The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-02

IAN intimate story of innermost
emotions revealed in private
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LETTER FROM JAMES CONDOR
TO SALLY ATHERTON,~
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i know you never will be anything
but restless and unhappy, Sally
dear. as long as your business and
personal interests both are bound
up in your employer. and he is Il
married man. When I was with you
you could talk of nothing else except
John Prescott and his business.
I think perhaps my thoughts
were turned to you in a little strong
err direction this morning because
John Prescott made an appearance
at the steel mills armed with a note
from Mr.. Hamilton asking me to
show him all over the place and
give him any other ssattention he
might require. The FIST thing that
Prescott said to me was, Aren't you
some relation of Mrs. Atherton' 81"
answered, Il am the cousin of
her late husband" Then he launched
into the most laudatory panegyric
! ave ever heard. If one was to be
lieve him there was only one woman
in the world who could not only
understand the mysteries OF the
advertising business. but unravel anc
make them plain as well to clients
and the reading public.
Most women who are good eX
ecutors are nothing else" he said
They are sui generis-they are
neither women nor men, and you
cannot treat them like one or the
other. Consequently, you are al
ways in a state Of annoyance for
| fear you will not do the right thing
| But your cousin is most womaniy
and appealing. She has the big
heart Of a woman, and the big brain
of man"
she didn't seem to appeal u
1 was n little miffed by the way he
referred to you-not what he said,
but the way he said it. I felt he
| had more interest in you than a man
with a lovely wife should have.
Il got that idea also from my wife
who used to be a friend OF hers, tina:
/ Mrs. Atherton had not been very
happy n her married life"
Isn't Mrs. Prescott still a friend
of Mrs. Atherton's?" I asked
He froze up. and after answering
CURLY. Yes" he seemed TO think
he had been too chummy with me
or something, and said no more.
! I took him over the whole plant,
| aud though he didn't say in So
many words. ! gathered the oil
man wanted him to come over ard
take hold. This being the case. you1l
probably come along with the rest
I Of the basgage-I can see your eyes
shoot fire as you read that last sen.
tence. All the same. you are won
dering what has come over me-poor
| little me. who was so devoted To
you, who dwelt upon your slightest
word and who thought everything
you I'D was perfect. The boy,
you used to call me.
Well. Sally. I have grown up. !
have found out that many Of the
things you said to me are true.
You remember when you told me
how differently I would feel when
found the right woman, and how
at that time would know that the
feeling had for you was not love.
only a friendly and platonic rela-
tionship.
Sally. l have found the right
woman-the one woman for me III
all the wcrId--a woman who brings
TO the surface all my protective in
/ stincts, all my unselfsh care. all
my feeling Of unworthiness OF her
| great love.
She is little and golden haired.
with great blue eyes that I'LL with
tears quickly. She seems to be made
only for love. and I am going 70
marry her as soon as she gets her
/ divorce.
. Copyright, 1924. NEA Service. Inc.J
NEXT: The letter continued.