The Jasper news., 1922-04-13

4 II wanted 70 see you, MI. Carters
she faltered. 4 couldn't sleep very
weli. rye been down at the shore But
4 lnter--any fine Will dor
You couldn't sicepls he exclaimed
with quick sympathy. He looked from
her about him, as II for q shelter forf
her emotion. Here" he said, -come
down the steps a Bit. I was going
down 70 the court for little tennis;
Ward may follow me. but he won't be-
dressed for half an houF yet. Sit down
here; we can talk"
They had come to the marble bench
on the terrace. where Isabelle and An
thony Pope, sheltered BY these same
towering trees and low brick walls.
had had their talk a yenr ago. Har-
riet, TO her own CONSERVATION, felt
that she was IN danger Of tears.
-I--I hardly know how TO say IT.
she began. ''But--but you know how
ashamed LINN !"
II know--I know how you feell"
Richard said with sort OF brief sym
pnthys I'm sorryi But you know
YOU mustn't take tlhs an too hard.
lldn't--I was thinking Of this last
night; didn't ask ypn for--well, any
more than you gave NE. in this mafa
riage Of ours. Your. divorce was Your
own affair"
The girls tired eyes flashed.
There was no dIvorce!" she sald
quickly.
NO divhrce?'' be, echoed with puz-
zled frown.
II want to tell you about H." she
said. But the fears would come again.
I'm tired = Harriet said. chlldishly,
trying TO smile. 1--WE been up walk
ing. ] COULDN'T sleepi"
The consciousness that he had been
able TO forget the whole tangle, and
sleep soundly. gave Richards voice a
little coInpunctiun as he said:
"You don't have to tell me now.
Wen ind n way out Of II thai is easy
for every ONE
"No. hut let me talk :" HasrIet. In
her eagerness. laid her fingers. on his
wrist, and he was shocked TO feel that
they were icy cold II want to tell
you the whole thlng--I want you to
understand" :" she said. eagerly. Rich
ard looked NJ her In some anxiety:
there was no acting here, The rich
hair was pushed carelessIy from the
troubled forehead. She was hudhled
u, the enveloping coat, different fig-
ure indeed from his memory OF the
superb and angry girl Of last night IN
the Iihrry InmpIIsht.
"MIr. Garter. ] never knew my moth
err" she began. But he interrupted
her.
MY dear.r hn said, IN tone he
might have nse,I TO Ntnn. He laid his
warm fine hand on hers. aud pntted
fifsfootianrays my dear GIRL " yoh
feel that you would like to 20 to that
notherly sister Of yours-if you feel
that It would be wiser"
"Oh, am going to Linda at once -
Harriet said, feverishly hurt TO the
soul. II had planned that! But--hut
won't you let me tell you?" she plead
ed. She had framed die sentences n
hundred times in the long night; they
failed her utterly now. and she CROPPED
for words 81 was only three years
old when my mother died" she said.
'VJI COURSE ] uoH TcHeiHueF nef-l
only remember Linda. | was shy, my
father was professor, we were too
poor 10 have very much social life.
lived In hooks, lived in my father's
shabby little study really; never had
an intimate girl friendi Linda was
always good-angelically goOd-tnlk-
ing of the Armenian sufferers. and Of
the outrages in the Congo, and of the
poor in New York's lower East side
she never cared that we were poor,
and that we hadn't clOthes!'
"I know--I know!" Richards eyes
were smiling. as II he knew the pic
ture, and liked II.
"weli. Linda marrIed when was
ten, and Josephine came. and then
Julia came. ] still lived for books and
babies. But, unlike Linda. cared"
Harriet's whole face gIowed; she
looked or into space. and her voice
had longing note. ~ cared for
clothes and good times I" she said. II
adcred the children. but l dreamed
OF carringes--maIds--g -glory--achIeye
meatsl l knew that other women, did
it,"
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