| Show THERES THERE'S FULL PAGE PA OF SAND SANDY I WHAT 11 HAS IN Tim THE STORY Q SO O 1 f Impoverished Sandy forced by her Im d family Into a a loveless marriage with Ben Murillo II a a rich Italian her lovo for or Timmy a childhood sweetheart Frequent quarrel quarrels follow A son Bon js is la born dyinG almost Immediately some escape Sandy ap- ap ap peals appeals eal to her Uncia Bob who en- en en ables enables bl s h her r to take tako a Honolulu trip mother her There sho the meets Ramon Worth who saves Baves her In the surf Ha Ito boards the Sante steamer voyage hom home rod during the voy voy- voy age declares declare his hie love At home homo San Handy iy tells Murillo she Ehe must bo treed Ha ito declares he will never t nevert her co GO tC O ON wim Tim TIlE STORY I III hERE IU t t CHAPTER ciLI 39 to tot t Sandy leaned against the old olde tc e l I 1 post ost with Its lla bronze bronzo ng girl IrI balanced on one ono toe tot In her childhood she ehe had regarded this statue as nI the tho final Inal note or Of elegant distinction t t k She She now clutched Its Its base whispering hoarsely Some Some thine Some th wrong wro g with J Isabel ono mo cOllapsed after aner Her visit to I you OU And And n nw now w Tho Tho doctor doesn't know You f b better go eo and see her She's for or you ou Sandy pulled herself up the stairs her heart withering Mrs McNeil had her eyes clos clos- doS doS- closed cd ed- She lay In the tho great groat walnut bed bcd Its Iu massive posts reaching to the ceiling Her hands were clasped and quiet her mouth 01 op open en on a little the breath short and andla la labored bored The sight The sight of ot her so brought a II faint moan to Sandys Sandy's lips At Atthe Atthe Atthe the sound a n look ot of Joy lighted her mothers mother's features Sandy You got lure here soon noon Madeline phoned She Spoke in little littie gasps struggling for the breath Oh no Nobody phoned I 1 just thought Id I'd saunter over and pay you a a morning call And here bere you arc Like LUte this Why Im Why Im I'm all right A lit littie little tie tle exhausted The p heat lIe Beall alt all right Its ILs my tault fault Isabel All Alt my fault Oh Lord Lord- Lordo Lord llo No o- o Crying Sandy Non Non Nonsense sense kiss sense kiss me Im I'm glad blad of ot the rest Sandy put her cheek check against her mothers mother's She pressed her lips on her mothers mother's fluttering lids eye She whispered In her mothers mother's car ear Its because you OU were turned over me If It any any- anything thinS thing happens to you Isabel Id I'd as lief die U I do thing about that Ah Ab ha It doesn't matter at not alt all not at ill all I never would have ha said all those those things but I thought you were as chipper chipper- Isabel smite She Mid aid with like Ith like child eagerness You mean that Sandy Sandy turned her face She an- an answered an answered only Yes S S S She vent ent down to the kitchen heru her sisters were gathered She said Mid to Alice What does the doctor say Alice Altce put down her cup chin shaking She ral raised ed her eye eye- eyebrows eyebrows eye eyebrows brows unable to answer plump Espinosa who was tas plump and blonde and five years older than Sandy had bad her head burled In her folded arms Madeline just 28 the mother ot of three children and now ex- ex ex expecting the fourth held beld her lips rigid Madeline felt cIt she had per per- performed performed per performed formed distinctive services to the world In general because she sho had hadyA hadS yA S accepted these rapidly arriving children Her lIer goodness In this matter entitled her to special con con- consideration con consideration on all occasions It aLso gave her ller the right to be 11 1 su- su su period and dictatorial to her sis sis- sisters sis sic sisters lie says say she has a slight chance she now answered bit bit- bitterly bit terly tely letting t tte tears run to her lips Theres a slight chanco chance our mother may reco recover er You say nay she he collapsed when she sho got home last laL night It It It was after aCter dinner SandY now Interposed She was all right when she arrived here Yes Yea bald Madeline She take that terrible long walk In Inthe inthe Inthe the heat to your place She Sho vas was just heart broken when she read that clipping That's what did It It We Wo can thank tou you ou It If mamma mamma- ma- ma Can we uk asked d Alice miser miser- miserably miserably miserably ably Maybe It was trotting over to you ou In the tho heat and bait bak- bakIng bak baking ing lemon lenten pies Very good about shifting things arent aren't you It didn't hurt her to 0 o work like a when slav slave when waa b born rn did It It Doing the washing and Car cor- car carrying up trays That didn't hurt hurther hurther hurther her did It Oh sobbed Espinosa now raising her head Im sure ma- ma mad ma malI maJ be bo glad to have us quarreling reU ng like thi this Suppose cite were to come down and hear ItT It DId you ou leave kavo her alone Sandy She Sho fell feU asleep Sandy Bandy was sledding at the stove e her ller back to them She Sho raked the red embers thinking dc desolately It It would bo be betrue betrue true It would bo be my fault tault I And nd It now seemed ghastly to her that she had annoyed anA red her mother Her own phrases shout shout- shouted How bald they ed cd her car In her car how how ut utterly crude and IndeliCate No wonder ISabel babel turn turn- turned turned turned ed white as the napkin In her trembling hands Madeline MadelinO picked up a a Ion long brown twine shopping bag Ill IU come back this afternoon AU Ally relieve Ill I'll Ill I'll- relieve you all u I can Dont Don't mind The children willbe ill be needing heeding you And Essie has hashe hasher he ber kidney I I guess Sandy can tick around Will you Sandy said Made Made- Madeline Madeline Madeline line coming up and kissing her ber j Im sorry I said that but tut just the same sarno I think the tho very ery least you cap do Is tot mamma Thamma you haven't the remotest thought of or Ct ot IL a separation I know Iti its it's worrying over you that's killing her Bo o you ou should tell her that at least least- yes Yes said Sandy quietly marking a II pattern on the earthen earthon floor with her toe tho lea t I S When the two married sisters were gone Alice hung a a wet wd dish dish- dishtowel dl b- b o el towel on the rack spreading It with meticulous care Without looking at Sandy she sho said Oh Ally She looks all right just jut ju t a little mUo blue around her from her bce heart heart- Its It's weak vel l Its It's not going to last Then Sandy said brokenly What Madeline says I Is true Its It's AICe had Allce-had had most oat of ot the night She dropped dejectedly toa toa to a chair If It youre you're going to stay Ill I'll ret rest a while Mall MalI need some some- someone someone someone one with her day and night I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess you'll be bo on tap wont won't you And If It I were ere you kid I wouldn't be too much of ot a fool on that propositiOn 1 Mas Ma's nearly 60 This might have happened anyway las la's had rich sweet a life life- life Suddenly Alice her head headon headon headon on her arms and cried bitterly She Sho cried In the sense of alone alone- ness alone the nethe the emptiness and ache In her Ier thoughts Sandy stayed at al her mothers mother's house that hat night and the next At o'clock the second morn morn- mornIng morning morning ing sho eho awakened hearing a frightening sound She went swIftly to tho the room But But th there re wee was nothing Isa bets bels eyes bels ees eyes opened opened In a puzzled WAY She was propped u up with pillows She Sho reached ly lylor lor br Sandys Sandy's hand Why are Why are you here hero To help Alice To bo be near you darling H Mrs McNeil McNell shoot shook her head No hom home no no home I want you ou with your WIth your with lIen Ben Ben And site she grew excited I S S S So Sandy went home towards evenIng after arter this On Saturday she found found found-a a newspaper folded on her table An Item was marked blue with blue pencil I She read Ii It a little sickened She saw Beatrice Murillos Murillo's hand handIn handin handIn In a this this for offset offset- offsetting offsetting a crafty cratty way w y ting gossip giving the lie to that other Item tem It told of the post post- postponement postponement postponement of ot a dinner dance In honor ol ot the tho homecoming of o Irs Don Den Murillo The postponement was made mado Inevitable Ine because of the severe Illness of ot Mrs Murll Murll- Jos los lo's mother It went on glibly I Mr Murillo who Is devoted to his mother-in-law mother ha has al also o postponed a a business bustness trip to the east cast being unwilling to leave his bride In the tho event ot of o oin in nn emergency cy Cl arising Tho The young couple plan a trip to Europe a ar as soon noon as Mrs Irs McNeil Is recovered Sandy read it It She turned Mu Mu- Murillo Murillo rub rillo had entered the tho room He lIe said suavely Its not con con- con convenient ve for you to go on with your our pl plans ns just at nt I present She folde folded the paper paler lie went on smiling And wo we may leave leavo things in status quo for forn fora fora n a while Very well sell He lie shrug shrug- shrugged shrugged ged god and walked out out As S she was WiLs starting starling for her mothers mother's she he stopped to get let let- letters letters let letters from front the tho mailbox at their gate She couldn't open open it It She pulled at It It Then she sho sa saw that thata a new lock lock-a lock a tiny Yale Yalo lock had b en Installed This rather sickened he her r One morning a week later lilter Murillo was gone when she ahe came caine to breakfast In his place was was an envelope partly torn The Tho post pest pest- postmark mark and part of ot the name namo as as left heft Sandy picked It up a pang shooting to her heart It was In namon's writing She recognized It in the first Instant She pick pick- picked picked ed cd up the envelope ran to her room She compared It If It letter for tori letter with Ith his writing on the back of ot some kodak pictures The same Mme Identical as though h the characters were traced She Sho could scarcely draw her breath WOe Was as It Ramona Ranion's writing Was the letter to her What had he said She tore the envelope to tiny shreds op shreds opened ned the window and let the fragments ride on the breeze breez What did Murillo know What would ho he do Go with this CIL 40 What time Is It Sandy Six o'clock Days getting short October mother They al- al always always al always ways do you OU know You look so lovely today Isabel Mrs McNeil propped by the pillows the soft sort gray hair In damp ringlets about her kept her eyes ees closed Tears squeezed from from under the tho lids Sandy you Sandy you think think-I'm think Im I'm getting better Oh Oh you are You'll be cook cook- cookIng cookin cooking in ing the turkey again ThanksgivIng Thanksgiving Ing- Ing ing Lean down down down- It If I- I ITile I The Tile kind sort soft lips twitched Now the tears ran quickly If It I get better better- better you'll your keep keep your promise Her lIer eyes wide open now lurk lurk- lurkIng lurking ing log terror pleading Sandy tried hard to meet them She Sho thought thO dying She Sho afraid ot of 11 It knows it It She's 1 keep It S S S Her mothers mother's eyes were pulling her These wide-open wide frightened eyes hind had hold of o her like hands Yes Ill Ill keep It And I It-I it I go Sandy Sandy- Sandy Ill keep it It tt Isabel Iaabel smiled Sandy turned her head tead quickly swallowed She felt choked She Ie felt It that hands rose In the gathering darkness They rose roso with flat fiat open palms and pressed against her She touched her fingers against her blouse A telegram was hid hid- hidden hidden hid hidden den there It had bait come como ten mm- mm min minutes ut utes s ago ngo Not opened yet She hadn't dared to open It Hamon She waited tor for Alices Alice's comIng waited choking and cold stifling with suspense Outside at last Stealing through the grapevines sitting BItting on the tearing bench bench tearing softly at atthe atthe the tho yellow envelope In the morning sho she had wired Did you write meT When and what T S M Id Yes Ye Here was as the tho answer Pall Pall- at Sent you ou a sketch the thc midnight done by a friend No Nome me sago except title Where heaven heaven heaven en meets earth That was as all alt No signature None ot of o the wild words or of o love she had dreaded Murillo had been cheated She Sho leaned hack back exhausted and unnerved S S S She She She- leaned back watching the sunset unset sky She felt her moth moth- mother's mother's moth era ers er's her hands hands her mothers methods eyes In that moment of ot fright and plead plead- I pleading pleading lead lead- leadIng ing And then she felt other eyes They were Ramons Ramon's filled with yearning and anguish as ho lifted her from the water as she lay IllY In his arms floating down a sea ot of lowers flowers And they were his eyes the night she clasped her ller hands about his neck drew his face to her hers kissed cd him Her mind recreated ed the scene scene made made her warm and restless And sUddenly ready to cry with lone lone- loneliness liness lineas lI Her r mind recreated the tho mo- mo mo moment pent look took ment-took ment took her out on the ship Under the tho starless sky The warmth of his clasp the sweet sweet- sweetness sweetness sweetness ness of ot their thell breaths mingling She took tooka a leaf leat from the vine Beautiful leaves lean changing color now dappled with scarlet and silver Winter coming r be touch r s sl's J ls l's i f C ti f I b 4 q r Sandy married and Judith unwed long for romane Sandy listens to her cousins cousin's ideas of what love means Sandy posed by Miss of felds feld's Louk the Fourteenth winner of the Smart Set magazine I prize No- No vember cover contest of winter In the breeze Sandy let lethe the t he leaf leat drop from her fingers She Sho said to h herself rough roughly 1 an- an annoyed an annoyed noyed at lit the warmth and restless ness neBS I promised Its It's all set set- set settled tied now But she sho ho went to a stationery store on the way home She bought a II tablet and pencil scrib scrib- scribbling scribbling bling a note Hamon Dont Kamon Dont Don't write to me again Please My mother is ill III Dont Don't send another letter to my home I wl wish h we were back on the A A hundred years ears from now I X may see sec you ou again down there Summer Is over o now hoW The grapevines are all in autumn dress Thanks for the picture S She Se e folded this pago page with re- re reluctant reluctant re reluctant slowness Site She remember remember- remembered ed his quiet quitt when he hd said I Ilove 1 loe you ou Im I'm not going to for for- forget forget for forget get you ou This Is love lo Sandy I know S S S She folded It slowly I thinking Hell lIelI write anyway She Sho want want- wanted vant wanted ed him to write anyway She thought of the envelope at Murillos Murillo's the plate plate the lock on the mall mali box EVen Een Judiths Judith's letters l would be opened I Standing in Irl the little store the tablet resting on the tho counter San San- Sandy Sandy San Sandy dy turned this thought over and andover andover andover over Even ht Judith might no long long- longer longer er writ to her The Tho imago image ot of the torn envelope elope sharpened Ho was going to open all her h r letters lie He wanted her herto herto herto to know Imo ho was vas doing thIs thIs- this he he Would he though Sho decided decided decided ed swim swiftly She went out hotly ly holly flushed to the tho eyes es She cut ent to the post office and rented a box She said al said l to Ill drop Judo a line IIno and tell herl her Her thought answered Youre not doing It for Judith Judith Dont Don't kid Idd yourself She pretended not to hear S SS S'S She |
