Nogales international., 1933-03-22
Final InstaIIr,aenf

I
Dennis lcft New York by the after
noon train. Ele had wired to Pa,iline,
! paid his bill, a,,d departed He
hardly knew what he felt. or If lie
felt nothing at all, but he was con
sc;ous of a burning desire for the
sun to cease shining, He felt Ike a
man who had been absorbed in
watching some unreal drama on the
stage and who now walks cut again
in the sane light of day.
He tried to analyze himself and
failed.
He supposed that other men had
imagined themselves desperately IN
love with sorlc woman other than
tieiy wives and had paid as he was
paying. l.n1ginedl Had ke imagined
it2 Or was it real? Was il still realo
He had not found the answer he
sought when the train stopped, and
1 Pauline was there AT the window
Darling" She rushed in the car
end hueged him; she poured out all
in bre.iti, how happy she was TO
sec hin, again. how awful If had been
without hinl, Really awful. DcnnIsf
and how she was longing to be
back in her own horne.
Mothers better, and Daddy 5
back. so tomorrow | think VIC might
go, don't you?'
''Yes-anyti,ing you ike" said
Dennis.
"And Barbara How is darling
| Barbic?"
Dennis was taking his bag down
from the rack. She's all right. |
saw her this morning just to say
/ goodbye"
81 wrote to her the day before
! yesterday" Pauline said She was
| watching him with bright eyes. did
| she tell yoG. Dernis?"
mo What did you write to her
about?"
Pauline smiled n,ystcriously.
"I'll tell you to-morrow-when
| we're back in our own home; and
then, with a tug at his hand, "Oh,
Dennis, it's like heaven to have you
back again"
She WAS such a child. Dennis
thought, as he listened to her chatter
Her eyes danced, and she leaned
her cheek against him fer moment.
81 believe you're really glad tc
have mic back" she said.
! Il an-yery glad"
They were on the porch now, and
+! the cab TREY had taken from the
station was driving away down the
road. Dennis put his arm round litele
!. Pauline and kissed her.
Have you ever loved anyone but
I me, Pauiine2" he asked.
! She did not notice the little accent
on the second word, She was toe
eager to glamour her reply. Never
! Dennis darling, never! and ! never
shall"
! They went back 10 their own home
the following day. Pauline was very
I quiet on the journey, and when they
I arrived she went from room TO room
looking at everything with eager
| pride before she took off her hat and
/ coat
II feel as il it's years since VIC
went away she said. Does it.seenl
like that to you, Dcrnis?"
Yes" Pauline had discovered
/ some letters on the mantclshcif.
! Here's one from Barbie," she said
eagerly. How sweet of her to write
! and welcome us home"
| Dennis did not answer, he was
! looking out OF the window at the
/ bleak garden.
Pauline, absorbed in iieF reading,
suddenly gave a srnothered cry.
"Oh-Dcnnisl What do you think r
"Barbie is going to be married
and who do you think it is?"
II don't kaow.' sr +
ITO her husband TO Douglas
j Stark again! cau't believe it; she
hated hin-oh, poor Barbie! Oh, 1
| wonder what has become of the
other man the one she really
| loved"
"Do you think she did ever love
anyone?"
"Of course she did. I know her so
well-there was someone she simply
adorcd, Dennis"
O'Hara said nothing, but he was
I thinking again Of that day on the
road when he and Barbara were
motoring togetIler-of the moment
when he struggled out of uncon-
! seriousness to the broken voice
"Oh, my dear. Dennis, Dennis"
He moved abruptly. Take yotlr
/ hat and coat off, Pauline, and let's
have tea. ~
! "Very well, | won't be minute"
Dennis sat down by the FIRE. 1t
was good to be at home again--he
found himself wondering why he
had ever gone away. And yet--if he
had the time over again he knew
he would do the same thing.
And now Barbara was going back
to Douglas Stark Why, in Gods
name? He shut his eyes and tried to
| picture her face-the face he had
/ loved. Did he still love her, or had hs
never loved her? Or was it possible