To Love a Stranger — Lorena Ann Olmstead

It was love at first sight for blonde Helene Bascombe. She had seen Rudolph Denton at a garden party given by her best friend-seen him standing alone under a big silver maple-and had know that here was the man she would marry. Like one bemused she heard the handsome dark man ask if he could take her home, heard her assent without hesitation. Dave Hendricks was best man at the wedding. Dave, the exact opposite of the suave Rudolph-big, loose jointed, with a shock of dark red hair and a lazy smile that prevented people from noticing the squareness of his jaw.