The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-06-08

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ri Remember Feeling That Way!"
Richard Commented, Mildly, as She
Paused.
Lovers It had a part for the woman
70 say, and a part for the man, and
Royal and I said those, and then it
had a part for the woman's friend,
and the mans friend, and for all their
friends. And then there vas a promise
that when love failed on either side,
the two were free, to keep the memory
Of the perfect love unstained by the
ugly years"
She paused; Richard did not speak.
She had told him this much In a SIM
pie, childish voice, a voice that was an
echo Of that old time. he knew. Pres
emily she went IN:
'There was music, and then they all
kissed me, and we had supper, and
they drank our health. I went back
that night to my sisters; Royal
stayed with his mother. We planned
to 60 away ON our honeymoon the next
day. I did not tell Linda and Fred
that I considered myself married. I
knew they would not understand and
would try to interfere.
"The next morning I slipped away
from the house with my suitcase, and
I met Royal Blondin downtown. We
motored to Syracuse and took a train
there for New York. I had felt sick
when I awakened-it was partly ex-
element, and partly the supper the
night before, when we had all eaten
and drunk too much. But I was very
sick In the train, I thought I was going
to die. Royal persuaded me to eat my
lunch In the dining car, and that only
made me worse. There was a nice
woman In the train, with two little
girls, and she took care Of me. And
when she got to New York; had told
her that I was on my wedding journey,
and perhaps that made her kind-she
took US to her boarding house In West
Forty-sixth street. The landlady was
q dear, good woman, a Mrs. Harring-
ton, and-I was very sick by this time !
she put me into her own room, be-
cause the house was full, and sent for
her WI doctor.
1T was q time of horror" Harriet
said, smiling a little, after a moment of
thought The strange women and the
strange room, and Royal coming in
with flowers, and sitting beside me.
The doctor said 1t was a touch Of pol
soning, and I was Ill only a few days.
But the inconsistencies, and the strange
ness1 Somehow, I didn't feel married,
I felt like q lost little girl. I wanted
to be back In Linda's kitchen again,
safe, and scolding because nothing in
teresting ever happened.
"Well, Twas sick for three or four
lays. 1t was the fourth day when /
was well enough to go out. Royal
thanked them, and paid Mrs. Harring-
ton and the doctor and we went to
lunch downtown-it was at Martins,
I remember, and Royal was so excited
and. interested in everything. But I
still felt limp and duh. We shopped
and went about seeing things after
lunch, and then we went to the hotel
where he wal staying. We were regis
tered there as MI. and Mrs. Blondin 1t
was all quite taken for granted"
Harriet stopped; her face wat
drawn and white, her words coming
with difficulty, the phrases brief and
dry. Richard was paying her absolute
attention, his eyes fixed upon her
face.
I'VE had dinner upstairs" she said.
She paused, her lips tight pressed.
II can't tell you," she began again,
suddenly, II can't tell you how Il wal
that / came suddenly to know that /
Nm TO young 1qg uaIrk0ol y Miriam
Streets little st1do, where thu 3eie
laughing about the baby and The sup
Per. It seemed different But hare. in
1 hotel, I suddenly wanted my SISTER. I
wanted to be home again. 4
I'VE were talking and planning
naturally enough. Royal was coming
and going, In the two rooms; + had
plenty Of chance toto escape. livery
time ! let q 80 BY my heart bsat
harder." Fx. y 4. ! E. y -
he could ten from her voice that her
hsart was beating hard now with the
memory Of that old time. ,
IF / had let them all go by" she ~
commenced, my life would have been
different. In q few weeks We would
have come hack to Waterfowl, as .man
and wife, and perhaps had ! studio
near The Streets, and perhaps found !
solution. But I couldn.tl
y caught M my coat; LEFT my hat
and bag. / went down the stairs, NOT
daring 90 walt Tor the elevator. And I
went to Mrs. HarrIngton's. She was
very kind and took me Ia; she said
TINT perhaps it would be better TO wait
until + was older. / cried al night,
md the next day Mrs Harrington lent
me the money and | went hack o
Linda
-Of course. 4 was terrible, III first.
But they were kind to me, ID their
why. And ! was-cured. l went into
mysteries az the first mention 81 the
whole hideous thing. They raw Roy,
md they told me that 1 need never see
him again. The papers-for II got to
the papersl-aaid that 4 divorce had
I'm arranged. but there was 10 need
for 4 divorce. II was Ill hushed I'd
I4nda NM Frsd never spoke ok 4.
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