The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-20
DRIFTING.
Chapter 81.

Almost anything" ! repeated MY |
ideal Is quiet life, with only few
real friends, with time to read, time
TO think, time to relax-this mad rush |
isn't living"
Wins ideal and yours are still two
different things" Colin said. Wait,
Connie--be will come around to your
view in time. perhaps. Perhaps you
will come around to his"
Perhaps" | answered. But Wins |
is wrong. and mine is right. He Is
running his health. wasting his time,
getting nowhere"
"One's own point of view is always
right" Colin observed.
Now you are sarcastic, and not
nice to me-" answered reproachfully.
But | can't blame you, I've been
nuisance to YOU
And a blessing" he said, and held
cut his hand.
took it, and we stood hand in
hand for moment, while we looked
at each other.
Your point of view agrees with
mine, at least" l remarked, as he
dropped my hand.
He nodded, hunting for another
cigarette.
That's six since you've been here"
| said. Isn't that a lot? You look
badly Colin. What is it? And why
am | blessing?"
You are a blessing because you
and your troubles keep me from brood
ing over my own" he answered, walk
ing to the fireplace.
what troubles? You haven't any
family and you have more money
than you need. Is it the girl you ike
so much?"
Colin smiled at me little wistfully.
"Yes, in a way. You see, before she
married, | asked her please to write
to me now and then just so l would
not lose track of her. Her husband,
who is a fine chap, and who knew per-
fectly we'll ! was in love with her'
and always had been, knew that TOO,
and told me l was foolish. he SAID
the best thing always is to get away
and forget--and he was quite rlsnt.
But you see, l can advise you 70 DC
strong and independent, and l cannot
be so myself.
"She promised to write, and she did,
and does still. at long, irregular inter-
walls. When l don't hear from her ior
MANY months, | am apt to get the
blues. wondering If anything has hap
pened to her. When do hear. get
the blues, because her letter brings
things up again"
81 am so sorry" I went up to him
and put my hand on his arm Have
you heard?"
NO. but probably shall soon. II
has been six months since the last
letter, so one must come soon. am
too sentimental tonight, Connie. The
result of your affair, your flrellgnt,
and the fact that l had no tea today
l worked all afternoon"
Better come with me, and | Will
keep YOU cheered up. | am dining
with my aunt so can take you alonS
for dinner. 1t is not party. Then
we are going to the last act of some
play l don't know which, some silly
reyue-then to a dance at the Mars
dens, with all the social lights out for
it, and then"
Great heavens, you are already up
to a. m"
NO, only about one Then few
of us are going down to a funny little
restaurant where they have a me-
gician-sounds awful, but he is really
remarkable, they say. He tells you
your name at once, and who you are
in love whit makes the most awful
mix-ups with some of the parties inst
go down. Billy Trevor threatened to
divorce his wife when they went, be-
cause the man named someone Billy
was already jealous of"
Connie, what rot. You are getting
as bad as the rest of them.
81 know, but one has TO do some
thing, and this sounds amusing. The
man is a Russian, and they say is d
Nihilist and has second sight as well.
What an awful combinations!
He isn't always right, though. He
told one chan he was in love with