Show RU sa ce FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES gi a frances parkinson service SYNOPSIS disappointed through g Is her inability to put fird finishing shing touches louche to b her or costume for or a dance anne ann chamberlain is irritated by the stolidity of f b escort george hildreth Hll dreth A visitor in th the community neal conrad young youna lawyer is I 1 to be the sensation fenia tion of the evening and hil 1111 dreth annet annes suitor li is valru vaguely ely jealous conrad aar adr Is 1 impressed by anne perceiving bet fine c character ac or A few days day later she accompanies him and nil his hostess mrs griffin on a picnic dipping into her scanty savings to buy suitable lul table finery for the trip from an old friend mr goldenburg Golden burr at the end of the day neal declares declare his bli love anne has baa no doubt of her feelings and they become engaged the mar hae Is solemnized quietly but impressively at washington on their honeymoon the con rada meet clarence hathaway friend of neals neali yo young 1 diplomat the young couple begin house ke p ing CHAPTER V continued 13 the next morning without comment neal gathered up the offending bills and a day later they came back to her receipted on friday evening he asked tier her casually if she had tele phoned his mother asking her for sunday dinner 1 I telephoned her that we have any sunday dinners for the present because ive accepted an offer to sing sang in the choir of the first congregational gat ional church said anne calmly ill have to sing twice on sunday and go to at least one rehearsal during the week mrs simmons told ill mp while we were hanging out our clothes that a soprano was needed badly so I 1 went and offered im going to be paid two dollars a week 11 mrs simmons sammons was their landlady she told me about a little boy too anne went on inwardly quaking but outwardly collected jimmie scott hes been sick and fell behind in school work ills mothers been trying to find some one who would come to him late every morning for tin an hour and tutor him gimmle Is a darling eight years old but he look it im going to begin teaching him on monday and im going to get a dollar a day you said you want me to teach school but you never said anything about one child and I 1 thought perhaps that was quite a wash you hung out it noal neal asked dryly ile HP was angry terribly terri bli angry she was sure of it she who would gladly have let herself be chopped to pieces small pieces to save bae him a pain in his little finger efinger had bad made him angry it was almost too much to endure almost but not quite the streak of hardness bardness in anne saved her now she faced him somehow without flinching and then suddenly his expression changed and lie he pulled lier her toward him joyously laughingly wrapping his long lean arms about her in a bear hug you precious kedl eidl you got the better of me after all you well go to it I 1 but stick your money in the bank ill give you the thirty dollars for housekeeping the first of every month november december january february march april may alay dollars a month for rent including heat beat and light thirty dollars a month for food another thirty for incidentals ice telephone gasoline contributions in church cigarettes for neal a new pair of shoes for anne small dentists bills for both of them they were spending no more on all their living expenses than neal was giving his family and yet how much more they got for the money I 1 at mrs simmons instigation they joined a small musical club the bach and beethoven society to which she and her sons fred and frank belonged several of the same young women who belonged to this club played bridge f ether every wednesday afternoon and anne without much difficulty mastered the rudiments of tile the game and the art of serving tea after it and gaining courage when her moth er in law entertained the hansboro chapter of the daughters of the american revolution anne offered her services for the day its very kind of you my dear I 1 should have asked you of course in any case but I 1 thought you might feel it embarrassing to attend when you are not eligible to the organization 1 I am eligible said anne carelessly 11 mother lother 1 has belonged for years though she seldom goes to the meetings we dont think much of it at home because were all descended from revo lutlo lutio nary heroes there Fl arnstead has a chapter been active for years my fathers great grandfather moses chamberlain who was one of the first settlers in the upper con connecticut val ley was a lieutenant colonel in the Il revolution evolution I 1 could of course go in through both those men and I 1 believe several others but ive never bothered neal never told roe me you belonged to those chamberlains 1 I dont donl believe neat neal knows it weve never discussed it and the wadsworth endsworth why anne you could belong to the colonial dames too as far as your ancestry Is concerned but of course you have bavo to be formally invited to fant 1 I 1 have been formally invited said anne still eare carelessly lessly mrs scott jim mother asked me but im considering si whether I 1 can hafford the dues 1 I should be delighted to pay your dues anne who ho by this time wits welt well aware of neals contribution to the conrad family felt fell that this offer had its ita humorous aspect but she did not say so when spring came neal took out the horseless carriage and every sun day afternoon they went out for a drive sometimes neal reached home early enough for one on a week day too but he was wag staying later and later late at his office as tile the volume of his work steadily increased when jimmie scott went away to the seashore and the soprano whose place anne had filled at the first congregational church returned neni neal tried to extract a promise from his wife that she would embark on no more ange earning ventures without consulting him were really ahead of the game now Every things back in the savings hank bank that we took out and more too and if I 1 dont take any vacation this summer not even for a few days but plug right oil oh of course what you ought to do M but you like to go h home ome for a little while I 1 mean to ham stead it gets terribly hot in illas boro 11 she would not hear of it she insisted that she did not mind the heat nt at all she did mind the heat however much more than she had expected much more than she ever confessed the low rooms close up un der the eaves which had been so coay and comfortable in winter were little hide bously hot by the first of july at the end of september they were still hideously bously lot hot and annes work never seemed to gle give her any respite from the heat neal bought her a sewing machine the best on the market and paid cash for it with this in tier her possession she began to replenish their wardrobes which were both becoming depleted suddenly the heat broke there was waa an unseasonable cold snap anne who had gone out in the horseless I 1 and then suddenly his expression changed and he pulled her toward him carriage for a short ride without a wrap came home chilled to the marrow of tier her bones the next nest morning she was too tit to get up she did get up nevertheless her head throbbing her limbs alternately quivering with cold and burning with fever she ached all over neal reading the morning paper drinking his coffee eating his cereal noticed nothing the matter with her when he had gone for the day she lay down on the unmade bed her breakfast dishes unwashed her bread unbaked towards noon she forced herself to put the flat in order before she succumbed again just before six the telephone rang it was neal Il hello lello honey how are you all right would you mind very much if I 1 come home to supper theres a mr dawson of belford here who wants to go over some matters with me and hes asked me to take dinner with him at the hotel I 1 think I 1 better perhaps P why of course neal w 1 I wont he be late goodby but he was waa late anne put the alie half prepared food into the refrigerator and crept back to bed she lay there for hours too miserably uncomfortable to sleep too stupid and dizzy to read counting the moments until he should come and comfort her at last she heard his ley key turning in the t b e latch tie he bounded into the bedroom and sat down beside her bubbling over with excitement anne anne are you asleep what do you think has happened mr dawson and a few other men have been talking to me and they want nio mo to run for state legislator the candidate from this district mr soo her you know has died and they think rd never have a better chance to try my luck its what weve both hoped for come sooner than we dared to hope and thanks to you theres plenty or of money saved up for tile the necessary expenses oh anne do say youre glad bladl I 1 she said so BO of course dizzily her voice sounding a long way oft to tier her she was glad thankful than krul overjoyed only why she feel so and why oh why NI neat who had always been so thoughtful so solicitous before in the light of tills this new conquest even see huv how bit alt blie B 11 it was without being told TO BBS i |