Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-09-28
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A SERIOUS ROW"

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She shook her head. NO"
then she laughed. "Why should /
know? Anyway | can't go
to meet him. I've got an engage
ment."
1t was not the truth, but not for
anything in the world would she
have allowed him to know it.
John on his way home-almost
home and she knew nothing
about it.
There seemed to be a queer
little space in her mind, and as
she stood, staring at Cass's bewil-
dered face, into that space crept a
picture of a girls face-a pretty
face with a saucy provoking smile
Nathalie Symons.
Cass was fumbling with his
watch.
"Well . better be off then"
he mumbled. Don't want to miss
him." He looked round the room
as if for inspiration. GIVE him
your love, | suppose?" he queried
vaguely.
ooh yes, give him my love of
course" Sondra said lightly.
She went down to the door with
him and waved him goodbye, but
her steps dragged as she mounted
the stairs again, and there was a
heavy feeling at her heart.
John was home, and he had not
let her know.
AS a rule, if he had been in
Europe, he cabled her when he
sailed.
Well, it was no concern of hers,
but she would take very good care
to be out not only tonight, but all
day tomorrow, and unable to see
him if he called or rang up.
She went to her own room and
shut the door.
There was a photograph of John
Anderson on the mantelpiece, and
she went across to it and looked at
it with curious eyes.
He had gone away three days
after Mark sailed.
Mark had not forgotten her she
knew; Mark would never forget
her, but John. -.
Surprising she had lost his
friendship-for ever.
Then she laughed at herself for
the thought. How absurd! They
had only to meet and everything
would be as it had always been.
Still, it was strange he had not
told her that he was coming home.
Sondra was going to bed that
night when Flora came knocking
at her door.
"Can / come in?"
"Oh, yes" Sondra said wear
lily.
She was feeling bored and dis
pirited; she had spent the evening
with some dull people in order to
be out of the house if John Ander-
son called, and after all she need
not have troubled for he had nei-
Their called nor rung up.
Of course he had only been in
town a few hours; she tried hard
to make excuses for him even
while she could only remember
that the last time he returned
from Europe he had come directly
to her to find out why she had not
met him at the pier.
Apparently this time he was not
interested to know the explana-
ton Of her absence.
Flora came into the room wrap
ped in an elaborate longing robe
and smoking a cigarette.
1--WE had a row with Ben" she
announced briefly.
Sondra said nothing; she knew
of what these rows consisted.
They were usually a burst of
storming and nagging on Flora's
part because she could not imme-
diately get something she wanted,
until, in sheer desperation, Ben
gave way.
Flora sat down on the side Of
the bed and looked at her sister.
"No, it's not the usual sort Of
row." she said, reading Sondra's
thoughts. "It's serious this time.
In fact -. I'm going away"
"Alone?" Sondra asked without
much interest, and she wondered
whose hospitality she herself could
ask, seeing that Ben did not care
for her to stay in the house when
his wife was not there.
"Alone-and for ever" Flora
said quietly.
Sondra turned round.
Nonsense" she said sharply.
"It's unite trre" Flora laughed.
"Tm fed-up, fed-up, fed-up," she
said with a fierce note in her voice.
so fed-up in fact that | lost my