The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-11


trip, never suggesting that 1 go
along Never thinking that l might
possibly be lonely here! And then
you get sore because 1 don't spend
my time crying over it,
She pulled herself away from Dick.
He turned toward the hall. May
and Jim stood there, STILL waiting to
see what was going to happen.
May, this is your doing" Dick
said, his voice trembling. He put
one hand on the back Of tall Jaco-
bean chair to steady himself.
You know that everybody in town
is talking about you and JIM" he
wife down to your own level. -.
Well, you're not going to do it,
forbid you ever to come here again!
You, or your lover, either! Now get
out both of you"
May burst into careless laughter.
"Oh, we're going, but not because
you say so! We were just leaving
when you came" she cried gaily
And don't you be so sure that I
framed this little party today. Ask
your wife whose idea it was!. -.
Come along, Jimmie!'
The pair Of them went. leaving a
dead silence in the house behind
them.
At last Dick broke it.
Glory, I wouldn't have believed
it Of YOU" he said, hopping his
damp forehead. His eyes were fixed
on his wife Glory, with bent head,
stood in the doorway.
Both she and Dick seemed to have
forgotten that Stanley Wayburn
was still in the room.
IT don't see what there is to make
such fuss about" Glory said, pout.
ting childishly. There's nothing SO
disgraceful about my having two or
three people in to tea, In broad day.
light is there?"
"Tea?" Dick gave a short laugh
THE house smells like a distillery
not a tearoom!. Was it tea you
were drinking from those highbail
glasses?"
IIC lllOlANdISU Illc IWO cIIply OIlCs
that stood on his smoking stand.
ooh, Jim brought that stuff along
You know how he thinks he has tc
drink every five minutes or he isn't
having a good time" Glory said
easily, "Stan and 1 really didn't want
any Of It,"
Stan and H.. Dick turned and
looked intently at Wayburn as If he
had just seen him for the first time
in his life. Under the cold, steady
gaze. Stan shifted uneasily in his
chair.
IT7E put out one hand, and
IE chose a fresh cigaret from
the silver box beside MIN
With seeming carelessness, he
struck a match to it. He leaned
back, putting idly.
But his wary eyes never left
Dicks face.
Glory felt as if time, itself, ha6
stopped. She held her breath.
Her eyes went first to one man
then to the other She could see
that each was tax ng the others
measure. E. like two prize fighters
in the ring.
Suddenly she remembered that
Dick had once told her that he hao
a savage temper. He had said that
the reason he never fought with PEG
pie was because he was afraid OF
his own physical violence when his
blood was up. because he was
afraid he might injure his adversary
without fully knowing what he was
doing!
She had scarcely believed him
then. She saw now that it was the
truth that he had told her about
himself
His hands were tensed so that
they had whitened along the knuck
les.
Glory could tell from the set OF
his jaw that his teeth were tight
clenched. His face was ashen.
She saw that he was deaf, blind
and numb to everything but his own
anger that he was quite cap
able of killing Wayburn then and
there!
She could scarcely recognize in
him the quite, self-contained Dick
she had always known d. the
husband who had pampered anc
spoiled her.
With a kind of horror Glory
watched him slowly cross the room
and stand before his own armchair
where Wayburn sat smoking. Fas
cinated, she waited. not daring to
move a muscle.
What was he going to do?
But Dick did nothing. He stood
perfectly quiet, looking down at the
actor. Glory saw that the hand that
held Wayburn's cigaret was shaking
Finally Dicks voice cut the still
ness like a knife edge.
"Wayburn, you well never
mind what you are! But
know and so do you, And I know
what you're doing here!' Dick said
IT know what my wife's doing here
with youi r.. And that's all endedl
TAN'S mouth went up at one
corner in his crooked smile
- He f1icked the ash from his
cigaret before he answered. But
Glory could see that he was
terribly afraid that he needed
all his. acting ability to carry him
through this crisis.