Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-26
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A step behind Margaret on the
~ heavy carpet made her start;
"A Mrs. Cutting had come in-an
4 4 almost unprecedented event.
"Oh, Miss Yorke, you poor
child you, it's 2 o'clock, and you ought
TO be getting your sleepl But am so
"I'm 50 sorryl" Margaret said and
sat down herself, expectant and SYM
pathetic, on the foot of her bed.
'Mr. Wylie told me something to-
night-oh, shall be so distressed If 1t
Is true!" pursued Mrs. Cutting.
st don't know what possesses girls.
nowadays!" she lamented. Il think
Mrs. Ferguson is crazy to rent her
house, anyway" she burst out resent
fully. And who on earth do you sup
pose has rented the Ferguson house?
Of Mrs. Theobald2"
II remember" Margaret said family.
She had turned pale.
"well!" said Mrs. Cutting trium-
phantly.
Margaret had risen; she was now at
her dreSsing-table.
'Not-not Mrs. Cuyler Tneobald Of
New York?". she asked, in low voice.
Certainly, Mrs. Cuyler Theobald-
here, right under our noses, to get her
divorce from himl" said Mrs. Cutting,
in angry triumph.
"She-she is getting her divorce, you
say?"
always gets everything so mixed upl''
Mrs. Cutting said vexedly. But can't
believe that shed do It'll" she added,
and was silent for q moment. It'd be
Just exactly like what that girl would
dol" Margaret heard her say, half
aloud, resentfully.
Mrs. Cuyler Theobald-herel" Mar
Raret said, as II in a dream.
"She was Shirley Wilson-there were
three Of them, Willard wilson's girls,
Mrs. Cutting supplied. "They were all
pretty-this one was the Oldest ana
thing-I never liked her. Her sister
married Blake Pond, afterward, and
the little one married some one, too
one of the WatSons, think. This girl
was about 10, running around with the
Baxter girls and Lily Priest, wouldn't
say boo to q goose, and then what does
she do but run of with Tom Duncan!
20. You knew that she was engaged
to Stan, wedding day set and every
thing?" Mrs. Cutting added in cau-
tiousiy lowered tone. "a girl who would
nun OF with . man in the nrst place."
she went on, land now back she comes
TO get q divorce! won't have her In
my house, know that Any woman
who'll run OF with q married man isn't.
any better than a-well, she's no bet
ter than a."
? There were circumstances, perhaps"
Margaret. who was very pale. suggested
with an effort. But her employer
promptly interrupted her.
There's no excused None whatever.
And Shirley Theobald will ind out that
other people feel as dol"
"She never was married to Mr.. Theo-
baldq" Margaret asked.
"Oh, yes, she was married to him
fast enough. It was Duncan she ran
away with. And that's what makes me
20 furious" Mrs. Cutting said discon-
tentedly. Hes my nephew, you know,
Cuyler Theobald," she sighed. "Td lost
sight Of him for years." she went on.
HE ran with a fast set in New York,
drinking and wasting money-he'S run
drought two fortunes, and he was
married and divorced. sFHe got his de
vorce abroad, and Immediately after
ward-that was four years ago, just
after my husbands death. he and Shir-
ley Wilson were married in Paris. And
now Wylie tells me she's been in Los
Angeles since last November pretend
ing to be interested in the moving pic