Show Husban 4 I and andi I L By Ry Jane e s CHAPTER 1 i To Tell or Not to Tell Once more he lie tried tiled to take tako me In I hi his arms aims but hut this time I elu eluded ed him and ran rin Just as fast as aM I could toward to the clubhouse I Stop tol he Iw said sail sternly taking Liking m my arm a as he reached mo nw What hat excuse will you Ou Rive give I c for running away from fromme fromme fromme me like this You 1011 cant can't tell them the truth that by taking mone money y and other things s. s from me you led me to believe helle I you loved lo me and anal I 1 told you I J cared for you He Be sensible Think It over o Sue I can give I e you Ou all you rou want ant Divorce orce Randall and marry me I 1 made mad no answer er I 1 DIvorce Di Divorce Dl- Dl Tom rom Who ho 1 vorce ever o eard of such a thing And Urd that he dared darel to talk to me meas meas as he ho had hart to kiss me Just because I 1 had borrowed a little money from him f It was a ful a ml I must pay that mone money back h at once once but but how bow I 1 I sank Into a chair on the clubhouse clUbhouse clubhouse club clUb- house porch trem trembling with Indignation na- na I tion anti and s shame hame Had It been heen true what Carol hail had Bald Because I had I borrowed as I f would from a friend I was it either cither a sign I n I cared for him himIn himin In the way wiy he ho Intimated or that I Iwas Iwas II i j wa was a cheap mercenary wretch who j led Id him on to think I cared for him I because I wanted money the money the things mone money could buy principally buy principally clothes I I I I had read in certain magazines of or unfortunate women who sold old themselves them them- themselves selves sel body Lody and soul for clothes Could It bo ho that I wa was almost HI as I badas bad badas ad adas I as the they Oh J If Tom Toni were only not playing golf I wanted so 80 to tell I him to hear r him Ra say in his honest I straightforward way that he loved lo I me I Then came came another thought J Carol Blacklock lock mu must t be paid palt J CallI Callman Callman Call- Call man must b be paid How was It to bedone be he I I done unless a Tom Toni made malc that mone money Inthe In Inthe the stock Idock market I knew Tom Torn well enough to lo know kno that If I J told him h he would have o nothing to do 0 with Carol unless Blacklock-unless Blacklock unless s he killed him him or or I with un any tip tIl he had given i en him No o If I ever e was Wl to tool look the thc world In the face again I mustn't tell Tom Toni and notto notto not notto to do lIo so would e mean menn that I must appear appear ap op- If pear r as usual toward Carol or he hc Tom Toni mi might ht suspect I T wonder if it anyone who reads my story can Im Imagine lne my feelings I was ivas wasi i dIR disgraced humbled ashamed to look I anyone In the face I had been a fool I j i A silly wicked l fool I hall hail tal taken en I I Carol at hl his won word that he was treatIng treat treat- I treat treat-ing Ing me as a friend without giving I a n thought to the till position in which Iwas I Iwas was placing myself I ITHE THE AFTERMATH I IThe I 1 The lon longer er I sat there thinking themore the themore I I more mOle positive r I became came that Tom must never know what Carol Blacklock Black Black- lock had done ani and anil said Even en If it he I made the so 0 I could pay him hint It must be boas as r h had so happily planned I the night before It must be hc pall paid as aM asto II I j I to a friend not ot to the man who had I j 1 made love to his wife wire Vas lyas aN ever er woman In such uch a predicament Slowly the golfers rs straggled led In In Tom the last He lie was beaming Ho IIo had won iron a foursome and was Vas delighted I 1 I rushed up to him and clung to j i his arm I T couldn't help Il it I I Why hy whit's whits the matter Sue You I Iare j are aie pale as a ghost Wheres Where's Blacklock Black Black- lock I thought he was going to laCk 1 take care of you and Mrs Morrison There lie Is over o with Mrs Mor Mor- rison I mann managed ed to answer and T I II i o ha n Cl dreadful headache I look loop a a i I walk alk too lon long a one I guess Ups Ill I'll go I i right over 1 to the tho house and He lie down But Dut when Claire heard m my Intention I I she insisted that fUlt I lie In the th hammock I Mrs Irs Morrison had vacated an and she had a wader waller bring me some ome bromo I 1 II I seltzer I was still too dazed 00 upset by hy what had happened to toto I object to anything so I closed closel my mv i I eyes S and lay quietly while hIlA the golfers I were washing up and getting jt ready ready I Ifor for luncheon I then compelled myself I to go 0 to the table tahle Unfortunately Unfortunate J t r Carol Blacklock was seated next in to I me inc I never ne shall hall forget that awful j feeling I had when I saw him sitting i I calmly on on my 01 right But In a wa way he j helped me mt lIe Ho laughed and talked d fco so much that thal no one ono noticed one me DISSEMBLING luncheon I upon returning re- re r re returning I I turning In to the house Some Sonic of the themen men nten Tom Tam included wanted another four anil t time Carol played od I As toon oon as I reached my y room I J JJ J 1 i I I f I 1 I I I i j j I I locked lockE the door an and threw myself m 01 si-lf si oni on the raw bed hed and sobbed out my shame a and disgrace Carol said to divorce orce Tom Toni Why Tom would divorce me If Ir he knew For an hour or UI two t r I lay there taking raking I stock of oC ml myself All my trouble had come from Om m my desire to have money moncy toe to Hie hie e as s others other did Oh If IC Tom rein hadon had on only onh h been cn a rich man n I wouldn't have gotten into this scrape scrap Finally I J Ia heard ard the others tramping In In and I hurriedly ran Into the bathroom and Into the tub tuh Tom came up happy because a second time he had won this time against Carol loch Black-loch lie He used to be he a great golf player but hut he surely wasn't up to form this afternoon he told me gleefully I could of or course cOUl Imagine wh why he lie wasn't up tin to form and if it made meno mcI me mc meno no happier Hows How v your OUr head Sue SuP better Tom asked as I turned the hath bathroom room over o to him Yes much good You look better and he lie whistled merrily as he hc splashed around in his usual wa way going to have h a dance to- to toj tonight night he said when he came out Im I m lame but bul I J guess uess I can manage manao to whirl around n t bit I How I dreaded the evening e I hadn't the thel a faire enough h to carr carry off ocr such a thing without mal making I Isome some sanie excuse like that of or Illness orthe or orthe orthe the usual headache But I had no choice but to dress and go 0 down with ith Tom Fortunately at dinner I sat where I could not see Carol and that gave me a little courage Then too I for almost the first time in my life drank a full glass of or champagne I I I I I 1 I I I I j I j I I CHAPTER I Blue Sunday I I All IJ that e evening a very gay one j i I ifor for fOI the rest of or the party I Ivas was vas 1 j miserable I wanted to tell felt Tom I II i I j I felt that the situation situation- wo was beyond j i me yet t I dared not say a single word I 1 If I did ld how would he get ct the monc money 1 to reimburse Carol Blacklock There I h I was W no other possible way save to I It In the stock market It Ir was I would have ha bt been cn absolutely ludicrous i to one conversant con with the Street to I know of m my attitude at that time Lime I II I j knew absolutely nothing nothing- about I 1 laUon save sa that Tom had made the I I hundred dollars so easily on Carols Carol I Iother other tip alp j I II I J danced with Tom Torn also aleo with the j I others But nut I resolutely refused to dance with Carol I dar dared not ou through though h I I when he asked me mo the peculiar glint lint in his e eyes eM should have Hl e warned me I About midnight I pleaded a recurrence recurrence recurrence recur- recur r rence of or the headache I had suffered from front In the thc afternoon and after making Tom rom promise not to come up upI upp I II because e of It I r asked Claire to excuse iI i me and refusing her offer otter of oC some medicine or a doctor I went upstairs I I undressed and nd put on ft a kimono then sat down to think T J had ex- ex exI i hed tho llo light and curled up In hi Ina I a big chair by lIy the window I It ws s a beautiful night clear and Almost UM as as bright as cIa day The o moon Il was nearly full and the place was WIS bathed In a wonderfully soft sort light But Hut I had no I thou thought ht for the beauty of or the night no place for sentiment of or any 1 kind i I was wa more troubled trouped than over ever I had h been en In my life ICe more morp troubled than anyone else ever er had been heen I thought I COMPLETE EXHAUSTION I thought of the tho afternoons afternoon's happenings happenings hap- hap I penin s from every eVely angle and I r could se see sec e no way fray out Had Carol Blacklock been right and anti was Jt It my ray fault that I he had hal made love lo to me Was AVas as I en entirely entirely en- en Urel to blame If Jl so MO what excuse I could coull T i offer Tom At this thought thought the the thought that Tom Torn might look at it from Carols Carol's I viewpoint viewpoint-I I commenced to lo soh ob joh What hat I should I do i if it I had hall through m my 1 foolishness m my efforts to ape others othere I lost his love lo I leaned my head on I thin the window sill III and gave lIve way to the I fear fea r h which Ich possessed me The next thing I know knew I heard I j For 1001 heavens heaven's sake Sue SlIe do get Into lied bed What hn t In ht the world did you ou goto go goto 0 I to sleep In that uncomfortable position tion for far and Tom Toni lifted m me In hl his hisarras arms arras it rind nd rid laid me on the tho bed het Then ho hp took look off oft m my kimono put my 01 nl night ht dress over o m my head hearl clumsily j abut but tenderly Now Non ow 10 go to sleep ho he ordered It IK is almost morning find and turning out the light he lie undressed In Inthe Inthe inthe the bathroom so that I should not bo ho disturbed Two big ig tears tar rolled down m my cheeks at his thoughtful kindness But quickly 1 I f wiped them awa away I must do nothing more to cause him hire to question me So I closed my eyes and when he quietly came into the room I pretended to be asleep Poor girl Irl she's all worn out with that headache he muttered when I Idid Idid Idid did not reply to hl his softly spoken Sue I have ha heard all my life about blue Monday 11 but if H ever e a Monday Mond-iy wa was wasas wasas as blue as that Sunday Sunda I 1 spent Inthe in inthe inthe the country I doubt it My l head still ached I was no nearer nearer a solution of or my pro problem lem than I had been the night before and I 1 had to get et through this long day In ht Inthe Inthe the society of Carol Blacklock as ng he best H HI I could Youre as white while as 15 a n f r f rist st Tom Toni said saki when I came from the bath Why h dont don't you rOil have your our breakfast I In n bed hed I believe belie I will Tom I replied glad hlll of ot the suggestion I had thought of doing It it but feared It ml might ht look strange as I was usually the first one downstairs I Do and if you dont don't feel reel all right I i Just sta stay In bed lied and ho leaned over o i m me and kissed me fondly I It was all 1 I could do to I keep cep from rom 1 t throwing my arms around his neck I j jand and blurting out tho the whole miserable story It would have ha been such a a j relief But I knew Toms Tom's quick temper temper tem tem- tem tem-j per his absolute lute intolerance rance of anything anything any any- I I t thing hing at all lII like hike e deceit and restrained I Ithe j I I the Impulse I I Alter After he left lert me mo 1 I again dozed off ort 1 i i iid and id wakened only when the maId mad I 1 brought my breakfast I could not i eat but I drank the rich strong coffee coHee I j I r with relish sh and then dressed and I went downstairs To nt my surprise Carol Blacklock and Tom Toni were off on 1 the links playing a foursome ii with I Bob Henderson son and Courtland Brown Drown whom I do not think I 1 have o mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- I as one ono of or the palt party It was ivas such a relief relict to find them i gone one that I f soon was laughing and I i chatting with the rest of or the party palt s cis I I usua usual A And nil when thc they ca came m trooping I Iback 1 back hack for far luncheon I succeeded In I avoiding 3 Carol without attracting i f notice Tomorrow Tomorrow End tend of or an Imperfect D Day |