The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-10
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chemistry professor anu >oiai
husband.
DONNA ALLEN, Corals soror-
ity roommate.
HoYT MARQUIS, Corars one.
time fiance.
Yesterday: Coral and David are
secretly married. AS Coral bids
David goodnight she realizes she
ought to tell him about Hoyt be-
fore it is TOO late.
CHAPTER ii
As Coral walked across the cam
pus from the Chemistry building
to her sorority house, her mind
was full Of thoughts of David.
She had been married two weeks.
Sometimes it seemed u long time ;
ut others, a matter of days. Il
love him more every day." she
thought to herself.
How splendid he had been when
she told him about the boy from
Wheatland, her home town .
Hoyt Marquis, whom her parents
had always assumed she would
marry, to whom most of the stu
dents ut Elton thought she was
engaged. She had related the
whole story to David, explaining
why she had fallen in with the
plans of both the Marquis family
and her own. despite the fact that
she did not love Hoyt. She had
told him of the money her father
owed Hoyt Marquis, ST., who was
Whcatland'S richest banker. She
had been afraid that David would
be reSentful, hurt that she had
not confided in him before, or
Jealous of this other man. He had
been perfect, though, thoroughly
understanding, even laughing a
little at her concern.
Darling" he had chuckled at
the end of their talk, "my only
feeling about Hoyt Marquis is
that he is more to be piticd than
censured.' After all, his loss is
my gain. if you get what |
mean" And Coral had gotten it,
of course, and had been well kiss
ed in the bargain. Her heart beat
faster at the recollection. How
happy. how incredibly FORUM
ate and lucky she was
There was one thing. however,
which married her happiness a
little. There was tinge of guilt
within her at the secrecy OF their
love. Because she was brave and
honest. and ecStatically in love
she longcd to spread the news
of her marriage, to say to those
dear to her, her friends and fam
lily, this man is mine and
| am his forever" Coral was
proud of David and of their love
for one another. Some hidden
corner Of her heart was hurt at
this cOnccalmcnt. although intel
lcct told her that the only course
to follow was the one which they
pursued. After all, June was not
far away, and they could claim
each other before the whole world
then. She dug her hands deeper
INTO the pockets of her red suede
jacket, and laughed eXultantly. If
she was happy now, what ecstasy
would be hers later!
She turned up the walk leading
TO the dolmitOry and waved mar
rily TO a pair Of girls who were
sitting precariouSly on the win
dow sill of their room enjoying
the spring sunshine. She envied
them little, for they were friends
us she and Marge had been. Try
as she might, it was impossible to
establish the same happy, care
free relationship with Donna AL
len, who thought everything at
Elton a bore, who antagonized
everyone who attempted to draw
her into the inner circle of the
sorority. She was a member, to
be sure, having belonged at the
chapter established at her finish
ing school, but she termed the
activities of the girls at Elton
"babyish," sneered at their schoi
lastic accomplishments, laughed
at their house dances which were
sadly lacking in such essentials as
Donna deemed necessary, thou
sand-dollar bands, champa g n C
punch, and lavish decorations,
Coral sighed and wondered if
there was anything anyone could
do about it, for Donna's sake as
we'll as for the sake of the So
rority. She knew Donna was un-
happy. Sometimes | think she
acts the way she does just to hide
the way she really feels" Coral
thought to herself. She shook her
head. Donna was an enigma.
She let herself into the sorority
house and stopped at the library
table in the broad hall. She
thumbed through the letters lying
upon it. Yes, there was one for
her with a Wheatland postmark.
The typewriter address meant
that it was from her father. She
opened it eagerly, but as she read
her expectant look compressed
into little frown. They were
expecting her home for spring
vacation in a week. Many of the
other young people would be
home and there would be num-
Der of parties. Hoyt had called
and asked when she was arriving,
and had seemed very eager to see
her.
There was the rub. Hoyt. She
supposed it was cowardly not to
have written him before, but if
she told him the truth, that she
was married to David, then he'd
be sure to tell her parents. If she
told him that she was interested
in someone else and wanted to
make sure there was no definite
understanding between them, he
would promptly raise the roof,
complain to her parents and his,