The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-06
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CHAPTER SO

The mother found Amy as indif-
ferent as Luther.
'Of course, James unhappy" that
young lady remarked, regarding the
tip of very pink and polished nail
She's in love. Everyone that falls
in love is unhappy"
Having made this sweeping obser-
walton. she attacked the next nail
with buffer, until it came forth as
pink and perfect as the other.
That's why I'm not going TO fall
in love- she went on, cheerfully
mixing up philosophy and manicur-
ing. I'm going to have a hard
enough time without getting my emo
tions into it. Love is a luxury, and
can't afford it. Claire and / agree on
that"
But, Amy''-the mother began
to protest at once This was de-
moralizing point of view! Surely,
she herself had been happy in the
early days of her married life. And
she was in love then!
Look at Luther" Amy went on,
putting away the manicure things
and regarding her completed nails
with look of pride. He's in love
with Claire. and Claire won't have
anything to do with him. He's mis-
cradle. She is too, for that matter.
That's why she is thinking of asking
for a divorce, she says it must be
complete separation"
bombshell dropped into the room
would have had less effect upon Mrs.
Talbot than this piece of information
SO casually thrown off by her daugh-
ter.
Divorce! Another modern" evil.
She opened her mouth to protest,
words of denunciation rushing to her
lips. Then she thought better. She
had determined to make no comment
upon anything new, except in agree
ment.~
Besides, if she diagreed, Amy would
give her no further information How
far the child had come from the point
of view she held in her old home! The
first disturbing factor was the visit of
Luther and Claire. That began in
June, this was February. Amy, a
child of II, seemed to have matured
into full womanhood with her
eighteenth birday.
How calmly she sat there now,
combing out her wonderful hair and
piling it into the latest style of knot
on top of her head She gave more
attention to the fact that each strand
should be pinned just so, than to the
troubles of her brother and sister;
her only worry was the broken comb
which occasionally caught her hair
Amy was in that familiar state of pow
erty which must spend money on out
ward appearances, and has none tc
spare for things that are not on con
tinual display. ,
What does Luther think about q
divorce?" the mother ventured to ash
finally.
"Oh, well. Luther hasn't any ole
fashioned ideas against it anymore.
Amy said, only he is very fond o
Claire, of course, and he hates to give
her up; thinks she belongs to him
he eternal cave man, all that sort O
thing! Besides, he's still jealous o
all the other men that come to SEE
her. and especially of Jim. So HI
makes her miserable rowing abou
them. Anyway, there they are, tieC
up to each other, and perfectly un
happy"
But if Luther still cares-and i
she doesn't hate him"
Its no use, mother. We've all triet
TO be peace makers. I'd hate Loo my
self, he's as jealous as can be. He
the sort wants to lock up his wifi
in gold cage, and not let anyone els
come anywhere near her. It's tn
most depressing form of being in love
It's really medieval, and after al
we're living in the twentieth century.
Its not often that a woman ha
such devotion from a man. Mos
of them-well, most women would b
glad to have such an undivided love,
thus Mrs. Talbot ventured her opr
ion
yes. But there are limits to ever!
thing" Amy replied, "Luther's a dea