The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-24

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Sandy frowned. She did not like
to think of her engagement to
Murillo. He was handsome, Bat
Sandy didn't love him. Her family
had engineered her enga cement
largely because Murillo had money. ,
1t was late when Sandy returned
to the house. Her mother was
waiting for her Mrs. Mcneil was
shocked at Sandy's conduct, but the
girl only laughed.
IN ANDY and Jimmy had
81 planned a picnic for the fol-
III lowing Sunday. They and
their friends went back into the
mountains. Sandy and Jimmy were
the last to leave.
Jimmy tried to start the car. The
engine wouldn't turn over. The bat
terry was down.
Sandy waited in the car while
Jimmy went to a garage. 1t was
getting dark At o'clock Jimmy
returned.
"The garage closed at 6 o'clock"
he said.
ooh, Jimmy, didn't you even
phone?"
'There isn't telephone in miles.
] was afraid to leave you here any
longer
A storm was coming. up. 1t began
to rain. Sandy insisted something
must be done. Ben Murillo and his
sister were to be guests at dinner at
her house that night. But it was
too far to walk, and the rain was
pouring harder They took refuge
in a deserted house. The storm con-
tinued. At 1 o'clock Sandy ~father,
who had been searching for them,
found them, in the house. Her fam
lily insisted they could not under
stand her conduct
G"1 HE day set for the wedding
came and Sandy and Ben Mu
GJ rillo were married. Judith,
Sandy's cousin, found her weeping
in her room.
There was dancing after the we'd
ding. Sandy slipped out into the
garden, leading Jimmy.
kiss me, Timmy-oh, kiss me
good-by"
He closed his arms about her. She
chung to him. A wiIdness seized
her. She thought: 80 grab my
hands, Jimmy. Run away with me.
Why don't you?"
And he said almost sobbing:
you're crying, Sandy-Lord, you're
not crying?"
Jimmy left and Judith found
Sandy in the garden, but she did
not suspect. Judith and Sandy went
to Sandy's room, where Sandy
changed to her travelling costume.
Sandy burst into tears.
II can't go. 1 can't go with him."
she said.
"You can't go?'' Judith repeated
in awed slowness Shall I tell
them?"
Tut she did go-to a hotel in
X the mountains, and she saw
her husband register them for
the first time as "B. Murillo and
wife, Sandy longed to be alone.
When Murillo's back was turned she
slipped through an open French
window and her husband found her
sitting on q stone bench on the
lawn.
A day or two later, Sandy met
some of the boys from her home
town. They invited her to a din
ner and a dance afterward. She ac-
cepted happily. Her husband over
heard her.
'Why don't you get dressed?" she
asked him uneasily when they were
in their room.
1--WE are eating here tonight"
Murillo replied sternly. A maid
brought their dinner to the room.
Sandy was furious.
''In the future, no invitation is ac-
cepted unless accept It," Murillo
declared.
you heard me say we'd go. Why
didn't you refuse then?" Sandy
asked.
Because it didn't please me to-"
Two months Of their married life
passed. They had Travelled from one
end of the State to the other, stay
ing at all the best hotels.
One night Sandy slipped from her
bed. Her husband was sleeping. She
searched through his pockets and
took five ten-dollar bills from his
wallet.
She dressed hurriedly She took
the rings from her finger and left
them on a table. She scrubbed a
note on card. At 4 o'clock in the
morning she boarded a train at the
lonely station.
n URILLO turned Sandy's card
EMI in dumfounded darkness.
10y He stared at. it, hypnotized
with establishment.
The card said: Here are your
gifts. I'm leaving. I'm not COM
ing back. My parents can do moth
ing to change me. Don't try to
force me. I loathe you. mean
positively to die rather than be wife
to you again"
A picture flashed into his mind
A picture Of Sandy stepping from
the train. her head tilted in that
arrogant way Of hers. Sandy say
ing with a shrug: my husband?
Yes, I've left him.
He would be made ridiculous, a
laughing stock. He dressed hur-
ridly and as he dressed he pulled
shirts and collars from the bureau
drawers.
She would fling the wedding ring
in his face? She was his wife. He
laughed. She would be his, wife