Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1931 — Page 24

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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE WHILE Gaylord waited at the hospital for the moment when doctors would know whether Irene was to live or not. Tommy Wilson sat sipping hot chocolate in the Everett living room. There had been a benefit party at a neighborhood gathering place and Beryl had attended it to represent the Everett family. Her mother still was avoiding her friends as much r.s possible and meant to continue doing so until she could announce that Irene again was with her husband in Oakdale. Mr. Everett never could be persuaded to go to such affairs Tommy had come to take Beryl home at the suggestion of Mrs Everett, who wished people to associate the two together, so they would think less of the attention Tommy paid Irene. Refreshments had been served when Tommy arrived, so Beryl asked him to come ihto the house wnen they reached there and gave him a pot of chocolate and some fruit cake. Tommy appeared to be preoccupied. How could Beryl guess that it was calculus that occupied his mind? She assumed he was thinking of Irene. He had asked about her sister on the way home. Tommy had undergone a curious experience. He had found himself unable to analyze his feelings when he learned that Irene had gone to Oakdale and no one could tell him when she would return or whether Ehi ever would corns back. On that last evening they had spent together, the thought that in ; a few weeks more she no longer j would be Prentiss’ vfe had held i his attention and it h w stirred him. j Gaylord never had seemed to | Tommy anything but a usurper. i Since her return to the east, he had told himself that his lack of ; emotion on seeing her again was ; due to anger. He wanted very much | to explain this in some satisfactory j way. Only an explanation that allowed him to believe he still loved Irene was satisfactory. Tommy really was an idealist, s He did n’t wnnt to fail out of love, j as did so many young people. He wanted to love as a poet and to re- ! member forever. It was disappoint-1 ing to know he could feel coldly | toward Irene. The rekindling of his affection as the days passed made him think : better of himself. Perhaps he wasn't so fickle after all. Tommy concluded tt tt tt THERE were times, naturally, when he mulled over the prospect of telling Irene frankly that he no longer cared for her. That would be paying her off as she deserved. But then he had to ask himself if he could get away with it, or if he would regret it later. And wasn’t it discreditable for him to think of paying Irene off? She was not responsible for what had happened. How could he make her believe he didn’t care for her? She’d laugh at him. No, Irene wouldn’t laugh. Beryl would laugh if you told her anything she didn’t believe, but Irene’s blue eyes would fill with tears. Who’d believe there were girls like Irene in the world? Maybe there wasn’t another one. He’d be sorry all the rest of his life if he hurt her now, when she appeared to need him as she never had needed him before. Irene seemed to realize now what a muddle she’d made of her life. She couldn’t even talk about it without sobbing. a a a TOMMY thought about the many times Irene had said, “I’ve learned my lesor.,’’ or in even sadder tones, “I don’t know how I could have done such a thing. Oh, Tommy, I must have been crazy!” Tommy felt that she was turning to him for comfort and understanding as she had so often before. He was flattered subtly. It was as though (he sensed this in every thing she said to him) Irene considered herself far inferior to him in faithfulness and loyalty. She was a leaf in the wind. She had said that one sfcormy day when they drove through a barren w’ood and the dead leaves scurried

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| over the road. She was' like that I white cloud fading away overhead; helpless against stronger forces. Gently, tenderly, wistfully, Irene admitted her failings, until her meekness stirred pity in young Tommy’s breast. There are boys who do not believe | that girls should be told all their j thoughts and Tommy was one of them. Tommy held the image of a saintly mother in his heart. Amantha Wilson, dying, had taken ! with her the chance of destroying ; her son’s illusions about her as I living mothers may do. To Tommy : she was a sweet and fragrant mem- ; ory. No sex that claimed her could j ever fail entirely of his respect. tt tt a AND there was Beryl. Without knowing it Tommy based his opinion of girls largely upon his knowledge of Beryl. She, it was, who had taught him to respect himself. But from many others he had learned while he was with Pol Larkin that the town folk did not share that respect. He was a “ne’er-do-well,” a “loafer,’' a “noaccount.” Though they did not still call him these names-, the scars which the scathing epithets had left still remained. He could not deny that they were justified to a great extent, but coming as they did when he was frantic with the vision of Irene in another man’s arms torturing his mind, they had come close to making a lasting outlaw of him. The scars were growing fainter now. While the last of criticism at this time would have burned 1 them raw, they grew fainter with praise. Tommy’s character was not yet developed to the point where he could stand alone, unmoved by the attitude of his fellow-men toward him. Thus he found Irene’s homage both soothing and stimulating. He did not know that while it is possible to despise those who love us, we are prone to like these who respect us. He did know that he enjoyed Irene’s company. She made him feel important, as though he would some day be a real figure in the world. When Irene dropped suddenly out of his life and he did not know that he ever would see her again, he could not say how he was affected. He had expected without questioning that his old companionship with Irene would be restored. Whether they would be sweethearts he had not, for his part, decided. It hadn’t seemed necessary to come to a decision about it. But after she was gone he asked himself what he’d been thinking of, anyway? Perhaps she might have stayed if he’d asked her to. And if she came back would he urge her then not to go away a second time? What was? the matter with him? Gaylord Prentiss was out there in Oakdale. He ought to be burning up with jealousy. Why wasn’t he burning up? Was he so sure of Irene, so sure she loved him and would return to him? tt tt tt TOMMY could get nowhere with these perplexities and deliberately turned to other thoughts. Love had been everything to him at one time —but that was over now. A man had other pursuits. He had to think of making good in the world. Love he must have, but there were other things to keep in mind. Even getting married wouldn’t be the same now. Tommy was not the boy he had been when Beryl had interfered and broken up his elopement with Irene. Funny—he thought he’d never forgive Beryl for that, but now he had no hard feelings about it at all. He’d been pretty fresh all right to think of getting married, kid that he was then. Could it all have happened only last spring? Less than a year ago? - ;jjs' Maybe he’d better talk it over with Beryl now. She’d say of course that he shouldn’t get married for years. No doubt she was right. Well, he wasn’t so eager about getting married any more. He could wait. . j Tommy reasoned vaguely, but un- ' derneath his conscious thoughts he

knew that when he was with Irene, when her eyes bestowed the caresses he did not take from her lips, when she sesmed to say in every look, every gesture, “Tommy, please . . .!” he was going to do something about it. And he did not want to do anything about It. He just wanted to let matters drift. a a a T>ERYL thought he might want to talk to her about Irene and she had avoided him. What could she tell him? There was only her explanation that Irene had gone to Oakdale on business. Tommy would think she was evasive. She had her own ideas, of course, but she could not give them to Tommy as facts. The situation to Beryl was just what it had been when Irene married Gaylord, except that now sRe did not fear it would plunge Tommy into dissipation or worse. There was no doubt in her mind that Tommy still loved Irene. Whether Irene had returned to Gaylord was a subject which concerned only Tommy and Irene and Gaylord. It could have nothing to do with her. Beryl had plumbed the depths of hopelessness. She’d be glad if Tommy had let Irene go—glad for his sake —but it could not make him return her love. Os course if Irene should return— Beryl raised her cup of chocolate to her lips. She’d been restless and feverish all day. Even her eyes felt hot and dry. Tommy started to speak. He was thinking of Irene again. Before his u’ords were out, they were interrupted by the long, loud ringing of the doorbell. (To Be Continued) PACIFIC RELATIONS INSTITUTE TO NIEET China’s Problems to Be Weighed in Sessions Near Shanghai. By Bcripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, June 19. The fourth biennial institute of Pacific relations will meet Oct. 21 at Hangchow, near Shanghai. Influential citizens from Great Britain, Canada, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand and the United States will attend. The latter will be represented by thirty delegates headed by the institute’s chairman, Jerome D. Greene, New York banker. Russia, the Netherlands and France will probably send observers, as will the League of Nations. This is the second Far Eastern convocation of “The Geneva of the Pacific.” Last meeting was at Kyoto, japan. Because of China’s many problems, the new republic is eager to talk tilings over with other nations. SHE’S SMART PRINCESS Baby Daughter of Duchess of York “Growing Up.” By United Press LONDON, June 19. —If bulletins were issued about the latest addition to the royal family, Princess Margaret Rose, as they have been about her royal grandfather, they would state that her royal highness is making rapid progress. The baby daughter of the duke and duchess oi; York is now seven months old, and like all babies of her age has cut her front, top and bottom teeth, and enjoys trying them on anything within reach. She now tries to sit up. She is quick to take notice and already recognizes those in daily contact with her.

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