Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-15
F.C7TEE.R AND SISTER WERE BOTH Her
RFVALS F9R LOVE or TAYLOR MARY

hatred IBsmy soGi-oniv regret th"t
sire las made it impossible fo~ me
to love her as l would like to.
"It is gaod 10 have sold every
thing. Now L can walk down .
street without realizing people are
looking It me, thinking they should
rot"
Dstails Of Love Affair
Details OF her love affair with
william Desmond Taylor, murdered
film director, were told by Mary,
the golden haired girl star be had
learned 10 love while directing be-
fore the cameras Of movielaBd.
Ia little red leather love dairy
Marry s9bbed out her loneliness for
tAc courtiF mystery m&n of tAe
ulios, after his slain body had
been found in his Alyaralo street
apartment.
"Oh, Ny Believed, where are
voU' = wrote Mary two weeks after
the murder, while the sensational
,ard battling Investigation was at
It's height. =. You were to have
been mine. Had / know n Won were
70 have taken from me no power
ON carth could have kept rs 1ur5.
Where. I do not know, Hy beloved
b-t yuu are HeaT-5omcwhero neur
me. I an certain. You couid not
leave me so utterly hopeless, alone.
and forlorn.
Ten days later Nary's dog
.. CEImmv, which Taylor had Civ
on har, was stolen aud Mary wrote:
They have taken away what you
gave me. How dog can under
stand. Better than most human.
In june Of last year Mary left
fae iiulo,nl1 "fer q long rcst'' ar
ter thc or4r-1 Of the murder iuvcs-
tigation, in which she and her moth
or were quizzed innumerablc times.
Wrote Of Love DAYS
While pIaintiye Hawaiian music
tlGmmea ia a brilliant hotel Mary
sa4 outside by the waves of the Pc
/ o;fic, writing in her diary Of the
happier days sEe had spent with
her lover.
1T is night again dearest. our
iimc Of peace and surccase from the
stress Of life that grows So weary
( ~ t.mcs. Morning VIII bc all too
soon and with il viii begin again
! the weary task Of life. Life with
cut You, dearest, rs weary. Our
love was like q great star that burns
lis way across the heavens. They
are dancing inside can see them
through the window The lovely
gowns look like bright colored ball
cons against the dark background.
oh, Desmond, my love, where arc
Vou Surely not 50 far away but
that ] VIII find you somehow,
somewhere.
Despite the whispered words Of
other uitors in the year that fol-
lowed Mary stiil lonocd for hrr
dead lover. In June Of this year
She wrote:
ilow long, oh how long my love
until you clasp me again in your
dear arms
Romance Began at II
Telling of her romance with Tay-
ion. Mary said.
~ first met him when / was ~
and. Fnew Le was tie one man in
she world for me. ] falf ne reel
p-oeated my love. When ! bad PASS
ed the adoleaecnt stage mother De.
came worried because / was popular
and attractive TO men.
The few men ] came in contact
With were Ant attracted u mv sis
ter Margaret. This was a bitter
pill for both her and mother Mar
garef Is older, ard molhcr thougat
she should have first chance.
That was the way it was when
] met Desmond. lie was SO tender
and understanding. Tie called Of
ten. Bot mother soon noticed bis
preference for any company ana put
stop to IT. Until then she had
bad only words of praise for him
Says Motheg Was Rival
But she turned against him, be-