Evening star., 1937-01-17
Juavery ~, 1887

daughter from now on. lie had barely set the
engine of his car rolling when Trina startled
him out of his wits by the most appallingly
unexpected words:
Your mother is a beast She treated me as
I've never been treated in my life before, but
promise you that she'll never get another
chance to treat me like that"
Nicky was aghast. He defended his mother
because he thought that Trina had misunder-
stood her. This only infuriated Trina the
further. The ride to her apartment was one
long quarrel, hateful as only lovers quarrel
can be. They parted in bitterness, with Trina
finging at Nicky for her farewell the usual,
"Ihope never see you again as long as live"
To which Nicky answered brilliantly:
That suits me, no matter how long you live"
Trina hurled herself up the stairs and into
her apartment. She found Ivy and Andy there
plunged in gloom, although she did not notice
it, being too unhappy to be aware Of anyone's
misery but her own. The two conspirators had
assumed she would come back engaged to
Ncky.
Ivy was genuinely alarmed by the sight of
her white, narrowed face She cried: What on
earth's the matter. you poor dear?"
Trina only shook her head and dashed into
her room. When Ivy followed she begged her:
Please! I'd rather be a-a-lone! and
closed the door.
The smothered sobs that came through it
were drums of new hope to Ivy. She whispered
to Andy: Loves young dream has had
blowout. She and Nicky's mamma have been
in each others hair. Those wedding bells
have been postponed"
But yeah" said Andy. "As we were say
ing They took up again the broken
threads of their plan.
They had done little more, however, than
catalogue the countless difficulties before
them. when the telephone tingled. 1t was
Nicky. He wanted to speak to Trina.
As soon as he reached home he had con-
fided to his mother how strangely Trina had
misjudged her. His mother promptly con-
vinced him that Trina had seen only the sur
face of her profound hostility and suspicion.
Nicky's heart swung back to Trina at once.
and he hastened to tell her 80. But she refused
to 60 to the telephone.
Ivy was not at all bored by the numerous
trips she made between the telephone and
Trina's door. The last message from Nicky
was desperate confession: Tell her was
all wrong in what said about - about GER
tain person. I've learned that she was right.
want to apologize to her. Beg her please to
come. just for word. Even that did not un-
lock Trinas door.
The next morning as the two girls went to
work Trina said to Ivy: please ask me no
questions. know l seem insane to you, but
Ill never see Nicky again. Tell him 50 every
time he calls"
"You know best, poor DEAR" Ivy said.
Men are such brutes."
"Nicky's no brute, but b mustn't
talk"
That night after dinner florists boy came
in behind whole flower garden in basket.
Trina wanted to refuse to take them, but Ivy
said she couldn't ask the poor boy to lug them
all the way back
1t was Ivy who tore off the envelope with
the card in it and gave it to Trina. Trina
opened it, read it, had little battle with her
self, then thrust the card back into the flowers
and ran to her room. Ivy read the card. 1t ran:
Darling: Last night was planning to tell
you how love you - that can't live with
mt vosI R,,f evervthinU went wropo Won't