The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
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Guided the quarrel had been worse
than he thought. Barrett and ElinOr
scarcely spoke at all. The evening
meal was the only M they ate to-
gether. Elinor looked pitifully IN
happy, and Barrett's expression was
grimly blank. He left the house
almost Immediately after the meal
and she made no attempt to enter
tain herself.
Instead, she sat in her dimly-lit
sleeping room, staring ahead, realiz-
ing she had been a fool again and
that love could show the way to
agony.
Never again!" she vowed to her.
self. Never again!"
TOWARD the close of a cold and
Il dismal April, Doctor Moran
ordered Elinor's father to a milder
climate. Aiken was chosen, and
Bentwell Stafford, with two nurses
and Einor, departed.
To leave New York was a relief to
the girl. She had suffered acutely
since the afternoon Bobby Telfare
had picked her up on a street corner
where she waited for a taxicab to
take her home.
"Happy?' Bobby had asked hol-
lowly after she had urged him to
hurry if he could because she was
late.
Very" Elinor answered with COM
plete sincerity. She had not been
happy since. Sometimes she thought
Wistfully that Bob Telfare who was
dull and uneXciting had at least
been kind and fair.
He was not hot and then cold. as
Barrett. No, that wasn't quite true.
Barrett was no longer warm of
heart; he was steadily cold. Their
chess games had been abandoned.
He nc longer came to the draw
ing room at the tea hour to talk
over events Of the day and hear
her play. They had not been to the
theater together since that miserable
afternoon.
ElinOr had tried to fill her days
and for the most part had succeeded.
She had grown thin and her eyes
met Barrett's wistfully when he
looked her way, which was rarely.
He feared her and what she might
do to him.
Each time she was out of the
house he vas sure she was with
Bobby Telfare. Marcia had seen
them together and spoken of it to
Barrett in a casual, light way. 1t
seemed to Elinor that each time she
stepped from the door she was sure
to meet Bobby somewhere and be
obliged to speak a word or two to
him. Barrett was certain that she
went to lower New York to spend
hours with Telfare.
LIE plunged into work with a
IL zest that was fanatic-writjng
arranging new exhibits, appraising
them. He helped Flinders with his
plans for an expedition, taking over
all the dull details such as ordering
tin dippers, pickaxes and soap. He
found time to write a series of ar
ticIes.
And yet he couldn't keep busy
enough to forget his heartache.
He thought he would feel some
relief with Elinor away. He found,
instead, endless worry and conjec-
ture.
In the silence of the house which
seemed cold, no matter what the
temperature, he wondered what she
might be doing.
He wished the year they had
agreed their marriage should en-
dure would come to an end. The
name of Colvin always had been
kept free from scandal. Marcia's
affair had been underhanded and
cheap but legal enough. She had
been married to Lon Moore who
had abandoned trysts with her
when he found she could not give
him the wealth he had supposed
was hers. Lon had died before
Marcia's and Barrett's father LEFT
them his fortune.
Elinor was aware that Aiken wa:
a very pleasant place. The sun
shine was warming and the air soft
the hills and valleys green and the
view from the house they had taken
charming.
Ito Be Continued