The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-15
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Copyright 1918. by the Newspaper
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j Enterprise Asaoeiation.l
/ q, was Eleanor Fairlow who told
as the Hatton STORY, after all
I When Mr iiatton recovered from
his nlntlng NJ he was dellrions
with fever. and no ono but Mother
/ Nora aud Pat were allowed 60 see
him. A few days after his Illness
had been published IN tho papers
Miss FNlrlow came over To see me.
/ She brought the baby a beautiful
silver spoon. did not want TO
take u. but | really had no reasons
/ for refusing
You are looking rather III. Mar
gle" she said. ARE yous"
NO. I'm not III" answered, but
with Tim and Annie and this terri
bic school-book muddic. expect
have been worrying. perhaps. more
than Is good for me-"
! Il tell you. was very sorry for
Molic when saw that paragraph In
tho papers. such n thing ma that
follows a girl all through her
life"
Don't you think We eSaggerate
not only its effect. but It's impress.
slon7" ! could not help saying. as
was not going 20 have Eleanor Fair.
low think that Moliie was hurt IN
any way Only n comparatively
fcw--in fact. Just our own set. prob
ably know that tho insinuation was
made about Mollic. and Il viii die
OF it's own accord In a week or two
when they get something else to
writo about"
Il am more afraid OF scandal than
anything else IN the world. | was
nearly sick. Margic. when that won.
an tried TO hlackmall was 40
afraid ! would be- brought into g."
Yes. remember AZ tho time.
| remarked coidly. that you did
not seem at all anxious 10 come
forward and say that he was with
you on tho train"
but. don't you understand. my
dear. that II circumstances had
shaped themselves 80 that should
have had 90 have done that. II would
have damned me forcverg People
would have said Dick and she
were old swcethearts. etc. etc"
Il fail to see what harm there was
In YOU and Dick being on the same
train. and az long as Dick was mar.
rici. you certainly could not have
been sweethearts then. Some one
has written that there Is nothing
so dead as dead love-"
"oh. Margic. how can you say
such things. OF couse. Dick and
we're not In love with each other. !
was Just repeating what thought
people would say.
And because OF what people will
say about Mollle. I wish you would
warn her abou, being seen with MFR.
iihtton. or course, you know he 10
married mani"
Il know nothing OF the kind
Where Is his wife and why IA moth.
Ing said OF herr
It's n tragic story. Chadwick
Hatton married beneath him.
woman who was selfish and under.
bred. who separated him from Pat
and Mother Nora and made him per.
feciiy miserable during the two
years she lived with him. She was
everything that a woman should no,
bc-drank and at last took NOR.
phine. I've been told"
Why does he not divorce herr
Because she has been pronoune.
cd insane, lie keeps her in a pri.
vate sanitarium and does every.
thing he can for her. but II Is said
she il hopelessly insane"
Isn't that terrible7 Why. Chad
wick Hatton is young man"
Yes: and II looks as though she
will outilve him"
Isn't there any way he can get
free from herr"
No. there is not n state In the
Union where divorce will be grant.
ed on insanity. | was going TO tell
/ this TO Dick the other night. and
then | thought he must know of II Z"
4 Eleanor Fairlow stayed quite a
while longer. but for the life Of me
could not get this news OF Mr.
Hatton ont OF my mind. What 81.
feet would Il have on Mollie7 am
afraid that when she knows II she
will think that II IL he instead OF
Pat that abe loves.
SO this is why he has been 80
careful to keep away from her. II
Is worse than death for him, and !
should not be surprised n II did not
complicate Mollles outlook upon
life.
II every body had been perfectly
open about II from the first. every.
thing would have been all right. II
does not do to keep such things
secret.
] hate to tell Dick. for I am sure
that, man-like. he will not for a mo
ment understand what II will mean
II Mollie is in love with Mr.. Hatton.
SO many people have intimated,
little book. that ! talk too much,
but surely II one talks about ones
personal affairs to those one knows
70 be Interested In them. there will
be no near tragedies. as this one
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