The Washington times., 1921-09-27

make % clear that John n. WtnkLer,
its representative, toas the only
meaUspapernidn 10 phor Miss Still
man made her statement.
By JOHN X. wINKLER.
Copyright. 1891.
ksprsssetien. !. .ncls or In part. i'
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Dusk was
mantling the coy drawing room
touching even more softly the clear
chiseled features and tall, athletic
figure Of the girl who sat in the big
arm chair.
The candid, unafraid eyes Of Anne
Stillman rested full upon those of
her visitor as she said:
"All summer had knocked about
from pillar to post, visiting here and
there. For the most part I avoided
relatives and friends Of my father.
You see, wanted. to think things
Quito decide what / should do with
my life.
Feared Fathers Influence.
81 knew that II saw my father
or his friends. should be told things
that ] could no longer believe-that
my father was right IN his awful
charges against mother; that mother
had the public on her side because
she had bought up the newspapers:
etc. fgs ....a.s
by now I had begun TO realize that
these things were lies, that mother
was the victim Of the most terrible
conspiracy on earth.
81 bad begun to realize. too, that
was. o little out Of sympathy with
my father I don't know just how to
expreass Il. but somehows grew to
feel that, i had more understa ndipg
than fatkers felt there was ssorlies
thing peculiarly strange about the
outlook Of Q man who could do the
things he was doing.
This feeling grew stronger when.
during the early summer. noticed
that he seemed to be utterly oblivious
to what people thought Of him. He
kept up his amusements as usual,
going away on Wednesdays some
times for week-ends. OF pleasure on
his yacht and returning to town for
little mske-believs work on Monday
and Tuesday.
Out Of sympathy with Father.
"Ffe seemed tanned and healthy and
happy. Some Of his friends told me
he had paid off the Leeds woman
with whose name his had been 30
disgustingly associated. / didn't care
whether Il was % or not, Tor BY this
time found myself completely out Of
sympathy with him.
Though people were very nice to
me wherever went, I began to re-
alize had done rotten thing in not
sticking by mother like Bud had done.
missed mother and Bud and Guy and
Alexander terribly. 80
bud and have been wonderfully
good pals. He was and II my ideal
boy. He had given me his Milton
School belt and wore II all the time.
But I knew that he despised me for
not standing by mother and 1t made
me awfuIiy unhappy.
1T was In August that I decided to
do what I could to right things.
Alexander were ut Niagara -on-the-
Lake, Canada. had spent good
deal of time with mothers father at
Tuxedo and I knew moro about
mother and my brothers than they
did about me.
Simply Had to See Guy.
But I decided I simply had to see
dear little Guy and Alex. So, with
out, letting anybody know, orga-
mixed an expedition OF one. stopped
off at Buffalo and saw Phelps Claw
son, who has been 30 kind to US. He
told me I ought to write to mother
or see her. -
"Then l crossed the border and
went to see Guy and Alexander.
Alex Is nine, you know. and Guy al
most three. This brief visit made me
realize that couldn't get along with
out them and. couldn't stand to miss
seeing them grow up.
Guy had forgotten me and Alex
had gotten 50 tall! Though they
both were shy, I understood as never !
before what they meant to me.
IT just decided then that had TO
see mother and tell her what my real
Feelings were. So wrote her long.
long letter. am not much on letter
had always meant to me and how
much missed her and the boys.N
Longed 10 See Mother. |
ST don't know whether she'd care
to see me--though longed to see her |
before was to sail for Europe. was |
staying with friends in Glen Cove, |
Long Island--the only place to which
I made any extended visit the whole !
summer. ! wrote her again and told |
her where she could reach me IL she
decided could see her.
"She came back to New York last |
Monday, and two days later she sent |
me telegram. That was the happiest |
message of my life. came here to |
her apartment Al quickly as could.
Mother put her arms around me. |
Neither one Of US said much. felt |
like was home ut last. We had a |
Yong. long talk. That's about all there |
was. except that never felt as happy. |
"Since mother and have been to- |
yether almost all the time. We have |
shopped and motorcd and had some |
glorious talks. She In tha most won