The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

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last night. AS a matter of fact,
her hands were cold.
At last she heard his footsteps
Knight came down the staircase
slowly. Il must have been an Or
deal. Judith remained where she
sat, and Arthur came into the living
room.
"Well?" he said in his quiet
voice.
"Arthur-is she going to-be all
right?" The girl had Sprung to her
feet. Her eyes was white and tense.
Knight paused before the hearth.
ooh, yes" he said. "Tony's going
to be all right. I told Mrs. Wheel
er to send up tray. She'll prob
ably want to stay in her room
little longer"
He took Judith's hand, drew her
down beside him on the davenport.
You mustn't think too hardly of
Tony because of-this morning." he
went on, evidently feeling for words
carefully. The child has always
been high strung. / suppose we've
humored her.
"Ot course I should have written
Tony about our marriage right from
the first. That was my mistake and
I realize it. I'm going to get a
letter off this afternoon to Junior"
But, Arthur" she persisted, docs
she understand now? Is Tony going
to be-friendly?"
She, too, was careful of the words
she chose.
r. r
Y NIGHT patted her arm and
Ar smiled reassuringly. Every
thing is going to be all right, Ju-
dith, l promise you. Well just have
to give Tony little time to come
to her senses, that's all.
Remember" he added, at never
does to try to force the child! She'll
come around all right in her own
time. Her mother lit was the first
direct reference he ever had made
to his first Wife always was careful
never TO use force with Tony. It
makes her stubborn"
Eyes, of course" Judith said. Her
voice did not sound natural. She
hardly heard herself. She was
thinking that In spite of Arthur's
reasSuring words, affairs with his
daughter stood exactly where they
had been.
The man glanced at his wrist
watch.
I've got to rum" he exclaimed
'Lord-what have I been thinking
Of? Directors meeting at l o'clock
and its twenty minutes of now. I'll
be a good half-hour late"
He was ON his feet and out into
the hall for hat and coat. Judith
followed. received a hasty kiss some
where on the right temple and shut
the door after him.
You may serve luncheon for me,
Mrs. Wheeler" she told the house
keeper. Another lonely meal in the
Knight home.
Judith ate her luncheon thought
fully Then, following a policy
which she had found good many,
many months before. she put on her
heavy travel coat. damned a small
felt over her head and went out OF
the house.
There was no sun. The gray sky
looked bleak and a raw wind swept
round the corner of the house. It
whirled back the skirt of Judith's
coat. She pirouetted with the wind
to get the wrap closely about her
again. She pushed up the high COL
lar so that it came well up on her
cheeks.
That wind was challenging. Here
was an enemy you could fight
Judith put her head down, brac-
ing herself. and started walking
against the wind.
She didn't know where she was
going. This was a suburb in which
Judith never had been before the
homecoming with Arthur knight
yesterday.
She knew nothing about the town.
but she walked on with the Deem
Der gale beating against her cheeks.
Now and then she had to turn
about to catch her breath.
Judith had had the vague notion
when she left the house that get
ting out into the open air would
help solve her problems. She must
decide for herself how to win over
/ Tony Knight.
Now she found that keeping her
footing and making progress against
the wind took all her attention. II
was a splendid thing for the girl. of
course
The vigorous exercise. the rush Of
| the cold air were stimulating They