Show Sandy Elenore i CIL IS letter laid ald ad down the th terms fo tor Sandy Sandys surrender This Thu Thua he a seemed to bellevo believe would be b Itt and Inevitable She would forget his hll hand striking against her ber She would even concede that her er errors alono were ere re- re responsible responsible tor for hi his violence Sho She read It a wild lId beat In her h mind She whispered God God S How I hate him She ground her teeth holding S the p pago go tightly before her This was wal tho the letter After Atter your conduct ot of Satur- Satur Saturday Saturday day night you OU doubtless fear tear to return I I am writing this to say that my house Is open to you You Tou may como corno back You Tou will wl find the door open and no anger cherished for tor the reckless m man man- manner n ncr ner of ot four your our departure A As AI your our husband I feel teel eel It my duty to give you this chance to keep your marriage vows vow and to remind you OU that those vows S are artor for tor life liCe I wish to safeguard you from the tha consequences of oC your our de de- de defiance fiance and folly You You probably are re In a frame ot of mind now to appreciate the ease and comfort of ot the home I have made for tor you ou It Is still yours You Tou n need ed only make up u your our mind to conduct yourself as asa s a wife ICe should Ther There will wili bo be no quarrel when you OU do lour jour our part par It lt Is a year now since you have refused all wifely ICely obliga- obliga obligations obligations though you ou have havo not hen hen- t ted to demand more than wifely privileges Looking back bach you probably will realize that the benefits of ot this relationship are aro aroon aron on your our side the burdens on omine mine You Tou probably will see sec that your refusal reCusal to accept all guld guid- guidance guid- guid guidance ance your determination to shirk OUI manifest duties are aro for tor any and all un- un Unpleasantness unpleasantness pleasantness between us I 1 bore bor with you In the first tInt year of ot our marriage because ot of o your extreme yoUth ou lh I I believed that you OU would woul learn to appreciate the gravity of oC oCtha otha the tha step you ou had taken that you yoi ou would come to realize marriage Is Isa isa lia a life Ufa contract I 1 am stIlt still wait wait- waitIng Ing for tor this awakening My My y motives In marrying you were the highest Aside from from my emotional regard which was wa great I wished to found a home homeI I sought a mother for tor my chil chil- chil children dren From the beginning you OU have hav not seemed to understand these thes aspirations You seem to have entered marriage as lightly as you ou entered flirtations But But I 1 will remind you ou that you youcan youcan ou can not end It In this casual man man- manner mannor manner ner nor I have havo kept sacredly the term of o our contract I 1 requIre only that you do the tho same ame It If you have any lingering thought of oC oCa ofa ol a separation dismiss It You are arc I 1 Intend to hold bold you to the promises you ou made These have a a binding power which my principles dont don't permit me to Ignore I I would also Inform you ou that the law gives a husband the rIght to correct his wife ICe when hen her conduct Is unseemly Any Impartial par par- judge will admit that a a man Inan may point out to his hie wife ICe the dangers of ot smoking and drinking and advise In matters matter of oC propriety propriety ety StIr You have therefore no jo- jo grounds for running out of oC this house houe as you ou did last Saturday I was as within my rights and can prove e It You You will g in nothing not but un- un pleasant notoriety It if you mal make makeI any effort to dispute this I I am willing to overlook tl the I entire Incident to wipe It out completely When hen you OU return you o will wilt find a welcome I b be- be beiro iro you acted on an Impulse Impulso that 1100 you OU now regret And I sh shell overlook the anxiety you caus caused me mo and receive recel you back backs I shall ask no questions S I I She twisted the letter roll rolled It between her palms then palms then she sho smoothed It out phrases leaping at her as though written in fire The right to correct her To bring his fist ag against her No If it she did her par part parti Her part was to be Ills his servant nt more more obsequious than a dog Ask tor for no friends no no liberty liberty- no laughter She got up and w walked to the tl window staring at the surf sur fling tUng- flinging Ing Its lacy spray against the rocks Its It's not net worth thinking about Go back to him She would find a welcome I She breathed In lit short flaming flamin gasps Go back to that hou- hou house and that sordid relation rel No- No No- No she wasn't going back St She wouldn't be stan started ed or beaten ln Into 11 it It She would w uld do as Alice wrote walk walk Into the ocean grimly ocean grim I walk Into the ocean first She Sho fixed flied her eyes on the waves wa and fancied herself herselt climbing down don the rocks running along the re sands reaching blindly reaching the thi w wa a ter hurling herself down S S S 0 She thought with quiet I could do it she re remembered re- re remembered remembered the night In Honolulu 1 when she had so nearly drowned remembered tha tho waters massing against her breathing her breathing the Wilt wet HI irs rs strangling u with Ith them fight them fight fighting ing this the awful suffocation She shuddered at the overpowerIng terror of oC that sensation But she ahe repeated I could do IU It He meant to hold her torre for tor life re But Dut she ehe was gone now And he would never ne find her never drag her back beck She would make sure of ot this Suddenly his offer octer I 1 shall haE sk ILsk no questions came camo softly Into her mind It made her tremble She began to laugh to te repeat aloud No questions She kept laughing How magnanimous magnanimous mag- mag he was but Ah-but Ah but he thought she he h had Md d run home homo that thai night Thought she had gone gone to her mother or to May Miss Aliss Ho lIo was su sure re of oC her In his he heart rt positive that she had neither deed nor thought to conceal Ho Ha could of afford Cord to be generous Hadn't he married her after atter a II night In a hillside cabin cabin- with But Dut wh what t It if he be knew of oC Ra- Ra flamont R mon mont What It if he thought she had bad sped off In the night with another She became quIet quIet-an quiet an oppressive sire she heat pulsing outward from her veins She had left Murillo finally She had run oft off hereWIth here hero with Ith R Ramon flamon mon She had no money not not even her clothes And now Sho She walked back to the f place fire ire place place impetuously impetuously shoving sho these gnawing gnawing- thoughts thought aside Now what hat ah sho said uld d defiantly Im happ happy Im I'm free Im I'm gladder than Ive I've been In 1 two years Ican I Ican can get by by- Others have have- haveS have S 0 S 0 Sho She picked up the other let let- letI letters letters let let-Lers I They were front Ramon Ramon- RamonI Ramon I filled with solicitude and nd eager easel eagerness eagerness ness for tor her happiness How I 1 hated leaving you ou there alone Were Vere you frighten frighten- frightened ed But you must rest and dont don't worry about anything Why be bo Sandy you glad What good will ill It do to regret the tho thelast last ast None except to mar the tho resent and the future Twenty Twenty- Twenty one one CIne Is far tar too early for tor such euch uch a program Try to forget torget things that have ha made you unhappy and take the gladness you OU can find Theres There's plenty lenty ot of o it II darling Nice place piece Isn't It Nice ocean at your feet teet Im I'm hoping to leave lea on the early train Saturday morning and It if you ou Invite me will 11 stay to din din- dinner din ner ncr Saturday night I 1 love you you- you love you you-you'll you you'll make malte out out- out She 1 She Sho read flushed flushed read and reread the phrases that soothed toothed her Inthe Inthe In the lonely quiet of ot the tho room she drank them thorn up She Sho saw Ramon Ramonus as he had stacked the dIshes looking at her with a boyish Ive often pictured you here Sandy It seems perfectly nAt nAt- nAtI nAtural natural nat nat-i ural Does It to you I she ahe pressed the tho letter agaInst her lips Ills Immediately this aroused her She scoffed grow grow- growIng growing ing more and more fevered Im crazy Its It's so quiet here so here so But I love him Oh you do not Youre You're crazy crazy- crazy She put her hands over her eye eyes She Sho was distracted and hero hero- was a squeezing and a burnIng that lay like a claw on her throat that k kept pt dig dig- digging dig digging ging at her It was Murillos Murillo's one letter one part ot of It that she tried desperately to Ignore the the one ono true thing thine ho he said It was this You seem seem to havo have entered marriage as lightly as you en- en entered en entered flirtations But you can cannot cannot cannot not end It In this casual manner S S She nodded her eyes hot and wide fixed on the tho ceiling Yes Yes- Yes thinking she lightly breezIly lightly breezily could get what by-what by what ho A bus hus- hus husband bandl band It was staggering to her now that she had been able ablo to think In this that manner manner that no real et- et effort fort tort had ever been made to discipline discipline pline her Yes Isabel Yes Isabel had done her best but she had never no real yeal- realIzed real realized the complete Immaturity ot of ota ofa ofa a girl just 19 ID Sandy appeared grown appeAred grown appeared rational And she was as far tar 5 as the rationality of oC a girl ot of li 19 goes goes- goes But Dut to herself herselt now the Sandy ot of t two o years ago appeared an ap- ap ap appallingly halt half baked bilked Individual True she had made promises with no conception ot of their real solemnity And these promises were now to ruin the re rest t of ot her life liCe Mu- Mu Murillo Mu rillo Mu-rillo rillo i illo could keep her bound No he cant can't she whIspered hotly hoth reaching down and bury bury- buryIng burying ing her hands In the dogs dog's neck She could scarcely breathe She ope opened nod the door The sun eun was a setting a ball magenta colored riding gently down the sky eky touching the clouds cloude with copper I Ho couldn't keep her bound I liar Her life liCe was waa her own complete own complete completely ly Iy now Live it as a she ahe pleased I Continued Tomorrow |