| Show 66 B By y Elenore enor e e eran in Copyright by Elenore Continued from yesterday yesterday- j Mary lary seems all thrilled Humph Were ere you jou ou ever In love Jimmy He looked down at her anc and laughed his black thick hair blown straight across his forehead He lie kept looking at her with half halt a grin grinon on his mouth until she said sald Wei Wel were you jou ou 1 Oh Oh for the little UlUe matter of ot four or five years 1 I 1 mean truly trub So So do I I You honestly were Jimmy iI I I honestly am Chickie She tossed her head It lt doesn't mean much to a man does it If He lIe answered extravagantly and using one of her own words Oceans Oceans' I Oh my jes yes es Oceans Oceans Oceans-If If only you can have all alI the waves naves you jou I want In them I think Its It's sad Jimmy that men should be like that S Like what 1 Faithless He grinned Youve found us out alreadY No No but honestly Jimmy that's true Isn't Jt it If Tell me Isn't It the truth t that at nine out of ot t ten n men men well that you jou ou Just cant can't bet on them I 1 Theres heres here's always the tenth you know know of ot that that that- You cant can't even be sure or of ot getting setting the tenth I Still he laughed Yep Theres There's one girl In the world who can be sure Who Vho My girl Suddenly she was w as aw aware are of ot his ex excited excited excited ex- ex cited turned face to hers Jils quick sharp breath He started to speak broke brok off oft uneasily He said with witha a shrug Well Vell I dont don't think we need worry over Mary thank No No thank goodness goodness' Mary wouldn't dream of ot marriage for years and years She wont won't What makes you think that Why shouldn't she Oh Jimmy of ot coUrse she won wont t tEdward Edward Is poor and do you think Mary wants to step Into a a. ahard hard time like Lucy has has' But suppose she loves him Anyway Chickie you you No o You would If it you loved a man man You'd want to mirry him even if it he was por per perI I I would pot I 1 tell teU you Jimmy I would not not He answered quietly with none of ot his of-his his old teasing lightness but his happy eyes all aU tight again and black back I tell ell you that you will will- will Chickie Sooner than you think CHA CHAFT T VII III In the Church Lucys Lucy's little Utile son George was just petting getting over the mumps Martha Nartha Blake his grandmother wanted him to have this great Jar of ot chicken broth It would put bone toone and sinew Into the lad lad bring bring the or co-or co or back Dack to the white little cheeks Would Mary and Chickie a mind running down with it Cheer heer Lucy up a bit the bit the poor girl hadn't been out of 91 the house In weeks weeks' She loaded their arms with bundles bundles bun bun- They went ent In the back way Lucy was in the kitchen heating healing a saucepan of ot milk Wisps of her pale brown hair hung about her forehead As she to greet gleet them little shivers ers rang ran about her hel lips She kept h her r eyes ejes down but the lids were red as though she had been crying They were half ashamed to look at her They put down their thell bundies bundles bundles bun bun- dies hastily Mary said Mother sen sent t over ovel this soup Lucy Lucy for for Georgie And heres here's a a b bag g of 01 the most gorgeous doughnuts Try Tryone Tryone Tryone one Lucy kept her back to them Intent in intent intent In- In tent on on the milk could see her cheek A slow tear was trickling trickling trickling trick trick- ling from the corner of ot hei hel eye She slipped her arm abo t Lucys Lucy's waist whispering timidly Little G George orge isn isn't t worse Is he he I Lucy shook hook her head Lucy darling youre darling 3 oure Just tired Lucy faced them then hen her mouth twitching miserably Oh I ought to be ashamed of myself I suppose But Teddy fell felI and cut hi his hi hand and and- George had to go to lodge e and andI I Iwas was here all aU alone She he shook her head back bringIng bringing bringing bring bring- ing a laugh that was full fuU of tears to her lips Well there I guess its It's Just the strain You two are Just fust angels coming over eo O much III IU never be able able able- i She couldn't couldn t finish but went over overto over overto overto to the table opening the bag of doughnuts I have some lovely I Jelly Sit down Ill I'll make a cup jl of ot chocolate From the adjoining room came a petulant Mamma lamma Mamma mamma mamma There There lies hes a awake Georgie wake Im I'm I coming mothers mother's mothers mother's coming coming- Lucy flew down the hall I Almost immediately other voices rose Mamma Mamma a a a jink I jink-I I wanna Jink fink of ot water Then teddy leddy Mamma Mam Mamma lam Mam lamma ma my hand hurts hurts' It hurts Lucys Lucy's s gentle voice soothed Never Nev Ne Neer er mind now Mother H kiss it THere its it's its re-it's Its better Go to sleep I Lucy came back to the kitchen She didn't sit down There Thereas was as the baby's food to prepare little clothes to fold bottles bottle to sterilize I They helped her trying to squeeze I In a lot of ot COZ cozy Intimate chatter but Lucy kept saying Yes Oh what was that and running into I Ithe the pantry then out to the porch coming coming- back with hats that you were saying She se seemed med entirely unaware of this nervous When they theyer were er leaving her face had a prett flush Why I feel a thousand times better Drop In tomorrow tomorrow please please well we'll well have another quiet little chat cha chat t- t They walked home slowly arm in arm The summer night drifted softly about the old gardens along Fair Oaks anointing her robes with the distilled fragrance o of roses and sweet peas coming out again languorous languorous languorous lan lan- with dreams It swayed a about out them sweet with romance romance Chickie said Oh isn isn't t it glorious though hough And poor Lucky stuck in inthe inthe inthe the house there Its Itt Just a shame She's so sweet with it all That's because underneath Lucy Is is really happy she doesn't Oh Mary Iary Why know what happiness means means means' Lucy LucS s sonly only 30 30 and she can look down her whole life and see that mat there Just never is s going to be any pleasure in It it Why she cant can't think of herself herselt for tor a single moment moment moment-couldn't couldn't even sit down and talk to us Just look at her and how pretty she used I to be Her whole life Ufe Is s doomed Marys Mary's lips tightened in a flaming flam flam- lri ing silence She said suddenly with a a rapid catch In her voice Its Il's only because Lucys Lucy's nervous now She's been terribly worried and so many things come all at once once Chickie nodded dubiously Id Just like to bet tet Mary Iary that if 11 Lucy Could have known all this she shed she'd d never never- Mary Interrupted with a quiet finality Shed db do the very same thing again Chickie trembled Mary tary you ou oudon dont don't t rea really ly believe belleve that Yes les' Yeti Oh Lucy was terribly terribly ter ter- ter- ter In love I can remember She used to go about almost In a trance She was wild about George She is yet What was there for her l if if she didn't marry Mary lary went on now In feverish excitement quickening her pace digging her fingers hard against arm Why what else could she do do If It you love you have to marry For Tor pity sakes do you ou think people c can n stop living Just because life Is Is hard and Its It's not hard for everyone if ir Lucy didn didn't t have so many children children chil chil- dren all at once it wouldn't be hard or her Look at Nora Bright She loved and married and has everything everything every every- everything thing just the way vay she wants it and not one single thing to bother her Nora ora Bright A shrug of or contempt con con- tempt Why Vh she she's s not half as happy as Lucy You know what Ive I've learned People tha thaha that ha have have- havethe ve the hardest times times- like Lucy and my mother get the very most out of ot life They go down and feel teel the heart healt of things Nora Bright hl reminds s me of a big bisque doll that thatIs Is s always smiling oe because ause It never feels Oh you you sound Just like your mother Mary Mar Youre You're only repeatIng repeatIng repeating repeat- repeat Ing things she's said hundreds of tines s Yes well les well T I used to think mother moth moth- er was va just kidding herself along She gave up her own life lite and ill 1 her dreams You know v all that poetry she wrote when she was w s teaching school and she wanted wante I t to write Then rhen she got married and had all ot of us I always thought she was Just trying t 16 to fool tool hersel herself Into being glad about losing to much Now I know she meant it all and she was glad glad glad-glad glad aa as could be be Shed really go ro through gh every bit bitof bitof of ot It again You know Chickie when Jimmy comes comes In and puts his arms around mother and grins at ather her say her say I bet that's worth a million million mil mil- lion dollars to her She just tools s sat at Jimmy Jimmy- and her eyes get all full They seem to shout You Youre re my I very own My son IOn sop I can imagine how she fe feels ls She thinks Jimmy Is the grandest thing on the earth Continued tomorrow |
