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Highland Park Press, 29 Jul 1926, p. 16

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M49 tii parties before I m married.' Hui Curtis. made me over so thoroughly for himself that it w impoyaihre for metotseeoeniat with these guy you: plmkm‘! Oh, I loved him no! ' I talked new that when on earth but in his an. by pence and happiness and Man. {think the m t than: at 'rrtteetkes “I bo- as. on autism in e an, 1'trer., 1r99hFrt', "tt u- in with Ellie on for I tout but when I looked around at their excited eye. and thshed flees all I could think of, for the life ot the, m the line from Othello-vo, God, that men should put an enemy in their mouth: to steal any their brains" But luckily for me I did not say it! What had come over met Where his the leaching sra,ttee) Stine that hnd tanned and Auop The party was over. It was three o'clock in the morning and I at be- fore the dresaing-table taking down my hair and staring " my'aelf in the mirror. I had not had the good time I had expected and, being ever-analy- tical. I searched around for the rea- son. I had tried with all my might to enter into the spirit of the party " though. in spite of their coaxing. I had refused to dring the gingerale highballs which Howard Wood mixed snrreptitioualy from a flturk which he produced from his pocket. All the while there wan something straining at my hetrratrin-rmCthimr that even guarded my tongue and kept me from contributing anything to the riaque conversation. They uked'me for a toast but when I 1min! "mm-a 'Al le, d on it: hunger in the esetLriaiiiGiirt" ed pines. I had decided to follow El.. lieu suggestion. Finally my last shred of resolve vu- broken and the simple dinner town. which I had put out on the bed, and my moat elaborate evening gown date with Donald Clement“ after all. I now argued, perhaps I needed a little attention and certain it was that I had wanted. many times during the winner. to he assured that I was not ‘bopeloaaly Tmromantie?-.r recall- ed the worda of Letitia. Waa it poa- aible. I wondered, if I had allowed my- self to get into a rut of provincia’liam and that this sort of life, for a little while, was the very thing I needed? These Mom suspicions battled down my first impulse which had been not to to on the party paired " with Howard Wood while Ellie had a Intuit! tint I should have faith in him when we last discussed the prob- lem aid yet it would have been too humiliating to stand quietly by trnd thus lend neqttieseenee to this inex-. enable Mrtation. tin, himself. was probably looking about for s bit of diversion and " though I was sure that she spoke of men in Metal, she had possibly been correct in her suppoaition for, right " that moment, he might have been with Letitia Evans. Thoughts of the freedom they now had of min; each other made me most unhappy and yet I had known that this situation would exist when'l had made my decision to‘ leave Curties for the time being. He EA: Ame-pt It Plea-m Why shouldn't I so out, utter my dull Hammer. and have n little pleu- ure? Surely Curtis: had apparently enjoyed him'eelf. during those long, in.” dill. in the society of Letiti- " """-9M'"q._ -""'""'"d “Imam“, , is _ WmHWMI-nu PAGE MX =I“....-I2'I:I::22:1:212:3313312311213311 Ellie had "who'd tui "tsri'." . but“!!! carefree ramped and played - ulna kind of ra ing so highly; tLipiia with it poi- son would be}; tonic to the ayatom! leg Scotch murder him novels which; miriurieiii, when my but“: made her nice. l. "Just you io until I see Howard Wood,') she abnounced, "Pm going to. The next ‘moming I has in living room! Ewing one of the _ Perhaps I} would hear from Custiss. [ Tomorrow's small might bring a letter urging me to return and an explain», tion of his recent aberration. Until this, did happen it would be impas. sible fer me to return, for, turnintr beck would be e mute admission thatl lwould be shtiaiUd with the old con- ditions. No; I would stay on, even though I could not become 1 part of this guy ertrwd of Ellie's choosing. Although it keqnfred great coursge I must be firm 5n my resolution. len, was nlbw conscious of a sharp sting whichiseemed also hidden in its fai_rest 'twires. moraltr-twttiett he had instilled into the vtrplibre of my beintrr-eouid not, himself, he guilty of an adult with another woman. Then ted, I knew. that so etimes things look uglier than the really tarts-and yet. I ques- tioned m self. why couldn't he mnké a clean great of the situ tion-and why had {he let me come It'] in this 'fashion?] ‘Life wits indeed eao1ieated and I, who had ‘only tasted its sweetest pol. at"iaraiiras..awaar SAL Sport, Clothes, Cunt. Evening Gov [reptile him, but only utter (their; iuous e art. Ellie and Donald,' Clem- ‘enta u gone on to another eaUmrt letter I d asked to be taken home, plead' that I was tired. . I felt that I 'could never tttraid be the hap y-co-lucky person that I had been be ore I had felt the iniluenee of Curtigl. Even the conversation of this era d, seemed to be on another: plane of existence and their one am- bition inilife wee so obviously the pur- suit of leuure. Oh, if I had only remain»;I with Curtlee! Perhaps, after all there might be some explanation of his behavior, for surely, I reason- ed Curtias. with his high code of Iyrahr-iThieh he had instilled into trruudleisnditimt, repuls him, but non: e art. Elli! enta u gone on Two Shops im {é . {mink}; did boot-' '"eti="Fer"'='ar1"d'xiirqit Ti'r'f?reT, Fe '"""""".---G.-. mew ale an ikiiipii,yr. reduction. of Frenéh 1r,t,1?ttitit'te, "dtetli on and service hate am tT 't .qrmtngB-.. 'biet'dr-i.' v’ that a ichlgan Are. DUCED '0 F ' ease WM Wu recommend. e of the new recommended IDrCULoUSLY LOW PRICES ptr up to 885.00 mm.” and $10.00 appear- the I: it so generally limit: eould have hard of " throw "Pd like to' make” ' _ ction. You’ll change your jview before Christmas and thank your e that you're here instead of in Bi insinrn watching Curtis: end} his Letitin :Enns having their clandest love- afftu'r with you sitting eilen by in prideless humiliation." . I ' (To be continued next k) Kowloon Ellie know all do) toils of Sallie’l {lone-tie . lens? Ellie at up and pointed I am: in my direction? All frivolity had gone from her , "‘I’m hot pinching ind' it. Pm just trying to up] can? tttrt a kick out of 1 and I believe it, too, now 1 older.” _ C l "Have pity on my aching don't make me think, Sunk. Ellie, "tmd lent of all doi,1 lecture pa duty." _ _ C I er person or persons and t We do is bound to react on their as well as ours. Some of the 1 ant phil- osophers declare that " wit}! of everything is FREEDOM. t " hold that none of us are many roe here "You-know I'm not, Elli I mean none of us really hnvo f I om. We are all inexorably bound tip ome oth- ,“You mean yo pleasing Curtitss." "But now," I continua; "Now I have more serious ideals F t living and I don't seem to hug the same idea of freedom." L T I paused a moment itil Ellie's laughter had subsided. ' f "It can't be done, Elli l There’s (trueh thing a: moderuti tin char: ter-building. You see I er thong much about such things ntil I m Curtias. I juut took it r"ttrant that there were only two tezoriee young people end old i V ple--t young did all the say, all u g thim that were tempting add t pld fogi --they were all people thirty. juat existed for the sole! urpose l making life unpleasant to! V Iible f, the younger generation." I'Pm not muting yo a' lap up a lot of ttre-mt --et'r q , , the way your little girl-trier): fm i this warm ing-tttrt-t would li ie_ l ' ow where our Sallie’n gone wlio ua "o be the 'life of the partt' on .7 ' inly have gone from one extr me Ithe other.“ What’s the matter With ‘ wing things in moderation." _ C', _ r-')H'-" - will"! with them. It's toojud, Fl know, that a person hasn't the ' F Cl of doing as they choose about , "[wins on a gay party bat its just oi 'hpt the pub. 1 sling fruilties of human ' iture. Then too, I'wu thinking of Ntttr stupid evening. It just ehn't' : done you know, it's like making_ .rcur'y and and '"mtter.er-thi) got?- to I Jam party and sticking strict?) , ' - prohibi- tion." , 'r, i. g I l “That’s just what: I t , about .it, end us long " I dan’t; i , .'.r into a ‘friskf life like‘I aged. I {there's_ no use in going along? aml I 'ining the party." . , " . I "It is queer but orhi, g hm people no ‘partying' the: rather resent a parlor!" ‘n-v continued. f "i" -r, "Dont be M '1 You know you 020111an that mtttld keep mo in beg buddy." . l "But it" -wawt d si Ellie and I'm sorry it} 7 V...__. "? . - - lin't Bonertlr, tMit a" I don’t wattt to be eatty, but ' grow luv. been . hm 'Wi._ who Young Peoples' Tempenw.‘ ttn." ”if l A . [ft"ie" I". xyxupam jT "dll] it, -~ ' "t "In I 'me 11;; it “Him ITtirtr'---rmt __ F, .. I at“ kid- dingyomeltthu/yé, " -1.., numer- riment to the, riiiilit '9 you dar- lin't Honestly, "uiell 0y. I dont ”$331111 use. ' will“: the " uos-€10 hep on Itt, " a tt hang it rum: in“ et I ir; you were hm and 1'?tAlijedlhlit " host-- tul, b," the 1titit'llff anaconda; lyri f on th? dim: 5‘?an 3 fem-ilk pillows. l -f 'T'tn .orer',rmrdrdlk",:,it. It jut isn't Whaling , a. itt" was; a “anion: thmggg- 1?y doct- iti had on Ellie. s' 'i/ati' l P; "Oh yea “.th 'if f A My decent. 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