Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-14

uuo borrowed ner sman patrimony ana
she was boarding 1t out"
Eighteen years she had boarded It
out" Sidney had been born and
grown to g!rlhood; the dreamer father
had gone to his grave, with valuable
patents lost for lack Of money to re-
new them-gone with his faith In him
self destroyed, but with his faith In
the world NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he left his
wife and daughter without dollar Of
life insurance.
Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own
view of the matter. the day after the
funeral, to one Of her neighbors:
"He left no insurance. Why should
he bother? He left me-"
To the little widow, her sister, she
had been no less bitter, and more ex-
plicit.
ut looks to me, Anna," she said, "as
If by borrowing everything ! had
George had bought me, body and soul,
for the rest Of my natural life. I'll
stay now until Sidney is able to take
hold. Then I'm going to live my own
life. 1t will be little late, but the
Kennedy's live long time
The day Of Harrlet's leaving had
seemed far away to Anna Page. Sid
ney was still her baby. She had given
up her dolls, but she still made clothes
for them out of scraps from Harriet's
sewing room. In the parlance of the
Street, Harriet "sewed"-and sewed
well.
She had taken Anna into business
with her, but the burden of the part
nership had always been on Harriet.
To give her credit, she had not COM
planned. She was past forty by that
time, and her youth had slipped by in
that back room with its di9gy wall
paper covered with paper patterns.
On the day after the arrival of the
roomer Harriet Kennedy came down
to breakfast little late. Katie, the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES girl, was serving
breakfast. Mrs. Page, who had taken
advantage Of Harriet's hardness to
read the obituary column in the morn
ing paper, dropped 1t.
But Harriet did not sit down.
Sidney"
Eyes, Aunt Harriet"
"Sidney, when your father died, l
promised to look after both you and
your mother until you were able to
take care of yourself. That was five
years ago. OF course, even before that
had helped to support you"
"lf you would only have your coffee,
Harrietw
Mrs. Page sat with her hand on the
handle of the old silver-plated coffee
pot. Harriet ignored her.
"You are young woman now. You
have health and energy, and you have
youth, which haven't. I'm past forty.
In the next twenty years, at the out
side, I've got not only to support my
self but to save something to keep
me after that, If l live"
Sidney returned her gaze steadily
81 see. Well, Aunt Harriet, you're
quite right. You've been n saint to
us, but If you want to go away"
Harriet |" walled Mrs. Page, you're
not thinking"
"Please, mother"
Harriet's eyes softened as she looked
at the girl.
ave can MANAGE" said Sidney qui'
city. "Well miss you, but it's time
we learned to depend on ourselves"
After that, in torrent, came Harri
cts declaration of independence. And
mixed with its pathetic tumble of re-
ordinations, hostility to her sisters
dead husband, and resentment for hei
lost years, came poor Harriets hope:
and ambitions, the tragic plea. of O
woman who must substitute for the op
tlmlsm and energy Of youth the grin
determination of middle age.
~ can do good work." she finished
'Tm full Of ideas, II / could get {
chance to work them out. But there's
no chance here. There isn't a woman
on the Street who knows real clothes
when she sees them"
Mrs. Page could not get back o.
Harriet's revolt TO its cause. To her
Harriet was not an artist pleading fG
her art; she was a sister and q bread
winner deserving her trust.
I'm sure" she said stifIly, i've pal'
you back every cent we borrowed. j
you stayed here after George died, l
! was because you offered to-"
Her chin worked. She fumbled 70
the handkerchief at her belt. But Sid
ney went around the table and flung
young arm over her aunt's shoulders.
. "Why didn't you say all that yea
ago2 We've been selfish, but we'r
not as bad us you think. And IL any
one In this world is entitled TO success
you are. OF course we'll manage
Harriet's iron repression almost CAV
, way. She covered her emotion Wit
details:
"Mrs. Lorenz Is going to let m
4 make Christine some things, and
they're all right, may make her trou'
, seau."
"TrOusseau-for Chrlstine"
1 "She's not engaged, but her mothe
r says It's only n matter OF short tim,
I'm going TO take two rooms In th