Evening journal., 1922-05-11
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
His Unsuitable appetite for chea
Irritation and frequent periods Of heav
drinking, had almost destroyed the low
which
LUCINDA DRUcE. prominent FIT
Avenue society matron, held for he
husband. After five years of maj
rled life. she had decided that he
beauty. youth and charm were no
SUFFICIENT to hold Bellamy. At
fashionable dinner, the Druces met
RICHARD DAUBENEY, Lucinda
old sweetheart. and
MRS: AMELIE SEVERN, with whor
Bellamy at once proceeds TO carr
on an affair. Amele and Bellam,
lunch at the Clique Club and Ameli
suggests that Bel divorce Lucinda
He refuses and she suggests that pos
sbily Lucinda may divorce him.
Deal with that when It comes up
Frankly. don't believe it ever will
Don't mean 10 give Linda any rea'
son can avoid"
What you mean is, you really
love-"
81 mean,s he cut in sharply
whatever my shortcomings. I re-
spect Linda. won't hurt her II
can help it."
How charming of you!"
For all acknowledgment she re-
ceived a silent inclination of his
head; and she began to laugh dan
gerously, eyes abrim with hatred.
the heat in her cheeks shaming
their rouge.
"Wen, thank God I've come to
understand you before we went any
farther!"
Amen to that"
"And so all your love making has
been simply
THE same as yours, Amy
Then why did you ever make
love to me at all, please?"
Because you let me see you
wanted me to-"
The brutal truth Of that lifted the
woman to her feet. II don't think /
care for any more luncheon" she
said in shaking voice. "If you
don't mind. -
Bellamy rose, bowling from his
place. mot at all"
He offered 10 help with her fur
but she wouldn't have that, threw
the garment over her arm and flung
round the table; then checked and
looked back. "You understand
this ends it-for all timer"
II couldn't do you the injustice
Of thinking anything else"
She made tempestuous exit
through the curtains.
Bellamy consulted his watch. Just
on two: Iinda's luncheon party !
would be in full swing. He had |
nothing better to do, might as well
look in at the Ritz. Linda would |
like it
To the luncheon-hour mob that |
milled in the foyer Of the Ritz |
Carlton Hotel, Lucinda Druce pre-
sented the poise OF a pretty woman
who has never known care more
CALLING than uncertainty as to her
most becoming adornment.
But I never dreamed you three
knew one another!" she was ex-
claiming in the surprise of finding
Fanny Lontaine with those whom
she had bidden TO meet her. Fan
ny, why didn't you tell me-
3 But 1 didn't know-your Nelly
Guest was Ellen Field married"
"That's so; I'd completely forgot
ten you both come from Chicago"
"Hushi" Nelly Guest gave a stage
hiss. someone might hear And
all these years I've tried so hard to
live il down. It's no fair
six years married. Fanny retained
and would till the end. whatever life
might hold in store for her, a look i
,f wondering and eager youthful ,
ness. Romance trembled veritably ,
ipon her lashes. She had a way of ;
holding her lips slightly apart and .
boxing steadily at one when spoken
o, as If nothing more interesting >
lad ever been heard by the ears !,
.mbushed in her bobbed, ashsn ?
air. Her eyes of a deep violet A
hade held an innocence of express a
ion little less than disconcerting. II
Ter body seemed never to have out ii
rown its adolescence. yet its slight
ess was quite without any angu- n
.rity or awlzwardness It achieved d
,undness without plumpness, 81
roke of physical genius. 81
IT'S heavenly" she now de- W
ared, coolly staring at their neigh a,
Drs through the smoke of her Gig ii
divine to be home.
m sure I'd never want to see Eu- st
,pe again II it weren't for prohibit h,
on" o,
You're not going to suffer on al
lat account today" Jean Sedley
romised, producing from her hand h,
az little flask Of jeweled gold ca
But I SHALL" Fanny protested sy
With tragic expression. IT'S the Al
rightful hypocrisy that's curdling al
ny soul and running my insides." o
Fanny had launched into a start
ling detailed account of London's &,
latest fad in Treatments" and In ii
eindas thoughts turned back to her n
other self. = !,
How to go on, how to play out
this farce Of a life with Bel when
faith in him was dead?
Strange that faith should have ,
been shattered finally by such mi
nor accident as her overhearing that
mornings treachery. And she had
tried so hard to win him back. only
to learn he had gone from her arms
to telephone, with lips warm from
hers, TO another woman. to change a
place of assignation because he had
meanly ferreted out the fact that his
wife was intending to lunch at the
restaurant of their first choice!
Her cheeks kindled with indigna-
tion-and blazed still more warmly
when she discovered that she had
been staring squarely at Richard
Daubeney. who was lunching with
friends at nearby table.
But Dobbin bowed and smiled in
such a way that Lucinda's confu-
Jon and her sense of rrIevance were