Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-16
A SWEETHEART AT THlKlf
The Story OF Woman trans'o' mA'o"'
ny MARION RuBINCAM
A LONG DRIVE.
Cbon,ar CNIII.

Chapter CNlii. e
As vic Sid away from the g"te "
nv old home. turrcd around i"lj
Ia, ,sl Nm II was almost that should
,s. 'as' lu"S -. placc IN Hculy Falls for years
xnd rhcn | did. il would be rs N,Ts'
Erar,,s NJ, ,adc. aS the wife OF wSaltnH
busircss nm, NJ. rs the mistress oi "2N'hH
-. ~ tho ,,itv. rs the mother by aooP'-
ION of my beloved Violet :,
III. e,,rnb Dusc was not roinaht0 !"
IL :, /, wa, the sort OF place ore might I
H. slad to leave Farmhouscs are SUP |
noscd 10 I've ra thcr quaint and attr1c~'lNv, ~
with long. low hires. thick walls ara SiFn /
fms And some are trarcls ana ~.
found orc hui that does ho' "'''' : =
tins part cf the story ~ a,,.s
0ur iarmhouss, was built IN the Gays
,bo. !, rarp,u-chc-tcd style OF aIch'-
,o.,u,o ,Sccrn,,i 10 prevail Its To0t ran
90 TOO sharp n peak. II was rot hTo3,'
.,o,,ch Tho windows We're To" s'i'al.'
so IN winter the rooms seemed dAT ai-''
summer there vas not enough IN
,,,rrod for a last lcoh, thinking St"0'd
f,cl scntlmrutal and wondering why
d,dn't Esther nj tbc gate waved h'r ai' ~
linn had disappeared, James shI"eu i'1
s,nccrc regret 10y the very way ne 49,
thcro Poor lancS We h;h Er"Ni
Sond NJ each other during our month u
gcthcr. -: ,,;o,v as
ETH sot facing h.r way We had come
on,r house was on the edge 81 ~" ~
lago. IN i, few minutes We we're luH-
n1ns th, length az Nam Street past
,bo fcv shops that madc what Wc SOME
,,mes called the 'byrsucss centre. N"i'i'
az tho vlliag,, women waved rs | p3Ss'4i
and a group stood togc4hcr WllGhihE ="
ear ont If sight ] could GUESS non com
ments,
And again | sighed. ! was Tree "i i
20 ucrI,. Fails us narrow circle winch
i meyer liked. its gossip ot person ai'1.''fS
xh,ch hor,.d me its selfish Viewpoint VIII
which | had no sympathy -
aSorrv 10 ro2" Francis asked near
turned and smiled at hun
.Nn said simply Il never was
So glad of anything ~ my llie. III.
Ito laughed steering the car 'N's.',lH
around a loaded wagon and nlhilhR tiS'''
- We struck a smooth road
That leaves me out. ne sad ,
NO answered, for yoA Tc taklhF
me away ,. ,,;+I
my own thoughts. and FTanciS tacttuiN
Ii nc o,ute alone But the best 81 me-,
orr, matcrlall>tS around mcal7meS,
tb,nL FranclS finally broke lntomy reF
erles bv as king
"Arc vou hungry
ca,no hack n earth with l:ligh anu
nodded rrmcmherng suddenly tE't ~,
becn ton unset to cat mHch hn.aN' II !
Their, : 4 g,,oi hotel to iunch II II t.n m
naxt Town hc informed m" And VI
talkcd rs unmporttni ihinS~ W."
were once more on our way
What do son think YOU accomplish
e3 ~ stavInc away % long. ana keeplhi
M lonely far Il whole month he aSAc'
during THE afternoon
II Jant thtuk actuallv accomniSileI
a,,.,b,rg confessed i madc nlNSe1
lionel, too and uucomi0rtabic hecAaS
aYo.rc not the first MARTYR 70 2
Idea or an Ideal he smiled as rs s!'oh,
What | accomplished was onlE =.
soc,l,ire 81 nv own conscience. 81
al t.l. .clf.b ~ run away from then
n su Their misery and narro"ncSs--
- tlc >orr 81 thing YOU otter me,
">.lr.b b-vou' liz cried II ha
lrou,, Thar vas why YOU went
II, wasn't cutircly ! interrupted
var.,I ,lr r.tv to DO for Esther W..
IL did ior me
H. tes~,ei H..
= whole rev pOIIt ol We" 0ii 4i-' =
dld to mo Conditions were toe strong 4
me- nj HcuIy Fails. ! mad - 81 ava
Nc> nrl her husband. too "eL' ,
vebome,tlS y i a. love gotN sic Z,
Jim long ago ! thought absence nie
b-lnC INN back 70 her and ilei 2 iiii
fo- I don't fhlrk shc l. ~ ioNe VIII ~.
e,ther.lt , only habIt Perhaps love qo''Si
la, rerhapS after wears toeeli'F
itlst becomes
di5 not FINISH the sentence. = nc car
u-,nt..r evening had enveiopcd US We =
bcan running with our high on ior sol
r,,lee FraDcls pulled the car q The sldt
,hc r.rd and stopped We wcr" goI
,hro,lgh "A hitl. woods and our hgnts
80 d,,sk He leaned over and kissed me
~rlv thar then started the car aga
p,,t = went through me, that kiss, as i
o,ber caresses mad done before.
And I did not believe then that 10
r.-c,--sarilv degerrerates INTO hamt,
tbat marriage inevitably loses rs
go Somehow the kiss made g
ference Thinking back. ] could So VIZ
i wa always Esther herself. and IL
J,,n TOO. who slowly choked ont the
,action that existed When they tlrSt in
together.
N would be different with Us
Too happy 70 want 70 talk, ] watci
.ba lights of the city appear Is we
iDtothe suburbs We would be back u
L..la orartrnerlt for dinner and \ wo
= ,bers and I would learn then the 81
non az the oDe problem that sun worr
Monday-Our Dinner