Radio Mirror: The Magazine of Radio Romances (Jan-June 1943)

because my voice had trembled as I said that. "You're really sweet," she said. "I like you." "I like you," I told her honestly. "I want to tell you something," she said then. "Please do." "You've got to be strong with Dean. You know that, don't you?" "I know it now. Thanks." "Don't thank me. Do something." "What'll I do?" "Well, you might just marry him, for instance." "That's an idea," I said darkly, "I'll think about it." Then we went out into the hall and ran smack into Diana Stuart. "I've been telling this child," Margaretta said, "that she ought to marry Dean." "Please," I said, "let's go downstairs." "Wait," Diana said, glaring down at me. "Didn't she tell you that she's already married to Dean Hunter?" "No," said Margaretta giving me a curious look, "she did not. Well, good for you, child." "It's a great secret," Diana Stuart went on. "Only a few people know it — a very exclusive few." 1 PLAYED into her hands, inadvertently. It was her moment, and she knew it. "A — a few people?" I echoed. "Yes," Diana Stuart said, with mocking emphasis. "Besides myself — his draft board!" "What does that crack mean?" Margaretta asked in an odd whisper. "It means," Diana Stuart replied, "that Dean Hunter couldn't marry me because — well, you know why not — so he had to find himself a wife — any. wife — and find one fast. He found one all right, didn't he, Washington heartbreaker?" "Yes," I said. And there wasn't anything more to say. I turned away. Margaretta hesitated. Finally she hurried down the steps beside me, her hand on my arm, throwing back over her shoulder, "I'll have a few choice things to say to you later, Diana." At the foot of the stairs I turned to her, seeing her through glazed eyes. "Dean found a wife," I repeated, dully, and then — "Oh, Margaretta — find me someone to take me to the station?" She nodded. "If you're sure you want to go. You're sure you don't want to ask Dean — ?" I shook my head. My whole world had crumbled about me. All I wanted to do was to get away, away from everything and everyone. I knew, by the time I got back to the hotel, that I must return to Washington right away. I couldn't talk now, couldn't argue. It just isn't in me to say why did you do this, why didn't you do that, when I've been hurt. I still had to find out just why Dean Hunter had left me the day after our wedding. I still had to decide whether he had asked me to marry him that mad night just because he thought, in those prePearl Harbor days, that a married man was in less danger of being drafted. That was a terrible thing to be asked to believe of your husband. And I wouldn't have believed it, except that Dean had behaved so strangely. So, even though I knew that Diana Stuart had what she thought was ample reason to lie to me, something told me that there was truth in what she had revealed in HANDS CHAPPED? HERE'S NOT ONLY SOOTHING RELIEF.BUT FASTER HEALING Housework often causes red, chapped hands. Help protect and heal them with Noxzema. Men— Don't let chapped, irritated skin make work miserable. Here's quick relief. Clinical Tests Show Quick Results! • If your hands are badly chapped, do as scores of Doctors and Nurses do — use Noxzema Medicated S!cin Cream. Noxzema is not just a cosmetic cream— itcontains soothing medicinal ingredients that aid in healing tiny skin cracks. It helps soften and smooth skin — helps restore normal white loveliness to red, rough, irritated chapped hands. Scientific clinical experiments show how fast it works— a definite improvement often seen overnight! Noxzema is greaseless— nonsticky.On sale at drugand cosmetic counters. Get a jar today! 350, 500, $1.00. Watch children smile with relief when soothing Noxzema is applied to tender, chapped skin. UNCLE SAM SAYS "SAVE THOSE CLOTHES" AND RIT SAYS "SAVE YOUR MONEY"— MAKE LAST YEAR'S DRESS THIS YEAR'S SUCCESS EACH FROCK CAN BE A "HONEY" • Look your prettiest while helping Uncle Sam conserve materials. Get out all last year's frocks and with a few packages of RIT, give them all a gay, sparkling, eye-catching beauty. Save precious silks, wools, rayons — have a "new" wardrobe— and buy a whole bookful of Defense Stamps with the savings. • Just be sure you get RIT. No boiling needed. Colors "take" beautifully. Perfect results. NEVER SAY DYE... SAY ' 28 Colors. White Rit to take color OUT! TINTS & DYES 89