The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-12

Ter married me while she was SGlu
in love with Phil Jennings.
You and 1 talked that over, and
we thought it was q girliSh infatua-
ton which she had outgrown. 1
was fool enough to think that I
could make her care for me. Well,
I haven't been able to.
Your daughter never has been
my wife. Now, I stood for that. I
loved her so much that l was will
ing to wait for her. Why" and his
self-contempt was pitiful, I'VE even
set a time in which she was to make
up her mind. And while 1 compla-
Gently waited, deluding myself with
the thought that she vas beginning
to love me truly. she enjoyed her
self by placing a pair of horns upon
my head"
She wasn't in the taxicab," said
SAWYER.
$50 she says, but I tell you that
she was. I can see it all now. I
should have seen it weeks ago. And
now that I have seen it, I'm
through"
Il tell you you're wrong" said
SAWYER.
"Of curse you'd tell me that.
You love your daughter. And God
knows it's hard for me to speak
about your daughter to you. You
and l r friends. 1t isn't pleasant
to tell a man that his daughter is
guilty of i%nf1delity."
And you think that that girl
whom 1 just left downstairs could
be guilty of unfaithfulneSS?" de-
manded SAWYER. Man, where are
your eyes? Where's your knowledge
of human nature?"
Lets not discuss it. I've thought
it all over in the last quarter of
an hour. I like you, Mr.. SAWYER.
God help me, I love Eleanor.
You're worried about scandal; I
know that. Eleanor needn't fear it
from me. I'll be the Scandalous
party. I'll let her divorce me I'll
give her the grounds"
CYNTHIA had believed implicitly
~ that the Greetings would find
Phil Jennings-which also meant
finding Eleanor-at once. But as
day after day passed and SAWYER
was compelled to admit that the
Greetings had reported no progress,
she began to doubt.
Somehow I can't believe that
Eleanor is staying away of her own
accord" Tom SAWYER said. IT can't
imagine what would keep her
against her will, but there may be
something. And 1 can't believe that
she has given herself to Phil.
My girl has pride. if she has any,
thing. Shed go openly to Jennings,
if she wanted, but she would not do
it secretly"
But she has done it secretly"
Cynthia objected.
That doesn't mean that she's his
mistress" said SAWYER. II want to
bring her back. You know, we can't
sue for divorce. She has rights,
even though she has been regard
less of her obligations.
But iffwe don't sue for a divorce,
if you don't do so, acting for Flea
nor, Deans patience will wear out.
He'll demand a release"
This was the burden of Sanyer's
talk every day. Dean. since the
moment when he had told Tom
SAWYER that he would give his wife
grounds on which she could divorce
him, had hardly spoken to Cynthia.
He breakfaSted by himself, disap-
peared from the house all day and
gave her to understand that he
dined with her only to keep I'D some
sort Of pretense before the serv-
ants.
When the butler left. Dean would
relax into silence. He avoided
Cynthia's eyes. tried to act as
though he yer unconscious of her
existence.
And yet she knew that he was
more conscious of her now than he
had been before, exactly as she was
more conscious of him. Her heart
ached for him and, selfshly, for
herself.
THEN, n evening, when the
L coffee was served. he spoke to
her.
"Everything's been arranged" he
said Your father has been reluc-
tant, God knows why, to have you
bring proceedings. But I telephoned
him today and told him that unless
you proposed to act, I'd take the
initiative. I told him where to and
me"
Cynthia said nothing. She won
dered, agonizingly. If it we're pos
Sible that his love for her had
cooled. It might be that not mere
pride was driving him away, but