Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1935, Page 37

DAILY SHORT STORY: WEAKER HEART Peg Asked the Others What They Would Do If They Met “the Other Woman” Face to Face. BY FAN NICHOLS, E price, and if that price wes blind eyes—well, I made them blind.” “I loved him, = \ Y too. I believed s — M/ him. But now—" E " \ i Martha paused un- certainly. )| Of a sudden the table was quiet. Six pairs of curi- ous eyes were upon § the two women. “So you're in love, /., Martha!” Ruth ex- /7, claimed. ST hadn’t heard your last words I wouldn't have be- lieved it. After all these years. Who | is the man?” “My husband.” Peg Carsen smiled brightly. The women laughed. “Peg, you’'re terrible! Now, keep still lnd bed room door was closed. Mar- tha Graham and her hostess were slone. “Ruth, who Peg Carson?” Martha's breath was thick in her throat: thick with dread, thick with | a sickening cer- tainty. “Peg Carson is the woman's city golf champion and all-round athlete. || You know—Rolfe Carson’'s wife—you worked for him years ago.” “Oh.” Martha turned away. “Have you some aspirin, Ruth?” “Wait a minute ~—T'll get some for you.” Ruth went out and shut the door. 'm us pry the truth out of Martha.” Martha choked hysterically. Ro]fes‘ “Leave her alone,” Peg scolded. wife. Supposedly dying of a weak | “Now, all of you are married women heart for five years. Stubbornly and I'm curious to know what each clinging to life and preventing them | of you would do if you really met ‘the from making their love respectable to| other woman’ at a luncheon or a society. party. Shall we compare ideas?” The eight women sat down to| Martha fancied the atmosphere of luncheon, Peg Carson at Martha’s | the room suddenly congealed into an- “I was not mistaken,” she said. [X-RAY REVEALS HIGH right. “You two should have known each | other years ago,” Ruth said brightly. | “Martha used to be your husband’s | interested in another woman. secretary. The Carson woman looked at Mar- | self-assurance. “I do remember his speaking | & minute. of you, Miss Graham. He said you | proposed with conviction. were the best secretary he'd ever had. ' up the nearest piece of furniture and | tha. He really felt very badly when you | went to Europe \ “Europe?” Martha asked, puzzled. Ruth laughed. your secretary mixed. Peg. hasn't been out of this town for 10| year: o “Perhaps.” said Mrs. Carson. | Under cover of the chattering, Peg | Carson leaned closer to Martha. *“I was not mistaken,” she said softly. Martha managed a tired smile. | “I don’t know why he should have said that, Mrs. Carson.” “I do. I've known for five years that I'd lost Rolfe’s love. I've known there was another woman. Do you | love him so terribly, Martha Gra- | ham?” Evasion seemed senseless. Did she love him? Martha thought of Rolfe | Carson, his meticulous manners, his | ticipation. idea that their husbands were even ;Mrs Carson lighted a cigarette with “You must have |stiff fingers and offered one to Martha | Martha. Ruth laughed nervously. Four of the women ridiculed the Rid- iculed it flatly, ‘with immeasurable Edna Carter thought “I know what I'd do,” she “I'd pick break it over her head.” “Well, Ruth, what about you?” “I can't help you, Peg.” Ruth an- | | swered seriously. “Because I don’t know. I'd probably weep a lot and go on living with Tom.” Peg Carson stood up and smiled pleasantly at the group. “When I make up my mind I'll drop you all a note. Good-by, Ruth.” She turned to Martha. “Can I drop you somewhere? My car is ou!- side.” In the big, blue sednn Martha said | in an unsteady voice: “I think you're | a wonderful woman, Margaret Carson. I wish I had known you before.” “Would it have made any differ- ence?” | | Albert Chadwick, jr., “Yes. Europe.” precise, modulated voice, his strong, | I would really have gone to dark profile. She thought of the| night so many years ago when he| “And I am going!” Peg said flatly. had taken her hands across the office | “Tonight. I don't want Rolfe Carson desk and said: “Martha, I love you.|another day.” I want you. My wife hasn't much | The car stopped before an imposing longer to live. Perhaps a year. I've Dew apartment house. “Here you are, never loved her. It was a college in- | Martha Graham. I wish you both fatuation. Let me call you mine— | happiness.” tonight—and a year from now well| Martha laughed queerly. “Have be married.” | you a pen?” She drew a white card | “I want to ask you a question first,” | from her handbag and wrote swiftly. Martha said, her dark eyes and|“Will you wait for me, Mrs. Carson? strained white face fixed on the other | I won't be long. woman’s. “How can you excel at| She handed the card silently to the sports with a weak heart?"” other woman. It said: “Rolfe—I “My dear, I've had a doctor twice | M€t your wife today. We are leaving in my life. " For tonsils and chicken | {07, France at once; I, to see Europe Pox. My heart is as strong as the | &t 185t: she. to cure her heart trouble. | proverbial ox's.” ’ ;1[ sfi:mifimflil!"m“ I had the weaker Martha said slowly, “You wer cark atiera posed to have been dead four soans| The two women looked deeply into ago from heart trouble. Just as I was | ®aCh other’s eyes. “I'l wait for you,” supposed to have gone to Europe.” | s8id Rolfe Carson's wife. “T often wondered who the woman | (Copyrisht. 1935.) was.” Peg Carson continued in a soft | undertone. “Rolfe never told me| Tomorrow: “Below Decks,” by | anything. He never asked for his Robert Whitcomb, deals with two | freedom—not that I would have glven coal stokers on a freighter who fought | it to him—then. You see, I loved | over the comparative merits of their | him. I wanted to keep him at any | pet canaries. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935. TUBERCULOSIS RATE New Building for Feeble-Minded School at Laurel Seen Pos- sibly Necessary. With the installation of new X-ray | g equipment at the District Training School for the Feeble Minded at Laurel, Md., & surprisingly large num- ber of tuberculosis cases were dis- covered among the inmates, it was made known today by Elwood Street, director of public welfare. Of the first 50 inmates examined the rate indicated perhaps 15 per cent of the patients are victims of the disease. If complete examination of the 500 inmates bears out that per- centage welfare officials believe it will be necessary to construct a new build- ing to segregate the patients for treat- ment. The examinations were made under the direction of Dr. James Lewald, superintendent, who described the need for special housing as urgent. Street said the board is considering the possible transfer of the patients to the Tuberculosis Hospital at Glenn Dale, Md., but is necessarily in- vestigating the need for special equip- ment there to care for the feeble minded. FOUR LAW CLUBS HOLD PRIZE DEBATE TODAY Georgetown School Contest Will Be Presided Over by Paul Frederick 0'Don. The third prize debate of the | Georgetown Law School will be held | today at 5:10 p.m., between represent- atives of the four law clubs of the | school. The participants are John Joseph Hurley for the Gould Law Club; \ Joseph Vincent DeP. Dillon for the Butler Club; Daniel Trigg Sargeant for the White Club, and George for the Carroll Club. Paul Frederick O'Don of the | ‘White Club will preside over the moot court, the debate taking the form of arguments in an appellate court. Justice F. Dickinson Letts of the District Supreme Court, with Repre- sentative Igoe of Illinois and Ralph De Shields Quinter, first vice presi- | dent of the District Bar Association, will comprise the board of judges. College Women Sponsor Trip. The American Association of Uni- versity Women's junior group will| sponsor a trip to Annapolis, Md., March 17, for its members. Miss Ellen Anderson will take charge of the tour and members will meet at the club house, 1634 I street, at 10 am. Expenses of the trip will be shared by the members. Drug Stores Limited. 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