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I'm ussum ing that to you I p u r t a ll y d a * k i i i n r l , • « • » In m u h « a lti« * » f tia r tr d fn w h lo n a . f r e e p u l i e r a p r i n t e d l a * am not your husband any m o re ." l i d i I h » I»«. h » I* i o r VA r e a l a . "B u t you are m y husband! Even ■ k w in o C IR C I K PATTRRN D K P T . though you choose to masquerade 70» M illio n Ml.. Man F t a it e Iir o , C a lli. and w ear a false name, though h j i e lo»«* 2A e r i l t ä tu c u lli« f u r o « c h you’ ve ignored m e fo r m ore than p a tte rn d ra trrd half our life tim e s, though you knew P a tte rn N.» s i t a ___ where I was. when one word fro m you would have ended a ll this m is­ ery of u n ce rta in ty fo r me, you are s till the m an I was m a rrie d to. ! Richard. You're s till m y ch ild re n 's father. N othing can change th a t." "Y ou can change it if you like, D ooley." The m a le h a lf o f a new dance "H ow can I change It? You mean : te a m V a s ple ad ing w ith a p ro ­ I can d ivorce you? How can 1 d uce r. divorce a man who doesn't exist? . "Y o u n e v e r saw a n y th in g so sen­ How could I explain it to your chil- 1 sational,** the d a n ce r ra v e d . " A t dren?” the fin ish o f o u r a ct I ta ke m y p a r t­ “ The kids do co m p lica te things, i n e r by the h a ir and w h ir l h e r don't they? They m ig h t lik e me if round fo r E xa ctly tw e n ty spins. they knew me. Though perhaps > Then 1 w in d up the whole tilin g by you've a lready attended to th a t? " hea vin g her th ro u g h an open w in ­ " I'v e given them a hero fo r a fa- i dow. You should see it. I t b rin g s 6 moi th e r !" Ju lia flamed. dow n the h o u s e !" "Y ou did th a t fo r yourself, F o u r-P ie ce O u tfit T he p ro d u ce r paled. Dooley, not fo r me. Y o u 're a proud "H e a v e her th ro ug h an open w in ­ C O M P L E T E fo ur-piece o u tfit woman, y o u r p rid e w o u ld n 't let you d o w ? ” he repented in c re d u lo u sly. fo r y o u r tin y ch erub . I t ’s de­ keep a man in yo u r life unless he 1 was heroic. And you d o n 't w ant j lig h tfu lly easy to m a ke — round " D o you do th a t ¡it e very p e rfo rm ­ your p re tty p ic tu re torn to pieces ! yoked prince ss dress is trim m e d ance?” The young m an shrugged. "W e ll, now by the dism a l re a lity . So j w ith r u fflin g ; s lip and panties are n e a rly e v e ry p e rfo rm a n c e ,*’ he ad­ I ’ll take m yse lf off. You w o u ld n 't edged w ith d a in ty lace. M ake sev­ e ra l o f the gay ro m p e rs fo r w a rm m itte d . "O n ce in u w h ile I m is s .’* want to shake hands. F a th e r? ” take care of me. I was s illy enough — i to th in k th a t a ll women w ere cared fo r when they m a rrie d ; i t was q u ite CHAPTER X a shock when I learned th a t th a t J u lia ignored the in te rru p tio n . w a sn 't always true. I know I m ust 'H e spent tw o m onths try in g to find have fa ile d you in a lo t of ways. som ething, some record, some grave R ichard. I m ust not have been a —a n yth in g th a t w ould end o u r sus­ strong person then—a strong w o m ­ pense. He w ent through dozens o f an m ig h t have changed you. B ut hospitals, even the insane places; you failed me, too, R ichard. You he even went out w ith crews o f men fa ile d us a ll! " "D o n ’t blam e yo u rse lf. Dooley. who w ere opening graves! I t was a n e rve -ra ckin g experience fo r h im The whole thing was a m istake. I — and not too happy fo r me, R ich ­ m e re ly happened to realize th a t be- a rd ." 'S o rry ." He let his gaze fa ll, let his clasped hands dangle between his knees. " I d id n 't th in k yo u 'd be concerned. I thought you’d be re ­ lieved to be rid o f m e .” "Y o u r conscience m ust have been m ore acute than we gave you cred­ i t fo r ," said his fa th e r, sco rn fu lly. " I f it h a d n 't been fo r J u lia 's ob­ stin a cy, I ’d have had you declared le g a lly dead long ago.” John I. th ru s t his hands in to his R ich a rd laughed, a short, d iffic u lt pockets, d ra w in g in his brows. bark. "L e g a lly . I am dead. R ich ­ “ No, I w ouldn’ t! You m ake me a rd M c F a rla n e no longer exists. ashamed that I am also a M c F a r­ N ot on any record o r ro ste r, at lane.” least. I ’ ve been R oger M ackey fo r W ithout a word R ich a rd w alked tw e n ty years now. There was a lot out of the house. They heard his of confusion a fte r the a rm is tic e , and car ro a r o ff down the d rive . I happened to come into posses­ John I. sank into a c h a ir and sion—a ccid e n ta lly, of course—of a dropped his head in to his hands. passport and some other papers. It Julia went q u ie tly and kissed the suited m e not to be R ichard M c­ thinned spot on the top o f his head. F a rla n e any longer. I wanted to She did not speak. D avid was s ta rt over. I stayed on in P a ris fo r m ourning the unw orthiness of Ab- a few years and did p re tty w e ll—” “ G a m b lin g , as usual?” This fro m to touch the d ig n ity o f th a t grief. John I. She w ent n um bly, groping fo r the R ic h a rd ’s m outh lifte d in a con­ s ta ir ra il, up to h e r room . descending, m irth le ss sm ile. T hat sm ile, too, was an aching piece of Somehow. alw ays, she had J u lia ’ s rem em bering. known! A lw ays, unaw are perhaps at tim es, she had been w a itin g fo r " I got a lo n g ," he said, " in various this, feeling the pressure o f odd, ways. And then things got ra th e r uncertain dread. T here was a nasty in France— th e re was a ll th a t strange and psychic bond, a v ib ra ­ a rg u m e nt about the debts, A m e r­ tion th a t lived on between tw o peo­ icans w eren’ t p o p u la r—so I came ple who had been m a rrie d , and she back to th is country. I d id n ’ t know knew now th a t th a t q u ive rin g tie a n yth in g to get into— things w ere a lived on, b rid g in g years and si- little tough here too, you re m e m ­ .jence, b in d in g her to R ichard, even ber? So I went back to the a rm y. “ But you just ca n 't come back though the bond was b itte r. E ve n tu ­ This fe llo w —th is M ackey, whose this w a y —fro m the d ead .” a lly it had draw n h im back to her. papers I had—had a com m ission. I got i t renewed, I asked fo r service fore you did. I took the best way She had seen the nostalgia in his in H a w a ii and got it. Thpn last out o f it, fo r you and fo r e ve ry­ eyes, though he had trie d to hide i t behind his old, cool arrogance. y e a r th e y sent me back. I'm at b o d y ." R id le y F ie ld now .” And now what? What la y ahead? “ You took a co w a rd 's way o u t.” A lm o st Ju lia c rie d out. R ic was What threatened her, her peace of said his fa th e r. "N o w —now th a t at R id le y F ie ld . B u t she caught you’ re g e ttin g old and life is n 't so m ind, her p ride fo r her children? he rse lf in tim e , made a little m ove­ There was Ric. What if R ichard gay and adventurous as it used to m e n t tow ard her fa th e r-in -la w , beg­ be, I suppose you th in k you should found out about Ric, learned where g ing fo r silence. He caught the come back here and And a w e l­ he was, m ade contact w ith his son? i gesture, o r perhaps he did not re ­ come? F in d things e x a ctly as they And then there was Dave. She knew m em ber. did not connect R ic w ith th a t Dave loved her. w ith another j w ere before.” any o f this. The old fo rg o t easily. R ic h a rd flared. H is eyes took on kin d o f love, deeper, finer—no fire | R ic h a rd m ust not know about Ric. th a t ic y look th a t Ju lia re ­ o r passion, no young fever, but the A ll th e ir lives she had b u ilt th e ir m em bered. la stin g love of a m an who would fa th e r up to heroic sta tu re fo r her "H a v e I said that? Have I asked cherish a woman forever. ch ild re n , made h im a splendor to Ju lia flung herself down on the fo r a n y th in g ? ” a d m ire , but know ing a ll the w h ile bed. " N o t yet. B u t you’ ve m ade no w hat a false and c ru m b lin g foun­ "O h, D a v e !" her heart crie d out. decent excuse o r e xp lanation ei­ dation she b u ilt upon, how d a n g e r­ ther. You w alked out on Ju lia and "N o w th a t i t ’ s too late, I do love ous was the s tru c tu re she raised i f you! And w hat am I going to do?” le ft her to struggle alone— ’ ’ a fierce w in d blew upon it. B u t she J ill turned her head on the p il­ " N o t alone, John I. -You’ ve been m ust not destroy i t now. low, eased her body fro m the cra m p She m ust not te a r R ic h a rd down, a ro ck under m y feet, yo u ’ ve been o f her splinted arm and taped shoul­ offer th a t ru in to R ic h a rd 's son. She m y stre n g th and courage when I der. m ust not destroy th a t p ic tu re d in ­ fa lte r e d !" "Y o u w ere a ll I had, D o o le y," he "D o o le y, you look sim p ly ghast­ herita n ce o f g a lla n try . R ic was not " I'v e never seen strong and courageous lik e J ill. He said gently, “ you and those k id s ." l y ! ” she said. "T h e y ’ re p re tty w e ll grow n up b lack hollows under your eyes be­ had all the weaknesses of the M c ­ F a rla n e m en; i f he had in h e rite d now, I suppose?” R ich a rd changed fore. W hat’ s w o rryin g you besides m e?" any strength fro m h e r i t was latent, the su b je ct w ith the fa c ile ease th a t had a lw ays been his g i f t “ How " N o th in g ," Ju lia lied g a lla n tly. it had not begun its g ro w th . Now “ Y o u 're enough fo r one dose. Do I she could not ris k g iv in g h im a fa ­ are th e y? ” "T h e y ’ re v e ry welL'* She would look so pathetic? I m ust need some th e r who had c a llo u s ly abandoned N ot about v ita m in s o r something. I t ’ s m iss­ h im even before he had learned to not te ll h im anything. R ic, n o t about J i ll ’ s accident, noth­ in g you so much, I guess.” speak th a t fa th e r’ s name. J ill d re w the corners of her mouth He had no rig h t to know. So she said, ra th e r fla tly , “ You ing. He had no rig h ts a t all. “ R ich a rd in. " Y o u ’ re a rotten actress, Doo­ w ere at P e a rl H a rb o r, R ic h a rd ? ” ley. Y o u 're corny as heck and His face changed, tw is te d . H is is tw enty-seven. J i ll ’ s tw e n ty -s ix .” tra n sp a re n t as cellophane. When | eyes shifted. "Y e s , I was th e re — you h u rt inside, it shows through at H ic k a m F ie ld . Now I ’ m at R id ­ Richard Offers lik e veins and things under a fluoro- j ley. B ut I ’ ve w orked fo r w h a t I ’ve No Solution scope. Have you and Dave had a got in the a rm y .” "M a k e s a m an feel old. A re they fig h t? ” “ So,” J u lia le t h e r breath out, " O f course not, s illy. 1 ha ve n 't j th a n k fu l—oh, so te r rib ly th a n k fu l lik e you, D o o le y? " R ich a rd asked. “ T h e y 're e n tire ly unlike. But seen Dave since th a t Sunday. And th a t J ill was aw ay! "So you are why should we fig h t? " Roger M ackey now. B u t why, R ich ­ th e y 're both M c F a rla n e s ." "M a rrie d , e ith e r of th e m ? ” " I don’ t know any good reason, ard—why? A ll th is ta lk , and I s till "N o , th e y 're not m a rrie d ." but you are sort of d iffic u lt to un­ don’ t understand it. You m ust not “ A t least I ’ m not a g ra n d fa th e r!” derstand at tim es, Dooley. You’ re have cared about us a t a ll. You I th in k I know d id n ’ t w ant to see us again, y o u r he said, s m ilin g th in ly . "W e ll, I ’ll so unpredictable. push along. Due back fo r re ve ille w hat yo u ’ re th in kin g and feeling, own fa th e r—y o u r own c h ild re n ? " " I did th in k about the kids, of to m o rro w . Have to d riv e a ll n ig h t and suddenly I discover I ’ m a ll lost and don’ t know you at a ll.” course,” he said, “ and you, too, to m ake it . ” “ But. R ichard, w hat happens Dooley. B u t I hadn’t been a v e ry successful husband. You were p re t­ n o w ? " J u lia cried. "W h a t are you Julia Fails to going to do?” ty w ell fed up w ith me when I le ft.” He faced her, and she fe lt herself Deceive Jill receding, sh rin k in g as she had a l­ “ I ’m a m yste ry woman! Hum an A Three-W ay ways done when he looked at her enigm a. But the few er feelings we Conversation w ith th a t cold, blue stare. a ll have now the better off w e 'll “ W hat happens now depends on b e ." J u lia was being platitudinous, “ I was nineteen years o ld !” Ju lia protested. " I ’d loved you and m a r­ you, Dooley. As fo r w hat I ’ m go­ she knew, and undoubtedly J ill was ried you, and then I ’ d been le ft ing to do— so fa r as I know, noth­ probing past that evasive defense w ith her d ry, shrewd, young eyes. alone, fo r weeks at a tim e --n o t in g !" “ B u t—you can’t ju s t come back “ We’ re fig h tin g a lo t o f people know ing where you were, even hun­ who’ ve done away w ith fe e lin g ." g ry ! I had a baby, and then I was this w a y—fro m the d e a d !” “ And n o w ," said J ill, in a m ock­ going to have another rig h t a w a y — “ I'v e never been dead. I cam e and then it was w a r, and John I back because suddenly I wanted to ing voice, "th e g entlem anly ushers got th a t com m ission fo r you, be­ see you, hear yo u r voice again. I f w ill pass am ong you, and a ll the cause he thought w a r was w hat you you m ean sh a ll I go back to being ladies w ill deposit th e ir ballots in needed—th a t i t m ig h t q u ie t th a t R ich a rd M cF a rla n e again, the an­ the basket, please. And d o n 't vote restlessness in you—and so you sw er is no. I t would be a w kw a rd fo r yourselves, g ir ls ! " she chirped w ent away. And le ft me w ith noth­ and em barrassing. I'm in the in a b rig h t falsetto. "D ooley, i l in g ! N othing b u t this shabby old a rm y . T h e re ’ s w a r going on. T ill you w on't ta lk , shut up! D on't in ­ su lt m y in te llig e n ce w ith th a t s tu f ll" house, th is m ortgaged la n d —and no i t ’ s over, I ’ll concentrate on th a t.” one to tu rn to t i l l D ave P atterson "R ic h a rd , I'v e had tw e n ty-five