The Indianapolis times., 1924-03-29

LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES
COTT T OLESLIE PRESCOTT,
CARE OF THE SECRET
DIP WER

I wonder, little Marquis, if in your
life you had your soul so bruised
and your heart so broken that you
felt all dead inside Of you, and yet
all the while ou went about, doing
your accustomed tasks, talking to
your friends, smiling when they
, smiled. sympathizing with them in
their troubles which seemed to you
trivial, when compared to your own.
I keep telling myself that I am
very foolish. I keep saying to my.
self what I said to Jack, which was
to the effect that if a woman insisted
upon the single standard she would
never have a husband to make her
miserable; out that don't seem to help
| me one bit, little Marquise
Calls Her Darling
Jack tries to be so sweet to me,
but every time he calls me darling"
every time he says some compliment
tary or caressing thing to me. the
face OF. that piquant, clever little
French woman rises up before me,
and ] know that everything he is
saying TO me now, he has said before
TO her
Strange as it may seem. I do not
grieve so much because Of this thing
/ OF which Jack has told me. I grieve
more because can't seem to forget.
( 1 grteve more because the caressine,
touch Of Jacks hands to me now
hurts, the soft tones Of his voice
seem harsher than when he spoke to
me impatiently before.
| / think it's my pride that's hurt
/ little Marquise. I wanted to feel that
Jack had never loved any other won1-
an but me; and he must have loved.
Paula, because. even now when he
speaks of her, a tender. adrnirins. look
comes into his eyes. Besides, he has
never paid any attention to little Jack
since he told me.
Constant Reminder
Is il because he feels that he can.
not lavish on him the tenderness and
/ anection that he did before, without
hurting ME? Or is 1t because he feels
that the baby is a constant reminder
to me?
1 wish I were not so questioning.
so retrospective, but 1 cannot help
it. I have not tried TO see Ruth; in
fact, I have avoided her since I re.
turned. Yesterday she called me I'D
by telephone and wanted TO know if
/ were i'll. I told her no. but I was
/ coming down to see her as soon as
possible. Ruth, who has a quick
sense Of understanding, did not say
she was coming up to see me
She knew something was bothering
me, something I lid not want to talk
/ about to any one. Impulsively I said
TO her:
Great Help
ruth, dear. I do nor know what
I would do without you. You are
the one woman to whom I can say
I do not want to see you or any one
else with the full knowledge that
you will understand and leave me to
work out my great problem alone.
standing by ever Teaedy to help me
If I should ask for help.
Some day I may tell you, dear.
all that is troubling me. Until then
VIII you please remember that love
you better than any other woman I
know. and consider you my greatest
friend"
Yes, I am always here when YOU
want me. for without YOU dear, do
not think 1 could have gotten through
my trouble, which was greaten than
anything that could come to You; for
I know. Leslie, that Jack loves you
devotadly."
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, Inc1
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