The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-26

After l had said, Doctor George that l must be fair to myself, there must have been long silence. Fin ally Harry spoke, in a way that made me think he had been waiting for me to continue.
 T don't quite understand you. Margaret. You have never been like this before."
 T do not quite understand my self, Harry. l am groping around in my brain for reasons, not only for your actions. but for my own. For the first time since have known you l have come to understand that your wife has certain hold on your affection and responsibility.
 No, don't interrupt. It is true.
 Back In your head you have al- ways had feeling that if neces- sary, you could go back to respect ability, conventionality and her. l am not sure that you haven't looked forward to all that in the coming years. l sometimes think that every time that you have dropped your responsibilities as husband you 1 have promised yourself that it would be the last and that after this one wild fling you would settle dowr. | Oh, l know it was all in good faith. You were Just lying to your self Boy -mine-no-longer. It was very easy for you to drop your loy- 1 alty to me for newer flame after dropping your affection for your wife to the thrill I gave you.
 Harry, Boy, our affair has been mostly lovely-an interlude as amaz- ingly exquisite as It is strange to l me. l thank you for it. I have had 1t. That at least you cannot take from me"
 "oh. Beloved" Harry interrupted, "why will you deny your own heart. Why will you not believe when I tell you that ever since the morning that I met you. you have occupied my whole heart"
 T told myself that proudly, often Harry. It was my excuse, If excuse needed. but now I know only that l believe it because I wanted to be- lieve. I know now that you clear out your heart very often, Harry, and no one of your friends-not to men, tion your sweethearts-can ever be sure that the time may not come when he or she may have to find a resting place outside. Mine has come today l would be poor thing not to recognize 1t.
 | Harry. I cannot stand this longer. The situation may have all the ting 1 ling qualities of new thrill for you but it is torture to me. And so-and so. Harry am going to leave you"
 What do you mean, Margaret? Surely you cannot send me out of your life like this"
 "I smiled It seemed almost funny fk- -Te To was so sure that l could not send go when and where he chose at his own inclination.
 Don't smile in that fashion" he implored. Do you understand, Mar garet, that you are throwing me aside as you would an old glove. ! Surely you were telling me the truth when you told me you loved me. Godl No other woman in all this world has ever told me in such sim cere tones that she loved me, as you have. Will you not want to say 1t again? Will you never wish to see me again?"
 Harry, truly. I can't tell. l can't tell Probably l will wish it until the thought of you will pierce my heart with pain almost unbearable. SDdll DTODaDl1 Wdht III. liS HIS IN and find myself calling your name 1 and then my agonized prayer will be that God will be merciful and let me forget.
 Harry, you never have loved me. But you really made me think that 1 you did, two weeks ago. when you asked me to go to Quito with you. Now my only wish, dear, is to get away alone and learn to live with out that blessed illusion"
 Margaret, you are madl Surely we can be friends at least. Why, sweetheart, I cannot let he best part of our love pass out of my life. To whom in the future can l tell all my faults and aspirations"
 Not to me. Harry. l am not big enough to listen as a friend to the 1 praises of other women from the lips of the man who has once vowed to love me and love me only"
 "Give me another chance. Mar garet, and I swear that I will con vince you that I love you"
 Harry, I am going out that door in a moment into the hotel corridor and upstairs to my room. l am go- ing to ask you to let me go alone and I hope 1 shall never hear your voice or look upon your face again"
 After a moments silence, I whis- ] pered: "Goodby, Harry" and arose.
 He was instantly on his feet but said nothing as l left the table.
 q took the train for home that night and when I learned from the papers that Doris Glendening had sued Harry for divorce, sent for YOU. dear Doctor George, because
 xub n- trasted your splendid upright char acter with Harry's fascinating one, r."
 The doctor paused abruptly and colored slightly.
 "Oh.. go on," exclaimed Clavering. Tt is just getting interesting again"
 Doctor Georges eyes scanned the page and dropped little.
 Don't skip any" warned Davis
 "Pardon me, gentlemen" said Dr. Milton, If I remind you that this letter is to me-"
 The doctor read several pages in silence then said:
 Here is something that can reao to you" ,
 "The strange part of it all, my dear friend, Is that as l write these words to YOU the greatest sorrow that I have is that my heart no long CT hurts. Perhaps l can make my self understand why if I tell you my reactions then and now.
 THE DISASTER
 DO you think 1 am light wom- an. dear friend?" wrote Margaret.
 What does she mean by that! asked Clavering.
 Listen" pr. Milton said and ne read on:
 eff I thought that l had not been thoroughly in earnest, thorougniy III