Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-30
THE GLAD SURRENDER
Further Misunderstanding
by HAZEL DEyO BATCHELOR
Copvrioht. Isft. by Public ledger Co.

Wien Laurel Stone married Grdr-
s;Uc Burton she surrendered every
I t5ipo GLADLY to him. She ,oenf into
n Sifereut tcorld quite fedriess'p, for
Gronpilis Burton had a great deal Of
o,ouev and his people cere not her
,,onls. then toere not the ,oorkers
~ tbe ,rorld. Just after her mar
,;ooe sbe discovered the cotdness Of
,bs man and his reasons for marrying
her. phich ,ccre purely material. A
2 .,c,r infer that Junior is born. Then
. gavrci uithdra,cs herself. She makes
lrrscH oper into the Kind Of toomdn
.Lc thinks he icdnfs, Only TO have
Groupille discover his loue for HE
,.;tc n Iope that 0periedps oil barriers,
iii obstacles. Al masked ball he
a,otcs Iovc to her under the ouise Of
stronocr and Laurel misunder-
,,oUds, Desperate because nc feels
Lcr Unhappiness aud u certain that
he has killed her lore, he Offers her
freedom.
urERHAPs you would like to think
u over" he went on. II will
A. ANYTHING you say, do anything you
Ike 70 make it easy for you:
She was so silent In the pig cnalr,
s,oof from him, her beautiful prows
drawn straight above her eyes, tn,nk
;nr. thinking.--he wondered about wnat. nat
"Aad Junior?'' she asked atter a ie"
'p'I Iunior, He hadn't thought OF the
V psV' 1;ven n single thought to his son.
Tbo H. Fact was astounding. Everything
soeu,ed so small in comparison with the
soct that he was giving up Laurel tna'
III ms going out of his life. that per
Luz s.ns some time far in the future she
was was going to find happiness WIN s1,na pns
otbsr man-that happiness that ne had
not troubled to give her. . h,,
ue closed his eyes a moment pu'
,be was not looking at him. u
gu" Whatever you say" he said finally
usrn was her triumph. Here was
cr.nville Burton at her feet. surren
S.r;nr 10 her. He had offered her her
f,seJom. with the custody OF their son
that son that he had wanted most OF
,rrtb;na Ia the world. Laurel knew
how much he loved the baby. She had
watched Granville pick up the tiny
thing in his arms, and she had wats1eo
his cold, gray eyes light TO sudden
warmth, as they did not hght at any
thing else. save, pcrhaps-an Ine
thought made her suddenly treuViel
save. perhaps. the way they had olazeu
tbrourh the black mask the other night
rben he had held her in his arms. She
shook of the suddenly weakness tnat
tbreateoed TO overpower her. Why did
sbe keen thinking OF the other night !:
Granville was, after all, o man. ana
No had taken n deliberate advantage OF
circumstances to kiss her as he might
have kissed any other pretty woman.
II was easier to kiss ones wife; there
would be less scandal about II. She
remembered the night he had asked her
TO bc his wife and had taken her in
his arms. She could hear now the roar
NJ the city about them as they stood 10
the darkness together and the way he
lad kissed her then. 1t had been that
kiss that had deceived her. 1t had been
that kiss that had convinced her OF his
love. And after all he had kissed her
that way only that once. 1t had been
merely because he was man Influenced
for a moment by the time and the nm
usual emotion Of the moment., HIS
treatment of her afterwnrd had been
purely mechanical, kind and courteous,
but passionless. E.lg &g,r
And yet with victory in her, hands
fhe IONCU MIN 200 ihuCn W nun "ih
that much and. woman-lke, she post
poned the decision. "a .... y
"Shall we think over the best possible
way out?" she asked after a minute.
Laurel was not really reasoning, she
was purposely misunderstanding. II
she had stopped to use logic she would
have seen that GrarviIle's attitude about
Junior precluded any selfishness on his
part in the matter. But she was sick
at heart and overwrought. Her world
was crumbling about her. Her pride
kept her from holding Granyil Ic at any
cost now that he had offered her free
dom, and yet she at that moment could
not accept his Offer. The one thinl
she could do. was to postpone the ulti'
mate issue. .
About the> other night" be sale
finally. II want to apologize: / lost
my head, guess. l know L had nc
right. at least you had given me tc
understand that had no right. that
you did not want those things. There
is nothing can do excepting to say thai
I am sorry"