Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-21

again when he said: mo one has a
right to be as lovely as you are in
that-whatever it is"
Peggy laughed. Tea gown, silly. 1
assure you it's quite proper-if you
know your man. I'm so glad you've
come, Philip. I needed you So"
He drew a chair close to the chaise
Tongue where she rested. Yes" he
said, you're glad, now that the thing
has actually been done, but also, I
imagine, you're a little sad, too. Peggy"
Her gaze fell. Philip would be the
man who would understand that. And
yet she wondered if he understood, or
if she did herself quite all the compli-
Gated emotions beneath that trace of
sadness. Yes" she said, you're right,
Philip. Because there are better things
than being a divorce"
Now tell me, if only to repay you
for all you've done for me, is there
anything I can give you"
His hands trembled slightly as they
held hers until finally he leaned toward
her. 1T isn't Just a favor 1 want,
Peggy, but you yourself. Everything
you have to give" He had command
of the order Of his thoughts now. II
want you to marry me at once. l want
to take care of you truly and not only
casually. l want to teach you to be-
lieve in men again. I've waited until
now, Peggy, and it has not been al
ways easy to wait"
During that hour Peggy's tenderness
blinded her to the revelation of a
psychologically new Philip Vane, his
sudden mastery. his immediate as
sumption of command. She could have
seen it in his very parading about the
room and in his quiet announcement
that they would dine in one of the
dark red corners of the Maisonette DIES
Comediens Russo, even in the assured
pat which, when they were brought in
to say good night, he placed upon the
heads of an Immediately suspicious
Paddy and Penny. I'll dash to the
hotel and dress now, darling he said.
Game straight here from London, you
know. I didn't bother to wire because
I knew I'd beat the message by I'M
perial Anyways"
Peggy fingered an instant after Philip
had gone, her finger uneasily upon a
spot on her throat where his kiss had
touched and her mind becoming filled
with an absurd fear because of that
casual remark of his that he had not
t~elegraphed from London. Finally she
rose. her tea gown trailing against her
in subtle grace, and went to the writ
ing desk for that p%ortentious green
slip which she'd left there when Philip
came. It's opening folds disclosed a
radiogram from her husband. No, he
was not her husband, a radiogram from
Robinson Holt. Arriving Paris four
tenth Please wait Hope you are hap
pier Rob-"
The paper trembled in her fingers
The fourteenth! Tomorrow! Coult
she escape? Was there time? Hadn'
Rob Holt made her unhappy enough
without interfering with her now
What were divorces for, if not release
Perhaps it was the children he want
ed; for it would be like Rob to damn
the courts and try to carry them off
After all, Paddy and Penny hadn'
divorced him, had they? And then
new resentment against him famed il
her because he still had power enough
to disrupt the happy decision which
she had made less than an hour ag'
and with which even now her nerve
tingled, a resentment stronger thai
her wonder as to what Rob could wan
or say.
Rob had said nothing when she lef
Springfield, nothing except: What
ever you want, Peggy" He'd offere'
her silly amounts of expense money
which she refused.
CTO be continued