Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26
SYNOPSIS


meet at a party. Neither is in a gay
mood but longs instead for the soil
tude of the mountains. So, they steal
away to a quiet lake. The romantic
surroundings cast a spell upon the
young couple and they embrace. Each
IL deeply moved but, believing the
kiss meant nothing to the other, they
Try to treat the incident lightly
Months later, when her friend and
employer, Clay Saunders, proposes
marriage, March admits she loves
Brent. "He loves you and it's all set
tled?" asks Clay. "He loves me. I'm
sure of that. Nothing is settled in
the way you mean," March replies
HE hasn't asked me to marry him
but he will" Clay suggests that
Brent may consider the match I'M
suitable because March, commercial
artist, makes more money than ne,
and Brent is not the type who would
want his wife to contribute to the
support of his home. Perhaps that
was why Brent was SO guarded and
aloof when they were alone. March
thought. Assuming lightheadedness
she chides Clay for making things
seem complicated when they are real
ly simple when two people love each
other. One night when March works
late, Brent calls for her at the office
Unable to resist, he takes her in his
arms. Then he explains the danger
of marriage for them. 1t was not the
money question alone but the differ
ence in their temperaments; he be-
lOnged to the country and she, the
city. Brent had come to Chicago to
make money in order to start a resort
on his grandmother's property on
Lake KenOque, Wisconsin, but since
meeting March that doesn't seem i'm
portant. "I'll always come between
you and anything that tries to keep
us apart" she tells him. And SO,
convinced that love only matters, they
are married. One night when Brent
assures March she would not be lonely
in the country as they would be to-
gether, adding, Il belong to you"
She replies, "No one ever belongs to
anyone else no matter how much they
love each other. POssessiveness chOkes
and embitters." Then she goes on to
tell how her mother loved her father
too much to give him a divorce. He
left her and she died of a broken
heart. All goes well until Brent re-
seives letter from his grandmother
saying she has sold some property
and now has enough money to start
the resort.
CHAPTER Z
Brent skipped from one angle of
the situation to another with kind
Of joyous disjointedness that made
his words difficult to follow. Or else
the cold numbness of dismay that
grew in March was hindering her
thought processes.
She pulled away little to stare
at him, her dark gaze incredulous.
She said, her voice low, intense Brent
you're not serious! You can't be! You
wouldn't quit your job"
"Quit it?" exulted Brent. "I'd
throw it in their faces! You don't
know how I've hated it, sitting at a
desk in crowded office, day in, day
cut. Writing the same letters to diff
ferent people, following the same
routine. I warned you-remember?
before we were married, that l was
only working in the city to make this
possible, this that Gran offers me
now"
"Why couldn't she leave us alone?"
March interrupted. "Why did she
have Toto" her voice broke wretch
Sdly.
Brent's hands closed hard on her
shoulders He said, "Wait, March.
Try to understand. You can't know
what this letter means to me. It's
like a promise of release, like a
door opening. I'll always hate the
city. 1 can't help it. And plodding
along at job like mine, without any
future"
tiff it's just your job" March
begged, "let me speak to Clay, dar-
ling. He could line something up for
you, something more interesting. He
knows lots of important men, he has
influence" She knew just by the way
Brent's dark eyes narrowed and his
jaw stuck out, she was saying the
wrong thing, but she couldn't stop.
She couldn't help herself. She said,
"Clay would do it, for you, know
he would"
"He'd do it for you, you mean,"