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ten in a big chair in the sunny cor ner by the windows, She took out her vanity case and looked at her.. self in It's little mirror, Then her eyes travelled to Miss Briggs face
 No--susaE Briggs at her best couldn't hold candle to her when 1t came to looks, Her eyes were lovely, but there were fine crows fet at the corners of them, And there were shadows at the corners of Miss Briggs mouth that would be deep, carved wrinkles in a few years.
 Was is possible that Dick was in love with this plain little woman who was at least eight years older than his beautiful young wifeG S
 But perhaps he had tired of her just because she was his wife, Glo- ria thought gloomily. She had heard May Seymour often say in her flip bitter way that no man loved his wife after the first flush of married life was gone.
 May Seymour! She of all women, had least reason for saying a thing like that! She must have known all along how desperately Dr. John cared for her.
 A folded newspaper lay on the sill beside Gloria. She picked 1t up. It was full of ugly details of pr. Johns suicide. On the first page was large photograph of May in a plumed picture hat.
 Poor May! She was fair game for any gossip today! Eyerybody's tongue was wagging about her.
 What a life she was facing! For years and years and years people would remember that her husbnd had killed himself because of her love affair with another man the story would hound her to ths very day she died.
 No matter where she went, the tale would follow her. No matter in what remote corner of the world she tried to hide. there would always
 be some one who knew all about
 her. For there always was some-
 body.
 .. People never let you forget
 your shame.
 Gloria wondered If Jim Car eve was worth the misery that was waiting for May. Was any man .. any happinessy - worth such mis- cry?
 And what would Jim do now? Would he marry May when the
 scandal had quieted down? |. Gloria doubted it. Jim wasn't the marrying kind"
 And suppose he did marry May? Wouldn't the memory of Dr. John : always be between them, like a
 ghostly hand keeping them apart?
 Of course it would. =.
 He hadn't been able to keep his wife away from Jim Carewe, while he lived. But now that he was dead,
 1t would probably be easy enough. Ugh" Gloria shivered at the thought of the power the dead can have over the living.
 Miss Briggs looked up at her. l She had cleared away her lunch
 and was reading thin little book q suppose" she said to Gloria, you've been reading that piece in the paper about Dr. Seymour's sui r eide. Terrible thing, wasn't it?" "Horrible." Gloria agreed. It was
 a relief to talk about it to anyone, l Why do you suppose he did such
 a thing a successful doctor still young, and with everything to live for?"
 "Perhaps he didn't have every : thing" she said very quietly. No . body has everything he wants in
 this world, nobody! And besides, I've heard that Dr. Seymour and his wife didn't get along very well to-
 gether."
 Now who had told her that. l Dick? No, no, Mrs. O'Hara of 5 course. She was Miss Briggs sis [ ter as well as pr. Johns ".boss"
 nurse. She had probably known all about his troubles, Gloria said to herself These nurses. they found out everybody's business. l Miss Briggs" Gloria asked
 abruptly. Did you ever know why Dr. Seymour and his wife didn't get along?" Miss Briggs opened her candid } eyes Why, yes" she answered "There was some sort of love af'
 fair between Mrs. Seymour and
 Mir. Carewe, wasn't there? I've heard there was" Gloria shook her head Ut wasn't love affair" she said e Not what I'd call love affair al
 lease, May Seymour is my bes - friend, and I happen to knew she wasn't in love with Jim Carewe n She used to tear around with hin . because she was lonely. Dr. Johr }, was never at home, and May didn' e have many women friends. h She called Jim her little boy friend
 and that's all he was to her. know!"
 l. Miss Briggs looked at her witl