Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-18

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or surely he'd make some effort TO
come 70 her, wire her, phone her. OF
speak 10 her, the child caved In com
Great was the sorrow. the weep
ing ana the meanings that went on
IN ropes room. Pillow cases wet
with tears, bedspread stained with
hacking sObs. dresses. blouses pa
Iamas ruined from continual sobbing.
ffope raced the downfall of pride,
oi trust, OF faith I'm love-of com
plete dlsillusionment. Faced The faet
that she had been an idiot. an in
fatuated fool, a cheap and easy markl
Realized that all they said was true
Diekey had been drinking: she had
only known him a few months-sha
had let him waltz off ana have he
own way-without a murmuri
When finally Hope permitted Good
y 70 lead her 70 Mama Rossis darken-
ed and incensed bedroom, she went
Win some aim understanding OF the
game Mama a playing. Lying
there, weak and frail, begging her
enid to come back 10 her. In
sttnctiYely she knew II was n part
We'll acted. And yet, Mama did look
III; and the marks of suffering and
SoratuIe We're plain to be seen in her
Beside Mama Ross's bed Hope
hheit, her arms stealing around Ma
mas neck, and her head bent In
weeping Il out on Mama's shoulder.
he didnt love me, . sobbed Hope.
grateful for the soothing strokes OF
m hand on her hair. Gle did
Mt love me. Mama"
(Which Is one way, of course. of
saying I'm sorry | hurt you, Mama.
ana | was all wrong.')
! rapa boss stole into. the bedroom
utter ana sat by the bedside with
hope on his lap. In low tones the
three talked, after having hanisbad
Goody at Hopes request.
Then, quite dry-eyed. Hope sat at
mama's desk and wrote the words
' r.nnpa q nsId dryly, weightily:
Il want you to know It was all a
dreadful mistake. 1 can see that
now. l know you see 1t, too
never want to see you again. Please
respect my wishes in this regard.
This, written wobbly. In Mama.s
brilliant blue ink, was dutifully fold
ca, addressed, sealed and handed ia
rapa. One letter of Hopes that was
really due for mailing. A letter that
Muulu pc taken out Of the envelope
addressed to Virginia and put In an
other addressed to the home of Dick
eys grandmother, under whose care
he still lay. ~
A week later Hope set sail with
ner rather, who was slated for a sin
- zap iftu Europe on hugtnpxG
upon their return they Joined Goody.
mama and Charlie Rand and his folks
at Bar Harbor. Maine.
HOPE was changed. Anyone could
see taat. Short of temper. Cold.
nharp. and eager for excitement.
OF pleasure. Tart and sarcastic in
ner recital of her unaway marriage
Talklng of IL quite without seIf-con-
sclousness every time she was faced
Win the sheer necessity of talking
o. II, as U faced youth, and old
curiousiy, or too sympatheticaIly.
Talked a little too glibly about her
IharfiaEe. But only when Ii was nee
essaryi Never once did she talk OF
II IN private. Not to Mama. to Goody.
nor even to Judy Hunt. cher erand-
est friend In the world Only JUDY
anu Rusty seemed to understand
somehow. Theirs were the only
eyes she avoided. 0'
Hope had left off thinking about
ner marriage. Scoring. the thought
OF @ man who had so BETRAYED her
Trembling. with rage at the whole
male outfit, and bent with vicious
determination to make them all suf-
fer for what one had lone to her.
fet-despite her bitterness, Hope
KEPT sassy by. her side. Nursed and
petted and fed the white cat as If it
were a baby. And II any living
thing heard the innermost secrets or
knew OF the weak moments of heart
aches and loneliness, Sassy learned
hidden grief and the true
feeling hauteur. Sassy learned the
secret and kept 1t well.
back IN town, Hope learned from
her father that the annulment suit
ne mad filed was coming up on the
calendar at the State Supreme Court
in late. September. Hope was not
required to appear. There was no
pleading no chance of interference:
Tor the annulment Of a marriage of
infants Is not a discretionary mat
Ter, put an automatic procedure. Ev-
II she wished, Hope could not have
opposed II. Even, she unused. had she
and Dtckey insisted they wanted to
be married, they would have had no
voice. All that counted In the world
or law on such matters of infantile
pas lawyer, and one thousand dol
laws. 1t was a funny day. A day
that broke her heart.
On the night that her annulment
thru, Hope let her gay and de-
banner slump into the mud of
could not face the huge party that
was being given at Charlie Rand's.
pleaded forgiveness from the pas
sive Goody, and phoned Rusty. who
was 70 escort her, and made explain
ations; pleading a headache with
those at home, and shut herself into
her room.
From that night onward Hope was
grown up. Bravely she faced her cir
Gle.
Restless, moody, Hope had a diff
ficult battle to fight, and as long as
people left her alone she fought il
superbly. But no longer would she
enter into 'installment bargains
about drinking, and Papa Ross did
not press his point. Papa Ross had
less and less opportunity to press his
points with his blonde and blue-eyed
young rebel.