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I'HE EVENTNGJIERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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cs- RUTH DEWEY OlOVESMb-IS&J
Wednesday, August 21, 1029
' CHAPTER XL!
Marco Mid food night to Ber
tl Loo with f rMt reluctance. H
thouiht lb reallj 1U "d
needed th attention ct a phvl
clan. But Bertl Loa would not
eoaaenl to hart him tak her to
th doctor who had attended her
durlnf bar narrout breakdown,
ai ho wlahed to doi
"Lot's Just atop at tho hospital
minute," Marco pleaded when
they tot back to the city.
"No. no. I'm all right," Ber
tie Lou proteated. Marco did not
belter her. 6b looked o tor
turd, with wild, farerlah light
In her ye. and heartbreaking
way ol preaalng her finger- tlpa
to her Up, a though to keep
back a cry of anguish.
"You ahonldn't ha com out
today," Marco told her reproach
fully. "Buying that hone waa
too much for you, Bertl Lou. Of
coura it' your own affair, but
tbat aort of aantlmental In
dulgence la worae for yon than
tie kind of thing yon aay you
won't do any mora."
Marco ipok harahly. It an
noyed him that Bertie Lou would
not take him Into her confidence
about the houae. He could gues
that It meant something close
to her heart. And he was Jealous
of her Interests.
In reality h was gratified at
tb change In her the way ah
was turning her back on the
drinking. Jailing, youlh-squander-tng
life they had been leading.
It would give him a itrong factor
In faror of his marrlag to her
when the time came to talk to
his father about it.
But he wished that hi reaaon
for being pleased was the same
a her res: n for changing. Wish
ed It had been tor him that
ahed'd settled down to lire quiet
ly and not tor om secret cause.
Jt eauee that had to do with an
other man, no doubt.
He suspected, of course, that
the .man was her husband. The
suspicion prodded him to harsh
ness. Then, too, he dreaded leav
ing Bertl Loa without someone
to look after her during the
night.
He remembered, with a pang
of remorse, that It had been be
who had made It possible for her
to follow the health-wrecking
road that leads from pleasure
haunt to pleasure haunt.
He thought of that day on th
train when he'd met her tor the
first time. She had been aloof,
unwilling to- promise a future
meeting. He'd never expected to
hear from her again.
It waa eaay to guess now. In
the fact of his greatest knowledge
of her, that she bad been driven
by unhapplness to seek his com
panionship. She could, he of
fered in his own defense, have
found another willing courier
on her voyage to a hospital cot
But and this waa what troubled
his conscience there tad been
tlmea along the way when her
spirit had lagged and her teet
had grown weary times when
he knew ahe was tired ot the
brittle hollowness ot their con
tact with a world of Incandescent
radiance, mad music, and "don't
care," people.
Close to her laughter had been
honest tear. Her dancing feet
had wanted to atop. And Mar
co had known It. He admitted,
to himself, that he had known
It. And now It troubled him
that he had nrged her on, piqued
her when he could, done every
thing. In fact, that he could
think ot to keep her going.
He had always liked her, from
th start of their friendship. He
1 hadn't wanted her to drop out.
"You're In no condition to be
left alone," he bunt forth cross
ly, seeking, In a solicitude for
her, to put down his troublesome
self searching.
Bertie Lou's nerves were begin
ning to cover her body with the
feel of a fin network ot searing
wires. 8h knew what that meant.
The hospital cot again. Somehow
she must hsng on, must keep
calm.
Marco had been right. Th
emotional crisis she bad under
gone In buying the house ot
Rod' dreama had upset her. No,
It wss Marco himself, with his
unending dealr to marry her.
She knew better. It wasn't
Msrco. It wss her memory. Cam
eo clear. Dear Qod, couldn't ahe
forget the past) That hot night
In her room. So brave she'd been
to msrry Lila Marsh's cast
oft suitor. Th heat might have
com from a crucible wherein
burned her chance for happlneas.
And then she had only to think
a little further to feel Rod'
kisae upon har hatr, her eyea,
her lips. Sweet, the hour ot
youth, ...
a
Marco was saying something.
She would not listen. Why
try not to relieve her brief joy
when It was Impossible to forget
it? Marco would be talking sense,
and there was no sense In th
world.
She could not Ignore him
though; ahe must not. It she sank
so far Into the past as to forget
him entirely -he might lose con
sciousness. She felt as It ah
could sink Into a stupor from
sheer inability to let go her
poignant remembrance. Marco
would rush her oft to the hospital.
If she gained her bed ... by
morning she would be better. It
had never been quite so bad be
forethis looking backward. In
duced by Imagination, ot course.
She had pictured, too unendur
lngly, herself with Rod in th
llttl house at Moonflelds.
But It muat be dispelled, this
mood of black regrets for a dead
past. She must not be silly. Per
hsps ... It she hsd word ot
Rod . . . tomorrow she would
do whst she hsd resisted doing
many times . . . sbe would tele
phone to Cyru Lore. She could
disguise her voice ... oh, she
would not have him speaking ot
It to Lila , . . Lila would carry
It to Rod. Cyrna might tell her
what Rod was doing. It she pre
tended to be a friend from Way-ville.
3he knew Rod was not working
for Cyrus. Her mother had told
her that much. But no one who
would have told her more about
him seemed to know. Molly, she
was sure, could have given her
some lntormstlon hsd she wished.
Bertl Lou had suffered over
Molly's attitude; It indicated that
Rod had made unkind remarks
about' her. That wss hard to be
lieve, though. Rod bad never been
contemptible. Hadn't he though?
sine he d fallen under Llla's In
fluence. Still. Molly never, had
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liked her. It did not need an ef
fort on Rod's part to make her
more unfriendly.
Bertl Loa wa buoyed up by
th promia to heraelt to try to
get word ot Rod. It waa a com
tort ah had stoically denied her
self, but now tbat she hsd mad
up her mind to It, ah felt bat
ter, In spit ot th bruls ah
knew It would b to her pride to
riak having Lila or Rod guess
that the call had come from her.
a
Sh turned to Marco, and ha
glanced up from hi steering
long enough to ice that sh hsd
grown calmer. Thar had been a
silenc of many minutes sine his
lsst remark to her.
"I'm out ot It now," sh said
quietly.
"What th devil wss th mat
ter with you?" h replied peevish
ly. Sh had given him a good
acara.
"A touch ot homesickness," sh
told him. Marco did not Ilk what
ah said because he did not be
lter It, but he wa too much In
lov with her to express his
doubt. He knew he hsd no right
to his Jealousy, Bertl Lou had
never encouraged blm to think
she loved him.
When he left her at th door ot
her rooming nous h gated very
earnestly Into her -eyes. Bertie
Loa put out a hsnd to say good
night Marco took It and did not
let It go.
"I wish yoi would let m take
car ot you," h said. "This Is so
dumb. Bertl Lou; your living In
a plac Ilk this.
"Maybe It Is." Bertl Loa re
turned with a wistful smile, "but
Just now. Just this minute, Mar
co, I'm glad I didn't listen to
you."
Sh was thinking ot th call
sh was going to make th next
day the telephone call to Cyrus
Lore. There waa no hop of a
reconciliation with Rod ahe was
not sure that sh could lov th
th man Lila had mad ot him
as sh bad loved him when he
wa her ideal but attll she found
a taint measure ot happiness In
being unchanged herself; In be
ing the same Bertie Loa that Rod
had married.
A miracl might happen she
did not expect It to, but it might.
Cyrus could tell her something
fin ot Rod. It might b a mis
take about him and Lila. It
might be. And than ah would
b so Indescribably, o delirious
ly, hsppy that ah had not said
yes to Marco.
Sh laughed at herself as b
umlresaed for bed, laughed and
called heraelt a little fool. It was
a sad sound, her laughter. And
partly on account of Marco. Bh
hated to treat him shabbily, keep
him hanging oa until she made
up her mind. Her mind was made
upt Why bed ah thought such
a thing?
Ilertl Lou ' lay long awake.
asking heraelt queallons. And
she found that under all her sur
face denials, and even her Joy la
being free to dream Imposalble
dream ot a reunion with Rod.
there was a feeling ot satisfaction
In her heart orer knowing that
Marco stood by to take her out
ot her hall bedroom whenever
she wss ready to tear It.
It mad her feel Ilk a cheat.
To be subconsciously leaning up-
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on hi lor, whll professing her
determination not to accept It,
wai altful, ah realised.
Bh brok th next ngagmnl
ah had with Marco. Sh told blm
over th telephone that she would
not see him again,
Marco worked up a llttl huff
over It, A hurt that lasted several
days, during which Mm ha mad
no attempt to aee her,
Bertl Lou want back to work.
Sh wa In a dual atat of firm
ness and sodnees. Sh would be
firm about Marco, but ahe waa
extremely tender over th bouse
sh wa building. It was to b th
tempi of a ghostly lov. Rod
waa dead. Her Rod, that Is. Tb
other? Sh would forget him,
Cyru had pokn vary abrupt
ly to her when sh had tele-
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phoned and asked about Rod. Sh
had given s fictitious nam aud
said sh wa from Rod's bom
town. And Cyru had let her
understand that h had no In
terest In Rod whstaoever. HI
ton was so caustic, and short,
(hat Ileitis I.pu hsd quickly hung
up. 1
So ryrus bad com to bal Rod
at last I
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