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Show I -:- THE -:- TANGLE LETTER FROM SALLY ATMER-TON ATMER-TON TO BEATRICE GRIM- SHAW. Well. Bee. 1 hava not ten ba-k hero from Cncla Ram a funeral and gone to work again. AH the old life ia over. I feel Ju at aa though I had turned my fare and atarted nut in an entirely different direction. Borne people would tell you. if you had dearrthd me to them, that I am perfectly heartteoa. but I contend con-tend that I am only frand. I cannot help but feel free, aa thou ah 1 had ahaken off aomo great burden that waa holding me down. I except even vou, dear phlegmatic Bee. will ehudder a little aa you read that laat aentence. I know, however, that many another woman under the same circumatancea would, if ahe to 14 the truth, aay the same. Ham had really ceased to love me. He waa tired of mo aa I waa of him. Tha only difference between ua waa that him wanted at HI to dominate me, tell mo what I ahould do. even get rid of that old, conventional ' Idea that aa long aa I waa hia wife in name, I waa. hia poaaeaaion: and although ha had lost hia lovo for me loat tha only thing that made our partnerahip aume thing thnt might not be easily broken he atill deaired to be lha ruling power of my oxiatence. Ho wanted to a;o hia own way but inetated upon shaping tho direction of mine. 1, on aihe other hand, waa perfectly per-fectly content to let hfm do aa he pleaaed. I dd. not parttrularly care what ho did. aa long as he didn't bother ma with It. Our life together waa over. I could not by any a i retch of imagination bring him in to my orbit agam. I believe lota of women feel thia aenao of freedom. Bee. aa they ait behind their era pa veila and hear tho mlnlater Intone a description of tho virtues of the deacead. I eome-tlmea. eome-tlmea. think that the fashion of heavy crepe veila waa aiarted by oome woman who waa averse to letting let-ting tho. public aeo, not her grief, but her relief. We aw only human, and humanity ia more or leaa hypocritical. Hypocrisy Hypoc-risy ia the attribute that animals tako on with aoula. A dog never makea believe ha either loves or batea. He just doea one or tho other and that'a all there la of It. Thank you, dear, for not writing ma the conventional letter of condolence. con-dolence. You made it possible for me to talk to you, to pour out my inmost heart, and that ia aomethlng that rarely cornea even with a friendship aa loyal aa your. I truly appreciate it. dear. We always want to tell aomoono aomething of ouraelvea. to give vent to aome self-expression; self-expression; but few of ua can turn ouraelvea Inside out to anyone aa 1 do to you. with tho aura knowN edge thai tnat-person will understand. under-stand. 1 don't know w hy I am so aura tf you. Be, for I if now absolutely that you do not always approve of mo. Perhaps It's because 1 know that f am ao different from you. that I bring Into your quiet, conventional conven-tional life aomething that a peaks of excitement and thrill. That'a rather egottattcal. la It not? Might hero ta where 1 atop talking about myaeif, and tell you aomething that may interest in-terest you more. tCopyrtght. ltlt. NKA. Perrlca. Inf.) TOMORROW More of tho tetter from Sally Athorten to Beatrice Grimshaw. |