The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-24
MAKING HER WAY
Chapter IS

Pan, however. now faced problem.
To this time. she had gone with Clio
ria and Gloria's friends, or else she had
been with frankie who was very COM
panionable. In New York, there had
been dozens of friends, in London,
very few. though enough acquaint-
ances to keep Gloria as busy as she
could be. Now Gloria was gone, it was
not likely that any of these people
would bother with her!
So she thought, half miserably, as
she sat alone that evening in the hotel
apartment, frankie asleep in the next
room, Gloria's left over possessions
once more were packed away in their
trunks.
At home, too, there had been George,
who often came simply to see her
who often took her to theatres and con-
certs. George was in France, there
was no knowing when he would come
back.
Last winter she had often gone to so
many parties with Gloria that she was
glad of an evening at home alone
This evening she sat and thought
about a great many things, a book ne
elected on her lap.
Gloria was gone, Gloria was married.
In her early thirties she was beginning
life all over again, this time knowing
1t would be happy. For ten years she
had faced nothing but misery, disillu-
sion, finally even poverty and the
complete destruction of everything she
had cared for, barred from the love or
even the compaionship OF Santley,
Eppnipq from him pot m
interfere with his own life-anl all be-
cause of youthful mistake and the
selfishness of a man now dead. All
this she had faced with a smile that
was sometimes impish sometimes
really amused, sometimes only the
grim setting of her lips.
And she had won through every
thing. ceased to take things seriously
where she had suffered disillusion
ceased to expect more from people
than she was sure of getting. took
what she found with great deal OF
humor. Mostly because of her extra
ordinary personality, she had even
gone into business and made enough
TO be independent. And with ali this,
she found time to be a charming moth
or to her small son, even though she
had to entrust his physical care to
someone else
After ali. I've nothing to feel badly
about Pan thought as she started to
bed. I've frankie all day. I'll read
all evening and I've a home and plenty
e money Suppose were left alone
ard penniless?"
',eXt day she arranged for less ex.
pensiye apartment, they did not need
the nxtra hnArnnT1 Tho moving
Frankie's walk, little sight seeing
TO some of their favorite places, took
them to the boys bedtime. She spent
another evening alone.
She spent third evening alone and
began to feel sorry for herself Then
she had note from George.
I'm doing. portrait must finish,
he wrote. otherwise my business is
over and I'll be back in London as
soon as ! can make it. But it's still
bit indefinite hope you are having
good time. Don't stay in, women go
all over London alone at night as they
do at home On the whole it's good
practice for you to be alone, it will
make yourself reliant, you've depended
so on Gloria. However, you dom need
this counsel anymore. It's been long
day since you felt no one wanted to
be friends with you ! hope it's day
that will never return"
He wrote again about Gloria-"Tm
so glad about it. | was puzzled over
Sankey's absence, stupidity never
thought he might have gone to her in
New Yo'k. They're an ideal pair, her
viracity balanced by his steadiness,
hi Cv'rcme quiet by her animation.
I'D hey're both as true an sincere
I'd IN" a any people expect to meet
/ his life"
1T cutie true, I have depended
u0o- her too much. Pan said to her
self after she had read this letter sew
cral times. This is my chance to be
independent I've everything in my
favor. | have no worries over a HON
or money. I'm in a city where I'm not
known-lf it were Norris City could
only see people who didn't like me,