The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-04
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THIS HAS HAPPENED

THIS HAS HAPPENED
BERTHE LOU WARD marries ROD
BRYER, who. had previously been en-
miserable for the bride until she meets
rich MR.. LOREE and maries him.
Then sire asks BERTHE Lou to forgive the
past.
Trying to keep up socially with
debt and Rod becomes depressed. Lila
accept a higher salary from Loree.
Shortly. after she asks Rod to put some
Jewels in the safe during her husbands
absence. They disappear and Rod wants
to notify the. police, but Lila insist that
they keep the matter secret, pointing
out, that suspicion against him might
that he has been seeing Lila secretly
and is heartbroken.
She is called home to her sick mother
and catches a train without seeing Rod.
The separation, added to Lila's plotting,
causes GOODNESS to spring. up between
them. Each expects the other to make
the Lorees without her and BERTHE Lou
goes out with MARCO PALMER to re-
They grow farther apart, and one
evening Rod finds her packing suit
case for a weekend at the Palmer estate
Angered, he admits to himself that their
love is dead and that he is infatuated
with Lila. He attends a dinner at the
Lorees and Frenchman admires Lila's
Of the ones he lost.
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A DISTINCT pallor showed under
N Lila's makeup as she dropped
the pendant and settled back in her
chair She made no move to hand
over the pearls to Monsieur Clavier.
A hush fell over the party. One
by one the guests began to sense
her attitude. She did not wish the
pearls examined! Cyrus looked at
her in establishment and Monsieur
Cavier began to consider way to
relieve the growing tension.
1t was Rod who supplied 1t. He
overturned a glass of wine. Lila
was quick to grasp the lifeline he
had thrown her. She turned and
beckoned the butler, who already
was hurrying toward her.
She made as much of the Incl
dent as possible. But it did not
save her. When the broken glass
was removed and the slight COM
motion over, Cyrus very quietly re-
quested that she let Monsieur Claw
er have the pearls.
He was deeply puzzled over Lila's
strange behavior, but it was plain
to him that their guests also we're
puzzled. And he knew these pearls
were genuine. Surely, he thought,
Lila did not realize what comment
might be passed upon her reluc-
lance to have an expert handle
them.
Cyrus had heard of women who
substituted limitations for their real
gems, but ne did not believe that
Lila had done that. Why should
she? His allowance to her was more
than generous. He did not want
people saying that his wife had to
resort to tricks to obtain money.
Lila looked up at him. He nodded,
and she noted that he was wearing
what she called his business express
sion. He had worn it when he had
dismissed an insolent servant few
days before.
She looked at Rod and he fancied
there was a despairing appeal in her
glance. But there was nothing he
could do to help her now. Cyrus
must know that the gems were false.
Rod hoped that he would be the
only one to suffer and that Lila
would escape her husbands wrath.
He regretted that the exposure
couldn't have been put off until the
next day-when he meant to tell
Cyrus himself.
His expression, to Lila, appeared
sphinXlike. She had never made
such a great appeal to him as al
that moment, when he thought she
was facing a painful revelation in
consequence of her kindness to him
His features became blank in or
der not to risk showing his feelings,
but he hoped that Lila would see
in his calm compoSure a willingness
to face the music-that he under
stood she had done her utmost for
him.
Lila slowly drew the rope of
pearls over her head and gave
them to Monsieur Clavier. They're
really very insignificant 10 receive
your attention." she found voice to
say disparagingly.
Privately Monsieur agreed with
her, and was mentally Gliding him
helf for having created an awkward
situation over a few small pearls.
Hereafter, he resolved, he would
refrain from commenting upon the
jewels belonging to people who
practically were strangers to him.
Especially if his appreciation of
the gems was less than his adj
miration for their wearer.
But he was in it now, and he did
not wish to say before madam S
husband and her guests that he had
been more interested in the perfec-
ton with which the pearls matched