The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-10
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q THIS HAS HAPPENED
BERTHE LOU and ROD BRYER are
! happily married. until LILA LoREE plots
to separate them. She had once been
fused to marry him because he was
poor. She meets and marries wealthy
CYRUS LOREE and persuades him to
give Rod a splendid position because OF
her friendship for Berthe Lou.
In order to see Rod without arouslng
suspicion, Lila endeayors to win Berue
old infssuation for her and when
other secretly, she is heartbroken, and
eindulges in the dissipation Of wealthy
wives which Lila had taught her.
Rod loses confidence in her and they
drift farther apart, but he will not ad-
+ init his renewed interest in Lila. tbs
infuriates her and to make him more more
robbery in which it appears that Rod
is the thief, but she begs HIM to keep
dssSTefs ssSees the trck and she admits she
Z did it to gain his love. -.
.. He repudiates her treachery and dis
minds him that his wife is out with
young MARCO PALMER. He leaves her
and drives. to the Palmer home where
Iounging robes and departs. without
learning that they were merely coming
unSLalTS a
gone. leaving no word, but check for
$4,000. Not realizing that nc ti iest pee peSa9se 9
away from her. Both women try, to To-
cate Rod without sue success; ;ts 9er Rod TGo to
seTN NOW S''GFS'' GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXVIII
TT had been long time since
BERTHE Lou had been to Rods
LAWYER. Everything had been set
tied. This summons could mean
but one thingl
Divorce!
Well it had to come. She was
prepared for it. But, rather strange
iy, she thought, it still had the
mower to hurt-this legal separation.
"Really it ought to be done by
a surgeon" she reflected, on the
yay. "It's just like knife cutting
right through the heart"
But that was not what she told
Rods lawyer. "I supposed Mr.. Bryer
wants a divorce" she began as soon
as she was shown into his office.
sc looked at her in surprise. I've
no objection" BERTHE Lou hurried
on, but he stopped her.
"I've been requested by your hus-
band to interview you on the sub
iect of divorce" he interrupted, "but
II is not his intention to bring suit.
He wishes to know if you want to
free yourself"
Berthe Lou stared at him. At
last she said, quietly: "f Rod wants
a divorce let him say SO. He can
have it. But of course if he prefers
to let me bring suit, I'd rather do
that than be sued"
1t was In her mind to add, I'm
view Of the fact that am the in
5ured party"
But she remained silent, and the
lawyer, not knowing that her very
soul was shuddering at the prospect,
set her down among those women,
who, whether they are the injured
or the innocent party, prefer to cast
the stigma of divorce upon the hus-
band. To sue is respectable. To
be sued is "well, you know, my
dear, it sort Of reflects upon one"
The lawyer reported TO Rod later
that Mrs. Bryer would start suit in
the spring. Rod understood that
BERTHE Lou was not in a hurry to
marry Marco. Perhaps for some
reason of the latter's. His family
maybe. And it appeared reasonable
that BERTHE Lou should prefer not to
lengthen unnecessarily the period
during which she must assume the
role Of a divorcee before she could
marry again
He believed she was protecting
her family. 1t would be easier for
them to have it all over with in as
short time as possible-the divorce
and her marriage to Marco.
Rods letters from home advised
him that BERTHE Lou was working.
His mother had heard it from Mrs.
Ward. That was something Rod
could not understand. It was in
consistent.
Molly Fraser told him that BERTHE
Lou was always with young Palmer.
"Sse comes around about twice a
week, molly informed him. But 1
don't encourage her, Rod, because
think it's simply scandalous the way
she behaved. And that young Mr..
Palmer is always with her"
BERTHE Lou knew that she was not
encouraged at Molly's, but she did
not go there because it pleased her
to DO so, by any means. She had
not forgotten the anonymous note
she still believed that Molly had
written ner about Lila and Rod while
she was in Wayville.
And Molly had heard a lot of
made-up tales about BERTHE Lou
from Lila. She was anything but
cordial when BERTHE Lou called,
driven to suffer Molly's attitude
through desire to learn some
thing about Rod. His lawyer had
refused her his address or news OF
him. At Rods request.
She couldn't get much inforna-
ton concerning him from Wayville,
either. In response to her requests
urging her mother to ask Rods
mother for his address, and,' wheth-
er it was true or not-Mrs. Ward
couldn't say-Mrs. Byer claimed
she did not know it. "They ad-
dress their letters to Rod through
general delivery" she wrote to Ber-
tie Lou.
Once or twice Bertie Lou was SO
desperate she considered going to
Lila, but she never could quite
bring herself to do that.
She wondered that Lila had not
left Cyrus. "But I suppose she's
waiting until I get divorce SO she
caf1 be sire of Rod before she gives