Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-08
CARELESS HEARTS
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
Copyright, 1920, bv the Public Ledger Co,npa.y
TUO Women

Diana aud Julian Long tH0hVRt at
rorcc q simple ioay out Of a marriage
that bored them. But dJtertoard they
learned that they loved each other. "
IL had not been for the fact that the
people tcho cared for them undfrt0o6
TO bring them together again, they
might havG gone through life conscious
that they had made a tremendous mis-.
take. They tDere too proud to admit
their lope for each other, aud Dtand
became engaged to q man she didn't
lore, tohile Julian asked toomdn 10
marry him because he could not bear
the loneliness Of life tctthout Diana.
II tcds then that Alice Irtotn t1ent 10
Julian and told him the truth, toht!e
Rita Graves, Uho Kept the fdShiond0ie
drcssmaktrO e8td bltShment in tchtch
Diana had become chief designer, t1ent
TO Gledres. MdHby and told htm thd.
Diana tcas stiH in love Uith her nus
band.
DIANA had been finding 1t increas-
- ingly hard to show enthusiasm
toward Gleaves. On the morning atter
C;leaves had been to see Rita' Dlaha'
finding that she couldn't sleep, d.ciueu
for some of her trousseau. She arriVeo
there shortly after 10 O'Clock ana 10
her gri at delight was made much OF py
every one there. Rita had not come II,
yet and Diana asked Miss Peis the heao y
saIeswoman how the new designer was
making out Miss Pels wrinkled her
forehead In surprise.
New designer? We haven't any one 10
take your place. I doubt II any one els,
could salts y madam. She has often
said how much she missed you
An absurd feeling of almost childish
delight came over Diana. Dear olc
Rita. That was the way she had showI
her displeasure over Diana's approach
ing marriage. 1t was all very pIai
now and easy TO understand. Klta nae
probably never intended to get Ge'
signer to take Diana's place, but sh'
| had deliberately released her IRON th'
shop SO that It would be possible TO ge
a foretaste of what life would be. hVec
with man one didn't love.
Here comes madam now" said Miss
| Pels, and the three models ran for TN
| inner room as Rita came into the shop
smartly tailored and looking fresh al
! the morning.
Diana went up to her and held ou
! her hands Rita took them ana looke'
| at the younger woman searchingiy'
"Hm; you don't look very ht' ANY
| news for me?'
! Diana shook her head.
/ Rita was thinking quickly. SomehoT
| she had imagined that GieaVes wouI'
! lose no time in Seeing Dana and releas
ing her, but after all, her interyie"
with him last night had probably KEEP
him too late to see Diana afterward'
I she lea tne way INTO lSl o"i' p'''S~
Office, sat Diana down b fore her am
. promptly broke the news in her usua
| crisp manner. Diana gasped once o
twice sat with her head aVerted, an'
then in sheer desperation spoke.
know you think you've done tn!s thln
for the best and ! am grateful TO you
I'm go tired of pretending and tryln
to be something I'm not. ouSht I
be angry. but I'm not. I'm only sorlS
terribly, and ashamed. But want yo
Nyhpn / gave lIlplNe
my promise to marry him l wasn't en-
.ireIv selfish | thought could max
him happy. I didn't know-how 1t woul
be TO have 20 live lie every moment
was with him. Somehow, ] haven't bee
myself for very long time, ! use
to think 7 knew myself and now IN
whole world seems topsy-turVy, an
there's nothing stable to cling TO-
Rita sat at her desk tapping on Z
smooth mahogany surface with restles
fingers.
"And your husband. You're sure
doesn't love vou?'
A little sob rose in Diana's throat an
: she turned her head away: "Of couFs
am sure, how could he?'
IT'S not any stranger than the fa[
,, that you care" Rita was thinking
well" she said aloud: "My busine'
=, proposition is still open to you. WIZ
y YOU ned Is work, Diana. Plunge I'M
E the business. design another big hit Nv
4 the Elizabethan ruff; it's the one thin
= that will help you adjust yourself
. "Oh. know IT, l want to come bac
. You don't know how I've missed u
. shop. Oh Rita, you don't know how
=. dread seeing Gleaves. How ] wish
: was all over
& stand up and take your medicine
8 Rita said briskly, She saw that Diana
IS nerves were in a bad way, and that h
{ effort to play the game had been Il gre
8 strain She was sorry for her but ST
knew that sympathy in Diana's prese
n condition would cause her TO break doV
,t utterly.
IS (Tomorrow-OT with the Old Love,