Evening star., 1934-04-11
Judith Lane
b. JEANNE BOWMAN

"Why didn't he get q court order
restraining her from going on with
the damn" inquired Slim.
HE tried" Judith explained. tried
when he succeeded in getting the
injunction against my use Of the
money, but there has been too much
unemployment the past few years for
any human to refuse work to 800 men,
as long as I was willing to pay them.
"Lampere would have had to 20
before the State Commission and
prove the dam impractical from an
engineering viewpoint. to have sue
ceeded in that and he knew he
couldn't do that"
They were silent q moment and
Judith longed to ask for news of Nor
man. but was ashamed to admit she
knew nothing.
How do you suppose Lampere will
wage his WARP" Sanford asked, break
ing in on her thoughts.
Il wish knew" answered Cunard:
"it will be something inspired by dia-
bolical cleverness."
Cunard discussed the city end of
the dam building. while the two men
did justice to Delphy's beaten cheese
biscuits. potted chicken and coffee.
He expressed desire to make a tour
Of dam property and said he would
be there for several days.
Sanford said little. He watched
Judith anXiously, remarked she looked
tired and pretended to scold Delphy
for starving her mistress, then. as
they arose from the table and started
to leave, he turned to Judith.
Il have a package here from Clia
Doggone. must have left it in the
ship, but here's letter your husband
asked me to bring down."
You saw him?" she asked, hoping
her voice didn't reveal her eager
ness
mo, but ella did. He dashed into
the court room this morning. said
he'd just heard of the trial starting
and told young Morrison quite frankly
that he didn't like the way their firm
was doing business. ella sided up
to him and wangled luncheon invi-
tation out of him. You know ella.
He asked about you and I imagine
she told him plenty. She would She
told him I was flying down tonight
and he asked her to wait while he
wrote note to send down with me-"
How did he look, did she say?"
mo. she didn't. Well. goodnight,
Judy. you need some rest. Well see
you in the morning, adios-"
AS soon as the two men had left
Judith turned to the letter. Would
he be asking for q divorce?
Dear Judith: A hasty note, as
elias waiting. I find it difficult
to say what want to say. perhaps
because my mind is not yet clear.
A year ago I would have sworn
that a woman did not love man
If she could leave him to work
against his interests, simply be-
cause she believed in what she was
doing.
However, find I am doing the
same thing. I find my love for you
is unchanged, yet under the cir
cumstances I cannot ask you to
return to me.
I believe that had we been mar
ried longer and our lives welded
together with sympathetic inter-
ests this separation could not have
happened.
1t has. shall leave you free to
do what you wish, and I'll try to
be as fair as you have been in not
blaming me for my stand I love
you, Judith. NORMAN.
Judith reread the note, trying to
sense the meaning between the lines;
trying to read into each line more
than the actual words revealed. Did
ne mean that in leaving her free" he
wished their separation to become
permanent?
She felt moments pique at his
craftsmanship. With feminine in
consistency she wished he would rush
TO her and demand she return to him
She wondered what Slim Sanford
would have done under similar cir
cumStances.