The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-07
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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
IT was the letter from Jonas
l. Huckleberry that was responsible.
The sheet of pink notepaper lay on
the table where Toby had dropped
1t and she saw 1t as she crossed the
room TO lower the window blind.
The morning sun had reached a
point where its rays shone into the
room with dazzling brilliance. Toby
lowered the blind and went back to
the davenport. Orange sticks, buffer
and a tiny bottle of pink liquid
were spread out before her on the
coffee table. She picked up the
buffer and set to work industriously
on her nails.
Harriet, in pajamas and lounging
robe, was curled up, almost con-
cealed by the morning newspaper,
in the biggest chair in the room.
Presently Toby said, Harriet"
yes"
Harriet, what's it like to be
proposed to?"
The newspaper crinkled and low
cred so that Harriet's face ap-
peared over the edge. Whats it
like to be proposed to?" she re-
peated Hasn't anyone ever pro-
posed to you, Toby?"
THE other girl shook her head.
l. Nobody" she said, and then
smiled, except Joans Huckleber-
ry."
so that was your first proposall
Well, that's something" Harriet
dropped the newspaper. She went
on thoughtfully, IF you're in love
with a man and he asks you to
marry him, you probably were
pretty sure beforehand that he was
going to. So there really isn't any
surprise about it, I don't know
much about proposals. There was
one boy, a crazy kid, who wanted
me to run off and elope with him
when we were in school. And then
there was another think he
would have asked me to marry him,
only he found out I didn't like him
we'll enough"
But what was it like when Clyde
asked you?"
Harriet slipped ciasped hands
about one knee. He just asked
me-" There was a pause Then
she said, Toby you like Clyde,
don't you?"
Why, of course 1 do"
CHE had tried to like him. She
~ wouldn't, for the world, let Har-
riet know that, thaugh she had seen
him several times, she had never
been able to overcome that first inn
preston of being uneasy when Clyde
Sabin was about.
I'm glad Harriet said. I've
been wanting to talk to you about
Clyde, but l decided to wait until
you knew him. Otherwise you might
not understand" She hesitated,
then went on, Maybe you thought
1t was queer when I told you we had
to keep putting off getting married.
Toby had thought it was queer,
but she said quickly But lots of
people do that, Harriet"
Yes, / know-but not for the
same reason. You see, Clyde and
can't be married-because he is
married now"
She went on before the other
could speak. Hes been separated
from his wife for years. 1t was a
long time ago they were married.
Clyde was only boy, They soon
found out they couldn't get along
so they agreed to separate. They
didn't get a divorce, because he
didn't care anything about it at
first and then, later, when she
thought he wanted it. she refused.
But now everything's going to be
all right. She wants a divorce,
too. and she's started the suit. A
man always has to let the woman
get it, you know. even though the
trouble was her fault.
"Then-youre going to marry
him?'
HARRIET nodded. Just as soon
i l. as he's free she said. Lots of
people would think it was ddead-
full to be going around with a mar
ried man, but you see how 1t is,
don't you, Tobyp"
Yes, I see" Perhaps Clyde
Ssbin was all right. Toby hoped
sincerely that he was.
"Of course, I'm sorry about 1t
ALL" Harriet continued. I'm sor-
ry because that part of Clyde's
life has been so unhappy. But I'm
going to make it up to him. You
know, Toby, I'm the sort of girl
who wants home. It's going to
be wonderful, making a home for
Clyde. I've been in this business
modelling and poSing-now for
your years. Most people will tell
you four years is as long as girl
can do it--five at the most.
I've known hundreds of models
and some of them have become
famous and some have dropped out
of sight. l used to think I'd give
anything to get into the movies
like Kay Francis and Norma Shear
er, but I've changed my mind about
that. What l want is home"
Toby said, You'll have lovely
one, Harriet. I know you will"
CHE thought again that she hoped
~ Clyde Sabin was the man Har-
riet believed him to be. Harriet was
so sweet and generous and loyal
She deserved the very finest. IL
hurt, somehow, to think of Harriet
with husband who'd been divorced.
Toby almost wished Harriet hadn't
told her about Clyde.
She hadn't liked him before.
Now It was going to be harder.
But maybe I'm wrong about him."
she argued. Maybe I don't know
him well enough to appreciate his
good qualities"
She had to have some fest nhoto-