Show r- r i Alicia Hammersly I A Woman Who Wouldn't Remarry I By ldah IdAh McGlone Gibson Gibon The ne cd d Wr Writer r Alicia Hammersly nee nee Alicia Atwell Atwall and commonly called Allx Is Ails Is telling the absorbing absorbing absorb absorb- ing tag story of ot her girlhood She It Is l e engaged t t. t Hallet Hammersly They are mar ned The months roll roil by and Hall Is devoted and regretful by turns A child Is commas to Alicia and Hall hail and she goes home to tf be with her mother News COme comes that Hal HaJ lisa has been Killed In a railroad The shock renders Alicia unconscious and she aha Is gravely Bravely Ill III for weeks A boy Is born to her When hen Alicia h had d fully recovered her Another mother showed hI her old newspaper clippings clipping of f Hals Hal's death Then she learned that Nell Marshall had died In the wreck with him hin With re returning returning returning re- re turning strength Alicia ran began to think of the Ills future The Insurance Hal lIal left Is Is' Is not adequate for tor her needs nelds She 1 Is delighted to find that a story she he had written was WIlS accepted by by a magazine Alicia and Duane Juane Denton watched Larry Wheaton and Alicia's ulster sister flab Dab playing tennis Dab Bab proposed prO a a. match with Alicia and Larry paired against herself and nd Duane Dunne to be played soon Mention was made of ot Hals Hal's death The discussion u loh a affected Alicia C and she i withdrew to her r room Alicia determined to become self She Sh thought to write Roland Early Karly editor o of the magazine who bought h her r first tint story Then she de decided de- de drIed Instead to submit a new story to him nab Dab nailed called he her to go to the Country club clu for tor dinner with her Larry and Bart Larry Impresses Alicia by his understanding understand ing In He lie f volunteers to do her typewriting for tor her Larry devotion to Alicia annoys Bart They with Bart Start and Bab drive to the Country club for tor dinner ALICIA BREAKS A CONVENTION All AU m my old friends were at the club and it seemed like fe getting back into the life I r lived ld before my marriage to be with them thun Before I 1 thought I was dancing with Larry LaTTY and it was only when we had made on turn and I had looked into the disapproving eyes eres of one of or f mothers mother's very conventional friends that I remembered Tal Take e me home Larry LaITY Take e me home I urged quickly Why what Is the matter Are you jou I ill ill No Xo but I 1 forgot I forgot Larry Do you ou think I am a very wicked woman I to have havo forgotten for tor a moment here among m my girlhood friends the tIle long years jears that lie between my girlhood and m my I widowhood Have I no heart It Is because you jou ou have ha a n. heart b be because because be- be cause you jou ou are so human Allx Mix that you OU forget for a n. moment Stop top and think Alix Allx Humanity must forgot otherwise forgot otherwise this world would become a a. madhouse Perhaps but I must go home Larry I am remembering now and when I remember remember re- re member I cannot dance I cannot even j see others dance j i Without further comment Larry took tool I I me out on the porch and left me In the moonlight while he went to see Bart I about the car i In n a few moments he was back say say- say say-I ing It is all ail right I will take tako you vou home and bring the car back for Bab and I Bart Batt I II I knew You J 1 ln InstInctively are ln understanding r I at that arent aren't Z was a rou oui o I that I did not want am anyone amone one about that j I Ithe the only onh thing thinA that could l comfort me In I I m my present mood was my babY So he be I was waa making malting a n perfectly perfect valid excuse for leaving me We rode lode through th the scented rose-scented night r in silence As always Nature had a power to calm aIm me possessed by nothing I else Larry who had learned the eloquence of silence helped me- me out of the car Then I ho he left me at the door with only a murmured murmured mur mur- Good night I found the nurse giving little Hal his milk and taking him in my a arias aims ns I h held ld his adorable adorable- sleepy little self against my breast After Atter a little while 1 I put him gently In his bed Going to my my room toom and undressing 1 I flipped slipped a kimono over my nightdress Then to get my mind off my problems I took up the manuscript of ot my mv new I story correcting and revising so that It ft ItI would be ready for lor Larry to copy in the morning I I finished my work and sat Idly dreaming dream dream- Ing In my bed In a few moments I wb was wasI I fast tast asleep I r wakened next morning refreshed and ami devoured m my stra strawberries toast and drank m my coffee with great enjoyment Once moro more I went the over story story- cursorily cur cur- and anti knowing that Larry could copy it it I turned my attention to writing I a letter to Roland Early Harly I had never thought of the editor Impersonally Im Im- personally as Roland Early Notwithstanding Notwithstanding Not ot withstanding Babs Bab's opinion about his hisa a age ase h he seemed to me a. a young joung man thatIs that thatis is a n. man not older than thin 3 33 55 Of course I r Knew that he ho could not be oe a mere youth and hold the responsible position that was his My r letter Her read Dear Mr Early Karly Since my recovery recover I have read j our y-our our more than generous notes note to my sister and 71 your our kind interest has encouraged me to write wIlta another stor story which I am sending sending- you jou ou under separate cover today I T am so glad you o 01 think I can write for I am sure you tb do or you OU would not have published my list stol story I know I have much much to learn and if it Is not too Treat rent a i burden to impose upon you OU I would ap appreciate your our personal criticism I have han In ln mind now a story of novel no length th Would you jou Oll a me Inc to keep to th the short story for a a. while hile before at attemptIng attempting attempting at- at tempting a novel I I cannot express s to you vou the ng th thAt t your jour our letters to m my ray sister have hn- given Toe me I r am v ver ven rv anxious to take up writing writing- as a profession In fact at this time it almost seems that I must write to tp get m my my- mind off of my personal arts affairs 1 Irs In explanation may I r say Bay that the illness from which I r am recovering was caused bj hy the sudden n death leath of my bus hu- band and the some somewhat hat premature birth of my roy child I I 1 wart want to write dear leal dear Mr I C first oc because I r think I can and secondly be- be rinse calse I V n nt to earn r a n. hiving ln for myself If and mv nw baby If tt I r am successful I shall h br OP- always alwa Ara grateful to to you vou since your ofir pral praise of or mv my work worl has hal Riven me the touch of c- c l nce e which I r lacked I shall be lIe onh to to 10 happy to meet you ou when I co go o to New Xe York which I think will be in the near noar future yours vours ALICIA IIA Copyright ht National Newspaper Xe por Service |