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

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N a panic of nervous haste,
/ Sandy stepped from the train.
Two blocks from the rambling
Old white house, she stopped.
why am L frightened?' she
asked. Its because I haven't
slept. 1 am not really afraid"
She--went On to the house. She
carefully pulled open the screen.
Her sister, Alice, and her mother
were there.
where's Ben" her mother asked.
I've left him.
Her mother was startled.
What do you mean?" she asked.
You know you can't put aside your
marriage. For what trifling thing
did you quarrel"
1T wasn't trifle," Sandy said.
I'm not going to talk about it..
It's done now. You can't undo it.
Nobody cam
They stared at the open door.
Murillo was Ahere. He had come in
noiselessly.
Sandy turned on HIM.
You got my note? l meant what
w
now"
He shrugged.
Don't be too hard on her" he
said to Sandy's mother. "She is
tired"
TANDY was firm. All the pro-
iS tests of her family were
futile. Murillo insisted on
staying at the house. Her married
sisters gave dinners. Sandy attended
them to keep up appearances. She
evaded Murillo
On Sunday Murillo insisted on
taking the family riding. They drove
past beautiful homes.
Here" said Murilio, and it was
the house he had remodele1. He
took Sandy's arm. She didn't say
word.
SANDY. tell me, he said. Don't
you like it?''
Il am not oming here. Not with
you" she said
That night Sandy and her mother
had a long talk.
Fl HEN something happened
II that changed Sandy's def
ance She spent her time
making clothes for a tiny baby. She
had to go back to Murillo. She knew
this now.
In a few weeks Murillo's house
was finished. She drove with him
to t.Io house. He pushed open
dooT-a bedroom filled with flowers.
She found it hard to breathe. He
said Yours, my dear. Shall ! give
you a key"
Sandy continued Indifferent. He
treated her with sarcasm and re
sentiment. In little was he sought
to break her. He gave her no
money, but he expected her TO ask
for it--and she wouldn't.
Finally she told him. He was I'M
nerved with emotion. She could feel
his exultance.
He laughed: Everything is diff
ferent now
A day or two later he said:
I've asked my family to dinner
Sunday. They are overjoyed."
She was stunned. you don't
mean you have told them. You
haven't told them already
why not?"
II asked you not to-"
She walked out of the room,
tears burning her eyes.
Z insisted on having house
ILL warming Sandy objected,
~ asking him to put it off. A
few days later he came home with
engraved invitations. 1t didn't really
occur to him that she had opposed
her will to his.
Iurillo made out list OF guests
and passed 1t to Sandy. There were
none of the friends of her girlhood
included. She added about ten of
these.
One day Sandy was shopping.
She met the Arliss sisters.
You are coming to my house.
warming. aren't yOu?"
They had received no invitations.
Heinie had received none, nor had
Jimmy. Sandy walked homeward,
her brain on fire.
She said to Murillo: Some of the
invitations have been lost"
Don't lose control Of yourself,
Sandy" he said. II know the
reason-certainly."
"You mean you didn't send those
invitations?"
There was really no reason for
including those names" he said.
She looked at him, white and still
as marble. Then she went upstairs.
She opened her box OF correspond
ence cards. She wrote notes to
each of the friends she had wanted
to invite and explained that the in
vitations had been lost and that she
wanted them to come.
On the day OF the housewarmins
Sandy was excited. She wondered
what Murillo would say when her
friends arrived. But not one of
Sandy's friends appeared.
T0ANDY took long walks alone.
81 One day an automobile over
- took her. Jimmy was driv-
ing. He took off his hat.
Want a lift, Sandy?"
She was tired and she stepped
into his roadster.
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