The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-09-02
Caused All Resentment to Come Back.

Caused All Resentment to Come Back.
1t was terrible, that is all we can say,
and we might add that Gerald was the
only one Of the three that acted cred
itably. He retreated to his room, leav-
ing Edith clustering and Tom gasping
In an endeavor to find some retoinder
to her biting words.
When Gerald came down stairs, two
hours later, Edith was still crying.
Its all ended" she sobbed on Ger
AIDS shoulder. "Tom has telephoned
for his lawyer and I have telephoned
for mine. They win be here this eve
ming to arrange for the divorce. 1t is
better So"
At seven o'clock Edith was in an eve
ming gown, seated in the library wait
Ing the arrival Of the lawyers with her
husband, although they were not to be
there until eight. She was fighting
hard to keep back the tears, and as she
sat there with just the tiniest tears
glistening In her eyes she looked like
pretty little disobedient child trying
to stick to 1t that she had not been
naughty at all. She tried to brighten
up when Gerald entered.
Read this, Sis. It's my latest
story" her brother said as he pushed
forward a manuscript to her, and then
passed out. 1t was Just like Gerald to
give her something to take her mind
off her trouble. she reflected, as she
tried to open the pages. If Tom had
only been more like himi
Divorced Edith was free. In her
hands were the papers that Cancelled
her marriage certificate. Somehow
the feeling Of freedom that she had
expected did not come over her. 1t
seemed odd to see Tom hailing a taxi
and not offering his arm to assist her
In. There he was, going away alone,
perhaps she would never see him
again, and he had not kissed her good
by. OF course, he hadn't He did not
have the right to now. 1t felt funny
to be hailing taxi for herself, and the
ride home felt horribly lonely.
How wearisome the house was, and
how quiet The servants had all gone
away for the day.
Where was the large portrait of Tom
that had stood in the corner In the IT,
brary? OF course he had taken that
away. How strangely unfamiliar was
he
ON the table where his pipes had stood
and a dish of candies replaced his ash
tray. Who had given orders for those
changes? Why Tom, Of course. He
was always considerate in little things
for no one knew as he did what
pleased her most.
The flowers were violets. too, her
| favorites In the excitement she had
| not noticed that. 1t was good of Tom
| to remember them. How could he for
get them-how could either of them
forget them7 Was 1t not in wood
purple with violets where first they
had met? Were they not violets he
brought with the ring that sealed their
engagement, and had not her wedding
bouquet been most Of violets?
How beautiful had the violets
seemed thenI What wonderful day
1t had beenI What wonderful lover
had Tom beenI What wonderful
1 husband had he started out to be!
Why had he changed? The question
startled Edith. The thought that per-
haps she had been to blame for the
whole thing came to her for the first
time.
| In a lonely apartment in a large
hotel, sitting before a fireplace that
had not been kindled, his head In his
| hands, sat Tom, the loneliest man
in creation. That day he had lost his
dearest possession, the most wonder
| full little wife in the world, and he
had just realized that the whole thing
had been his fault
He had crossed Edith in her every
little whim, just as she had crossed
him In his, though he should have
overlooked that They had expected
too much of one another. To make
life happy one must give in to ones
life mate, but neither Edith or Tom
had surrendered to each other on even
small points 1t was wonder they
had not been divorced before.