Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-16
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| But Lucinda pursued pensively, as
| II she hadn't heard: II presume you We
| got to run after that sort, BEL because
they don't know you as well as I do
can't"
Even a slow man may have wit enough
not to try to answer the unanswerable.
3ellamy got stiffly to his feet.
I'm drop In at the Ritz If can make
/ it."
do, dear And Bell" Lucinda
rose impulsively and ran to him. I'm
sorry, Bel, was SO catty just now. Only,
you know, there are some things one
can't help feeling keenly. dear"
| She clung to him, lifting to his lips
face tempting beyond all telling. In
sensibly his temper yielded. and catching
| her to him, he kissed her with a warmth
that had long been missing in his ca
! resses.
Linda: you're a witch"
II wish I were enough OF a
witch, at least, to make you realize no.
body cares for you as l do, nor ever will.
Bel: don't go yet There's something
want to ask You -
.Yes?" He held her close, smiling down
| magnanimously. As long as she loved
him SO, couldn't do without him, all was
hciib ne GouIu 10 HiuCn as he llkeu
within reasonable limits, Of course
Whats on the busy mind 2"
i've been wondering If we couldn't
so away together somewhere this win
ter?'' Lucinda OWNED hostility In the
| tensing OF the arm around her waist,
We're not really happy, here dear
est"
But you were in Europe al summer. !"
Not with you, except for few
weeks. And while you were with me,
what was different from ont life here?
Meeting the same people. doing the same
things. living In the self same groove
abroad as at home-that sort Of things
no good for us, Bel
What's wrong With the way Ne live ~
tits desperate sameness wears on US
! till we turn for distraction to foolish
things, things we wouldn't dream OF do
ing Il we weren't bored. You're driven
10 look for something different, some OK
element to lift you out OF the deadly
rut, AS for me Would you like
ii II / took a lover simply because /
was bored silly, too"
thndal"
"But don't you sec that's what we'ro
coming 70, that IS how it's bound to
end with us If we go on this way. all the
TIME drifting q lt.tle farther apart? !
feel as II I'd lost you already"
What nonsense!.
"oh. perhaps not altogether ye.. But
slowly and surely I am losing ypl Bel !:
| want nay husband-and he ds me.
! Give me chance to find him a.ain and
prove to him I'm something better than
than houtonniefe TO man OF
fashion"
"Boutonniere
"A neglected wife. the finishing touch =
Bellamy laughed outright and Lu-
/ ciada's earnestness melted into an an
swering smile What a notion. How
did you get It, Linda r
Thought II up all ont OF my own
head, strange rs It may appear. Yon
see--this Is the danger Of 1t all-you
make me think dear. Ard II ron keep
that up. first thing yon know I'll be all
Inental-and that would be too awful
Bel laughed again, more briefly, and
slackened his embrace: and she under,
stood from this that II she had not
actually lost, she had gained nothing.
perhaps you're r.ght. At all events
It's worth thinking about"
You viii think It over. Bel-prom-
ise?"
Word Or honor. Rnt now--lats for
an appolntment-must run"
Against the better counsel Of her in,
Stinct, LuciIda put ali she haa lFIL Hn-
said into her parting kis5-and felt that
hts response was forced
In ehagrin she wandered to a window
and stood gazing biankly ont till recalled
by the voice OF her secretary.
II was to remind you 70 telephone
Mrs Rossfter Wade"
"Oh yes
Lucinda took up the telephone but
only to find the wire already IN use;
that is to say, somebody IN another part
If the house was talking without having
thought to disconneet The bondoir ex
tension Recognizing ReIs voice she
would have hung mp ut once had she
not overheard name.
Lucky 70 catch von IN Amelia.
Rellamy was saying In the blandishing
accents she know too well About our
luncheon, ron know
See here. Bel; you're not going to
put mo of at the last minute
Rather not. But for reasons which
! confidently leave TO your Imagination.
II might be better TO mike 1t any place
hut the Ritz What do you sag TO the
/ Cliquef It's at least discreet
but Rel" the hooking voice Of Anne
lie Severn put in-'.We settled on the
Clique instead OF the Ritz last night,
Just before you went home. What's
j happened 10 the old memory 7"
Bellamy was still stamnering sheep
ishly when Lucinda cut off.