Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-18
SECOND INSTALMENT

mans DHS0and. "A nervous WreCk from
the excitement and strain of Lomdom's
gay life, she is taken BY Der amt, Mrs.
Gladwym, to q famous specialists of
flee. The physician orders her to the
country for q long rest. She rebels, but
the doctor is handsome and sym pa
tbetic. She learns that be is not the
great man himself but an assistant,
DR.. Ratbbone. "God made the conn
try and man made the town." be tells
her, and she agrees to go to q rural
retreat.
Now go ON Nth the story.
"And where does he suggest send
ing you?"
"On Dartmoor, to a cottage where
l can go about without shoes and
stockings and get sunburnt."
well, are you going to take his
advice?"
Diana giggled.
"He told me to go to-morrow-or
tonight, if possible, and take you with
me-"
Mrs. Gladwyn sat bolt upright.
1.-THE mans mad" she declared in
dignantly.
Diana reflected, thinking of Rath-
bone a little wistfully.
He had seemed such a particularly
sane person, in spite of his blunt man
ner, and yet she knew she had nc in
tention of following hi sadvice.
"I'm not going tonight anyway"
she said. "Im going out to dinner"
"You look more fit for bed," was
her aunt's retort, but she felt relieved;
the mention of dinner made her more
hopeful.
She did not want to go out-at
least, half of her did not want to go,
that miserable sickly physical part of
her that seemed to cry out only for
rest and sleep; but the other part of
her, her heart and brain, was on fire
for the moment, when she would be
again with the only person in all the
world who mattered to her.
Two days since she had seen him
eternal days, year long.
1t was for him she had stayed in
town-in order to be near him while
his wife was away, and in spite of all
her eager anticipation she had got very
little happiness out of their days to-
gether.
He was difficult and exacting, and
in her nervous state of health she felt
unable to cope with a situation that
was rapidly growing out of hand.
Tonight they were going to dine
at his flat. .
CHAPTER II
Driving away in the car with Den
mis- Waterman, Diana was once again
angrily conscious of her weakness and
lassitude.
An only son of extravagant people
who had died leaving him with nothing
but a crop of debts, he had married
Linda Dawson, a rich girl who had
been blinded by her love for him to
his selfishness and uselessness.
But she was no fool, and once she
had recovered from the shock of dis
illusionment she had set herself to
smile and remain friends with a hus-
band whom she still loved.
She never questioned him about his
mode of living, or objected to his
friendships, and the nearest approach
they had ever had to a quarrel had
been over money matters, when she
had calmly told him that her banking
count was no longer at his disposal.
He would receive an allowance, she
said with a friendly smile; her solici-
tors would attend to it, but he must
keep within its limits, and no further
debts would be settled for him.
Dennis had tried anger, wounded dig
nifty, and finally cajolery, but Linda
had been immune to them all.
"I'm not quarreling with you" she
said calmly. 81 don't think Pm even
angry with you, because I know you
can't help the way you've been brought
up. You ought to be able to now,
suppose, but I can see it's impossible,
SO I have made this arrangement fof
both our sakes, and you will be quite
free to go your way, and shall go
NINE"
Diana was difficult; she loved him,
and she wanted to be his wife-a most
unreasonable desire.
Other fellows had their love affairs
without the knowledge of their wives,
but there Diana was absurdly difficult.
1t must be all Oh nothing; she had
said hat scores Of times, and they
had quarreled over it and said good
bye forever, only to find they could
not live without one another.