The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09
THIS HAS HAPPENEn

AhAS mas hAFIENED
BERTHE LOU WARD, on the eve of
her wedding to ROD Dryer, feels a
premOnition of trouble when she re-
ceiyes a dagger;-Iike paper knife. from
because he is not wealthy.
But she cOurageously resolves not to
be jealous of Rods past love affair
also accidentally overhears one brides
maid ask another if she thought the
pain in her heart yanishes When Rod
whispers MY, wife" with world of
alteration in his eyes.
They spend an ideal honeymoon in a
mountain resort, and BERTHE Lou forGets
the shadow cast by the eX-sweetheart
until. they return and find Lila acting
she knows what Rod likes"
:, The newlyweds settle down in their
little home, but entertainment and the
finances. BERTHE Lou is worried both
about her budget and Lila'S persistent
accepts a position in New YORK. which
has been offered him by an old friend,
their Eden yet. fer Just as. they are say
ing farewell at the tGtion, Lila an
noIncS Is her her IntentiGn Of seeing them
visit MOLLY FRASER.
BERTHE Lou is anxious to make a good
expensive hotel to live until they can
find an apartment. Molly recommends
that she buy smart clothes" and BERTHE
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CHAPTER z.
NICELY hesitated ever her reply
4Vx to BERTHE Lou. She wasn't quite
sure what to say.
Tom had told her about Rods be-
ing once engaged to Lila After
their dinner party in Wayville she
had asked him if there could be
anything behind Lilas declaration
that she was Rods ex-sweetheart.
And Tom had told her all he knew
1t wasn't much. His correspond
ence with his relatives in the town
was very sketchy and Wayville gos-
sip did not reach him in the city.
Had Molly taken the trouble to
accompany him oftener on his trips
back home she might have learned
for herself how Lila loved to NEEDLE
with BERTHE Louis happiness. In
stead, Molly visited her own home,
a neighboring town, when Tom went
to Wayville.
It was larger than Toms birth
place. Molly looked down upon
Wayville, called it a "hick town.
And cared little or nothing for
Toms family or old friends. Thus
she had not heard the current gos-
sip concerning Wayville's most in
teresting possible triangle
Still, Tom had told Molly enough
about Rod and Lila to cause her
to suspect now that BERTHE Louis
casual inquiry concerning Lila's
proposed visit was not so casual as
it seemed.
And however little she might care
for BERTHE Lou she thought Rod
was brick" For his sake she was
to tell BERTHE Lou that her
rival was indeed coming to New
York.
"Oh, she may" she said off,
handedly But she viii! want to
shop most of the time, I guess. Lila's
a swell dresser, don't you think?"
She was saying, in her way, that
she believed Lila would be too busy
to interfere with anyone.
ct think she's too flashy," BERTHE
Lou answered honestly and was in
sorry. Molly's taste CORE
sponded very much with Lila's, she
remembered.
But of course she can get
away with it," she added, hoping
to appease.
Her mother had preached to her
that there was no virtue in frank
ness that wounded others I'M
necessarily. BERTHE Lou was al
ways having to curb her tendency
to make straightforward answers.
Molly's nose took an upward
tilt. well, I admire her." she
said shortly.
BERTHE Lou had nothing to say