The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-14
OUT OI1P WAY
CHAPTER T%HIRTY-FIvE

MEN, WIN ready jealousy, she
4 saw the woman. the detective
having departed. making love to
Dean. Dean Carey was a very hand
some man: the light O. love who
had been hired for an occasion we'll
might be anxious to turn fiction
into fact.
How long she sat in this unhappy
reverie she dld not know. The book
fell from her hands to her lap and
then slipped unheeded to the floor.
And then. without the formality of
a knock, Dean burst open her door.
Never expected to see me again,
did ycu?"
For a moment she thought that
he had been drinking. Then she
realized that the wildness Of his
stare was due to no outside stimu-
liant, but came from the excitement
withi1 him.
Thought you we're rid of me
forever. eh?"
He advanced into the room, stood
close to her, looming threateningly
above her.
The pretty farce has been
played" he said. Your detectives
found me with the roman You
have the evidence.
"Inhdclity is not a serious offense
for a man to commit. He doesn't
60 'ail for it. and my friends
VCI. me. or course. my politi-
cal C~-eer is ruined. But until I
fell in love with YOU. I didn't dream
OF a political career. So. not hav-
ing you. I won't mind not having
n career.
L suppose you're wondering why
] came back?"
1t does require an explanation,
doesn't it?" she asked.
I didn't come back here to ask
for thanks because I had termi-
mated an impossible situation in the
only decent way. I anne back be-
cause I wondered if I had done the
only possible thing"
You insisted on it." she reminded
him.
He nodded eagerly. That's just
it. You were content to let the I'M
possible situation rock along. You,
who we're in love with another man,
who we're the mistress Of another
man. seemed reluctant to receive
the freedom which 1 offered you.
4 don't know why this should
have seemed stranger than anything
else. But it's only by comparison
that we know the sun is brighter
than the noon.
4 went into that woman'S apart
ment tonight. As she received me
I thought of you entering an apart
ment where Jennings received you.
And. by God. I knew it wasn't so.
] tell you I knew it.
If I saw you. with my own eyes,
go into his apartment I'd know that
my eyes deceived me. You weren't
the kind Of woman with whom ]
was playing a part tonight"
And still I don't see why you
came back" she said.
TIE smiled triumphantly down at
II her. Your words say one
thing. but your voice says another.
You know why I came back"
She felt helplesSly afraid of him.
7 DON'T she protested feebly.
One night. a while ago, We
danced together. And all the lies
you've to = meSbefore and since are
nothing compared with what your
attitude nd actions said to me that
night.
you love me There's no good
in denying it. sor I know it's So
And it came to me, an hour ago,
as those detectives broke down
that door and I stood amid shame
ful vulgarity. 7 knew you were
decent and fine and the woman ]
loved. And you were the woman
who loved me"
Its too late for all that now"
He laughed at her. Why is II
too late? You now that what hap
pened tonight was a prearranged
farce. I'm not even going to ask
your forgiveness for that"
Have all your charges against
me been a farce. too?"
III not ven apologize for them
Where love is there a be no apollo
gieS asked or given. I know you
never went to Jennings"
He was too near TO her now. SC
near that il seemed 10 her that her
will was being crushed.
But suppose that I say that I did
so TO him?" she cried in panic.
I'D tell YOU that you lied. Just as
7 told you that you lied when YOU
denied going to him" His laugh
was confident. You know why
came back. 7 came back 10 get my
wife. to get the woman who belongs
10 me-
She had no chance to reply. His
arms swept her from the chair. en-
yeloped end crushed her. Limp in