The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-06
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 t..A month after her; ;ddsath ~aalkead
 abruptly, inte lFanny's rooms one night
 and found her at 2 her desk,m eagerly
 adding; columns of figures Wifh which
 she had covered several sheets of pa
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 .,[. "Georgel : You startled me ? F ,t
 tI beg your pardon for not knock. ing.'s he said husktiy. 1'I. didn't think ei She tafned In her chair and looked at him solicitously. '".Sltj down, George, won't y0i?'' = < rt ..
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 'T could hear 'yon walking up and down ins yon1s room, ,.'11said Fanny" " ou were doing 1t ever Since. dinner, and 1t seems to me you're at 1t almost every evening, ]. don believe itss good for you-and II know lts would worry your mother teniblsa iGsshe--.'ss -.'s ! Fan nyNhgsitatetI & 44ugPg sE@s t...'- AT tsR9; =.
 a'4see hers ]. t'e eoar1gge' said, breathing fast. T want to tell you once more that what ]. did was right, How could I have done anything else but what I '
 "oh. don't pretend to judge2' Fan ny said soothingtY.. for hts voice and gesture both partook of wildness. ''I know you think you did. George, ,-.,;
 Think I did d!'". he, echoed violent ly. My God in heaven P. And he began to walk, up and down the floor, ''What else was there to do2, What choice did I haVe2 Was there any other way of stopping the ,talk?'' He stopped, close in front, of her,, gestic- ulating. his voice barsh- and loud: Was there any other way on, earth of proteetings her from the talkT''i - Miss Fanny looked. away SEt5died down before long.i.I think, she said nervousiys s4Ga+ rssef,' ss,". 4".Et-
 f'sThat shows was right, doesn't it p he cried. s''If. I hadn't acted as~I did, that slanderQqs qolds Johnson woman would have kept on,>with her islanders she'd still be--''. es.,ss .H.1' |
 Mo- Fanny interrupted. "She's dead. She dropped. dead with apoplaxy one day about six weeks after you left. I didn't mention 1t in my let ters because | didn't Y want-I 
 "Well, the other people would have kept on, then. They'd laave---'''s,.>' '''-
 "I5don't knotNg'' said !. .FannyH stiIl ayerting shera troubled eyes Things are so changed here. George.- The dfh- CT people you speak of---one hardly knows what's become of them. Of course not a great many were doing the talking, and they; well. some of theEh are dead. and some might as well be you never see tbems any more and the rest, whoever they 4weres Are probably so mixed in with the crowds Of new people thatsseem never even to have heard offus2Hland I'm sure we certainly never heard of -them-and l people seem to forget things so 4spph- they seem to forget anything You can't Imagine how things have changed 1 here 4N .4l5t &s 4p slzat s,st. S&
 George gulped painfully before he coufd speak. ou-you mean to sit | there and tell ;mea that if I'd s3ust glee thin ss gosoh-1 ofk!'ssFEe swung away, walking the floor again. o'.f tell youj I did the only right thing 1! o You think ! was wrong i"rs. ey@t-t
 sRm not saying so," she said. ii 4
 'sYou did at the time !'trhe cried. You said enough then, tE1ink.,.- We'll, what have you7to say now, if you're so sure was wrong?''
 Nothing, George .'' ,-. .-. -.,,-
 It's only because you're afraid to !'' I he said. and he went on with a sudden bitter divination: "You're reproaeh- ing yourself with what you had to do. with all that; and you're trying to make up for. 1t by doing and saying what you think mother would want you to, and you think I couldn't stand t if I got to thinking. I might have