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The Middle Ground

room, and of walking home after the ten o'clock closing. Bat Mrs. Talbot was there, plainly nervous

-~ Dick came, for It was a double bill

ly Marlon Rublnosm If

this meeting, plainly “Dwi- iiY

Dick's appearance.

0g course they had been having

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

a heart to heart talk! Amy knew that by the niolstness around her

Amy Talbot has been overwork- mother's eyes.

ed for so many years that she has

"I-Iel-hello Dlck," she stammered,

gotten completely out of touch from the doorway.

with life and new ideas. She finds Dick rose, but made no effort to this out when heiﬂsoneLuther re- shake hands.

turns to the tarni with‘ hi; néwly .“l've' lust aroused lu to tell-tell married wIie-Claireﬁand ’ - when you and your mother about my

Jane, her daughter, comes bime ne

w plans." he. amswered.

from college. Sbecaanot under- . Hands within her muff, she slipp-

stand their new ideas, and , finds ad

off the bulky diamond ring.

them making Amy-the younges‘. Then, she laid the muff down, and discontented. Claire and Luther took off hei- hat and coat. she quarrel; Clairs goes back to did not quite know why she want-

city. takingAmy with her. Even- ed tually and Iiuther go away.

to hide her engagement ring.

though Dick knew all about the

Mrs. Talbot i5 so worried about engagement itself. . her glrlg that she braves he: Her mother brought the hot husband's anger and goes to them cocoa and crackers that was part

in the city. Amy is studying for of

Amy's nightly routine to take.

grand opera, and will not look at Amy had really gotten to the place the always-faithful Dick; Jane is where she had to quiet herself at in love with a doctor too poor to bedtime by iiIRiIIS iIOf drink-B. 811d marry her. Everything in the city where she had to give herself extra shocks and terrifles the inother- nourishment to keen in sood Luther and Claire are separated; condition.

Claire wants a divorce. Amy's Mrs. Talbot retired. Amy 11ml prettiness attracts scores of admir- Dick ‘Vere alone.

ers—-she threatens to marry 'a Dick sat off by himself in the rich man she does not love. Jane arm chair, Amy curiod 1181' feel is on the point of going away with under her in the corner of the the doctor; who doe; not want to couch-

marry her. There is no sympathy

‘What are your plans?" shc

between the strict and narrow asked. as Dick sat quietly without

ideas of the mother and the broad. speaking.

but what she calls “ioose" ideas of "I'm going to South America.

the children. ' and will probably join Jane and her Then the doctor finds a post in husband at Camp Ajax," he told

a South American mining camp, her.

and can afford to marry. He and Amy went white. But she had

Jane elope ahd go to- South dignity to keep up.

America. Luther has a note from "I-t's so-sudden. isn't it?" she

Claire. Amy's engagement to Adam asked, not daring to left the cup

Arnold, rich and- more than twice for fear it would show her hands

her age, is announced. trembling. “You're not an engineer

—or a doctor or carpenter-J’

DICK G053 Dick explained briefly. 5mm" 93 "I told my chief I wouldn't be

Amy was home early the night

that performance, the last was "Le Coq d'0r.” in which she was not used.

But she had lingered awhile after the chorus was dressed in street clothes and scattered, and standing out of the way behind some scenery listened for the girl who sang the exquisite "I-Iymn to the Dawn." The singer was a young American who was finding the struggle against foreign stars none too easy, and the struggle against

able.

But she had a voice of poignant sweetness, with certain notes in it that brought the tears -to Amy's eyes as she listened-and despair to her heart of ever singing with such artistry. '

She went home alone. glad to be alone for a change. She was always in a soft mood after an opera, ex- .. cept those -in which she herself worked. She was too keyed up and nlervous to be affected emotionally Sh, t en. -

She climbed on top of a bus, her n“ hands tucked in the new muff sent her by Adam, her thoughts back on the stage with the girls who had sung so beautifully. At home, she . found Dick waiting in the living room. ‘

Luther was out. Luther had de- l

let

much good In the export business until I had seen South America. I've been getting along well enough with my Spanish to want to try it out where they speak it. The boss agreed to let me go for as long as I wanted."

I-Ie did not add that his chief had asked interestingly how he got along with the wooing he “bought" a vacation to try, and that from that confidence Dick told him the girl had finally decided to marry the other main. Which was why he minted to leave the country, he

(l l‘ l . foreign jealousiea almost unhear- adAﬁg Th: yuan

sympathetically him off, gave him letters to

firms in South America, and Dro- inised to place him when he got back. Dick had then gone to Donald's friend in the mining con- cern and found a position helping transport supplies to the mountains from Buenos Ayrcs. at about half the salary he was making.

When do you go?" Amy asked,

voice low. eyes down. v “Soon. I don‘-t know when——I'm

pping on a fruit liner as sen.- n to pay my passage down, a/nd

stopping off at several ports on the way. I'll have a few days in each, it will give me time to see some of the sea coast towns."

‘You're giving up your career—"

Amy began. having one perfectly good objection. '

‘My career has been spoiled al-

veloped a habit of spending his ready?‘ Dick and quick]! "so

the best -thing is to begin a new

- one in a strange place. It doesn't matter. I'm young yet.’ ' No sting was intended in this,

Dick was really above that sort of retaliation. But Amy felt it the

Dick was going away. And. she would not see him—

I more sharply because Dick did not mean it to hurt her.

"So'this is goodbye," he was

1f Headachy, Bmous, sick, saying, and stood up ready to go. Constipated

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HEART ACHE Chapter 94

By her curious combination of

I innocence and surface wisdom

Mid sophistication, Amy had won

admiration of a great many

men and the love of AdarlrArnold

r at least enough of his love

to make him want her for his wife.

he had already an wimasing

knowledge of the world and its ways, and a certain cynicism which seemed to have been born in her.

one ever called her a "little ntry girl," she picked up too

easily the ways of Claire and

friends.

But this knowledge, which en-

No ‘rlplpl s; gneonyugmc. go]. shied her to deal with inost situa- lows a gentle liver and bowel "W0- iﬂfi i!" Wmlliolﬂl! Whlﬂ

cleansing with “Csscarets.” pies who Headache. Bilioasness, Gases, 1n- ant digestion. and aii such distress the sons by morning. For Ion, Wo- l‘

came to the one most import- crisis she had ever faced- final parting with Dick. or it was final. Dick stood there

men and Children-Joe bones, also before the arm chair-his hat lay f5 and We sises, any drag store. on the desk near the door. ’ - --:

She parried for time.

"l want to know more about lt," she‘ kept her voice conversational and interested. "When do you leave for South America?"

South America! she pictured Dick on the long mountain journey Jane had described, and she saw him in‘corduroy breeches and puttees, walking ahead of a Ions pack train of gray mules. tied along an immensely lengthy r099. and piled to a. ridiculous degree with boxes and bales. -

She, pictured lthesmountalns fad~ ing into misty lines, and a rough trail winding through overhanging trees with looped creepers and scarlet and green bird; that screamed in the branches, She pictured everything as Jane had described it, but put Dick in as a central and.heroic figure.

“The Arapa sails on the 23rd,"

he said. "She takes a long time and stops at half a dozen ports to take on and discharge cargo. I may go on her.” He ran over a list of names with easy familiarity. Amy was too miserable to catch any of them 'or care. Dick was still standing, still on the verge of going out of her life forever.

"But you're going so—so casu- ally," she said finally. "As though you didn't care-I mean as though you were just running out of town for a weekend."

Now Amy was highly romantic.

and really very young. She was sincerely quite miserable. yet she was miserable almost as much be- cause Dick was going away with- out any heroics. as she was over the ending of their youthful ro- mance. ' Amy wanted to picture herself with a broken heart, at least as breaking Dick's heart. She wanted a real scene out of this such as she read in novels or saw upon the stage. . It was the eternal feminine dramatlzing itself. This strange in- stinct for making ones self the heroine of a romance exists in so many women that often they confuse the real tragedy with the imaginary one of their minds. This helps -to explain Amy's disappoint- ment over Dick's quiet and un- ceremonious way of saying good- b .

ye. _ “It's good—-—goodbye for always I suppose." she ventured. Dick looked at her quietly for a long time. "I suppose it is," he agreed. “At least it's goodbye until I can meet you agal-n without any feeling except that you are a nice old friend." This was balm to her heart-and her romantic soul. "I'm so sorry Dick. I'm so sorry I'm making you feel so badly. I can't help it. I'm just a selfish beast. I have to have all the good things andall the expensive thing; out of life to be happy, and I'd never do for a nice boy like your- self." This was the speech she had rehearsed—not given as dramatic- ally as she thought or said as well as she planned it when she went over the sentences in her mind and re-arranged the words more effectively. But it was the sub- stancepf it. _ "Yes, you are selfish,” Dick agreed calmly, still standing before his chair. "The fact that I know now that you are selfish will help me get over my love for you. In fact it's helped me already. “I always though you weren't- fllﬂf You were merely talking. You've-you've done so many 88116117“! things, and among this crowd you've trotted about with. you've shone like a. while star among a lot of—dirt. That is, I used to think so. But I believe now

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selfish was one thing, being agreed

the more. She was silent. And she rose too.

her so tight she could not get her r

go away from you? I don't care. I'll

made her helpless and his kisses

Then in a moment he was gone.

meaning of the word "alone."

found the ports he said he would a lng him may have been in her

What she really was doing was

description. She wanted terribly to ti have Jane around to talk to. fl

full, detailed letters.

you about the ring, oh Jane. it's an ii

glove on my left hand. I used to long for an enormous diamond, be- cause it was a sign and symbol of C

"New I've got it, it's uncomfort- able and in my way, and I'm in deadly fear of losing it whenever I wash my hands. I wonder whether that’; an omen of the way I'll feel about money when I have it! "Adam is very generous. He's given me a big beaver coat which is a beauty. It's rather heavy, but all fur coats are, I suppose. Ha wants to give me an allowance too but I won't take that. Jane. bein! half-rich, like this, i; frighffllii! uncomfortable.

"I used to go across the street from the opera hoiise and buy a 25 cent lunch when we had long rehearsals. I wouldn't dare take my fur coat into that cheap little place any more. I'd be' so stared at. So I have to go up to a little tea room where lunch costs ‘I5 cents. Luther laughs and says that is the price of up-keep of a fur coat. “Adam wants to be married soon —of course I couldn't leave the company this season. I don't be- lieve he'll let me go into it another year—"

Amy found writing clarified her thoughts. There she had written itl Adam wouldn't let her do this-or that-or the other thing. Adam clearly was to be her master.

“I won't have my wife doing so and so," he was apt to say during these days of the engagement.

Amy went on, feeling sorry for herself. "Dlck's gone for good. He's working his way to Bueno; Ayres and has a sort of cater's job taking supplies to your camp. So you'll see him. I'm afraid he feels badly- I hope he knows I do too. Jane I asked him to kiss me goodbye and he did. Of course, it wasn't strictly right of air-but you lee. Adam thinks it quite all rkht if he kisse’

girl-so why shouldn't have the same privilege?!’

‘She sat thinking a long‘ time, then wrote on,

“Mother is right, and y,

with was quite another. Iiistinotiv- developed rather loose id ely, Amy sought to justify her- these things. But I'd nu, self. The words that came as de Dick kiss me than Adam fence only seemed to condemn her like Adam a lot.

"l know I won't be happy

I'll want Dick, I'll be a , "Will you-kiss me goodbye— love with him. But after; for friendships sake" she asked get used to it. and moneyh timidly, knowing it was wrong. and I can do so many thing; “Do you think I'm saint enough to do! Of course, if I were to refuse that?" Dick asked, and poor little ignorant lllliig, threw his arms around her, holding terrifically shocked when

led a man like Adam, in]

breath. "You little fiend, do you able——but I know Just n, want to make it worse for me to doing."

Thus the letter coutiiii

take all you can give me .88 iOHE Oil U19 Dfiiwilile of coufeirlo as I want it." I-Iis words and his good for the soul, it rm manner were reckless, his arms feel better.

Then she went to Ola

only stirred her to cling the tight- was looking a little pals I er to mm, contented.

She told her the whole

And Amy knew the poignant Amy had a puritanical co

"I'm not playing fair," she

"It doesn't matter whether A CONFESSION wan t0 Dlay fast and u

. ~ chapter 95 any omau that will let h So Dick had gone. giving me a splendid home Amy remembered the name of money and all sorts oi‘ thl the boat, and she hunted up a map that _I'm not giving him l» of North and South America ‘and At least I ought to be a u

bout it. I think I'll tall u

stop at. Some vague Idea of writ- Dick."

"You're an awful little

mind, but it was not very definite. Amy," Claire replied » "Adam is in love with you trying to keep in touch with him Y0\i'i‘6 WOPPYiIIB 59611156 -‘ by knowing the cities he was give him real love also. Y stopping at tracing his route on give him W118i You haven't the map. for playing square and all i She studied the southern part, of thing—if you think you roughly finding the position of satisfied with having your Camp Ajax by remembering Jane's book stuffed full of bills Ill

me and furs and motor - nd yourself mistaken. liou

Then she wrote her one of ner right. you can't be ham it. But it won't make you u; u,“ yo“ p“; time 1 wrote that either. You'll grow just ilk Adam and I were engaged. I told those rich Women Wiw ill"

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awful ring. It's so big I can't get a Wﬂif llld I68!"

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