Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-01
The Last StrdiU


II uusr,t until Diana aud julian
Long met, after their divorce ndd
been In eject for several months, that
tie truth burst upon them. They hdd
separated because they felt thdt ther
Marriage had lacked romance ot ony
KIND based az u tpos on long tr1end-
ship. But When they met rhev ooth
realised their LoDe for each other ~
course, Julian did not beleve thdt
Diana could possibly care tor him
and Diana felt the same ABOUT Juhnh.
And So lest he suspect the truth, She
nromised GIcares Mdltby. a man whom
sh, could ucpcr iove, to marry nm
Alice Ir-cir, friend OF Dtdnd's, Sits'
pcctir1 the true state OF d1drS, trtes
10 convince her thdt sfe Is running
DiauG is determined to Keep her prom
Corst9rec 20 % Lorino is playing the IN
dsrstandin1 friend to JuitGn ~ the
hope Of getting him to propose mar
1idOo 10 her.
WHILE Julian was with constance
w he was not so miserable as he was
r,,an he was alone. Sometimes. after
=. b.d left her, he felt that he must go
to Diana. that he must have last talk
with her, that he must see her again
before she went out of his life Forever :
hut pride kept him from doing anything
Of the kind. Sometimes memory would
sweep over him with its poignant sweet
,ess and II would seem that the pres
ant state of affairs couldn't be true
that II was all an ugly dream;
He was sitting at his desk late oiie
afternoon when his fefre,ayi fieSngayion SSh that
iadv was waiting outside 10 see MIN
Juiian frowned He thought or course
that Il must be Constance. ana Some.
how he did not want to see her just
then. ,"
The girl shook her head.
"Find out who II Is. ,
The secretary went out and returned
in few minutes.
Alice, good old Alice" Julian thought
o himself a relieved smile broke over
his face. -, I-,,,,
": and the next minute Alice was ad-
vancing toward him and he was shak-
ing her hand warmly, =, ,.s. -,
Julian, you'll think me all KINDS s .,
a meddler," Alice began. after they nau
talked trTiaities for here fem sTd see yoa
about something important
His face betrayed nothing, but a
thought leaped crystal-clcar in his NINA
and set his pulses to leaping'
IT'S about Diana" she said, as
though reading his thoughts, she Ism
happy; she's miserable. How can you
two people be so blind? Haven't you
caused enough unhappiness without
running everything?'
What are you talking about. Alice?
Julian's tone was almost rough.
About you and Diana. know you u
think it's none of my business. but In
fond of you, Julian, and love Diana
! know you're in love with her, and She
has admitted that she loves you
Julian almost sprang from his chair
"She admitted that"
Alice nodded. yesterday; and tried
to reach you on the telephone all after
noon and couldn't"
go on" he said. eagerly. you have
more to tell me"
Alice clasped her hands. and her
voice shook little. You see Julian
because of you and Diana. I almos'
made foolish mistake. I thought jim
didn't love me any more, and ! wa:
| tired of marriage. I wouldn't tell yor
this only II explains why / am inter
| fering between you and Diana now
When I saw your face the day l tolC
you of Diana's engagement, l knew tina
| you still cared; and when ! went L
Diana she admitted that she loved you
| but that she intended to go on will
| this marriage because she would not 70
the world have you know the trutl