San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-05
Nora Lee
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never get enough of them. And
Mickey's so consumed with gratitude
for the way she stuck when he was
down that he'd die before he'd even
suggest any further proof of love from
his wife.
Just the same, you can all but see
the want and hunger in their lives. 1t
n iakes it all the more pitiful because
w'onnie isn't really shallow at heart.
Billie is-so is Minna. But Con and
| got an extra drop from dads side of
the house"
We'll, Minna's happy with her high
brow"
Sallie took the cigarette from her
lips and blew the smoke teasingly up
ward. She said slowly: "Minna came
home TO mamma last week. Oh. yes
I'm not kidding. She and Lucien
have agreed to separate. The empty
little fool says grandly: Mother, dear
just fancy calling Bill mother, dear
We'll. she says: Mother, dear. Lu-
Glen and I are still the best of friends.
And you must be patient. You must
not misjudge him. He's acting for
our happiness. We hope to adjust
our differences. You see Lucien has
a spiritual problem that I can't dis
cusS with you. but / know that what
he will do will be for the best"
"Wouldn't you like to box her ears?
And that Chauncey-faced husband of
hers-I'd like to twek his nose for
him, He's going about now as though
he's the hero of some Freudian novel.
They give me an ache!
THE IDEAL COUPLE
"As far as I can see it. marriage
is the bunk. and God knows single
is the bunk! / fall back
ON you, Nora Lee. You and Dane
are the only ideal couple I've ever
met or heard of. You've got EVERY
THING! But then you always did
have a way with the men. If l
thought / could make go OF it the
way you've done, I'd rush out on the
highway and lasso the first present.
able man l met"
Nora Lee was glad her back was
half turned to Sallie. She laughed
gayly: "Then don't marry just to
be doing something different. Sal. |
For I'll tell you the truth. it's some
times hard enough for two people who
are really crazy about each other to
see things in the right light. Well:
YOU know how it was when you and
| shared the apartment. Sometimes
we were at daggers' points. weren't
we? And if we hadn't been fond OF
each other. there'd have been a bust
M in due time. It's the same with
You can't build any kind
AZ happipess without love for a foun-
dation. And you've got to have all
kinds Of fair play in you and gladness
and patience and more and more love
70 fill IN all the cracks. And even
then. sometimes it's not so easy"
She laughed merrily, saying all this.
salIie smelt the toasted cheese sand |
wiches Ellen was fixing in the kitchen.
She said with a luxurious sigh. 10 |
get half what you've got, ole dear.
III take the chance any day this week |
1r next
WHY this announcement Of Sallie's |
should so elate her. Nora Lee didn't |
know. But it was a golden balm pour
ID fragrantly through her veins. She |
and Dane were an ideal couple-the |
only one Sallie knew!
And weren't they? Sitting IN the |
stormy gray twilight and waiting for
him a few hours later, Nora Lee went |
over word for word the conversation |
If the afternoon. She smiled, recall
ing the advice she had given Sal in
he arrogance of her eighteen years.
And Sallie had taken it,and found |
il valuable. Nora Lee had a way
with men, l
The mere fact that Sallie believed
this filled her with a new, surging
confidence. She thought: 'Tve let
myself get morbid. I've imagined for
the last seven months that Natalie |
is mad with love of him. I've fan
lied them meeting needlessly-climb-
ing about the half finished building.
I've even fancied him cold to me.
She's been back nearly ten months |
nothing is changed.
What a fool l was 10 admit for !
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