Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-05-18
CHAPTER H--Centinued

Aht" TIC =
said IT In 50 many words. but you've
knoxn 1t Just the same Have you
ever wondered. dear. why-lovIng you
l would never consent to marry you ~
He shook his head slowly.
I've never dared wonder that far,
Tony. I've been too busy wondering
and wondering-abouf whether you
erred
i do care. You know 1t now. And
Jet. saying that tell you In the
sanae breath that l can't marry you.
Now do you wonder whyT-
Yes he answered quietly. II dor
For a long time she did not speak.
She felt like q woman about to plunge
from . great height Then she told
him-witt a rush of words which hurt
and which required sheer physical
courage
Larry she said steadily, athe rea-
SOS CANNOT marry you is because
Pat Thayer IS my husband
An expression of utter bewIherment
crossed Larry's face He understood
the girls words without being able Inn
H~ediafely to grasp their significance.
And then he understood more poign-
Anfiy than ever before Just how much
he loved this slender. Ievel-eyed Girl.
His blue eyes sought her black ones to
exchange 4 message of frank and I'M
ashamed love Then IT seemed that
= sinister shadow came between them
- shadow very real to any man and
woman In Il like situation. but starkly
tragic to persons as young and filed
with the passion of life as these two.
Fat Thayers wifei She belonged
TO Thayer- She was married to the
Hlan about whose commanding and
exotic and highly unpleasant per-
sorality there existed ~avo ru-
Haorx@
Tony looked at him compassIonately.
Ehe suffered because she had hurt
him. JET she felt a sense OF Infinite
relief that she had elected TO share
her burden She saw Larry.s blond
head lore slowly from side to side
n though he we're struggling to I'M
derstand what 1t meant. striving to
peer Into the future and reconstruct
his Dreams The girl took his hand In
both Of herr and gnzed straight Into
MI eyex
I'm married to Pat she said quiet
y. and her cheeks we're crimson; but
I've never been his wife"
He drew In his breath sharply. lyon
-Jou mean. Tony
lust that. Larry. There has never
been anything between Pat and my
seif except I ceremony
A great load lifted from the heart
of the young man He dared a ques-
tiOn-
DO Jon love hImg~
Her eyes widened
Il despise him"
And young Mr. WEIGH threw back
hin head and smiled
GOSH he said. THAT makes me
happy When you told me he was
husband / felt sick all over. Now,
II doesn't cen important. Not a bit.
Oil | know I'm silly. but 1t seems as
though everything a be adjusted Ii
IT'S true that ron hate him.
IRIS n ALL right enough Then
afae lowered her voice Cant you I'M
derstand now why I worried for Ivy
when ! saw her In his arms7 Don't
Jon e how different Ii Isl | hap
pened to know that Pat Thayer IL
legally married That being the case,
Isn't exactly fair to Ivy to permit
the thing to continue. is lit"
Scarcely A new and square set
cnme to his jaw -Tn have to fx
| sur will He was
ndIenf for 4 moment, then seated him
self again sit down. Tony"
She Vas glad enough to obey. She
WIS glad he took her hand and spoke In
/ gentle, understanding voice.
Can Jon tell me all about 1t,
She nodded
when did II happen?~
She answered without turning.
Last year-November. 1927"
~Wherez-
Nashville When the team went
- TO play Vanderbilt
You hadn't known
fhayer verJ long then
Ma He had only been In college
swo months The whole campus was
Efld about him l was 4 year and 4
nK younger then than l am now.
From the dry he arrived Mt Marland
h girls were MI crazy about him
He seemed to have singled me- out for
IL particular attention.
4 remember said Larry grimly. II
ure dor
4 was BATTERED ran around with
lin = good deal He took me to lots
4 danceA l wasn't with ron
nueA then. LArry- You were on the
eam and Coach had ron training
sefty hard and ron we're always max.
NJ ~ classes ron had missed on foot.
Ill trips Anyway. ! was inst ! silly
i'd That's why / know how Ivy feels
now she regards Pat
rhayer pretty much n | did for
not In love with him nearly