The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
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CHAPTER T-Young. pretty Jane Barnes.
who lived with her brother. Baldwin. In
sherwood Park, near Washington, was not
particularly impressed when she read that
At the altar BY Delafeld Simms, wealthy
New Yorker. However. she stiu mused
over It when she met Evans Toilette. a
completely discouraged and Respondent
Evans had always loved Jane.
CHAPTER n-That morning Baldwin
tom, offered assistance to a tall. lovely
girl In distress. Later he found a bag she
nad left In the car. containing diamond
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passenger had been Edith Towne. Al
ready he was half way in love with her
That night he discussed the matter with
Jane, and they called her uncle. worldly
sophisticated Frederick Towne He visited
them at their home, delighted with James
simplicity. He. told them Ediths story.
ana they filled In the missing lines.
CHAPTER nI-Because her uncle de-
sired It, Edith Towne had accepted Della
love. That did not prevent pre- T her III from @ be- be.
coming furious when he failed to show
up for the wedding. She disappeared i'm.
msdiately after the wedding was to have
taken place. Hearing the story, Baldy and
Jane sympathized with Edith. not with her
uncle. The next day Jane received q basket
ct fruit from Towne. asking he might
can again.
CHAPTER rv-Mrs Toilette. widowed
mother Of Evans, was q woman OF IN
domniis6le dosnia courage; impoverished; she nev; &
herself In comparative comfort by running
and disillusioned. had little self reliance
guidance. After returning from the Fol-
lette's next day. Baldy Is called to the
phone by Edith Towne, In answer to an ad.
She asked him to bring her pocketbook.
She is staying with an old employee at 4
hotel some miles away.
Towne In his elaborate Office. After she
leaves to go shopping. he gives Lucy. his
etenographer. letter to Delaheld Simms.
In which he severely criticizes him. Un.
love with each other. Jane returns. and he
takes her home In his limousine. She in-
PRODUCES him to Evans. who. knowing that
he IL far from his former companionable
self. Il Jealous of Towne.
: CHAPTER vI-Baldy goes to meet Edith
Towne at her hiding place. He convinces
her friends. She Is interested In Baldy.
especially when he tells her of his attempts
70 paint Later they eat in a restaurant.
where Edith sees several friends. She
knows they viii see to 1t that the news Is
spread.
CHAPTER vII-When Towne asks Jane
to dine with him Evans realizes that he
must do something to rehab:litate himself.
He goes to consult DR.. Hallam. the
family physician. who advises him to sell
some of the rare books in the Toilette Ii.
brary and start in his law Office where he
had left off after the war. Evans agrees,
with his mothers consent to follow in
ton. where he had practiced law before
the war.
CHAPTER vIIT-while at Towne's home
for dinner Jane meets Adelaide Laramore.
an old love of Towne's. She is there, with
friends, to witness the return of Edith.
and the for ea aady sogs e
the picture of Jane he has painted. Towne
is disgruntled when Badly refuses to sell
It to HIM, preferring to enter It in con-
marry him. She does not answer. and
Towne does not press her for an immedi.
ate reply.
CHAPTER IX-A telegram comes to Jane
and Baldy from Judy, their married sister
living in Chicago. She is i'll and wants
70 she ana her
Towne sees her off. She arrives in Chicago
shortly, and takes over the household du.
ties. Meanwhile Evans Is forcing himself
70 enjoy the things he used to like. though
he misses Jane a great deal.
CHAPTER X-At Christmas eve par
ty at Towne's Edith intimates that she
loves Baldy. A few days later Lucy Logan,
Frederick's secretary, calls on Edith. She
explains to Edith that she and Delaheld
Simms plan to be married. Edith. surprised
at the girls frankness, is friendly. She
advises Lucy to capitalize on her husbands
hobbies and interest him in farming.
CHAPTER xI-Baldy hears from Jane.
who tells him Judys illness Is such that
she must remain in Chicago. Judy and her
husband have no money. and are consid-
see Jane, who has been convinced by
Judy's husband that the only way Judy's
life can be saved is through James mar.
riage to Towne, who could hire q spe-
cialist. She agrees to marry him.
CHAPTER xn-Evans is completely
broken when he hears of James plans. He
saved saved BY BY overhesring s'c the conversation g Of
two small boys. He feels certain that Jane
10 marrying Towne only to save her sister
and her sisters family: Baldy agrees with
vent her from going through with what she
considers her part of a bargain. even
though the thought Of 1t Is distasteful to her.
CHAPTER xHI-Adelaide Laramore and
Towne, who mas returned home, 60 for Q
ride. He tells her that he is going to marry
Jane Barnes She says nothing, but is
evidently planning. In the meantime Baldy
and Edith begin to realize more and more
that Jane does not love Towne, and that
she Is sacrificing herself
CHAPTER XIv-Jane tells Towne that
they are invited to Simms' for a party
They decide to 60. But the conversation
had frightened Jane. She realizes that she
hofb fears and rQcnapfc Toxyna harf
not love him. Later she calls on Mrs. Fol.
lette, who suffers q heart attack but re.
covers almost Immediately.