Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-23
CHAPTER LII
Julie. the " oman

TULIE came out of her infatuatiou
- for Crawford Blake woman. She
knew what she wanted, and she got il.
J watched NPr DEVELOPMENT vide eyed.
for she often ran in on Janet and mo t.
report progress.
She was taking q course in interior
decorating. and she showed n great dca,
Of talent for the grouping Of colors. AZ
first. Mrs. Merrill had protested agains.
II. and Dane had threatened to set his
foot down on the entire proicct.s But
Julie triumphed. She told him calmly
that If he interfercd. she would lrare
home entirely. that she had made up
her mind TO be free. and that he would
have to make the best Of It.
When she told mo this. I gasped.
but although my heart achrd whenever
I thought OF Dane, ] knew that Julie
was working out her salvation in her
own way.
Sh" did over Tho gloomy Merrill apart
mcnt in bright chintzes. She brought
nor samples to US and talked over the
entire color scheme. her bright head
tilted sideways. and her dark eyes viii"
with interest. All sorts Of unexpected
qualities had lowered in Julie, but
never since that first day had she spoken
to me Of Crawford Blake.
Once when We were having tea to-
Scther in one of the little tea room,
where VIC had gone so often during the
early days of my marriage to Dane.
III" mentioned love for the first time.
Hawthorne. what do you think Of
all this progress for women: Why is il
that ] Just ache to do things. that |
, must express myself in some way? II.
! the old days. women wcrc content just
. 70 r1 fn 10 ~ iNO l,i
and to waste their time in idlcncss.
{ cts the creative instinct in you,
its the alivcncSs that this age demands
in woman. But it doesn't necessarily
man that you won't give all of yourself
20 marriage some day.
Julie shook her head. Il don't think
I'll ever love any one again. she Eatd
in half whisper.
You think that now.
NO. ! -Callv mean that. Hawthorne.
went through so much and vas sC
sure. ! don't think one can walk into
love clea"-cvcd and knowing. Love IS Il
subtle thing. it takes one unaware, ar
one dreams about it. So mich of II is
romance. and illusion. and things tina
have been killed in me.
shook my head. Young love /
like that. julio. and it Is very sweet
bur some day when you really love {
man, you'll realize the difference.
She looked at me with startled eyes.
did you feel the same thing 70
Crawford Blake that | did, oh
asked finally with all effort
Yes.
did you love being in his arms
she went on mercilessly.
4 hot flush stained my checks at tn
brutality of her question. but did nc
seek 70 evade it.
Yes"
She was silent moment. Then wit
a queer little twisted smil", she locke
across at me.
Strange. couldn't have believe
that. At one time. ! thought that n
one in the world had ever loved as
loved. Yet you had once loved Ii
same man, and YOU love Dane more.
It was like a knife thrust in N
nrart TO hear Danes name "pokcn, "
7 smiled back at Julie. II was a eIni
Of reinsurance for the future when 81
too would come into her own, n futul
without any of the suffering that HI,
) hurt my love and marriage. Julie va
, wiser than | had been Size would MAJ
no mistakes.
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