The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-24
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

A ND then she suddenly realized
N that three weeks had elapsed
since she had yielded to the impor-
tunities of Eleanor. Bravely she
had breakfasted with Dean the
morning after his marriage. And II
the butler had suspected disso-
nances in the marriage chord last
night at dinner, he would have been
a brighter person than any butler
has a right to be had he not been
deceived by Deans manner al
breakfast.
There was exactly the right shade
of tenderness in Deans voice. in his
attitude. And Cynthia, shamed and
hating herself, played up to Dean.
1T least, no matter how much she
had Inundated him privately, she
would not hurt him publicly.
Within a few days they had set
tied down to a routine that, had
any one prophesied it, Cynthia
would have dismissed as impossible.
Gentle, considerate, no bride could
have found fault with Deans man
ner when there were others present.
But when they two were alone the
man instantly withdrew into shell
of reserve. He made no advances
and she seemed to sense that he
would make none. Advances must
come from her.
Yet cripples who have rallied at
the loss of a limb have resigned
themselves to the inevitable, and
found that life could still be carried
on and daily duties performed
There yet is to be discovered a
situation to which humanity car
not adapt itself.
An armed neutrality that could
burst into open warfare at any mo-
ment, but that, at the end of three
weeks had not done so! Breakfast
together; then, during the first
week, Dean had withdrawn to his
study. where he had busted him.
! self upon mysterious papers thai
\ had to do, Cynthia supposed, with
matters of law or politics.
For that first week they hao
punched and dined together. but
after that Dean frequently went out
ID the morning and did not reap
pear until evening. Sometimes, then
he would propose dinner at some
restaurant. with the theater ii fol
low, but she always refused.
For who knew at what minute
. Eleanor might telephone? Waiting
1 for word from Eleanor became ar
Aobsession with Cynthia.
At times she wondered if Eleanor
hnd Jennings had died, been killed
In some accident. But such an oc.
laurence, even though it happened
to people of no particular impor.
lance. hardly could escape being
chronicled in the daily press.
\ Another alternative, that the cou.
pie had fed to some remote spot
presented itself in her thoughts
But she was stubborn in he belle
that Eleanor would have let hel
couble know if she had contemplat.
Ell flight.
Oisloyal Eleanor might be to hel
husband, but surely not to the CIR
whose physical resemblance was bu
the minor part in the tie between
them.
SOMETHING prevented Eleanor
% from communicating with her
and little by little the idea crept
into Cynthia's mind that to remain
quiescent was not enough. There
must be ways Of finul. missing
persons.
For this intolerable situation
could not continue indefinitely. Thu
fact that it had gone on three
weeks when Cynthia had believed
hat it hardly could last three hour:
as no proof that it could endure
mother minute.
The newspapers, after a couple o.
VS. of speculation as to the loca-
y Of the honeymoon, had discov-
d that the bridal couple hac
Pc directly to their New York
pc.
here had been a few items
ted about this. and then events
hina, murder trial and an
alton suit had relegated the
S TO obscllrity, until they
make q reappearance il