The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-26
BY Beatrice Burton

CHAPTER LVlll.
LORIA unfolded the little clip
nj ping, curiously.
'Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Mill.
brook of N. Meridian ST., announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Margot, to Mr.. James Neale Carewe,
formerly Of Boston. The wedding
will be an event of late October, -
it read.
"Jim Carewe engaged" Gloria
cried aloud. "Why, did you ever
hear of such a thing! And who's
the girl, for goodness sake?"
May looked up at her with wet,
red-rimmed eyes. "She's a little
cousin of Myra Calls" she said. "a
young thing just graduated from
school this month. She can't be
more than 20 and Jim's SO,
If he's a minute! Talk about cradle
robbing. E"
Gloria shook her head slowly.
''But May" she said, "You never
cared a snap Of your finger about
Jim. I've heard you say so a hun
dred times. 1t was always Jim who
was wild about you"
II know it," May answered, but
Jim's like all men. He wants to be
respectable. He'd never marry me
in a million years since this
this scandal about Johns.
suicide"
She pressed her handkerchief
hard against her lips for a moment.
Then she went on bravely: This
girl can give Jim just what he
wants. Responsibility, a houseful of
friends, yolah everything clean
and new and shining. Perhaps he
still does care for me, but he's not
going to marry a scandal! He's too
selfish to do a thing like that! He
thinks too much of himself"
She took off her black hat and
tossed it down on the hall table.
"You haven't any coffee on the
stove, have your" she asked II
haven't had any breakfast"
II haven't had any, either Gloria
answered. Come out into the kitch.
en-. I won't promise to cook any.
thing for you. But Dick left some
coffee on the stove, and there's jelly
and rolls"
n HE stopped and looked hard
at May for minute. "Well, A."
~ she said. II guess we're both
out of luck, by dear. I'm leaving
Dick this morning. We've agreed
to disagree. And I'm going back
home to my people,"
They stood there looking at each
other with empty eyes. Neither had
a word to say.
1t flashed through Glorias mind
that they were like moths dancing
around a light. They had flown too
close to danger and had had their
wings singed and broken. ..
But Stanley Wayburn and Jim
Carewe were safe enough! One mar
ried, the other engaged to be mar
ried They had escaped Men al
ways did.
1t was the woman who took all
the slurs, the snubs, and the pain.
The man went scot-free from one
AON6 c1IeIlE W dilOIuGI.
Gloria" May said suddenly.
Lets get out Of this town! Let's
so away where nobody knows us,
and start over again. :"
But Gloria shook her head mo, 3"
she said, IT tried that once The
time I went to New York. And
1 almost died from inconsistencies.
-. I wanted Dick"
May stared at her. well, you
poor little fish, why are you leaving
him, then?" she asked, IF you care
anything about him."
tits Dick who wants me to go"
Gloria answered. "1Ie he's
through with me"
"Oh, you're crazy" May answered.
"You might tell that to some people,
and get away with it! But I know
Dick Gregory . and he's in love
with you, and always has been"
F'TER May had gone Gloria
al thought over what she had
IL said. Was it possible that
Dick still loved her?
mo, May was wrong. Dick
couldn't love here any more or he
wouldn't let her go this way, would
he?
All morning as she made the beds
and washed the dishes Gloria lis
tened tensely for the phone to ring.