New Britain herald., 1930-07-07
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\ dldtle NOlLN tl ~Si J'h'i''''' husbands friendship with Bernadlne Lamont. leaves him. Alan IS con soled by his secretary Phill1pa West. who IS seeking to make an advantageous marriage.
 Natalie returns, and Alan real izes that he loves her, but the en- tanglement that phllipa has cleverIy engineered prevents him from attempting a reconciliation. Phillipa refuses to release him.
 Natalie goes to Alans office and there meets Bcrnadine. Her oil jealousy flares up agaIn and saa quarrels bitterly with Alan. Tho naxt day Natalie comes 10 tao office to plead for forgiveness, brt Alan is out. She waits a whso in his private office, then departs in despair.
 Phtllipa, fearful lest Alan's anger should nor endure, plots o dis credit Natalie. In a letter she changes the name of a stock Ser radine wants 10 buy 10 one that is worthless. Bernadlre comes to the office after the orler has gone through. and discovers jhe change that has been made, In the in vestieatlon that follows. Phillipa directs suspicion at Natalie. Alan believes her guilty
 Natalie is stricken to utter hope }essness hl the accusation. Alan leaves her and goes to Rernadlne to make good her losses. Not long .aftervard he is hastily summoned to Bernadine's deathhad. Left to care for her son, Bobby he turns 10 Phillipa. Natalie living with an aunt in Philadelphia, reads ot Berna dine's death. She decides to make one last plea to Alan for reconciliation Alan mlsunder- stands her motive and tells her h. Is going to marry again as soon as she is granted a divorce,
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 CHAPTER NLN
 Alan learned how idle it IS 70 build upon the anticipated emotion al reactions of q fellow mortal
 For Natalie was not overcome with despair when he told her he vas going 10 marry another Wo- man. He found himself kecnly dis appointed in her manner of accept ing what he had thought would @a an overwhelming declaration, Sa@ did not shrink, or pale, or tremble, ae he had expected.
 The calm way she looked at him brought him a second shock. She did not love him h a flash he realized that through all the we"Ns she was away. he fed himself upon the belief that she was suffering under her proud solf-eyile. He had no lnkllng Of how shatrerlnE ii would be 10 him to have this con- viction upset.
 But he knew if now. And he blamed Natalie for if. At least his temper rose as she sat there loo5- ing at him waiting Damn it all. she vas motivated all through thu whole sorry mess by nothing more than yiciousness. And he thought i+ was pure jealousy. Pure jealoust. That was q good one. Jealousy in- spired by love - if such feeling as she had for him could be call d love,
 He felt like laughing in her face. Love, Why, the woman had been merely fiercely possessjys. Har passion had been nothing more than an insane desire 10 keep what belonged to her. And he gave her credit for being able Q love. Fe thought he could hurt her. punish her. through her affections.
 He felt he had been cruelty n7ocked. for ne had been in a con- stant struggle 10 suppress his de sire to forgive her.
 He thought now of the soft me,n- ories Of her that had crept upon him in the night and threaceut te make him forget what a rott"r tn1ng she did. He was glad ff had banished them with firmn9ss His common sense had told him that he could never respect haI again even though he had 10 go or loving her to the end.
 And now. after all this battling to put aside their love and begjr hic life anew on a sensible basis he learned there wasn't any low on her part.
 It wasn't love that had brought her back, trying to re-estabIish her self. IL was seIf-interest. Prob- ably sick of the simple life sh' led at Aunt Emma's. Missed he. friends in Woatchcster. Thought i would be easy to come back, now that BernadIne
 -."Wen?" he said challengingly.
 Alan" - Natalie spoke patient 1r-"are you trying to hurt me, oi do you merely say that as q way Of refusing to give me the littl' boy?"
 'Hurt you." Alan exploded "I' i. possible ."
 Natalie put out an implorins hand. Please. It isn't necessar ry to be cruel is it? You know yo' can't expect me 10 believe wha you said"
 Believe it?" Alan repeated. Ther he said sobering. Perhaps vol can't, for you still imagine I wa! ill love with Mrs. Lamont. don