The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-10

And In the morning and morning
after morning. abe rose with n heart
as heavy as any she had ever known
10 address herself 20 the daily grind.
Yet she had no right 10 whimper.
Tho new director was living M 10
all zinn's claimA There was no frtc.
ton. and under his sympathetic
guidance she felt she was doing bet.
ter work than she had ever hoped
TO do.
But she counted hourly the tale Of
the days.
Twice she heard from summeriad:
on the day following fieliamy's dc.
parturc. a pcncilcd scrawi. inform.
ing her that he was now permitted
10 receive callers and protesting his
impatience for the visit which he
knew her charity would not permit
her to deny him: and four days later
another letter and a longer. bringing
proof Of steady Improvement m less
infirn pcnmanshln and phrases
turned more carefully. repeating all
the first had said and calling ettcn.
tlon TO tho venerable saw about the
III wind; on the writer's side at least
every impeachment TO their marriage
had been abolished
In the upshot Lucinda ackncvi.
edged receipt Of neither. but fer two
MORNINGS her waste-b basket, with It's
deep drifts Of note-paper infinitely
scrapped. bore witness to her en-
dcavors 10 frame a reply at once
final and not too cruel
Better tshc decided send no word
AT all than a letter which could only
hurt his pride . II Lynn stlli
believed he loved her II he had
ever
For her part. the thing WINS dead
and done and finished and as some
thing that had never been: the only
wonder was. Il ever had
One evening. as she was leaving
the studio. she met Wallace Day on
the steps OF the administration build
ting. and learned from him that. max
ing fair allowance for every imagin-
able delay. he counted on making an
end to eamera-work In two days
more.
Accordingly. instead Of going d.
rectly homo 10 the Hollywood. Lu-
clnda rnotored 10 Los Angeles and
booked reservations for Reno.
on the way back TO Hollywood she
instructed her chauffeur TO make a
detour and stop at Fanny's hotel
Drawing near the hotel. she rccog
nized tho conspicuous car Of Barry
- s.l.. t3ts
and as she bent forward 10 tell her
chauffeur not to stop. she saw Fan
ny come out OF the entrance. Nolan
amblinR. with an air OF contcnted
habit. at her elbow.
Well. that was that
Yet Il was long before the picture |
faded OF that girlish figure. posed !
prettily In startiement. brief skirts |
whipped about u by the evening |
Kind. with it's gay look OF mirth. half |
haif-impudent wholly |
/. sweet grist for the |
mills whose grinding knows no
test
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When she had bribed her maid TO
,bscrve discretion concerning her
plans. and had herself attended 10
he business Of checking her trunks
.hru to Reno. thus keeping her des-
.ination secret even from the woman.
Lucinda felt fairly confident OF get
ing away unhindered and unpur.
rued.
She caught the train with little 20
pare. and not until II was In motion /
lid she discover n box OF roses IN
he luggage rack In her drawing.
Dom.
Her favorites, Hadleys. two dozen
luavely nodded blooms OF deepest
crimson, exquisitely fresh and frag.
ant; roses such as Bel had been ac.
:tstomed TO send her daily, once
ipon q time how long ago!
An age since any one had sent her
lowers
The box bore the name OF n city
lorist but was untagged and con-
aimed no card TO Identify the donor.
And II was az II she had slept not
4 all, save that she felt rested: as "
The had closed her eyes on darkness
md Enclosed them an instant later
o find the very scene she had been
,azlng on bnthed in hot spiendor OF
warm with color. sim the
lescrt stretched its flats Of sand and
tlkali still the train drudged stoutiy
IN an up grade: still upon tn trail
beside the tracks raced the motor. !
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