The Washington times., 1931-02-26
CHAPTER IL

he lay long time thinking,
trying to see. as Mathews had
asked, the situation clearly. He
understood all the implications.
But he didn't want to see her
tonight, not till he had gotten
a grip on himself. 1t had all
been so amazingly sudden. The
unexpecteonesS of it. He'd
walked into the room, istleSs,
bored with life, as usual, un-
happy and-had seen her. The
recognition had been immedi-
ate. The deep joy and graft.
tude. the soaring ecstasy which
had overwhelmed him had been
almost too much to bear. But
she'd shrunk from him, looked
upon him as if he had been
stranger, madman. She had
not spoken to him, had not
even called him by name.
And the resultant crushing
disappointment. the doubt OF
her loyalty, the conviction that
she'd forgotten VOWS, embraces,
promises, the certainly OF her
revulsion, had completely broken
him, Now that he had, through
Mathews, a plausible explana-
ton for her incredible attitude
her amazing behavior, he was
beginning to see the equal. II
different shock the situation
had been to her. And so ne
must adjust himself. But he
couldn't see her-tonight. Help
less wretched, he felt that his
world, even his dull lifeless
world of the past years, was
turned upside down. And too
great, too sudden joy, followed
Immediately by devastating ols-
appointment. terror, and DOUBT
had completely unsettled his
never too steady nerves. 10
morrow then
He Looks Ahead
And for the first time IN
wears he began to look ahead
to tomorrow; not with con1l.
dent secure happiness OF
course, yet with some measure
of happiness. At least he would
see her, touch her hand ana
hear her voice; at least, what
ever had been lost to him, sne
was restored to him. she was
under his roof.
Downstairs DR.. Mathews was
recounting the story he nao
told Travers to the two women;
and Mary Lou was breathing
more freely, because her oroea4
had been postponed a little
longer. ,os
of the people with whom De
light Hartford lived?" Dr.
Mathews asked Mrs. Lorrlmer:
She rose and went to a small
wall safe, adjusted the comol-
nation and, taking out a black
notebook, came back to her
chair. -,
cts all down here" she told
them. Il procure every tlnleSt
details from TraVers when ne
was able to tell me, so that
could instruct and inform the
London agents as accurately as
possible"
For another hour they sat
there, reading her notes and dis
cussing them, while Mrs. Lori
mer supplemented them with
descriptions given her by her
son. And so Mary Lou learned
her own story.
Delight Hartford had been
born in New York of American
~rnts. when she was 4years
old her mother had divorced
Hartford and had taken the
child to England, on a visit to
distant cousins, and had re-
mained there. Shortly before
the wmr Mrs. Hartford had mar
ried a German she had met
while travelling in Switzerland
and, on Delights refusal to live
with, or even spes.k to, the new
stepfather, her mother, now
Mrs. Won Koch. had gone to
Dresden. leaving Delight with
the relatives. Mr.. Hartford had
died some time before, and had
left Delight a small legacy.
enough to pay her board and
lodging and little over. The
mother, always a rather casual
and light-minded woman, had
parted from her daughter with
out much sorrow. They had al
ways been antagoniStic, or so
Delight had told Travers.
Spinsters Of Means
The cousins we're named Lucy
and Mary Morris, and were
spinsterS Of some means, living
on Green Street. Delight had
continued to live with them.
They had both been immersed
In war work TIE time TraverS
had met the girl. Lucy. in fact,
had gone to France with an am