Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-31
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Tel about everything ----"
you're not any tired Of It
than I am" Clarence interrupted
sullenly.
Cubs. and your car, to I'LL your time.
ThereIl be a fuss, of course, and I
hate that, but we'll both be away.
We've given it a fair trial, but we
simply aren't meant for each other.
Good heaven! it isn't as II we
the first man and woman Who
Don't talk as il I were opposing
YOU" Clarence said with . weary
Rachael, snubbed. instantly fell 81
.I've got my side in all this dis
entity said with unsteady dignity.
YOU never cared . damn for me.
or what became Of me: I've had you
ding-donging your troubles at me day
and night; it never occurs to you
what I'm up against" He cooked =
IF you please" Rachael answered,
scarlet-cheeked.
well. Lean write a check- he
began.
Here's this check Of Mary Moul-
toms .or July" Rachael eaid. neev-
onsly adding: "She wants to pay
month by month. because ! think she
lieve she'd keep the place indefinite
". on account of heing near her
mother, and for the boys
Clarence took the check, and,
hardly glancing at it, scrawied his
slovenly &C. L. Breckenridge" across
the back with a go]d-mounted foun-
tain pen. Rachael, whose face was
burning, received it back from his
hand with a husky Thank you.
presume-there will be q referee
nothing need set out beyond the fact
that I am the complainant You
won't contest? You-won't oppose
a%nything?" She hated herself for the
question. but it had to be asked.
Nope" the man said impatient
~,And"-Raehael hesitated - .and
YOU won't say anything, Clarence"
she suggested. because the papers
will get hold Of it fast enough"
You can't tell me anything about
that" he said sullen1y. Then there
came q. silence. Rachael, looking at
him, wished that she could hate him
a little more. wished that his neglects
and faults had made a little deeper
Impression. For a. minute or two
and left the room, and Rachael sat
still, the little slip held lightly be-
tween her fingers. Tho color ebbed
Islowly from her face. her heart re-
surned it's normal beat, moments
went by. the little clock on her desk
licked on and on. 1t was all over;
she was free. She felt strangely
shaken and cold, and d~esolately lone
~.
He loved her as little as she loved
him. They had needed each
other, yet there. was in this severance
of the bond between them a strange
and unexpected pain. 1t was as IT
Rachael's heart yearned over the
wasted years. the love and happiness
that might have been. Not even the
thought Of Warren Gregory seemed
warm or real today: q great void sur.
; rounded her spirit; she felt a chilled
WEAKNESS with the world. with all
men-she was sick of life.
On the following day she gave
Florence a hint of the situation. II
, was only fair to warn the important.
bustling matron a trife in advance OF
the rest Of the world. Rachael had
, had a long nights sleep; she already
, = began to feel d~eliciously young and
Tree. one was 10 Speno d 1e" HleHls
- at the Havilands', and the next week
, supposedly go to the Princes at Ear
Harbor; really she planned to disap-
) pear for a. time from her world. Shit
I must so up to town for a consultation
e with her lawyer, and then, when the
storm broke, she would slip awsy tc
little Quaker Bridge, the tiny. village
: far dow on Long Island upon which
! quite by chance, she had stumbled
two years before. No one would
recognize her there. no one of he,
E cid world could find her. and there
for a month or two she could would
g and battle and dream in wonderful
r solitude. Then-then Greg would be
home again.
Continued In tomorrow
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