Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
Careless Hearts
HAZEL DEYO BATCHEL0R
BY no., 900, by Public Ledger Co.
e''" ny,NA TAKES STOCK


e''" DIANA TAKES STOCK
u,a Julian Grant dtscorI
Diane Nv" ,Cdrs Of marriage trdt
after ne m,s' missed the THRU o. sVett
Mv "reoIW ~ love. Then .m .,,,o,,v
es'V and decide 10 separu.gg' ano m D1nd
Dlanas t,IenuS t'is,os on On ne subject TO Ahce
t,us her 'rbo comes to find out the tru'n
,rrME does wonders and in two woeA'
Il as, of the newness Of tie arrange
mus ms vorn off. Diana had written
men rarents, explaining briehy that
70 "' Iu,,an had felt It best and that
.rt,re affair had been manaseo WIN"
, nn, publicity Of any kino. w., r,,,an 70
out , pu az, not going TO allow Juram W
al" $40 either" she had written,
finance coon as I can look around !
"Just as N get something to DO;
am gon,s ,that Il is: but surely there
don't car. .somethIng for me. something
must Iv enable me to live without neip
that VIII I,,ian I cannot tell you now
ron oniuh,f,, and conslderate he mas oeen;
NOUS always thought him the oess anu
ns,' ~ men. The tragic part OF .ne
nIi n,ire thing Is that he is S SMa5'E u,,en
~ /
kind oi nance II we hadn't lived In
han ~ town and II people hadn't CON.
me ss'.s A.. make me see too much OF MN,
uNeu u,ipht have been different.
tn,nss tn, ,vns still occupying the apart
Dian%h ,.htch she and Julian had had To-
mem " bnt she Intended to give II up
ge'neI sonn az she obtained work or
lus. lind It was entirely too expen.
sol,' for her own use ana even nov
s ss. did not feel right about Keepins u
ene % T,,,ar living at his club. she ana
VIII WIN o'd had never lived extravagantly'
JuHa" tod kent one maid. whom IHana
Ine' "a With her. and the apartment
sun nn"autif,Illy furnished. Aside from
wa. was ,heir tastes had been simple. Diana
tha,; th.,ad ,1et 70 i've even more simply than
,be had In the past ..u ,,,,,,
tee teehe cat one morning before ner nttis
Sne Going over some old letters ana
DESK oesk, sO"i 80 nion what to do first. In h"r
nynas sbe ran over the men she knew
piIsoor piI.su friends Of Julian's, most OF
Cacn'0 su, She had had no men friends OF
tne"" We ou,n In the little circle in when
st sse and Julian had moved marr,ed
women ,ae a,' marriage, and divorce scan
IiSsA married woman. whether she was
esnnv "a or not, was supposed to make the
hhag,p' h.a, NJ things. Diana sighed as she
Wousht that great many people were
severely criticizng her blaming her TOT
ser,sthing that might have been avoided:
tou, Sn,,,d II have been avoided? The thought
.,,,ct her suddenly. And then. as she
s.hought back over the last two weeks
~ hIessed rest from any routine. OF
Savine things entirely her own way OF
,Ss absence Of irritation that Julian's
nreserce had often caused her. she
hoSrht that any sacrifice was worth
thIs precious freedom.
u" Srddenlv the thought struck her Of
trsakng of entirely with the old life.
With the old friends: Of starting out
anew with everything Seeirr ~" old
rowd would always bn an unhappy r"-
hs conscious OF their disapproyal.
whether it was there or not. How
splendd Il would he just to drop ont:
10 take up new life. TO start afresh
Alter all, romance could ro'or c""'" ="
nor through the friends OF her old life.
Tbe past stood out like barrier shut
ling her away from the things she
"Fl,e She thought Of Alice Irwin. her brave
attempt to see things fairly, her. offer OF
ranch friendship. She would keep
Alice Twins friendship. but she would
her TO the rest. The more she thought
about 1t the more this idea appealed to
her as the thing to do. But most i'm
rortsnt Of all was her work. What could
phe do that would bring her In money?
She had never been trained TO work OF
any kind and she did not know where
10 turn for advice. She wondered II she
possessed any talent that she might turn
10 account The idea was fascinating.
\ added 10 her longing to be entirely
free OF the old associations. and the
more she thought Of II the more she
realized that II was the only thing to do.
She simply could NOT take chance of
running into Julian. That would be
frightfuly embarrassing for both Of
them. t.-..F-'
But what to do--that was the uues-
ton. II would have to be something
that would enable her to live. Diana
sat back and began to take stock of her
assets.
Julian vas rNving for tho apartment
and would continue to do so until she
gave Il up. OF ready money of her own
she had about $500. Julian had ar
ranged to have n certain sum paid to
her every month bv h's lawyers That
must he stonped immodiN telv. and could
BE- very easily when sho had droDped out
Of things. The world lay before her.
mysterious and little bit frightening.
!. Diana squared her firm little chin and
determined to take whatever life offered
her
Tomorrow-JuIian's lawyer, David
WheelOck