home and so on yet yee bristling with md Indignation ignation An unusual depression settled on me as though I had been forced to toan toan toan I an inevitable Ine doom I had to do It I told myself vaguely What else could I do Two days later I w was s at home I came into my room A great basket basket basket bas bas- ket of orchids was on the table and anda a smaller box that I opened hur hur- It came fr from m a collector of the rarest antique jewels Never did a trinket thrill me as that minute minute min mm- ute uto watch It was shaped exactly lik like a hazel nut but about one- one third the size The entire sphere was a l of ot tiny diamonds As 1 I turned it In the palm of my hana hand mother came in Im so glad youre you're home dear she said kissing me with unusual affection You enjoyed yourself Wonderful mother Mrs 1 Belden Belden nelden Bel- Bel den Is the most gracious hostess Ive I've ever met And I suspect the were ery very agre agreeable able 7 she said looking at me with an expectant attitude Mary Cranston dropp dropped d in yester yester- d day y She said It was delightful But Gall Gail dear wh when n she told me me ab about ut the ya yacht yacht- ht 1 mother frowned v 5 Oh It was was fun I said airily With anyone else but Perry 1 sh should uld say ay It was va by n no means fun Gail Gall Mary says he wore his hands to the tho bone rowing you back Mother sat down waited as though making overtures for a confidence I talked on Ignoring opening after aHer opening that she made mad for m meAre me Are the orchids from Perry she asked finally S Yes There was was a smaller box Did Did she she you you see iCe li As spoke glanced on the table saw the string and and- paper It was this mother I had to tosho sho show her the little ball baIl of diamonds with th the watch face not more than thana a quarter of an Inch In diameter How Plow very exquisite Again she waited smiled in a grieved way You do not wish to confide in me Gall Gail It is rather painful for formo fora a mo mother her to be treated in this man man- ner S. S What have J J. done mother x She tapped her beg fingers on the table I suppose you may tell me after all the rest of pf the world ha has heard You mean Perry mother Th There re is nothing to tell ten I IV V Very ry well welI She rose and then with an effort forced herself hersell to continue I 1 think I 1 have haYe the right to say this Gall Gail and t to ask If itIs it itis itis is true I have been heen told that Perry has given you ou the ring Fury like a a. flaming cloud swept over me J I stared at my mother Who told you that Did Perry Perry did not Who Wh mother She grew red finally spoke Mary Cranston saw it It Did Perry show it to her Anger reared shouted in meNo meNo me me No he I I wouldn't have mentioned It lt it but I didn't suppose y you u would mind noW now that you nave accepted him I haven't accepted him mother What did Mary Cranston tell teIl you you Where did she the see the ring Somers Ashton took It from Perry's Perrys Perrys Perry's Perrys Perry's Per Per- rys ry's pocket she admitted antly so Mary tary told me me He showed it If ito t to her They considered it a great Joke You say you have not accepted him I harent S Did you refuse him I haven't given him any an an- I will will tell you mother as soon as I do I trust you will Such gifts as these are not to be considered light light- l' l ly I should not like the world to toa a announce announce- my daughters daughter's engage engage- ment mont S But the world did The gossip was on everyone's tongue Sunday morning mother came into my room Look at t this Gail Gall Her eyes eye trembled with anger She held the society sheet to me showing my piCture picture pic plc- ture and a a cautious account of the reported engagement engagements of the beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- Gail Gall Sherman and Perr Perry Barton Barton Bar Bar- ton ton S Is there any dignity to this she asked hotly For a girl in your position to permit the Newspapers to make such an an announcement announcement- I looked looke at it my eyes burning my head light S They had no right to do it Its It's nobody's business Gail Gall mother said sald In a. a calmer a-calmer calmer tone you ar are not doing right 1 i know you dont don't want my advice It ItIs ItIs Itis Is very unwomanly for you to acts act as s you are doing You shoUld ac accept accept accept ac- ac Perry or refuse him I had already made up my mind Perr Perry came in early You saw It Gail Gall he took my hand smiled in his winning way Why dont don't you acknowledge me I had the ring on a chain around my neck took I-took It off gave It to him said Without emotion Put It Sh 9 h Perry This time J I wont won't take It off OUI J How little we we foresee i S CHAPTER 12 Under the Skin Now it is done I took ot off the ring that evening after Perry had left held It under a small lamp Sparks of blue and red leaped up to meet the golden light I turned it idly came back with a clutch of apprehension to my first thought repeating it Thought would go no further I faced a blank wall vall feeling oddly that I had been forced Yes LiCe tife forced me I didn't express this deliberately r but a a Vague pervadIng pervading ing sense of resentment warmed unpleasantly mingled with an Irritating irritating tating conviction of surrender You did It It H. didn't you The little imp that sits In the backroom back backroom backroom room of our brain waiting till our out decision Is made then sneers kept taunting me You said you would not Picked him for himself didn't you i I grew hot as though some other person were accusing me began me-began began t defend myself I love him I 1 Isaid Isaid said softly memory flushing before me a troupe of glowing Images Images- Perrys Perry's face tense terise and white as he turned It to me In the summer i house under the silver poplar tree whispering I think differently or of f 1 you than of all an other women I never wanted to marry before The morning when he took my hand turned It Il palm upward kissed It It c came cameto me to m me with a wave of I t f i J 1 p I Joy I love him Im I'm I glad gladi thought But nut the mind browbeat browbeat the heart Even as I dallied with these recollections Perrys Perry's image faded misgivings p persisted I knew know though I would not admit It It that I was not greatly In love with Perry Barton lIe He attracted me but I saw clearly the hundred other reasons that had brought me to decision Perrys Perry's Perry's Perrys charm my pride in his attention Ramona portions portion's terrible contrasting so piercingly with the p perfume laden gardens the marble corridors of f the Belden home I. I I would marry Perry All these beauties would WOuld WOuld-be be mine I wanted them hem I had given in Just as Manan Marian Ma Ma- rian nan had for all the defiance of my tongue Even now nov I was thinkIng thinkIng think think- ing with a a thrill of the high position position po po- po- po that would be mine of the pleasure to hear e say There goes Mrs Perr Perry Barton What a distinguished couple they I Iare are S SI I p put put t the the ring ring back on my my finger smiling closing my mind ag against this cold flash of or accusation thinkIng thinking think think- ing of the night on the unruffled waters and Perry rowing In the moonlight straining his muscles muscle to the tho breaking point He is not like the others I concluded He Ho is fine I can love him But nut unrest swept me In its tide The weeks that v tollo followed d teemed with excitement It was as though a fairy flourished a 3 bright wand over the house stirring It to Joyous life My mother was interested d in art read books on it It made It quite a point to know the different periods but she had no Instinctive tion She moved through the superb superb su superb su- su rooms with a satisfied sense of possession but none of Joy My father waa was seldom at home He was president of one of the big banks and heavily interested in oil fields a brusque low spoken man who never raised his voice yet et his tones were wece iron His was wasa a different sphere from ours ours ours-a a sphere of aggressive relentless activity activity ac ac- ac- ac where he moved under the urge of an unscrupulous ambition My father was not a personality but a machine I despised his character character character char char- acter but admired his mind His relation to my m mother ther I never quite Seh had her apartments he had his yet they had the liveliest st interest in each other He often asked her advice she abe consulted consult d him pa on all her charitable charitable charitable chari chari- table enterprises her social obliga obliga- But there was surely no warm love between them Once my mother was very ill III He sat at her bedside held her hand a p- p pi Yo i n troubled look In his face lie He would rus rush h out to his study sit there for hours suddenly remember that mother was waa dying so they thought He lie would come back quickly and sit with her I believe he resented I the intrusion on his time and half hoped that If she were to die she would be quick about It This may not be Just for tOr he had a thousand thousand thou thou- sand land claims upon him and these were ere more urgent gent than the pass- pass Ing of ot a a. woman who happened be his wife He lIe was a a. man of greTt great force and no magnetism trem dous dOUB passions and no emotion mt To him his wife and child children en were the accidents and not the theof ends ds of a a. career his home home was a c con n not a a. goal Neither m moth mother er nor father had the spirit thu that makes of four walls a a. home Continued Tomorrow |