Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08

straighten matters-for you. The
peculiar terms of the marriage have
been altered by his recovery of health
He is ready to restore your freedom
to YOU at once"
WHAT" said Sadie.
He has asked me to consult with
YOU and make whatever settlement is
satisfactory to you. OF course. under
conditions now existing, with no sen
timent involved, the marriage is pre-
poSterous."
No sentiment involved. Under con
ditionS now existing! Preposterous
| And Sadie had been so proud. sc
| happy, He hadn't been watching her
He wasn't looking at her at all. He'C
asked the lawyer to see her-to settle
with her. His face still Knocked anG
jeered and now-again-he hac
reached out and-well, smacked hel
in the face-and she didn't deserve
that. All the beautiful cool elegance
| of manner and feeling deserted her
| Her face burned. Her eyes smarted
| Dreadful old words rushed to her lips
and were held back with great diff
| Guilty.
1T see" said the lawyer. that this
is shock to you. OF course, you VII
| want time to think"
Think. Sadie went back TO hel
apartment and had tantrum. she
sobbed. She writhed. She whim
pered with pain. But in the tantrun7
she arrived at truth.
II was crazy about him. 7 didn't
care for myself. I wanted to show
him, And now! Why, l never had q
chance. not a. chance. I was a speci-
men to him then. Now he won't look
at me at all. But I won't be treated
like nothing! I am something! 1 will
show him.
What had she been working for all
these months? To be his kind of girl
And she thought she was winning
Well, was she or not? What would
his kind of girl do now? Would she
below and rave around like-like
Sadie Newton of the tobacco counter:
Oh, no. His kind of girl would be
/ proud. She'd have hurt feelings, OF
course: but she'd keep them to herself
Like Edith, Like Mrs. Anton. His
kind would be like that. His kind
would lift her head and feel superior
Sadie tried lifting her head. 1t
worked fine. That taut feeling in her
throat helped.
She made a proud, hard decision
She was going to renounce money
She was going to renounce n dream
And she wanted to do both well
With dignity In person. Not
through a lawyer.
She sought to locate him" through
DR.. Loring. Sadie had thought OF
DR.. Loring six months ago as ar
enemy. but she remembered now that
| he had been the only figure in that
stage play who had seemed to have
plea s,lre-and DR.. Loring now of
| fe,ed her more reinforcement. He
| didn't know her.
II am Mrs. Clement Wythe.' said
Sadie with plenty of quiet dignity
when her turn came in the busy office
She had to repeat the assertion.
ct heard from my lawyer this morn
| ing" she added then, that Mr.. Wythe
| is alive and well and wishes a divorce
Of course want to do what he
wants; but he has done so much for
me and now that ! am independent.
should like to thank him personally
if 1 could see him."
| The queerest expression followed in
credulity on the doctors face.
| 1T believe it is my right-to see hin
myself said Sadie.
| IT should say 1t is" said the doctor
"I should say-it is. If you don''
mind waiting till get rid of these pa
] tients, we can go together.
Il y
THEY went out to tine same hotel
the same suite N'rnber 1850
Sadie remembered the very look OF
the door. A japanese man admitted
them this time. however ard he
sat beside a western wir9nw.
| He came forward to greet the doc
tor, 'but. seeing Sadie, pause respect
! fully deferentially. He vas still
pale and thin, but his eyes we're diff
ferent, not sad. not sick.
| well, Glenn" said the doctor. you
certainly look good. And I've brought
you a present. you see. Your wife
has come to call on you.
Well. IL the doctors expression had
been queer, you should have seen
I Clement Wythe's. The doctor walked
away and left the two Of them star
ing at each other. Sadie lifted her
chin another notch.
! II asked Doctor Loring to bring me
/ out" she said. II wanted to congrat
'ulate You on your recovery and
thank you for your kindness to me. =
Mr.. Wythe stepped back a little. He
! looked positively shocked.
10 Wont you please sit down." he
| begged.
! Sadie felt she ought to run, but her
knees had begun to shake. So she
took the chair.
! Mr. Wythe leaned forward from his
| Tell me-" he said, ARE you really
that spunky little red-haired girl who
! bucked those heavy doors for me one
| morning."
Yes" said Sadie. primly.
; We'll. what have you been doing to
yourself?"
! DO you think I've changed
! WHY. you're beautiful he said in
! that old disturbing voice. You're the
most beautiful girl I ever saw
/ Thank you" said Sadie. IT tried
my best to-please YOU"
| Please me-"
Why, yes. You see. after YOU
willed me all that money. thought
/ the least l. could do was to try To be
worthy of it
But why why didn't you - why
didn't somebody tell me about al
this:"