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( ! friended rended ' ! ended her on tlie the train fr&i fri fron from fronPh & Ph 'ranltou ranltou ' + anttoulit anitou anttou anitoui i lit r * CHAPTER OHAPTER OHAPTEIt XVn XVII XVnJ XVnijJUed XVIIa 1 a * I was proud of Pop the way he heIt hi hidied It ijJUed died ed He lie Just passed pa.ssed . out asleep the thi thid.same thieame J ' d.same dsame ? . .ne ne . , as If he d\ d d\\ dtaken \ taken too muckTr much muck mu&i-hootch mu&i mui hootch & Tr . , .hootch hootch . - I guess thats that s what liftls litt life lift jls ia ls anyway pretty strong drink Th Tht The Thta ThS Theasy a Jaat last few weeks he wa was . < ; gentle and andv1easr anc ancvlcasy v1easr vlcasy easy In his mind Uke Like Pattyshell Pattyshel.l8 Pattyshell8 Pattyshells Pattyshel.l81f Pattyshellsrt PattyshellAuntie . S 1-f 1 f rt - : Auntie 4untle told me the old mutt ha"got hagot had hac haca hacgot " { . a " sot got too tired even to bark at tkuIj the tku thetVJ th t-VJ t VJ | ; > Ij j 5 * hand-organ hand organ - man manIt mant , * " - It was good to see that dear old ol olffW ffW \.I .I \ . ; old.I . . . . _ J T . . . . H . . . ? face * of - his - - so - - rested In spite of of ofI jf ! ofjf I "beard beard " ' and sickness s1cknes.s s1ckness . there was still stiff stillJ stiffj stisome J Bome Some open air color on him and andt anIt it was good cricket weather thes the thfirst t\ t tit \ 1'beard 1beard , s first smell of cut grass weather weatherhe weathehed \ : ; he d Uke like to be out In his old oldgreenstained oldgreenstained olgreen-stained olgreen stained green-stained green stained - - - flannels with a red redball reball @ ball Dennl Denn } said he wished the ther theold th thX 1 . r < X old man could be burled buried In his hiscricket hiscricket hicricket cricket pants pank ' ! with the club sasround sash sashround sashround ] round his waistAunt waistAunt waist waistAunt Aunt Hattle Hattie stayed a while to tohelp tohelp thelp help me close cJose things up She was wasmore wasmore wamore more hindrance hlndranc ( than help becausof because becauseof becauseof of cour course e < ; sl J si < e a ( ' ganged Ranged up with the theU'11sal thU U'11sal U11sal ' sfll 1\1 1 < ; \ qrow qrow"om orowcl drowd ! \ " fr-om fr om \"om "om tram - Germantown Germantownand Germantownand German towland i and they all wanted to plan my myfuture myfuture mfuture , future for TI TI nt ( ( li-ither li ither I.lther Ilther Either ' . - I d ought fcgo to togo togo go and live wllli vllth atlh Uncle and Auntie AuntieIn Auntiein AuntiIn . In Manila Manlt , ( i t ( < r I l Id d c < ( light uRht tight to take a aroom aroom ! room at tl ti e c Y W or I 1 could be benurs'mald benursemaid b.nursemaid bnursemaid . . nurs'mald nursmald nursemaid ( ' for some ome . , of the Up Upsal Upsalcousins Upaacousins Jal Jalcousin . < cousin cousins . . , who w'r wr werp were ( ' ( ' all much younger youngerthan youngerthan youngethan than meI meI me I knew kTWV . 1 i 'rf rf erf erfc ( ' < ' c < tly well what whatwanted 1 I 1wanted Iwanted : wanted an 1 I h'11 h11 In ha ' 1 i It all alI fixed up in ina ina lia a couple e < ( f fit 1 I tters t tt to rs r . , while Auntie was wastrying wastrying watrying ; trying t tc ( < i r k I l ) 1 I er ( { r mind what whatought whatought whaought , ought to be b ( < . cl d c1 ( < + i r I c < v . with Ith the old ma maho mahotanv mahoeanv ho hotanv ; ; anv 111 iii 1i > rI r rI I 1 guess gue ' > . it w i t \ i arlly artly the strainof strairof strain strainof of what I Id rI d tx bt- bt Ix - btt'll on t'll tll en ' going through throughI 1 I got the tht ' t I 1 I rse is ' , { < . , sublet ubld and all the thestuff th thstuff < . , stuff tuff . , store tore- tore toreI - 1 I c < ( r ILsposed Ilposed lLsposed . , of and andAWltle andAuntie ancAuntie AWltle Auntie off i 1 tl tI f p e triin trIn train tr \In In \ and Myrtleand Myrtliand Myrtle Myrtleand and I 1 I ta1 tai a 1 1 I I c ( < . wl v.1 v1 and a hug and andhow anchow I Ihow how g good gcod < od 1 1 I t Id Irl ld black cheek of ofher ofhers ohers her hers < ; tatf tasttd tasted . , d I kt kl kr ( ' ew 'W W I 1 hadnt hadn t play played played played ed fair w th Wyi Wyr I 1 hadn t toldhim tollhim told toldhim ofI I him anylt anytl anytll i r g ni al at d l 1 I adn t given h1m him h1many himany htnany any cl ci anc anCf suet ( to t.o . 1 1 I ( ' pip 'Ip Ip elp me though God Godknov Godknows Oo Ooknows < knov knows . . , If I t I t trie trip trio 1 I hard I couldn t tI tI 1I I was woi wok WOlI i r d up tight and am ; ! I 1 justhad just justhad Jushad had to keep k't'p ktp { ' on g Ing tug or I 1 d crack crackHI crackHt crackH HI Ht ( saIl s alt air o 0 t f i I \ lie 1 Ic is In his h.s hs ! . own owndumb owndumb owrdumb dumb va v.a wa . , r t d that ( lint . warm v.ann vann morning morninghe mornlnjhe he tun turn ed ip rp n II a " MM "hI hI Mu nuick Buick when whenwas 1 I 1v Iwas v\ v vP was . , \ . , P ptcki prckt Ickl g my in m ) thingsWe tilings thing things tilingsWP . , WP Wf We ' drr dre down to the Shore ShoreMaybe ShoreMaybe ShoreMaybe Maybe it s < ; ) healthy walth " to be cruel to to0 tosot t toi < \oi oi \0\ 0 sot \ 0elf \ [ ' rspK rseif ; elf th ( h iikn l1.kll l1kll rlku . g back hack I guess gues.s . we wetho wetho w wtho < tho ight rght the tl1e- tl1e tl1e1 - i 1 t 1 i ow bright and Inlti ini lni initlltlve lnitttive tlltlve tttive , itive weere WP we \ were \\e-re e re erectlng - \ icting \ctlng ctlng tcting on our own ownIt ownIt ownIt It ] looks ook . . , to nip n1 me ( ' i t ow like the whole wholethl wholetht whol wholhi < thl tht ( hi ga K g \\a a \ WBA vas dped drped d ) ippd for us like a story storyplot storyplot stonplot stonplotAftpr plot plotAftf'r plotAfter Aftpr Aftf'r Aftfr After ' < ; smell lI1rll r c rf f salt you get smell smellof smellof smelof of pinps pine pines . , I J v . was as mostly asleep be becaL because because ca\L ca L cause \ . I 1 I ad to " , shut hut my eves to tokeep t tkeep < keep sun-spl sun spl Ull.S't Ull.St UllSt sunset < ; . - ( ' out of them If yoican you youcan can t < ; sleep teep in Jersey I don t know knowwhpn knowwhere knowwhere knowwhereoi whpn where " \oi oi s \ 0 o r I wolici world wo lid I woke up andfound and andfound an anfound < found Wn Win W > } n looking at a little hotel hotelthat hotelthat hotelthat that was asleep too burled buried awalIn away awayIn awayin In the pinesSunburn pinesSunburn pines Sunburn and tiredness tlrednpss and Oris Geis Geiscorn Oriscom Oriscorn com corn Street troubles and In love loveand loveand lovfand and whiskf whlske whiskfi ' ) } on 011 top of all that I IgUfOSS Iguess 1guess gUfOSS guess made me dopy I 1 was like likesomebody likesomebody Ukfsomebody somebody walking In somebodyelse somebody somebodyelse somebodyelse else s sleep We were so happy happywe happywe happyv v . we e both fell asleep Mleep sitting In front frontof frontof frontof of the fire fireThe fireThe The next day I guess fingers were werecrossed werecrossed werecrossed crossed the Ule wrong way It wasn warn wasnanybody t tanybody tanybody anybody s a fault what 1s'1 1s1 Is ' ? ' I hadthe had hadthe hadthe the queerest quet'rf"st quetrfst ' " feeling as we drove droveback droveback , back to tow to\\ to ton ton \ n that Wyn was sort ot of ottalking oftalking otalking talking from dictation He said sald old oldMr oldMr oldMr Mr Kennett had been riding himabout him hint hintabout about being bt'lng btlng ' ignorant By the theway theway theway way he aid-and aid and said-and said < saJd - and just the way waythat waythat waythat that by I1y the way sounded Upped tipped Uppedme tippedme tippedme me off 1 t I pRS p e was \\RS RS ass \ . working v.orking vorking up to some some- something something something - thing By the way he wants you youand youand and me to hay have ! ' lunch with hOOBut himBut him hOO But Wyn I m going to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Ise I \ e f " got a . job all set with withDelphlnf withDelphtne withDelphine Delphlnf Delphtne " I m all a1\ a1 a1packed \ packed andready e.nd end and e.ndready andready . ready - Well then I Ive ve ye got to tell you youWyn youWyn Wyn said Uncle Kennett has a abig abig big Idea , . , he wanted to explain it to toyou toyou o you himself He says you re lustexactly Just lust Justexactly it exactly the girl for me Kitty and andthe andthe the girl the family fam11y needs and he hewants hewants wants to send you back to college collegetor collegefor ; for tor a year and then maybe go goabro&d goabroad ( abroad abro&d abrod & a year and meanwhile meanwhlle 111 I11 111try I11try try to get some education educa tion myseIt myself myselfand myseItand and be ready for youI you I don dont t know exactly exacUy how you yousaid yousaid I youI said . It Wyn wyn It was something somethto In a house for women only Is ter- ter terible r - ' - "lble lble 'ible ible " ' on morale A neurosis fl uros1s urosls to tQ e ev- ev evely ' - eiy ely el y roomMolly roomMolly room Molly was tremendoW tremendously ly excited excitedbout excitedbout : " bout my Jump lump , , of ot course she dJdn didn t tmow teencw mow eencw all the details detatls I wrote ber her berIt herIt 'r r ' It it its s a smart to be tie thrifty thrUty I'm Im rut ' ' the theTattoed Ta-ttoed Ta ttoed Thttoed Tattoed - Countess Delphlne Delphine WM was " "o o 'n n " . ' " wshover rmshovt nushover > " Her lice business busineu had on- on onIy only ' " - ly Iy been going a couple of years ai aieverything nnd and nndeverything andeverything " everything was d deep ep In the red redbut redbut - but there were symptoms She She.taJ'ten Shetarten - . ( . .tarteo tarteo .taJ'ten .taJten taJten tarten ' . me on her own personal person . . . , . , ; : trf . _ _ r , } 1 L Lr Lr . ' . ' . . . " # - . - .rIf rIf , . : . A r < . f\ f .rIff ; ( \ . : _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . . # - - , - - _ . . _ - - - ' . - - - - - - - - - "I I " had a kind of picture of the . Strafford . . ; . , , taking " . the curse . off ' ; Kitty KittyFoyle . Foyle ' . ( Mra . trafford , Gladys , ' Cooper " . , Kitty , Ginger Rogers , . , . , . . . , Wyn ' Dennis Morgan ' : ' ) like that My poor baby how t'ould tould could t'ouldyou couldyou ' you know what that would do to tome tome t < me the way I was just then Mayb Maybe Maybethat Maybethat < that nice old man with his thee theetal theetal * ta1 tal could have sold It to me I Idon Idon 1 don t know I had a kind of pic plc picture plcture ture of some damned family con conference conference ference and the Straffords and andtheir andtheir aruc aructheir their advisers trying to figure out outhow outhow ou how the curse was going to be taken taken tak taken en off Kitty Poyle Foyle So that w&s ws was wasit wasit & it they were going to buy the girlwith gir girl girlwith with an education and polish off offher offher oflher her rough Frankford FranJctord edges edge . , were werethey werethey werfthey they and make her good enough to tolive tolive tclive live with stuffed animals headsand headfand heads headsand and get advertised In the Ledger LedgerI 1 I can still stlIl see your face my 'poor poor boor 'poorbaby boorbaby ' poorbaby baby when I turned on you I felt felthot felthot felthot hot Inside my throat and on therims thp the thprims therims rims of my earsYou earsYou ears earsYou You can tell 'Dncle Dncle uncle ' Ken lies he s a awhite awhite awhite white slaver Listen Wyn Straf Strafford Strafford Strafford ford 111 I11 I 11 be your girl whenever Ifeel I 1 Ifeel 1feel feel like It because I love you from fromhell from fromhell fromhell hell to breakfast breakfa . < ; t But I 1 wouldn t tjoin tjoin tjoin join the little tin family if every everyold everyold everyold old Qaker with an adding nwchlne machine nwchlnebegged machinebegged machinebegged begged me to No not If they al alwent alwent alwent went tnck b'1.clt b1.clt b1clt back ' . to college and got them themselves themselves themselves selves an education So they trie tne tree I 1 ) Ito 1to to sell sel1 you the Idea they d trim up upKitty upKitty upKitty Kitty . , so ,0 0 she could go to the A A"emblv Aemblv " < i iembly embly and make Old Philadelphia PhiladelphiaI PhiladelphiaFamlIy PhiladelphiaFamily PhiladelphiaFamily I FamlIy Family out of her hey ? Cut her herlout herout herout out of a copy of Vogue and give giveher giveher giveher lout her a charge account and make aMain a aMain . Main Line doll dol ! out of her TIley They TIleycan Theycan Theycant can t do that to Kitty FoleI FoleRemember FoyleRemember Foyle Fole FoyleRemember ) I Remember you . , stopped topped the Buick Buicki BuickJust Buickjust i jLt Just . , before we cut down a tree withit with withlit withit it Better maybe If we had You Youjust Youjust Youjust lit just looked at me and tried to tollight tolight tolight llight light a cigarette and your hand handhook handhook I Ii Ihook hook pushing in the dashboardlighter dashboard dashboardlighter dashboardlighter i lighter You were so rattled you you'I youthrew youthrew ' threv threw . the lighter away you youthought youthought youthought 'I I 'Ithrev thought It was wa'l wal ' a match I 1 10\ 10 10ed losed losedyou lo\edyou lo edyou \ ed edI edyou you specially speclallv because you hadn t tshaved tshaved tshaved I shaved I thought how the old oldi oldman oldman i man v . would could auld rise r.se rse ! . ; green oreen ! from rom hisgrave his hisI hisgrave hisgrave I grave If he heard a p-oposltlon p oposltlon p-oposition oposition - Itke like Itkethat likethat likethat that I 1 felt tears coming 11lte like 11ltethose likethose likethose those wave " < you swam through and andI andI 1 I had to hurry to say itBy ItBy It ItBy By God I'll Ill 111 ' Improve you all I Iwant Iwant \ want ant but you > } ou au can cant t Improve ImproH Improse meI me meI . . . I have ha\e ha e hate \ to laugh as I 1 guess maybe maybeI maybef I f laugh when I think what a sol solemn solernn solemn I emn ernn person p"rson prson " K Foyle was " when "hen hen she sheI shecame shecame shecame came to N Y and took a room Inthe In Inthe Inthe I the Pocahontas Residence for forII forWomen forWomen Worn'n Wornn Women ! ' The rea reason < on } you OU take yO\.r yO.r yO .r r your yO.rthoughts yourthoughts yourthoughts \ . II IIWorn'n thoughts so 10 : ' . serious .serious " when "hen hen YO youre yourehat |