Show 1 I 1 il f I 1 I 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 11 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 the tur turmoil m I 1 U aa I 1 by I 1 BOOTH i A BroU jora SYNOPSIS 11 Sheri Sherl dans attempt to make EL a business man inan of 0 his son biblis by starting him in tho the machine shop ends in bibbs going coins to a sanitarium a nervous wreck on his hii hi i return biblis bibbs finds himself an inconsiderable arid and cd figure inthe new house of the Sherl dans tho the Vertree Vertrees ses Ps old town family next door and impoverished call on the Sherl Sheri dans newly ric rich b end mar mary a alte ft nvard erward puts into words her parents yin unspoken spoken wista that she marry one of 0 the sheridan boys mary frankly encourages jina Sheri dans attentions jim tells mary bills Is nota not 0 lunatic lust queer he proposes to mary who halt half accepts him proposes S sheridan tells bibbs ho he must go pack back to the machine shop as soon boon as he Is ts etron strong enough tit in spite ot of bibbs plea to be allowed to write edith bibbs sister and albi roscoe Sheri dans wife quarrel over bobby lamhorn sibyl koes goes to mary tor for help to kepp keep lamborn Lai from marrying edith and maryi mary leaves her lii in the room alona bibbs lias has to break to his father tho the news boj 0 jims i sudden death all the krestof rest ot the family helpless he pless tn in their grief bebbs becomes i temporary i master ot of the fhe house at the fai funeral lie he mets mary and rides homo home with herl bibbs purposely interrupts a tete fi a tete between edith and lamorne Lam orni jle jia tells edith editta that ho he overheard lamhorn lamborn making love lova to 1 Rosc ves wife doctor gurney finds bibbs well enough to go K back to the machine shop mary and bibbs meet by accident and form a pleasant friendship roscoe sheridan and ills his wife qu quarrel irrel desperately about bobby varnhorn Lar dibbs bibbs goesta oes ato work old man sheridan hurts his h Is hand t az gl ag yg VZ 9 I 1 rj j if your daughter was deeply it infatuated with a good for noth R 1 I 1 ing young mancho man who wanted to marry her and you wanted anted t to 0 t it break up the affair would you R I 1 i let the girl see so much of her lover she would become sick of K t him or would you forbid him 5 i 1 the premises and try to keep A 5 1 I 1 at i her from meeting him out oui do I 1 you believe that editha father I 1 g handled a delica delicate tB situation of this kind properly proper lyas as de 11 ascribed scribed bed d in the following i install 11 3 a menti I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 r 1 I 1 p ilir r arax t I 1 i f r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 CHAPTER APTER continued continued r i f 1 r I rf I 1 r tf fe I 1 ll 11 II 11 I 1 not at all said bibbs im going jostand to stand I 1 bythe old an zhi eater enter all till give I 1 tell jau you 1 I like illie it iti itchen then fi 1 I suppose iuppo se ath a ts the end eila of antin gito alte Write 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 dou dont t know about that 1 1 bald r 1 d thoughtfully but the zinc eater interfere wit i mf n thinking at least its better alwn being in indusi bust ness im 1 sure of wat pi at I 1 dant want vant anything to colange ci change lange add oe content t to 0 I 1 lead just the theli life feIm im lanill leading il g n now bw to the end I 1 is tou oi do beat the devil exclaimed G gurncy urney your tour fathers 1 rl abt when he be tells me youre it ro mystery Peili perhaps knew what lie he was about when bep lie made y you ou but intakes it takes a lot 1 ot of faith to bell believe e e it well im off goon back to your ni a chine he climbed into his car which lie he operated himself but ut he be refrained from setting it tru mediately immediately in motion well I 1 rubbed if lit in ou oh the old man that you had bad warned him not to slide his hand band along too far and gothart go because he be pa pay i attention to your tr warning arning i I 1 and because delfas he was trying to show you how todo you were already doing a great deal deaf better than il he 0 could you tell him ill ID be around tol to I 1 look lo atit it and change the dressing tomorrow morning 9 goodby godby I 1 1 I 1 but when he paid trie promised visit the next nest mori morning ting chedid he did I 1 more than change the dressing athe da damaged maget hand band T The be injury was severe of its klud and nd gurney spend spent a ion long time over it though sheridan was rebellious and scornful being brought toa to ia degree of tractability only by means 0 of horrible threats abild an d binl talk of amputation 1 however Elo wever he be appeared at the dinner table I 1 with pis his hand band supported in I 1 a sling which he seemed to regard as an indignity white ibex the 1 ailt natural ralin inquiries qu iries lupon upon the subject aly struck struck him ii lm insults mrs sheridan ll 11 having vang been unable to contain talph her r several times during the thedac day and bavia having w been checked cheeked each time in alijan a mancur nur chati blanched her check hastened to warn boscoe and sibyl upon their arrival I 1 f at five to omit any reference to the to avoid even looking at pe ue sling ailt lf they thy possibly could I 1 I 1 I 1 i r CHAPTER exir I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the Sheri dans dined on n a alve ii sibyl had taken pains lalni not lift to arrive etther either before ar or after th the hand band was waa precisely on the hour and the members of ot tbt the family were all seated at the table within two minutes after the she and roscoe had entered the house it was a glum gathering overhung with portents h the air see seemed med charged awaiting any tiny ciny ignitz on to explode and mrs abe Sheri alda dans ns expression cpr cislon as the she sat with her eyes fixed almost continually upon her husband was that of a per person son enga geil lu prayer edith was pale and intent roscoe looked ill I 1 sibyl looked and sheridan looked both ill and explosive I 1 bibbs had kliore etiore color ahan any of 0 thea the A wi fl nd there was a strange brightness lit n light upon his bis face 1 i it was curious to see anything so happy in the tense gloom of that hous household bold edith artel ate little she never eie buce once looked at sibyl though sibyl now jand then gave care her a quick glance Ilea vily I 1 charged and then looked away roscoe rescoe ate nothing he did not once look nt at his father though its his father gazed heavily at him bim most ot of the alm time and betwee nEdith and sibyl and between R oscho fand find Us his father some bitter wireless com communication seemed continually alon to io be taking ink ag place throughout the long iong silences prevailing during this ahli enlivening ceremony of Sabbath rebec tion I 1 i I 1 I 1 you yon go to church this moni morning moning bibbs lwills twills abl mot herfa siad ake aln I 1 in I 1 the effort to break up one ot of ithome ghastly i intervals I 1 I 1 i i i 1 I think so 80 W ha I 1 ie answered as from fr 0 in T aros a roseate cate tr anc I 1 I 1 I 1 sq 1 know oh yes yes I 1 went to church what Wh awas vasili III th c S er m 0 ab about dutli what mother t 1 bant you hear me mea ahai cried 1 I asiaf asked you what pi the sermon was I 1 i i r I 1 i I 1 1 f i I 1 about lie ete roused himself bimi elf 1 I thinkie thin kit V was it bout about lie ile frowned seeming to concentrate cen his bis will 6 to recollect 1 I think it if something ln in the bible white jacket george was glad afan opportunity to leave the room and lean upon mist jael jacksons sons shoulder in till pantry paltry ne dont li know they was any surmont suh mont he concluded ft narrated tied the minlu dining ro room dialogue all he know la is he be was with at lady lives nex nes do dati gorge george was right highl dili did you go to church all by yourself bibbs sibyl asked no he be answered no I 1 go alone oh sibyl gave the ejaculation an upward awis as of mocking g in n aulry and followed it ii by y another expressive e of hilarious I 1 comprehension camp re Utis fon 4 I 1 ohl I 1 i I 1 i I 1 looked at ather her studiously but ut s she be spoke ilo ho further furt 1 er and ad tha that cam cpm plated the I 1 conversation at the lugubrious feast I 1 I 1 i coxie clitee camp finally I 1 was I 1 dil disposed posed of quickly and the party part y dispersed to other parra of the housed bibbs fol I 1 bowed lowyd fisl father fathe tAnd and roscoe koscoe In into ithe library but waa not wel received I 1 you go and listen lasien to the I 1 with the women folks folk sheridan ilan comman commanded i I 1 i 1 i bibbs retreated sometimes go boudo you do s eiju tobe a sort of ot mane h be pala aldr 1 i i 1 d 1 1 11 I 1 i i I 1 however he went wen obediently into the allt aud and brocade room to which ids his hs his sister haild and bli bisier I 1 inlaw in law had bad helplessly withdrawn a ac C cording to tbt ther sabbatical Sabbati ct customs mrs sheridan was looking over ov ra a col 10 X it 1 14 h 1 i a I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 IW r W I 1 a k I 1 14 1 A Y t I 1 if I 1 e ju 4 I 1 1 INY I 1 I if i IM 41 0 1 fl 1 I 1 I 1 i X I 1 ait I 1 ali I 1 I 1 F i 11 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 va i I 1 i 4 i I 1 ai 1 1 I 1 1 t I 1 i hii 1 I V 1 4 xi III rp 4 e k 11 11 I 1 I 1 VA 11 t k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 I 1 I 1 r I 1 I 1 I 1 wi I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 IT I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 4 ga I 1 I 1 abow now then f said sheridan to lain I 1 I 1 horni lection lection of 0 records consisting exclusively of caruso and ragtime she she selected one of vie laifer latter r remarking that at right pretty arid followed lt one of the former and the same remark i I 1 I 1 it 11 I 1 ii I 1 I 1 I 1 1 As ile the second reached its conclusion george eorge appear abd edIn in the broad door any ayi but he be did not instead tie he favored edl edith ill with a benevolent i smile and she immediately left the room room george disappearing after her hei I 1 in the hall ball with an air of successful 4 it pie in acy he mado made it perfectly clear that at edith hand had alve given him secret ins I 1 truc tlona and that thae it had bein been his i I 1 pride andl and pleasure to fulfill them to le the letter I 1 sibyl stiffened in her chair her lips alpa parted arid and she ehe watched with c curious n ali ous 1 e yes eyes the vanishing back of the white jacket that she asked in a low voice but sharply I 1 gilleres leres Il another right pretty record said mrs irso i sheridan affecting with patent nervousness pot to tc I 1 head I 1 kiad shii she un loosed the music inns I 1 c I 1 i sibbi bi therl 1116 and bigan began compi to ltv her chin with the brooch after a 11 little atle while obe turned to bibbs who reposed at naif I 1 length 1 in I 1 a gold chair all with ith his eyes closed I 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 where did I 1 edith go she asked asked curiously I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 edith he be repeated opening his eyes blankly Is she gone sibyl Ibyl got upland stood in thedoor I 1 way she leaned against the ifie casing still tapping her chin with the brooch her eyes were dilating she was suddenly at high tension and her expression had become one of sharp excitement she listened intently when the record was spun pun out she could hear bear sheridan rumbling in the lie library during the ensuing silence and Ros Rosco cools cs voice querulous and busky 1 I wont say anything at all I 1 tell you you might just as well let me alone but there were other sounds a rustling biln and murmurs murmur whispering low protesting pro protesting lesting cadences in a mate male voice and as sirs mrs sheridan started another record a it sudden vital resolve leaped like fire in the yea eyes of sabyl she walked down the hall and straight into ahe the smoking room I lamhorn and edith both sprang 1 to their feet separating edith became instantly deathly white with a rage that set her shaking from head to foot and lamhorn lamborn stuttered as ho he tried to speak but editha Edit hs shaking was not I 1 lent as sibyls sibyla Siby ls nor was her face so white at eight of them ind and of thel their embrace all possible coD consequence sequence s became nothing to sibyl she curtsied li holding oldin up tier her skirts and contorting I 1 I 1 her lips to the semblance of a smile sit just as youw cre both of youl you she said and then coedith to Edith did you tell my bu husband band I 1 had been telephoning I 1 to lamhorn lamborn i you march out of herel here said E edith diab I 1 I 1 fiercely I 1 march straight out of here heer sibyl leveled a forefinger at lam I 1 horn I 1 did you tell her id been telephoning bon you I 1 wanted you to co come we 11 oh good god lamhorn lamborn said I 1 I 1 1 hush you knew shed tell my hin husband band you she cried you knew 1 I 1 that I 1 hush lie he bogged begged panic stricken I 1 that was w as a man manly IY thing to do oh I 1 it was like a gentleman you yon come yon tou even come for five fire minutes to hear bear what I 1 bad to say you were tired of what fillad I 1 had to say beard it all a thousand before and you would even comes no no no she stor stormed med you even C come anid bior for lave five minutes ifil iltem but you could tell little cat call anti and she bhe told my husband youre a man edith saw in a gash flash that the con sequence ba battle idd would be e ruinous to sibyl and the furious girl needed no further temptation to give way to 0 her feelings betout Ge get tout out of this houser house she shrieked this Is my fa fathers house dont you dare speak to nol robert like that L I 1 snoie no no 1 speak I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 a dont I 1 you darel c I 1 arell edith and Sibyl began boga Aio to screand scream insults at each other simultaneously fronting each other their faces close their voices shrilled and roa 4 and cracked cracked they id they 3 I 1 I 1 could be heard beard oferl the noise of the phonograph which I 1 was playing a brass band set selection action they could be aheard all kovei the house boue they were heard in the kit kitchen elien they could have been beard I 1 in n the cellar neither of I 1 them cared for that you told my husband scream 1 awed eil sibyl bringing her face still closer to editha Edit hs you told my husband husban 4 this man put that 16 in your hands to t ime me with ile he did ril ill tell your husband again ill tell him everything I 1 know its time itell I 1 ayour your husband I 1 ahoy they were swept asunder by a bandaged dadea hand do you boil want the neighbors ina in sheridan thundered I 1 i 1 1 I 1 I 1 there tell fell a 1 shoel shocking ing silence fren I 1 ald S sibyl ibyl s av a w hev ho r h husband and ills his I 1 mother in tho the doorway and she understood what that she had bad done she moved I 1 I 1 slowly toward coward the door then suddenly denly behe he began to run sha abl ran inn in foth hall and through it and out of bf the aliouse followed per her heavily douse its eis eyes on the ground now noir the iliene bald sheridan dan to lam lorn I 1 i I 1 ile the words were Inde indefinite gulte but apt the voice olce was not nother neither avas was the vicious gesture I 1 e 1 odthe llinda bandaged 0 adb had I 1 wh which I 1 ich concluded bitsi orbit iri ili of le door in a planner manner s I 1 I 1 tori for the swift dispersal of acome george and jackson irid sieve several rail female servants eva dig who Wiio hov 4 sred red behind mrs sheridan they fled I 1 rapi papa walled mrs coln look allour I 1 hand you to I 1 icon so BO tough rough with adle Edlef you hurt four your hand band baher on her ghoul deri iLo okIll there was in fact a spreading red stain slain upon the b a at atthe th e tips ai it the fingersh fin gersi and sheridan buthis liand hand back bacic in the sling bling NOW th then e U I 1 Is I 1 ie 6 r repeated you coln to leave my douse house I 1 i i I 1 i 1 ne ile will nov not 1 sobbed edith front dont rou ou dare order him cutill I 1 i T I 1 j dont you bother d dear ar said lam I 1 i quietly he d 0 nit under you ibe be troubled I 1 bolor was becoming to him be looked jerry acry haild handsome some I 1 and d ii a as he left the beemen in the girls distraught ayes cacs a |