New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-06
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:utIIo lrfatua'lon for him, had rut
the poison in his favorite fruit
Juice beverage In so ingenious a way
as 10 throw the blame Oh me, lie
has been trying In every way TO
atone and TO make ME forget. With
outward meekneSs, also, he has ac-
cep,ed the only condition under
which can with self-respcct go on
sharing a home with him-that We
shah be merely friendly acquaint-
aucas-courteous, considerate, but
with no hint of sentiment in our
relations. This ! proposed because OF
Junior, our idolized little son. who,
We knew, needed both OF us in his
lie, and Dicky had accepted it for
The same reason.
But it is no. an unnatural and I'M
possible arrangement, from Dicky's
point even more than mine, and, al
though he is strictly punctilious in
the keeping of il, and. although
never has our married life been so
apparently pcacetUl-we have not
addressed an irritated word to each
other since that awful night, Yet !
have the feeling that my hush md
shares the thought that we are sit
ting upon the cover OF a powder
barrel with q burning fuse growing
ever shorter.
with the exception Of this major
lnsistent problem Of mine. my life
bark since that awful night at the
Riverside Drive apartment has been
drifting on a placid stream, instead
Of being tossed upon a raging tor
rent, as It had been In the days
leading up TO that climax. Here in
This peaceful farmhouse there are
housed all OF my Immediate family
except my father, who is still absent
on his mysterious ocean trip.
My husband, my idolized small
son, my mother-in-l but lately
returned from long visit to North
Carolina; our faithful little maid.
Katie, and her husband, whom She
calls dot Jeem"-thcse are our
usual household, augmented now by
Mary Harrison, Dicky's young niece,
and Katherine Beckett, wife Of my
brothers cousin, Jack Beckett.
These two are also marking time
emotionally, Mary, not yet entirely
convalescent from the dangerous i'll
ness with which she was smltten
upon the night of our rescue OF her
from the cahare. dancer, Jack Les
lie. who knows that some time she
must face an explanation OF her con-
duct, and probable dismissal by
Philip Vertzen. famous theatrical
producer, whose protega she is, and
who is counting upon making her
world renowned dramatic star.
katherine, while her husband is alb
sent in South America, is giving her
rare professional training as hospital
nurse to my small son. that | may
be free to pursue the dramatic his
torical research work with which
Philip Veritzen had intrusted me at
salary which seems 10 me tremen-
dous.
The emotional problems which !
! faced in the Winter and early Spring
/ appear very remote and detached
Z to me now. Hugh Grantland. .rnest
and most devoted friend Of my life,
) has gone away with my high-horn
friend, Lee Chow, presumably upon
! the same mysterious Government
service which Is claiming my father.
Philip NeritZen, my employer,
/ whose attentions so aroused Dickys
/ jealousy, Is in Europe looking over
/ the theatrical productions there.
| Edith Fairfax is taking Weil-earn-
/ ed vacation. I think Dicky insisted
upon her going away that | might
have no possible cause Of annoy
ance IN their professional compan-
| ionship.
1t is A peaceful time. It would
be an idyllic time We're 1t not for
the eyer-insistent question before
| me:
VIII It ever be possible for me TO
forget that horrible doubt Of me and
those awful, soaring wounds which
nv husbands lins addressed to me
Is 1t worth while for me 10 blow
upon the embcrs and rekindle the
flame OF welded love?
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