The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
By Vida Hurst

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went to the office. Jed Thomas re-
ceived her with precisely the amount
of interest an employer should show
an employee. She was amused I'M
til she noticed the color rising in his
usually colorless face.
"Your mother is better?"
Eyes. Don managed to pull her
thru, but he says she must be care
full for the rest of her life."
I'm glad she will recover. Are
you returning to work?"
Sonia met his impersonal gaze
with shining eyes.
I'm through working. I'm going
home"
The mask of formality dropped
from his features, leaving them
warmly affectionate.
That's good. 1 didn't know what
this was all about but I could see
that neither of you was happy"
He leaned across to take her hand,
and she was forced to swallow the
lump in her throat which any kind
ness from him was apt to bring.
"Would you like for me to finish
my month here?"
you run home and stay there,
young lady"
"Yet you insisted you needed a
bookkeeper"
I'VE did, but there are plenty of
boobkeepers.
I'm other words I am not exactly
a necessity in the business world"
mo woman is" he replied dryly.
But no home Is worthy Of the name
without a faithful, loving woman in
it."
Sonia thought he had intended to
add land children" But since his
own home was childless perhaps he
feared to sound disloyal. Sonia did
not care for "Auntie" Thomas. She
had what Don described as "pica-
yunish" soul. But she seemed a de-
voted wife.
Sonia rose.
Just a moment" he begged
won't you sit down again."
He gazed at her for a moment,
silently, before he said, "In some
ways you are very like your mother.
Probably she has never told you
that we used to know each other"
Afraid lest she betray one tiny
fraction Of Annals secret, Sonia
not answer.
"Of course that was many years
a - he continued cnannfh1Iy 6Shn
was an unusual woman and 1 adj
mired her very much. You have the
same poise-the same flash of vital
ity..." lie added, simply, 81
hope you will be happier. L think
you should be as Don saltwater
wife"
MY mother has never COM
| planned" Sonia said, with tears in
her brown eyes. ,
mo, she wouldn't. Yet she had
the soul of an artist. A passionate
sensitive temperament, which made
the monotony of her life particularly
uncomfortable.
| Sonia was amazed at his insight.
No wonder Anna had loved him.
She doubted if Sam Marsh, in all the
years they lived together, had recog-
nized any of these qualities in his
wife. although he had loved her
faithfully.
your mother, Sonia, is one of the
few women who should have had a
career. Fate denied it to her. have
felt in you many of her character
istics, but you are more inherently
domestic. Less the artist and more
the wife! Your marriage was the
wisest move you could have made.
1t has made it possible for you to
satisfy your instinct for beauty as
we'll as your need for love. 1 wonder
if you realize it,
1t was the most intimate speech
she had ever heard from him. And
she was astounded to know that he
had studied her SO closely.
II have always thought my mar
riage to Don was the best thing that
could have happened to me-" she
replied, wistfully. And l would like
for you to know it was no mere
whim that caused me to leave him.
1t was the sort of misunderstanding
which is almost impossible to eX-
plain" She added. But you needn't
worry about it happening again.