Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

| room his own past was the devil that
Scourged him; he had no faith In man
| or In woman.
and now you want me to take You
back" he finished, breathing hard.
"You have . lot Of courage, my girl.
Men have killed women for less than
You have told me-"
ct have told you the truth. have
not been unfaithful."
Did you 90 to his apartment"
mo. He came to nae at my hotel"
And he's In love with your"
| She hssitated.
That's all over, wesley. ! Shall
never see him again"
80 it's oveFl Then there was some
! thing to be over. Remainder this, I
can 20 back 10 that hotel and learn all
| want to. They don't employ blind
servants. It's tlaa fact I'm after, and
| the fact I'm going to have. Phelps!
| by God, that's funny"
I've told you the truth"
He walked to the door. opened 1t,
turned to her with that outthrtst head
which was his fighting attitude.
Pm through" he said. IF yoll want
| TO fight me In the courts, we'll and
good. But I'm through, once ana for
ALL"
yves, for Eddies cake"
| You ieaVe Eo0le cut or bhlS."
He went out with certain ponderous
outraged husband. She stood there in
the dark and heard him leave the
house, then as quietly Is abe had com.
she went upstairs, got her things and
went out again.
She spent the night at her rFand-
mothers. and in the morning Mr.. Mae
Donald sent for her. He looked tired,
tired and harasSed. It seemed to him
that for long time now he had been
struggling with this Colfax family, try
ing to solve the problems they created
for themselves. Sometimes he thought
about them. The world was moving:
here and there were men who were
asking why people did thus and %.
What was the reason for this Colfax
generation? Why Adelaide? why Lam
bert? Why Cecily? And why Missile?
Perhaps one had to 20 back TO old
William and. Sarah; to cOnsider ehtl-
understanding. And to SteIla-vulgar,
hot-blooded stella.
But he said nothing Of all this.
Il suppose you know why ! have sent
for you, Missie?"
II can imagine" She tried to smile
at him.
IT think he ID wrong and I have told
him 90. just now he II an angry man,
an injured man." He raised his enc
derstand that he may be In error, but I
refer to his attitude Of mind. He
thinks now that he wants o divorce;
personally, I am not 10 sure. He has
pride, and no man cares to let the
world know that his wife"-he checked
himself-"that his marriage has been q
failure"
You have only heard his story. Mr..
Macdonald"
Il can guess the other. The point is
this: these matters are not open. and
shut propositions. A man has q right
to change his mind. What wesley
wants today may not be what he wants
next week, or In three months from
now. What you want today"
Il only want Eddie. VIII never
change about that"
| so does wesley" -. .r,
What does he care about Mddia?"
him. He wants him cat Of revenge, MIR.
Macdonald"
likely to give him the boy undar the
circumstances"
She went very white.
ssA&issie, what about this OthGr man,
Phelps? Would he marry you?"
And he's q decent fellow, 1 mean,
you could BE- happy with him3"
Not without Eddie"
He sat back, looked cut Of the win
dow
"YGu see. Missile" he said Hently,
there comes . time IN tha lives Of .
| good many women when they have to
/ choose between the child and tia man
they care for. It's 20 commonplace
that We have ceased to Sc 1t a. the
she looked at him with. her candid
eyes.
IT don't think matter enough to
worry about. am only thinking Of
Eddie. What would Wesley make Of
him? I'm fighting for him, not for my
self. He has to have his chance"
And If Wesley can be induced to
some sort Of moduS viVandi, you'll
agree to it? mean. you are through
with Phelps?"
She considered that.
II shah always care for him, Mr.. Mac
Donald. can't help that. But will
agree not to see him or to communicate
with him
When she went back she learned
that her grandmother Lad heard her
come in and wanted to talk to her.
She went up the stairs, with Adelaide
bCkku1u AcAs 0AlS LEU BCIIlL1Gd. Die lieu
always been afraid Of this old woman.
with her rigid back and her rigid code.
She was trembling when she entered
the room. But she need not have been
afraid. Mrs. Collar, lying back among
her pillows, old, emaciated, slowly dy-
ing. was . pitiable and not . menacing
figure.
Adelaide tells me you have been out
~ ~ 4 RAAaA9D
MISSES throat contracted. He is
all right"
IT am glad you have your boy. Mis-
sic. son Is great comfort. A
mother and q son are always very
close. When your dear father was q
boy" She closed her eyes. Not
that Adelaide hasn't been q good daugh-
ter" she added. Have you heard from
your father lately?"
Not for almost year"
The thin chest rose and fell IN long
sigh.
He would be here ifahe knsw," she
said. HE had his faults, but he always
loved his old mother"
After q while Mrs. Colfax slept, and
Missile slipped away.
Adelaide went down with her. She
vas filled with resentment against
Lambert. She had written to the last
address they had, but they had not
heard from him. "9he wants him"
she said. Day and night aha wants
him. She doesn't care wheti,gr Tn
around or not. After all I've done for
her" ....--...
Her eyes filled with tears. They ran
down her cheeks, Splasfed on her
bosom.
IT suppose, If wesley divorces you,
he'll put US out" she said DULY. IF he'll
only wait till mother goes, can
manage somehow. could 10 TO Ceeily,
suppose. She's sick. I've had letter
from Grace. She's had to give up her