The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
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The Other Woman

NANCY'S one idea was TO get away.
~ She wanted to bury herself in the
wilderness where she would never see
another man as long as she lived.
Love. She scoffcd at the idea OF
there being such thing. who had in
vented the idea, anyway? And her
thoughts kept tumbllng over them
selves in veritable orgy of self-loath-
ing and disgust
OF course, the reason for it all was a
man. And she had loved him, or
though she had 1t hardly seemed pos
sible now as she looked back that she
ever could have loved him. But she
suffered because of him. suffered the
hot anger of youth end the humiliation
that woman always feels when she
has given her heart TO a man who has
proven unworthy.
Even now she hated to look back
upon that night when all her dreams
and Illusions had been smashed. 1t
had seemed as though in II single
moment a veil had been torn from her
eyes and she had hated as quickly as
she had loved But in spite Of herself
her thoughts insisted upon drifting
back and dwelling on that night S
happenings with persistency over
which she seemed to have no control.
And after she had tortured herself
sufficiently with useless remembering
what did she have left? The certainty
that all men were unworthy and not
TO be trusted, the assurance that she
would never In all her life give her
love TO another man. She even went
further than that. She liked to think
of brcakir< other mems hearts as
Alvin Reed had broken hers.
How confident she had been when
she had promised to marry him. She
could see him now with his crisp,
blond hair and his blue eyes, those
eyes that had looked into hers filled
with passion. She shuddered when she
remembered the tight, possessive clasp
of his arms about her, and her own
shy response to his kisses. 1t filled
her with shame now, shame that she
had been so easily deceived, infinite
shame that she had ignored the warn.
ings of others that Alvin Reed could
never settle down TO one woman.
And so she had given him her prom.
lse and for a short time she had been
blindly happy. Then had come the
night when they had gone together
TO the Raymond dance. She even re-
membered the feeling Of pride she had
had in being seen with him at an af.
fair Of that kind. And then during
the evening she had come upon him
arms. His fair head was bent over her
dark one, as tall and slender she lean.
ed against him. giving herself up 10
the passion OF his kisses. And Nancy
had stood there swaying In the door.
way of the conservatory, unable to go
backward or forward. her eyes rooted
to the scene before her, gasped and
drew quickly away.
Before Alvin could turn his head
Nancy had vanished. She remembered
how she had hidden herself upstairs in
Mrs. Raymond's bedroom. She remem.
bered facing herself in the tall mirror
and not recognizing the girl she saw
there The girl with white cheeks and
blazing dark eyes that looked almost
black. Nancy's eyes We're gray ordi.
narily a soft, smoke gray; that night
they had been black and the look in
them she never wanted TO see in any
woman's eyes as long as she lived.
OF course. Alvin had come TO her
penitent and with that boyish charm
that she had always found hard to
resist.
Nancy, you know that / love you
and no one else. Alicia Ramsey means
nothing TO me, but you know yourself
how she Is, and the way she gets
around a man. Let me tell you how II
happened Nancy. Don't be hard. that
isn't like you. darling. Let me prom
Use you never to do anything like that
again as long as | live. For / love You
dear, and you must believe IL. do you
near me; you must believe mel" And
his voice had dcepened to the pas.
sionate note she knew 80 we'll.
TomOrrow-"So This il the End"
CHAPTER II
4 Broken Engagement