The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-11
Re,tDys,,eJ Woman
COPYRIGHT. 1907, NsA SERVICE, INC

WIS -. W.. CaiiN - ~" 49, $50
whirc ra.ucoI, and b.&zG bercI
that matched the raincoat's belt
and collar. She went into the
park. throwing her face high to
catch the wet. sweet wind. She
walked and walked and walked.
At last, the uglineSs of the az
ternoon quite gone, she went
home. Suddenly il did not mat
ter if Phil kept his faith with
Marta or not. He knew her now,
for what she was. II he wanted
her, then some power wiser and
stronger than any with which ne
could cope was directing him.
She had her telephone turned
off the next day. She and her
maid busted themselves with
packing. and late in the day. when
the last bag had gone TO the sta
ton. she went over to Anne's to
wait until train time. If Phil
called. she did not know. She
didn't want to know.
She went TO the train alone be-
cause she did not wish to be sur
rounded by gaiety, flowers, toasts
for which she had not heart to-
night. The creak of the wheels be-
gan, smoothly and efficiently.
The train was rushing down the
station shed. now under the tun-
mel. II emerged and she saw the
lights of the Jersey lOwlands.
Then the train had passed the
Manhattan Transfer and was
swinging towards Philadelphia on
the first lap of its westward
trek.
A shadow filled the doorway.
She supposed the conductor had
come for ticketS-no, she had
turned them in at the station. The
porter. with a message, perhaps.
She glanced up.
Phil"
MAY l come in, Judith?" he
asked.
Eyes, only" She gcStmed to
the passing landscape. you can't
get off"
81 don't want to get off,"
Their eyes met. the clear blue
and the ShadOweG gray.
"Oh, Judy" Phil said, and
somehow his long arms were
around her and his lips were
against her hair. She yielded to
him, not asking explanations for
a minute. He needed her. He
wanted her. For the hour she
would not question.
When he let her go, he did not
mention Marta. judith, that ac-
tor-Bruce Knight-does he mat
ter" he asked.
Judith banished the smile from
her lips. Her heart felt warm and
alive. She hadn't realized how
dead it was. 1t was like u man
to mention his rival, not yours.
If he could be afraid that he had
lost her, he still cared.
mo" she answered. ale never
He waited a second. Then he
said: Marta will be all right. |
settled everything for her. Judy,
/ don't know what happened to
me. I've known for long time
something was wrong with Marta
she got on my nerves. | loved
her for a while, though--but l
didn't like her. He was being
honest. IL compared her with
you. And then | thought you and
Bruce Knight" He hesitated.
9" didn't kno wifi you could care
for me any more. | thought may
be you loved him. Besides, |
wasn't free to win you back.
judith, can you love me
again." Phil went on eagerly, al
most pleading.
She never had stopped loving
him. She did not tell him so,
though. II was better for him to
feel that he was winning his way
back.
at won't be difficult. Phil, my
dear" Judith answered.
Then she was aware of the rush
of the train through the night.
1--WE needn't 20 west" she said.
Now We can get off at Newark"
His hands were holding hers
firmly. Were going on" he said.
Singapore, Rome, Bagdad. / hur-
ried my Oriental trip and took a
chance on two reservations all
along the way. ! thought you
might come" He grinned boyish-
ly at her establishment. Honey,
we're off TO see the worldw
A long time later, when the
Quaker City was vanishing down
the rails, he said: "How are you
fixed for clothes? You'll need
things, darling"
Judith's eyes smiled but her
lips were grave. She remembered
the boxes that were following her
from New York. They mattered
little now. She would wire to have
them sent on to San Francisco,
and she would choose only a few
things for the trip, from among
the collection.
LETS travel light, my dearest,
she whispered. "Clothes can be
such a burdenw