Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1938 — Page 14
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LOVERS AWEIGH
By BETTY WALLACE
CAST OF CHARACTERS JUDY ALCOTT — Acdmiral’s daughter. She faced a choice between two Navy suitors. DWIGHT CAMPBELL—Ambitious lieutenant. He faced a choice between his wife and duty. JACK HANLEY —- Flying sailor. faced a test of a patient love. MARVEL HASTINGS—Navy wife. faced the test of being a good sailor.
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Yesterday: Judy can never quite forget Dwight; memory of him tortures her. For the first time in her life she hates the demands of Navy life.
CHAPTER TWELVE UDY ALCOTT didn’t want to go to Dwight Campbell's wedding. But not to appear would be to confirm, undeniably and forever, that what people were saying about her was true. The bridge party, that afternoon, had been bad enough. Maybe the others had tried to be kind. They had succeeded only in emphasizing the fact that they were thinking of her as the girl Dwight had jilted. By their very omissions they made the thing huge and plain and inescapable. : She had lived through the bridge party. She had lived through the tea that Mrs. Lane, as the wife of Dwight’s skipper, could not avoid giving. But every time she remembered those tortured minutes in Mrs. Lane's living room, she clenched her hands. She and Jack Hanley came in late. Purposely. Judy wanted the room filled with people, so that no one would notice her especially. But as it happened, Mrs. Lane was pouring tea when they arrived, and Marvel was sitting in a wing chair, Dwight bending over her solicitously. And as Dwight smiled down at his fiancee, Jack Hanley and Judy came into the room.
= ”n 2 ARVEL balanced her teacup and said coolly, “How are you, Miss Alcott?” She nodded to Jack, who was leading Judy toward their hostess. Then Marvel said, “I really don’t know mvhere we'll live, Mrs. Lane. Is it usual to take one of these little houses?” . So Mr. Lane had asked Marvel where they would live. . . . That ordinary question shouldn’t have the power to hurt. But it had. The skipper’s wife had known it would hurt Judy. . Dwight took Judy's hand and pressed it warmly. “Haven't seen you for a long time, Judy. How have you been22— “Just/” fine,” she said, crisply, turni to Jack. But it had been agony, after that, to see him smiling at Marvel. Whispering to her. “We must get out of here as soon as we decently can,” said Judy hurriedly. Jack answered slowly. “We've just come.” He gave her a sandwich. “That's "one of those thin nutbreads you always liked. What's your hurry?” “I'm not in a hurry,” she said. “Stand here and take it. Chin up!” he replied. He knew what her hurry was, all right. And he knew, too, that she mustn’t turn tail and run. : Nothing had changed since then. She must brazen this out, and the wedding, too.
2 ” z N the morning of the day they were to be married, Judy rose early and went to the window. Dwight’s’ wedding day. The sky was deeply blue, already the sun was warming the dew from the grass on the lawn. “I hope he'll be happy!” she said fiercely. “Even if—even if she’s the one!” It was to be a high noon wedding. All through her shower, all through the hair brushing and the face fixing, Judy thought of Dwight. He would be jubilant, today. His
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big day. She thought of his pride in Mar- | vel; he thought : her bedutiful,! miraculous, even witty. He did not | see the hardness under the beauty. “Please -be good to him!” Judy whispered. Judy looked at the dress hanging on the velvet hanger. It was lovely, splashingly colorful print, not too formal for a noon wed‘ding, and yet special enough so that no one might feel Judy hadn't cared what she wore to Dwight’s wedding. She and Diane had ransacked the town for it. Diane had said practically, “You'll be able to wear it all through the summer.” But Judy had thought distastefully that she would never want to wear the dress again, after it had seen Dwight’s wedding. That was morbid, she knew. She shook the feeling from her. Her narrow patent leather pumps, her pretty new gloves, that were exactly the golden-rust of one of the jugle flowers splashed across the cress. A wide, flat sailor in natural straw completed the costume. Her father was in full-dress uniform, as the ushers and bridegroom and other officers would be, too. Driving to the church, she avoided her mother’s wise eyes. . Entering the church, murmuring, “Friends of the groom,” Judy caught sight of Diane and Bill. Diane was stunning in a scarlet polka dot. the skirt of which repeated the pattern in purple. They had bought their dresses at the same time. Bill, with his Viking blondness, looked very handsome. And then Jack was at her side.
” » ” YT was a polite, handsome assemblage. Smart hats, pretty women. On the other side of the church, Judy saw the “friends of the bride.” They were stunningly dressed. The ‘ men in civilian clothes were not the same type as the naval officers, but they looked bland and accustomed to ease. : Lilies were banked at the altar. There were tall ferns, the scent of flowers. Judy closed her gloved hand tightly on her bag. She must stop thinking. The organ’s sonorous pealing began. Jack whispered, “They're doing it up brown!” and Judy gave him a tiny, grateful smile. It was then, while ‘the organ * played, that Judy saw the man again. The.one who had lunched with Marvel. That smooth, dark head: the self-possessed, assured air. The long, thin face—the lips that were set in an almost mocking ex- ; n. She had never forgotten . The man who was so perfectly the sort Marvel would Know. There was no doubt about it—it! was he. i «But of course,” July said to herself, “He'd be at her" wedding if he’s a friend of hers.” Yet that had
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soms. There was color only in her hair, and in the flaunting, amazing fact that instead of the traditional wiliteé vouyuet, Marvel was carrying deep red roses. : Judy watched her walk slowly down the aisle. Dwight, his love shining in his eyes, was waiting for her. Judy sobbed. Jack heard her moan, “I can’t stand it! I can’t. Ican't!”
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