The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-13

"Of course I'm not SURF, Madge Il
proud and wouldn't tell me anything
But there was a woman walter useC
TO know before he met Madge. befor,
he came out here. He was pretty thicl
with her and Madge didn't like II.
saw that much" He then told OF tn,
incident the night at the restauran
| when Aimee Loree asked Madge q
lend Walter to her. He also told o
Msdge not going on the hunting trip
he called her. was one OF the party.
But II he cared for her, why did h,
| marry Madge? She brought him n,
money. no personal advancement II
any way" Mrs. Clark interrupted. ask
ing the same question Madge had 81
| often asked.
IT'S beyond mel But--mother, we
when went to New York But hav'
sort of made up my mind folks have &
worry out OF such situations without
aryone meddling," Madges big broth
| er wiped his eyes, frankly unashamod.
Bill is right, mother Write Madg'
how sad we all are that she isn't happy
But don't give advice" Susan broke in
That's right Susan has the rlghi
idea. Just tell her we all love her and
when IL is all over we want her TO come
| home and be our little girl again.
don't think much OF this divorce busl-
be free IL they can't live together. She's
pretty young to be tied the rest OF heI
life." Mr.. Clark astonished them ali
by his remarks. They had thought he,
more than her mother. would be against
a divorce. But his love for his baby
as he always thought OF Madge, had
made him lenient even toward divorce,
SO while Madge was adjusting herself
TO her new surroundings. unable to sleep
because of her fear that the folks at
home would censure her, perhaps never
forgive her for wanting n divorce, a let
ter breathing only love and understand
ing was on its way.
When she read the long, loving let
ter. she broke down utterly. Not for
months. really two years. had she wept
as uncontrollably as she did when the
family letter reached her--each had
written line. although the letter was
from her mother.
How good II Is to have them" she
said as after a while she wiped her
eyes.
"'At makes on cry muverY' Douglas
asked. attempting to dry her tears with
his little hand. IT'S ou sick7"
mo dear, mother isn't sick She'll
not cry any more"
Anything can DO. maamT" Han
nah asked.
mo. Hannah, thank you. was only
me-" Hannah now knew that Madge
had left Walter and while she said
nothing. inwardly she rejolced. Per-
haps she would witness some sort OF
after ALL sSsy sut
why should they blame your You
was always sweet; no matter
There. Hannah. We won't talk
about 1t. or about Mr.. Kenney. was
too young to marry That Is the rea-
son we have had trouble"
~ always said so, and so did cook.
You was like little girl when you first
came to New York. 1t was hard for
us to think of you as our mistress and a
woman"
Yes, was nothing but a little girl"
Madge said when Hannah had taken
Douglas and left her alone, Just a fool
sh little girl chasing rainbows, expect
ing to find happiness at the end"
Chapter cxIlI.
Until Madge's unhappiness had
driven her to think of divorce, she had
she considered the matter at
lll--that people who divorced each
other were continually quarrelling. She
lad not imagined people who had lived
.oGether as husband and wife could
as calmly as had she and
Walter; that they could so quietly talk
lbout 1t. She had not realized that
ong- drawn, constantly recurring fric-
ion frequently brought such n crisis.
In Madee's reading she had run across
he expression THE secret of tho
rhen. "a sin insteod ~ n draught of
feeottor "a ,aisa as enorinsiv ne m
,nicurS teitas a nriceIess vintage is n
active roo,,irenent
II This were true sbe had nerbons
wasted her own and Walters love by
too free an expression of
,aif As shn sat hy The Windows xrnit
ng TO-. I've dro gging dayu a. nosa sho
Man woundered r. sbe mad cared less
had nretended "a cnro icss.if I,
would bnvo made onv dirferorce
lack Turner had writtsn n long low
me- Latter IJo saId he geIt thnt now
hnvish wav ~ his Ioye HE adr,ira-
io,, Sos ~o' VI NO io''' ''' ""'''''
Maize was deI,vbted n rocetva his
etter and Rad a. over and over IF
he had seemed 70 care little for lack
erhaps II hnd been because she Ind |
rown into the conventional woman
or She never donhted that some
No n Tho fnture sbo would ,norrS,
anH vet even ~ herseif she had never
retended n would no soon. n
Then n few dava inter ha receivod
or answer. Jack came,
An the long aftornoon thev tnIked
,rether Madqe triad ~ hA very
en sihle tried 70 ,ooir NJ tba matter
rom every nossib,e angle. even going
! far as 10 saw that narhnps after
he was a djvorcee he ,yonldn,t want
or ant lack was 40 snre ~ h,nnseir
: nosjtive he would make her hann,,
,at naturallv II had It's cffect ,inoy
err
IVhen he loft Madga Tint ovsrtnr 4,
,as with pronise that she ,vouId
ecide def,nitelv THAT she would MARRY
i'm when she had gottor her divorre,
,at abe would fell him heforo he loft
10 next morning.
ar Won refuse me. Madge 7 ahaIy
ccept position which mas INST haer
Tered me in south America cnn-
n remain nenr Won and not have
oil for NV own"
As Madge watched him swing down