Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-01-23
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atse Joined the cotors. she Il tell.
Ing her frtead aboat the unhappy
VISIT With her former lover. Jean
do something to hsip '' '
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
ssNIoBoDY can help" Nan sa,d
In hardly. ''oh. I'm not go,ns
to whine and make q fool Of
myself for ever. dent think that:
but Just at first-just now--I don't
think can bear Il all. To have seen
him. and heard his voice. and his
laugh. :" She caught her breath
hard.
But he will get better" Joan
urged gently. "Of course he win get
better. Mr.. Arnott himself said that
Peter was bound to get welt In the
end"
He didn't. He only said that the
doctors thought there was a hope,
and even IL there Is. anything may
heVe happened by that time. He
never used TO like the happery kind
OF girl he was with thla evening. He
always said they bored him. but he
didn't look bored when I walked into
the room." she added. broken.heart.
eddy.
Mani hate to say Il, but-bu&
do you think that perhaps-he hasn't
really forgotten? That he's Just like
so many other men who care for q
girl for a time. and then forget
them? III hate even TO suggest Il
to you. but-but-one does hear OF
such things. I've heard Of ever 90
many cases since the war started.
There was Mary Melhuish. :"
was burning spot Of color In her
pale cheeks. "And yoa dare to com.
pare me with herr" she said nercely.
You dare to compare Peter with
that-that miserable man she
thought she cared for. Oh, how dare
you'll How dare your
Joan looked horribly distressed.
Il didn't mean to be unkind: but
frNe - n
iy knew anything about Mr.. Lys-
ter"
II knew him long enough to 3nd
but that he was good and honorable.
knew him long enough to be able
to trust him and believe in him. And
IL he had got-tired-if there had
been anybody el0e-" Her voice
broke, but she went on again proud.
iy. "He.would have told me straight
out--he wouldn't have wanted to
hide the truth behind a mean trick
like this"
There was a little silence. Joan
looked up timidly.
And what-what are you going to
do?" she asked. Are you going to
see him again? Oh, Nan, wouldn't
It have been the best thing to fsave
tcid him who you were? To ask him
II he didn't remember you? To be.
n"ve just as II nothing had hap
ned since you saw him last?"
throw myself at the head Of q
= man rho doesn't care two strews for
me. Nc. I'm afraid that isn1 quite
my way. But I'm not giving him Up
don't think that. want my hap
piness as much as you do, and I'm
going to fight for 1t, and them" but
her pluck gave out all at once and
she broke down into bitter sobbing.
Man." said Joan tearfully: but
Nan had rushed away and locked
herself ~ her own room.
John Arnott called In the morn
Ing as he had promised. He had
been 30 sure that he would have
70 meet broken woman this morn
Tag; but she smiled at him. though