Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-12
CHAPTER "
Tangled Threads

! TIME DAYS that followed were like ghast-
| ly nightmare to Lorry above all, the day
a. which was to have been her wedding. She
Kept to her room, refusing to see anyone, and
she offered only the briefest explanation to
her mother.
! She had heard something about Tom that
made it impossible for her to marry him. Yes
the strange girl had told her, and there was
no doubt about its being true. When pressed
! for details she shook her head, and Mrs.
Grenvile looking into the girls anguished
eyes, felt her own heart ache in sympathy.
1t was she who guarded the door of Lorry's
room. 1t was she who attended to the details
of notifying the guests and returning the
presents. Lorry was her only child, and Mrs.
Granville wanted her happiness more than
anything else in the world. And yet some
how, try as she would, she had never quite
| liked Tom Ransome. She had not understood
| Lorrys feeling for him. He was too easy go
| ing, and his eternal good nature savored of
weakness. Mrs. Granville had pictured diff
ferent kind of husband for Lorry, a more
masterful type of man, but she had never
questioned the girls choice, for she was a
wise mother
Now, as she went about doing what there
was to be DONE she wondered If perhaps des-
! tiny hadn't stepped in at the last moment to
save Lorry from making a big mistake. Per-
haps, after all, this had happened for the best.
Lorry young, there was plenty of time for
her to meet someone else, someone more
worth while but, of course, for the present
LorTy couldn't things in that light. Her
illusions had been smashed, her heart was
sore within her. 1t would take some time to
heal the wounds and bring back her bVoyant
girlhood, but Mrs. Grenville was sure that the
time would come when Lorry, too, would
agree that things had happened for the best
AS for Tom, Lorry dealt with him herself.
Late as it on the night that the
stranger had come with her devastating news,
after she had gone, LOrry sat down to write a
note to Tom. 1t was strange little note, and
spite of its defniteness, there was tender
ness in it as though Lorrys grief had to do
with the the action of wayward child.
The reason why can't marry yOu," it ran,
is because L cannot trust you, and / must
be able to do that. Don't try to see me, be-
cause have made my decision and nothing
can shake me-" The note ended with the
words, 80, Tom, if only you had told me the
truth"
That last sentence was what reused hope IN
Toms heart, and made him feel that perhaps
after all, if he could see Lorry if he could
take her in his arms and hold her close, she
might weaken, she might forgive him
He came to the house in an effort to see
Lorry and was met by Mrs. GrenvilIe who
treated him with icy contempt. She did not
reprOach him; she made no attempt to refer
to what had happened, but her manner and
: the few brief sentences that she spoke left
Tom in no doubt as to the way she felt about
it. When he left his usually good-natured
face was dark with anger. He hadn't been
treated fairly. Lorry might have seen him.
she might h;ve given him chance to explain.
After all, in these modern days a man can t
| be expected to be a saint, he makes mistakes.
The trouble lies in the fact that girl ism t
brought up to consider the human side of a
man and the temptations that confront him.
SO ran his thoughts, and he affected care
less bravado. But in his heart of hearts Tom
knew that he loved Lorry with all the best in
his nature. In spite of the fact that he made
excuses for himself, there was a longing deep
In him to undo the past, a wish that he had
played strong part i stead of that of weak
! ling.
Thursday, THE Fly and the Spider" Read
the synopsis and begin this story. You win
find it very entertaining