Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
THE NEGLECTEDWIFE,"
Chapter IA Intrigue"
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JOSEPH DUNN
Chapter IA Yelled Intrigue,
BY JOSEPH DUNN

The Tilt of hand-organ purled
through the sounds from the street
Broodingly Mary stood before the open
window. her thoughts beating hope
lessly against the wall of her husbands
cold withdrawal.
Since the night, over a week ago
when she had Historically denounced
his unfaithfulness. he had been con-
strained and aloof.
Though they had both avoided any
reference to that emotional outburst,
She knew 1t was never far from their
thoughts.
In the beginning she had told her
self that once he knew that she knew
-she would have TO leave him. Yet
now she shrank impotently before this
final break. Had her suffering dulled
her pride? To what further indiEni-
ties might she not be subjected?
The organ was nearing. It's notes
more insistently harsh. The jangling
tune grating on her morbidity. she
closed the window.
| A shatterinE crash. A stone hurled
through the glass fell at her feet In
dignantly she risioned some careless
boys at play. Then she saw folded
paper was tied to the stone.
| II was a note, crudcly written In a
Disgusting hand:
Margaret Warner is out of your
way. II you want her for divorce pro-
| ceedings. go to Lichten's Sanatorium
and ask for Maud Black. Have ar
ranged that only you can sec her
This is my revenge on your HUSBAND
THE YELLED WOMAN"
! The Yelled Woman. 1t sounded
theatric, unreal. Yet that other mes
sage. with the same mysterious sigma
| ture, gave credcncc TO this
Margaret Warner! The name famed
up at her. Why should She have any
solicitude for the fate Of this girl who
had come between her husband and
herself? Then came visions OF the
! s8natorium's frowning stone walls
grim. forbiddinE. inclosing unknown
! horrors.
That she owed her rescue the night
| Of the houseboat fire to MarEarets
courage. Mary knew. 1t had long been
CALLING obligation. Here was a
| chance TO cancel it. Wild impractical
plans crowded her mind. AT last one
came that seemed feasible.
Breathlcss action crowded the next
few hours. Having telephoned Nor
wood. she drove by for him. and they
dashed out to the sanatorium.
room. paralyzed with terror. She ad-
mitted having been lured there by
note stating that q friend was in dis
| tress-but not saying the note had
claimed II was Kennedy.
Norwood. furiously indignant, de-
manded her instant release. ignoring
the protest of the physician, he swept
her down to the waiting car, and they
were out OF the grounds before the
guards could stop them
1t was not until they were several
miles beyond the senatorium that the
car slowed down to normal speed, and
they relaxed their held breath.
To Margaret's farered gratitude.
Mary was coldly unresponsive. Now
that Margaret was safe, all her jealous
luminosity surged back.
With anxious solicitude Norwood
helped Margaret out when they drew
up before her apartment. His love for
her had been very evident in the past
hour. and he was plainly disappointed
when Mary quietly remarked that she
would go up with Miss Warner.
Urging Margaret not TO overtax her
strength, and saying he would tele-
phone that evening. Norwood saw them
TO the elevator
In her own rooms. Margaret faced
Mary with poignant embarrassment
Won't you be seated" awkwardly. a
deep flush dyeinG her pallor. II
hardly know how to thank you"
i've been in your debt since tho
night OF the fire." interrupted Mary
coidly. Now that is cancelled. and
can say what l wish-what for months
/ have forced back"
She paused. gripping the back of
the chair by which she stood The
faint tapping of a window shade en-
phasized the stiffness. Then in a voice
whose rigidity betrayed the effort to
keep 1t steady:
Miss Warner. I'm going TO ask you
to end your friendship with my hus-
band. I've known and been silent-for
months"
pulsating pause. The very air was
charged with theNtenseness of the mo-
ment Then Mary turned to the door
with low. depressed. Il think need
say nothing more"
As the door closed. Margaret still
stood dazed. Once before she had
thought she had touched the drers of
humiliation, but now the black waves
that cnEulfed her. plunged her to
abysmal depths.
1t was O'Clock that evening when
Margaret. pale and tense. opened the
door to Kennedy's familiar ring.
why. what does this mean" as he
glanced around the disordered room-a
half-packed trunk and a chair heaped
with clothing.
I'm giving up the apartment"
quietly.
Giving up the apartmentT' he al
most shouted.
"Oh. Horace. don't! I've been through
too much-I can't stand it,"
You mean you're leaving the apart
mentor you want to leave me?"
1T isn't what want to dots what
must do. What we should have done