Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21

suit"
Her chum Mary Burnett, looked
at her.
Il hate divorce cases" she said. 81
never. read about them. They're sor-
did. dreary thingsp
You don't remember" said Mona.
You've forgotten who Goodwin
Gays wife is, haven't you--Dora
MaLtyn"
Dora Martyn" said Mary, sitting
up suddenly. Did she marry that
beast' | don't wonder she's had to
divorce himp
BUTTS he that is bringing the
iuitl" said Mona.
"Mona" cried Mary. What an
outrageous thing Poor little Dora
she never did anything that wasn't
right in her life-except to marry a
man like THAR
What was she to dol" asked
\ Mona bitterly Except marry him
and be glad of the chance. She was
like us--she was struggling along,
trying to make both ends meet--and
having constant fight. She chose
marriage. We chose to strike out
for ourselves
And she's come to a horror like
thisr said Mary. She did what nine
people out Of ten would have done
and this is how she is paid Oh.
Mona-I don't care il we have to
use our brains, If we've had TO trick
few men who thought they were
going to trick US, we've done a wiser
thing than shew
Lets go TO the trial" answered
Mona; Maybe we can punish the
beast" ....4
Neither Of them were anxious to
be recognized in the court room.
They did not care, for one thing, to
be elassed with the morbid-minded
women who are attracted by such
cases as this, and, while there was
only faint chance that Mr. Clay
would remember them, they felt that
It might be as we'll to eliminate even
that possibility There was no plan
in their minds they simply wanted
to leave their hands free if il turned
out that there was a chance for them
10 interfere, perhaps to punish Clay,
perhaps 10 save the wife he intended
to treat so cruelty Not for a mo-
ment would either Of them believe
that she could have done anything to
justify the mire Of the divorce court.
So, to avoid recognition, both Mary
and Mona were heavily yelled. They
sat in the back OF the room, and they
listened, with growing disgust, 10
Clay's hypocritieal denunciation of
the woman who had "Wronged" him,
and to the sorry batch Of witnesses
he had gathered in support of his
charges
The chief Of these was character
as notorious in a way as Goodwin
Clay himself, one Jake Minter, pro-
prietor of a roadhouse Of the most
dubious sort. This Minter, as both
the girls knew, was hand in glove
with certain crooked politicians and
had been mixed up, often, in shady
affairs. His political pull had saved
him more than once. And, perjuring
himself now as he recled off his
carefully prepared story, which was
corrobofated by men in his employ
Lies, lies" whispered Mary But
Clay will get his divorce. Unless it
can be proved that Mnter is lying,
the case against her is deadlyP
The event proved that Mary was
right. Minter's testimony could not
be shaken by the defense. Clay's di-
vorce was granted, his wife, dis
graced, was left, dependent once
more upon her own efforts, since
Clay, with a refinement OF mean
ness refused absolutely to make any
provision for her She had disgraced
herself, he said; let her drink the
dregs of the glass she had poured
out for herself But of course Clay
didn't know Mona and Mary, nor did
he know that they had decided to
right wrong he had done, or he might
have been more considerate
The two girls. in their natural in
carnation. looked like fashionable
girls. unlimited when it came to the
satisfaction Of their desire to look
we'll But that night when they drove
in a taxicab to a flashy restaurant,
where they knew Clay generally
went. in the heart OF the white light
district, they had contrived some
what 10 cheaper themselves. They
fitted in with the place where they
dined they looked like the women
who throngcd the place. And yet,
there was difference They could
not, indeed, they had not tried, to
conceal their charms
Ii was Mary who took the lead:
MARY who was, II appeared, decidedly
particular as to the location o.. their
liable. She was. as a matter ~ tact,
looking for Clay And az last she
spied him. playing host 20 a small
and select company OF men, al a table
that commanded a perfect view OF
The cabaret stage And, what was
more important, She saw that there
was "a small table, not far from tlay's
that was, lor the moment unoecupied,
"Ne1i take this table she said,
There was na difficulty about IL
MARY was stranger n that place,
INIT they hoped. and believed that
that would snun hr changed She and
hJf friend. q was obvious, were the
SORT oi patrons the proprietor liked
eWeH there be- is@ said Mary
rLtsian "a mmi He's celebrating
hIs freedom. I suppose HE has
money that's shy those men arc
with bim l00k al themi III be lost
hH monsY they'd Cross the street tn
ayo8 bim
lire two girls. With deliberate IN
tatun. bad seated themselves 8a
lhH. thep Wrft screened item CLAW
ttea. though lhsl themselves tauHl
hra h.m plainly Amd MARI, ainds
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