The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-15
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SONIA. the young wife of DR.. DON
STILLW ATkR. became jealous OF her
that he formerly was engaged to
SStilIlfTIategr,g partner, DR.. ROBERT
Through ESTHER LANE, stenog-
Trap1her in the office. Sonia ALSO learns
and attracts ma many " ' Of his women pa
I tients.
:, Dr. saltwater takes Sonia to
dinner. Later she soliioquizes on the
TACT he was engaged to another before
Sonia fears the wallaces may have
beard beard al about her affair with Franklin
ace, for advice. She receives no salts,
ihetIion from Wallace, who tries 70 firt
and Elaine Wallace in a Chinese restau-
rant. and later is filled with conflicting
G9Lhonons she meets jimmy OF Jeo
On the night of their wedding ami
versary, Elaine phones, calling Don away
brate. When he returns the evening Is
spoiled. lie brings something from the
out by E Pf3eeS E L. es At pseeVW asces
Elaine accuses Sonia OF calling her nus
band by phone and then denying i. ma,
coming to San francisco. jimmy tells
Don finds Sonia talking to DR.. Wallace.
SIDNEY MAINE visits Sonia:
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
She was silent for so long that
Sidney said; You're lucky, old
thing! Who would have dreamed
you would be the first Of us to marry
and settle down.
II would never have believed it,
myself, Sidney. I longed for other
kinds Of things. Excitement, jew.
els. go"
Do you know I always admired
you? Envied your poise-your in
definable charm?"
Don't please"
Her voice was so sharp that Sid
ney looked up, startled.
1T isn't flattery. l realized long
ago that you were different from
the rest of US"
That's just it." Sonia inter
rupted, bitterly. 1 don't want to
be different any more. I used to
cultivate it. I had no other advan
tage over you girls in Ashtabula
with your wealthy fathers, college
education, etc. SO l made use OF
the only weapon l had"
Sidney smiled affectionatey.
MY dear, you couldn't have
helped yourself. ..."
Sse left Sonia, brooding. More
melancholy than before. The only
thing she really wanted now was t.
be an ordinary wife. 1t seemed the
enc thing that Fate was determined
to deny her.
After dinner found the situation
unchanged. Don continued to be
courteous and agreeable. But he
had ceased to be her lover. His atti
tude was as impersonal as If she
were one Of his patients. His silence
baffled her. His dignified reserve
prohibited any overtures. And her
loneliness was more intense than any
solitude. 1t became a CHASTITY hid
eous thing, clutching at her throat
She awoke in the night to face it.
On Saturday she decided to cal
jimmy again. Perhaps she would be
able to forget herself in the other
girls difficulties She was rather
hopeless of accomplishing anything
definite for jimmy. But the com
partnership seemed mutually neces.
sary. Her invitation to dinner was
accepted gratefully.
You bet I'll come. Saturday
night and no place to go is almost
more than I can stand"
Sonia planned a special menu
Judging from the lunch jimmy had
ordered she was in need of square
meal. Sonia thought part of the
girls misery might be due to the
pangs of hunger rather than unre
quRted love.
The fiat was warm and glowing
A spot Of color in the rainy. desc.
late night. jimmy came in. shaking
her wet umbrella.
tOh. boy! Does anything smell
better than coffee on a stormy
night?"
IIer face was white. Sonia's heart
save a throb Of sympathy. No mat.
ter how Legitimate her reason,
jimmy was suffering.
Bring your things into the bed
room, darling. Why, jimmy, your
feet are soaking"
Doesn't matter :"
Indeed it does. Take those shoes
off and put on my bedroom slip
pers."
She was fussing over her as II she
were a child. jimmy looked about
frankly interested.
What a charming place to live
Nothing would feeze me If I could
sleep in & room like this"