Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-16

= really in love with me, II ism
\, Just safe harbor. sanctuary
that he's found in me.
We are. Peggy Cartwright
!, thought as the horse took right
T, angled turn along the edge q
, the ocean. about as sure of on
happiness as any unmarried. I'm
tested couple ever gets 10 be,
And then she saw them. Steel
/, sitting AZ the wheel of his parked
, car with Carmen Darcy beSid,
, him and the blue sea for back
+ ground. AS the horse took he
! slowly past. the other girl put he
arms around his neck and let he
, head sink 10 his shoulder.
Klop ksop. klop. went the feet o
! the horse, and without giving
sign or making a sound she lef
them there beneath long line O
sailing pelicans and went klop
Hopping off into the toughest
moment of her life
I'D like To 60 back 10 town
now" she said 10 the driver.
ITO the hotel. 1 guess"
And all the way back she
listened. one by one, 10 little
voices that rose like imps out oi
her unconscious mind and re.
minded her of things she had for
gotten.
Hell never get over this
Carmen business" Phil Baker
had told her. Phil was friend
of Steele's who had grown into
a very good friend Of hers.
81 was with him through the
whole affair. He never wants to
see her again. but II he does.
Keep him away from her, Peggy,
and everything will be all right"
HE'S SUSCEPTIBLE
Barton Sturgess knew him
at school," her brother had said.
He thinks he's swell guy. but
susceptible"
lie Srlflneu'
Maybe that's why he fell for
YOU, sis. Anyhow, Bart says
he's always falling. Says II
You'll hold him up, he'll he
O. X. But keep your hand on
him :"
It's all over between us, she
thought, dry-eyed and tight-lipped
and lean take il somehow, guess
People can take anything if they
have to. might as well face il
out with him right now.
He can 60 back TO New York
and I'll take the train 10 Orlando
It's going TO be sweet little job
she thought. thinking up some.
thing TO tell mother and father.
She was sitting by window ir
the hotel where she could watch
the street when Steele rolled w
in his car. He got out looking Sc
eager and young and frank thai
her heart went stumbling anC
tripping out 10 meet him.
I'm so sorry" he said. run
ming up the steps. THE most
unexpected thing happened.".
'Yes:" she said. wal ting
breathlessly.
THE wiring" he said.
you know, when we got into
It"
And her heart sank.
HOPE FADES
On and on he went about the
wiring In a minute, she thought
he'll tell me. He couldn't be like
this and not tell me! He's the
incest thing in the world! The
sweetest and the honestest and the
.trueSt.
/, He's going 10 tell me, Ever,
instinct | have says he is. In
ashamed that / ever thought hi
, wouldn't. III let him do it in hi!
own way.
!, "All ready 10 go:" he said,
and she nodded and got into the
car with him. and they turned
west along the old Plaza.
They rolled along mile after mil,
and he talked along naturally anC
characteristically. and mile aftel
mile the hope seeped out of her.
BY the time they reached Bun
nell she knew he wasn't going Il
tell her about Carmen Darcy
: now or ever. She was sick will
misery and hoplessness.
She wouldn't have thought o
what she did except for the ap
preaching train. 1t was north
bound. II she were on il. il
would take her away from Steele
Latham, and her father anC
mother and the people in Orlando
waiting 10 see her married, anc
the intolerable situation she wa,
in.
I'D like TO send n telegram.
forgot 10 tell Mary about
some theater tickets 1 left in
the apartment"
| Mary was her cousin. who haC
been staying with her in New
| York.
'If you'll drive me over 10 the
station for a minute :"
HANDS HIM NOTE
There was little colored DO,
hanging around the station. ant
she gave him the note when sh'
had written it, and a dime. anC
told him TO hand the note TO tn,