The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-08-30
MY OWN PLAN.
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Constance Bennett has been brought
up in boarding schools and in a
smart" and frivolous society, which
she dislikes. She is to be brought out
socially, when she is taken i'll and
rushed to a sanitarium in the little
town CT Wellsville. Long after she is
well, she fingers in the town, charmed
by its restfulness. There she meets
and marries Winthrop Taylor.
But Winthrop has never seen the
city and wants to go there. Once
there, he throws himself into the very
frivolity Constance is tired of, drag
ging her with him. He meets Gwen
dolyn Van Brugh, a divorce and So
cial leader and becomes very much
fascinated. Constance. afraid of los
ing his love, decides to play the So
ciety game too. She dances, smokes,
CANDLES, gossips and hates the sort
of life she is living They run into
debt Wins mother, who controls his
money, says they must free them
selves of debt before she will advance
enough for Win to buy a partnership
in the firme he is working for.
Chapter 43.
We read the letter again as though
Taylor was annoyed She was in COM
had to please her.
I'VE simply have to get out o.
debt this summer" l answered.
But how? 1t must be thousands we
owe! / had better borrow from some
one and pay mother, then she will give
me enough to buy share in the firm
Then ! viii pay back"
Win" | pleaded. please don't
Aunt Harriet would make sarcastic
remarks again"
'T've no intention of borrowing
fom your family" Winthrop begar
with dignity. II will borrow from
Gwendolyn. she has offered"
turned then, angrier than l hac
ever been in my life.
That is one thing you will not do!
! cried. IF you do-Ill-I'll leave
you. She just wants to get"
''Oh, all right Don't blaze away lik'
that. ! am hen-pecked by my mother
! might as we'll be by my wife. too.
That cut, and it wasn't true. 1t wa
the first time that my will had com
into direct conflict with his, that hi
had not won. | had always given il
this point.
I made myself stay calm, and afte
a little | began cheerfully.
win, dear, here is my plan. w
only owe $4,000 or so. Let US suble
the apartment. We can do that 10
enough to cover our rent on it and
little over We will sell my car, tina
will help and will cut, down expense:
of ,1AI oil M
will go to the/country, somewher
within committing distance of tn
city and hire a little house If we E
out to real country we can hire on
cheaply. | will do the houseworl
We can live on almost nothing an
put away every cent toward payln
your mother. Let's do it?'
Win was silent, standing there
the desk. his brows drawn up in
scowl as he looked down at the ope
letter before him. l went up and sill
ped my arm through his, pressing m
cheek against his coat sleeve.
"Oh, all right. I suppose we wi
have to-" he growled.
please, if we have to, let's max
the best of it cheerfully.'
"Pll make the best of it, but II be-
won't be cheerful"
He jerked his arm from mine ar
went out of the room. And all II
joy went out of my summer.
had pictured it, for those few mi
utes. as being a little honeymoon I
peated, in a place like my dear viii
house in Wellsville. | pictured Il
black and silver evenings, and Il
fragrant air, the heavenly peace al
calm of ii. Perhaps Win, separate
would also quiet down and be mo
his old self.
This tiny hope persisted while
made the rounds of real estate offic
and answered ads in the papers. OF
erwise it was a joyless task. for w
refused to have anything to do wi
it or even to choose from the thr
or four possible places.
Eventually | decided on a lit
house in Connecticut, an hour on
express and Is minutes on the troll
from the station. The house was
yond The little town, in open, rolli
country it was very tiny, but rath
charming. | went out to see it, ma
notes of things to send to it, and hir
a man to dig and plant garden
us.
And all the rest OF the time, liv