The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-11

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Club and AmeIe suggests that
Bel divorce Lucinda. He re-
ssssS fuses and she suggests that pos
may divorce him.
COON WITH THE STORY
<DeaI with that when 1t comes
don't believe it ever
:wiI Don't mean to give Linda
ssanysreasonsI can avoid
taWh atsyou mean is, you really
Hove 9.
I8mean,,.' he cut in sharply,
3 ssg ateYer7 my shortcomings, re-
81 suects Linda, won't hurt here il
ss IscanShelp IT.
How charming of you"
For "a II acknowledgment she
@Yeceiyed "a silent inclination OF his
head: and she began to laugh dau-
gerously, eyes abrim with hatred,
gsf ne heat in her cheeks shaming
understand. you before we went
anygfarther!'
And 50 all your love making
81 hassbeen simply
e.Tle same as yours, Amy.
ssThen why did you ever make
me at all, please ?"
because you let me see. you
me to-
The brutal truth Of that lifted
to her feet don't
think I5care for any more lunch
con-, she said in shaking voice.
fsif5you don't mind ;.
BeIlamyarose, bowling from his
pIace. Not at all.
gs He offered to help her with her
FUR, but she wouldn't have that,
ssthraw the garment over her arm
and flung round the table, then
checked and looked back You
snnderstand-this ends it-for all
time
I. IIcouldn'ts do you the injustice
spf thinking anything else.
sa8yB e%made a tempestuous exit
the curtains.
lust on two: Linda's luncheon
would be in full swing He
had nothing better to do, might as
well look in at the Ritz. Linda
would like it.
80 10 the luncheon-hour mob that
mi He'd in the foyer of the Ritz
carlton hotel, Lucinda bruce pre-
scented the poise Of pretty woman
never known care more
s8gallfng than uncertainty as to her
most becoming dornment.
knew one another" she was ex-
Claiming in the surprise of find
Lontaine with those
whom she had hidden to meet her.
.sFanny why didn't you tell me-?"
But didn't know-your
Nelly Guest was Ellen Field mar
That's SO; I'd completely for
gotten you both come from Chi
.sss..Hush!. Nelly Guest gave a
and all these years I've tried SO
hard to live it down! It's so
sir years married. Fanny re-
stained, and would till the end.
whatever life might hold in store
foraher, q look of wondering and
eager youthfulness. Romance
veritabiy upon her lash
sSes. She had a way Of holding her
lips Slightly apart and looking
ssteadily at one when spoken to, as
ever been heard by the ears am
pushed in her bobbed, ashen hair.
Her. eyes of a deep violet shade
g heldsan innocence of expression
81 little less than disconcertinG. Her
SAbody seemed never to have out
Is brown it's adolescence, yet its
Aightness was quite without any
@aAgu1arity or awkwardness, it ac-
hiayed roundness without plump
ness, a stroke of physical genius.
Ssa.8t's heavenly" she now de-
gcIared, cool1y staring at their
ssMefghbors through the smoke of
Observation-Disclosures divine to
bes home. I'm sure I'd never want
sfogsee Europe agoin if it weren't
foEprohfbition."
sssYou're not going to suffer on
that account today" Jean Sedley
aspromised, producing from her
ssshandbag little flask of jeweled
gold.
But I shalt" Fanny protested
tragic expression. Its the
hypocrisy that's curdlins
and running my insides."
amy had launched into a
startling detailed account Of Lon-.
gdcnss latestS fad in Treatments;
sand#Lucindafs thoughts turned
siback5t to her other self.
How to go on.<how to play out
this farce of a life with Bel when
fatthin him was dead?
Strange that faith should have
ssSsbeen Shattered finally by such a
Ssminor: accident as her oyerhearing
fhatSmorning's treachery. And
sshes had tried so hard to win him
ssshack,only to learn he had gone
fromS her arms to telephone with
Hps warm from hers. to another
woman, to change place OF as
signation because he had meanly
sferreted out the fact that his wife
<wasintending to lunch at the res
iurant$ OF their first choice!
Her cheeks kindled with indig-
blazed still more
she discovered that