The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-19

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ne LAT day % October Marian
xent 10 saaaii church and ssoad
Al the altar while Dolly ard Randy
wugs married Their happiness
sleksnsa her with = kiad ~ hs,isr
envy ehe left them with horror
developing nsr Ike a shrosa.
Gesng hack. fof the lsst tlms.
L. thx apartment where she and
Dan had lived. she wspt - the
sight o. Doilys eiossd door. un.
cndurshie loneliness swept over
her she spent = slsspiess night
IN a eiuittsr Of packing boxes and
half packed sultcAsss. the wreck Of
a home. the wreck OF a lise.
she had only her Job now-and
The first OF May. The frs, nf May
lseeame a real thing. embodying
tormeng and futile agony.
A letter from Dan awaited her
At the office on the first Gay OF
November II contained eheek
Tor SIS Letting the check fall 10
the floor. she hungrtlv resd the
few lines lie had arrived safely.
was settled IN a pleasant room at
the Heathman Hotel From the
window Of his room he could see
Mount Heed That WAS an. The
first q November was gray.
neyct.to-te-forEotten day.
The weeks dragged themselves
over jagKed stones 81 disconscat
and growing antagonism toward
llfc. Sally Blake took on more.
and still more. Of the secretarial
duties while Marian tolled over
wearlsome charts.
She was quiet and reserved. In
wsrdly, she seethed with rage. her
mind swung back and forth be-
tween desperation and impotent
self-pity,
Toward the last OF November.
a raw. biting day. Marian met .
Amy Ellen Sands. Amy Ellen l
knew that Dan had gone west and
cordially invited Marian TO spend .
Thanksgiving Day in the Sands
household.
Marian accepted for the simple I
reason that her tired mind Gould /
find no logical excuse for refusing. I
Aftcrward she wondered what I
might have happened had she not I
gone To the Sands for Thanks
giving Day. Afterward she won
dered II the kind gods had known 4
her plight, and, in pity, sent Amy 4
Ellen TO her.
Somehow, for months, years
perhaps. she had been drifting
through chaos. cllnging 10 the spar
OF her own belief in her own con-
illusions. afraid TO let 20. Sub
consciously, she had been making
comparisons and observations. Ar
guments had been gradually taxi
ing form in the back Of her mind,
arguments which she refused ~
face. She was ready to be con-
WINGED. she needed only the I'M
affeetedly joyous spirit Of the
Sands family To tip the scales to-
ward saner thinking.
They were utterly themselves.
happy together, glad to share their
happiness with an outsider. Amy
Ellen kissed Marian warmly upon
arrival. Bin also kissed her, say
ing he did II for Dan. The chill
dren were natural and unspoiled.
Marian's nerves quoted, she
laughed for the first time in weeks.
Her ready smile meant something
jamie, aged 3, took a decided
liking to her. bringing her dolls
and books. leaning against Mari
ans knee. looking up with trust
ing eyes. Marian was flattered
beyond measure.
When. after hilarious dinner,
jamie climbed sleeplly 70 Aiarian's
lap, she held her with a fierce