The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-25
Chapter 113.
WE SAIL AWAY.


weeks were over, and my wedding
day had arrived.
! should not have stayed up in the
country so long-but there was some
thing I wanted to accomplish there.
and though I failed to do it, the fault
was not my own, and the failure was
= not complete, even so.
"You said we should be married in
the early spring." I protested once to
. Francis-his mother had me almost all
day, and our visits with each other
= were few and short.
DO you know it is almost spring."
he asked
But only little while ago Esther
came down for Christmas"
* Yes, and after ten days or so you
went up to the country. where, lady of
my heart, you stayed an entire month
in spite of your lovers protests. You
came back a little after the middle of
Z February, and it is now the first of
March,
I thought about it. then laughed
and kissed him.
II never had a sense of time" I told
] him. And now must run away from
) you, for you mother insists that
! have no negligee nice enough to do,
{ and her dressmaker is waiting for me
; to try one on"
And Francis let me go, with little
humorous grin, at the mention Of his
mothers name.
Z Our boat was to sail at in the
/ afternoon, so the wedding was plan
/ ned for II o'clock. II don't approve Of
I the hour-it should be noon," Mrs.
s Meade complaincd-then there was TO
: be q wedding breakfast. and we were
1 to leave in the car at 1870 for the
! pier.
: THE car will come for you at your
apartment at 10, and you are to dress
! here. Everything will be ready" Mrs.
I Meade told inc the day before.
F.. And meekly ! agreed-glad. indeed,
! to agree to anything she planned just
\ now.
! The night before Violet and packed
{ my trunk "A new one Francis sent
| around, while l discarded practically
) all my old possessions and put in the
! lovely new things Francis mother had
/. chosen-a trunkful in themselves.
I had rather a sentimental feeling about
J these old clothes, made from remnants
/ that l had stopped days to find at
: my price, and smart in spite Of their
! little cost But vi had no such feeling
J She calmly made them into a bundle
{ TO be given away, and enthuSed gener-
2 ously over the loneliness of the new
j things.
J But never, when she was sad. or
. when she was happy, did she say a
! word about Bud!
J And finally l felt that must know
Z more about it, We were packing-Vi
= was already to leave the next day, and
only a few things remained to go in
F, my trunk. 1t was late at night. but
( both of us were too excited to sleep
) Bud will be at the wedding tomor
! row." began, trying to open the con,
1 versation casually.
! Il know. At least, suppose So" VI
/ answered. her cheeks paling little.
/ "Of course I will have to see him
! then. Aunt Enid, it isn't that we
! have quarreled-I stuck to him Loyalty
-. all through the trial, all during the
! time when so many awful suspicious
: about him were going around. 1t was
/. Bud who broke our engagement--
{ Only because he felt he couldn't
5 offer a name that had stain on it
! Once he cleared off the stain-as he
I did when the trial was ended
He was in no hurry to renew the
engagement" vi broke in. at was a
! week, it was the day before you came
! home from the country, before he said
: anything about it, though he had come
/ around a lot in the meantime. By
then. l began to realize that Bud was
too sure OF me. He knew I'd say yes
us soon as he asked me to marry him
again, so he was in no hurry to ask
And when he did. told him | was not
sure, and to please not come around
! until | had made up my mind
Her blue eyes were very intense
vi was feeling tragedy as only IL
can feel it.
But aren't you sure? What do you
think you will do?"
Il don't know. It's a question OF
how long can stick it out. OF course
there is no one but Bud, there nevcl
will bc--I'li write and let you know
And with that had to be content
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