Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1941 — Page 24

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By HELEN R. WOODWARD

THE STORY: “T can't Believe 1” sass Bill Jackson, childhood sweetheart of Mrs. Stephen Curt, when she, Diana, tails him that her wmarirage to the famous writer and commentator is for six months and $10.000, her part of the strangs bargain that saved for Stephen a 2.000.000 inheritance he would have lost Rad he not married before he was 3% Others whe know of the arrange. ment are Mr. Tucker, Diana's farmer father, whose admiration for Stephen is great: Stephen's stepmother, Ellen Curt, whe hopes the couple will came te lave each other: Stephen's spiteful, spoiled sister, Adela, whe despises Diana: Rich. ard Thorpe, Diana's former emplover, whe dismissed her when she resisted Bis aftvances: Evalyn Thorpe, his beauntifal blind wife, The lave of Stephen for Evelsn, whom he and Phil Bruce have known since childhood, is understand able te Diana. She and Evalvn have become fast friends

CRAPTER THIRTEEN

On Thursday Diana went to keep her luncheon engagement with Evalyn Thorpe. Resolutely she

closed her mind to the fact that though she knew that six months at most would end her residence in the Curt household. | On the morning after her insotent outburst, Ade had come to Diana's room wearing a disarming air of meekness. In quite the most polite tones she had ever used to Diana, she begged her pardon humbly for her behavior of the night before. Diana, genuinely surprised and touched, assured the unhappy girl she had quite forgotten the incident. Alter Adela left the room, spurred by a sudden generous impulse, Diana ran after her to ask her to attend a matinee with her that afternoon. Perhaps, she thought, if she exerted herself a little more, she and Adela might be friends after all. But in the upper hallway, she stopped short, halted by voices coming up clearly from below. In the stillness of mid-morning Stephen's voice said, “Did you apologize to Diana as I told you to?” i Adela laughed unpleasantly. “Of! course! I told her I was veddy, veddy sorry for my ugly behavier!, That I would be a good girl in the future. I would have lied twice as much to keep from having my allowance cut!” Diana turned slowly back to her room. It was, after all, quite useJess to try to make Adela her friend. And in the future she would know better than to trust Adela under any circumstances! She was thinking of these things as she approached Evalyn Thorpe's house. Remembering (00, Rich-| ard’s words, “Stephen has always been madly in love with my wife!” > = ~

IT WAS THIS remark that closed Diana's lips when she wanted to ask Stephen to tell her more of Evalyn. It had seemed like intruding into the privacy of a shrine, a sanctuary. If he really loved Eva-| lyn, she could not blame him, for] ghe was certainly the most beautiful person she had ever known; but Stephen's lips remained closed the night Diana had mentioned the| blind girl to him. She dwelt upon |

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his words, “There is no one whom lutely to rumors she had heard of aglow with the warmth of the I care to make my wife literally.” | his “affairs,” Office gossip, she blind woman's friendship. What Easy to understand, if his heart) told herself. Even the invitation did it matter if Adela were rude was in

the keeping of Evalyn he had given Diana to go to din- and unkind, as long as she had | Evalyn? The memory of this day and the far-reaching influence it must have on her life filled her thoughts. Still in this exalted mood, she reached the Curt home. Larkin told her that Stephen had not yet come in. She ran through some mail lying on a small table in the hallway and was about to pass on up to her own room when she heard low voices in the drawing room. More from curiosity than anything else she paused te glance in. Then she stopped short in amazement. For there, closely clasped in each other's arms, stood Adela and Richard Thorpe!

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Thorpe. At the Thorpes' Diana was ush-, ered into a charming living room of no especial design or arrangement. Evalyn rose from a low, chintzcovered chair by the fire and came forward with out-stretched hands. Her face was eagerly alight and Diana was struck anew with her beauty. “You're late. T was afraid you'd forgotten,” Evalyn said, clasping Diafia’s hands warmly. “But you must know I couldn't forget,” Diana assured her eagerly. “I've heen looking forward to this moment ever since you asked me.” “You're sweet” Evelyn smiled. *I knew you would be. Sit down. We're to spend the day quite alone, and I shall do everything in my 0 keep you from being As

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just a kindly gesture which shel had been more than ready to mis-| interpret. Evalyn told her a great deal about Stephen, too, whom she had] known since childhood, speaking of him with warm admiration. “There is not a finer mind anywhere than Sephen'’s,” she said. “I hope you appreciate what a treasure you've married. And I'm sure he must love you very much!” Diana felt like a traitor, but Evalyn attributed her confused reply to the natural reticence of a bride. Diana had an idea that Evalyn had known of Stephen's love for her and felt the easing of a conscience troubled by not being able to return it. Now she knew a great happiness bejcause she believed he had found the woman of his heart at long last. {Diana wondered what Evalyn would | think a few short weeks hence when she learned of the divorce that Stephen would arrange. It was late when she rose to go. | “I want you to come here whenever you can,” Evalyn said. “I like

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