The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-05-16

car. stumblcd In on his knees, and
era wlnd np to the seat.
Lucinda followed. the door
clufcd behind her with n cinfi
Hwcctcr than music In her hearing.
And with purrinR gears the car
shot out of range OF those lcarlna
I fncor.
l-,,rinoa had forgotten Dobsin
as utterly as II she had never
known him.
! Heilamy lay In a loofc slouch.
breathing heavily. Tho pnnsins
lights revealed the stupidity OF hlr
confeftcd fcnturcs. Hin eyes were
h~aif-closcd he seemed TO bs
asleep.
Whom At length the car stopped
she jumped out ana. leaving bell.
nnly TO the cnrc Of the chauffeui
and footmnn. ran up To her rooms
Tho maid waiting there she dis.
missed for the night In half q doscr
words whose decision sent the
woman from her n astonishment.
Alone. her first move was to Sc
cure the door communicating with
Bells rooms. Then she throw her-
seif upon the bed, She heard Bel
Numbering in~cohercrtiy to his
ssilei. the valet seemed to be try
inE to make him listen to reason
and failing In the end, The nook
OF n dccnnter chartered against tho
rim u "a glass. there WINS n hull In
the murmur OF voices. then n thick
cry ana the thud Of n fail .ttor
that the quiet was little disturbed
by the vaict's labors with the pudy
of the dfunltnrd. Eventually tho
man went out and closed the door.
In the s~ubseuucnt silence Pho clock
chlmed twelve.
Lucinda rose then, and changed
to her simplest street suit.
For half an hour or "a she was
busy at desk and drcrslnE-tabic.
packing n cheuuc book and ner
Jewels with other belongings IN n
once or waste "A single move
through INDIGESTION. Indeed. " did
not oncc occur to nor that there
WINS anything to he done but what
she mcnnt TO DO.
shorty after o'clock. rho left
Tel snoring crcpt down the sia4rc.
and with infinite stealth let herself
out 20 the strcet
Spurrcd by irrational fear lost
Bcilamy wake up, discover her
-" w. ANNN ANHF NNNNN"'H W
made In haste FOR Fifth avenue: a
cab slid up TO the curb. its driver
with two Fingers to his cap solicit
INK a fare. Lucinda breathrd tho
iirsi address that cams 10 mint
Grand Central. plcarc hoped
In. ana shrank fearfuliy away
from the windows.
At the station a negro potter
with a red cap opened the cab door
and took possession NJ her single
piece Of luggage and whom she Ind
when she had paid of the taxi and
looked 10 him In ind"cision
prompted hor with: whit train
was yo' wishin' TO TEX, ma'am9'
an instant later Lucinda was
wondering why she replied. The
first : N for Chicago. please"
Sho Know no reason why she
riipuid havr named Chicago rather
than other city whore ahc was IN
hnown and where she might conn,
on being FREE to think things ont
in her own dime and fashion.
XII
unexpectedly shocked. Arr.v-
ing tomorrow. win cai on sou
10 n. IA. Meanwhile ans 90
Michigan viii supply you with
funds IN any mou you may re-
quire u you will be- pleased to
identify Yourself to Mr.. Southland
there
The author of this telegram,
which was delivered on the morn.
ing Of i.ucinda nfth day In Chi
cage. was punctuat to the minute
~ his appointment: otherwise ne
would hardly have been the
rcctilinear gentleman Of the frock-
coat school that he a
Notwithstanding that Hartford
Wills was pledged to n code Of
morals and manners vlnted In M
early eighte.n-eightics, and SO i'm
! placnbiy nntngonistic to the gen
efnl trend OF ~prcEent-dsy thought
on the divorce question. his great
affection for Lucinda predisposed
him 20 allow that the course she
had taken with Bethany had been
the only one his conduct had fef;
open to her.
My dear Lucinda" willis In
toned deliberately. n must say
you seem to be bearing w re-
mRrkabiy well. all things conaid-
cred. rc-mark ably we'll
rive stopped howiing and drum
ming the floor with my heels f.u-
! NNUha " NNa = ~
you mean when I found Il didn't
10 any good, ! give Il up. and Two
felt more cheerful ever since.
Cheerful wiilis repeated In a
sepuichrai voice.
More like an average nuninn
being who's been horribly hurt but
who can't see why Hfo should De
counted n total IoFs for all that.
"fnu don't think u would be
worth whiic.'' Wissli suggested aa
ono in duty bound. ITO forgive nci-
lamy. give him another ohancog'
y don't know that I've got any
thing to forgive him. Mr.. .Wfliis
Why should ] forgive him for be-
ing true % HIMSELF It's myself II
cant forgive. because 7 Was sillf
enough 10 let him go on ms long A.
! did. making me "A laughing abck
Besidcs. I'm not 80 surv as
good for ms to he forgiven our nnH
we're all such vain crcaturrf.
wu're TOO apt To- take ~fousiycnes4
NJ a LICENSE a. mlabetiNc still
mere Dnn'f you sve2'
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