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hundred?"
"Oh, you'll always be young
and beautiful. I'd sort of forgot
ten how lovely you were, honest.
I had. Why, you're just the
same Evelyn-just the way I re-
membered you"
But you'd almost forgotten
mel"
"Oh, now-you're going to start
teasing me again, just because !
never learned to make pretty
speeches. Old Tom was the boy
who could. How is he? Pretty
good?"
Didn't anyone tell you?"
He looked so surprised and
scared it was plain that nobody
had.
She smiled. "Oh, he's all right
that is, as far as 7 know. I'm
not a widow, David. Not sod,
just grass!"
"Evelyn!"
''Are you so surprised?"
He was searching for words.
He got up and walked around,
swinging his long arms, looking
at her over his shoulder, as he
paced.
IT can't believe it. I saw you
married, Evelyn. I can't believe
it"
Doesn't anyone in California
ever get divorce? Where I've
been living it isn't so rare. And
it seems to me that the State of
Nevada"
But not you, Evelyn. Not you
and Toni"
That was going too far. There
are reasons. It has been a long
time coming. Let's not talk about
it. I just wanted you to know,
that's ALL"
He got out his handkerchief,
mopped his brow. Sorry" he
said. stiffly.
Something about the way he
said it made her think of Tom.
They had always looked a bit
alike. Well, this wasn't getting
them anywhere.
CHAPTER VII
$50 I came west, thinking that
we'd all be better off, and look
where I landed"
"You mean here?"
"Where else would mean?"
ooh! Well, I suppose you have
plans. Going to Reno?"
David, you may as well know
the whole truth. I can't go there.
I can't go anywhere. I'm flat broke.
When we got off the train had
40 cents, and as you weren't there
to meet us"
But I didn't know!"
II know you didn't, darling.
But Peter didn't even drive us here
and I didn't even have the money
for the taxi-mama had to pay it.
And David, I'm so worried. 1 know
that there's been some terrible
trouble. I'm going to get to the
bottom of it. But first I'm going
to get mama out of here. She
can't live like this!"
ooh, don't worry about that,
She likes it. You don't know your
mother, Evelyn. She had an awful
struggle in that big house, espe-
cially toward the last when she
was alone so much and she tried
to keep it up with just the gard
ener and his lazy wife. She shaved
from morning to night. It was
crime. I"
cts you who doesn't know
mama. Do you think she wanted
to lose the home where she was
so happy, and we were all so
happy, and married and every
thing?"
IT only know that she's a differ
ent woman since she got out of
there. Good heavens, Evelyn, don't
you see how well she looks? Why,
she's wearing colors for the first
time in years. I used to think that
she wore that heavy mourning for
the judge because she wanted to,
but do you know why she did?
Because she didn't have any
money to buy anything else!
Everything went to try to keep
the property. And when it was
gone and she sold the furniture
and stuff and got a few dollars
she was happy as a kid with it's
first dime. Happy as a bride in
this little flat, tool"
Nov you've gone beyond your
self. I can't believe THAT! This
this HOLE!"
"Suits her!"
you're ,crazy!"
They glared at each other, in
imical strangers.
She was the first to recover her
self. David, truly you don't I'M
derstand. I know you're fond of
mama. but you don't realize what
it is to a woman who's had every
thing, to come to this"
ITO Be Continued