The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-08-06
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1t build on 1t to live in, till they
haven't hardly any Of 'em got big, open
yards any more, and it's getting all
built up The. way it used to be it was
gentleman's country estate, and
that's the way my grandfather ought
to keep it. He lets these people take
too many liberties: they do anything
they want TO-"
"But how could he stop themr'
Lucy asked, surely with reason. 'Tf
he sold them the land It's theirs, isn't
it?"
George remained serene in the face
of this apparently difficult question.
"He ought to have all the tradespeOple
boycott the families that sell part Of
their yards that way. All he'd have to
do would be to tell the tradespeopIe
they wouldn't get any more orders
from the family If they didn't do It."
''From the famllyT What familyfHt
"Our family" said George, unper4
turbed. 'The Ambersons."
IL see r. she murmured, and evident
Iy she did see something that he did
not, for, as she lifted her mum to her
face he asked; !
| "What are you laughing at nowr 81
"W6y| 4"
'You always seem to have some
little secret of your own to get happy
overP'
always =" she exclaimed. "What
big word, when we only met last
night !"
"That's another case Of it." he said,
with obvious sincerity. zone of the
reasons don't like yOu-much lis
you've got that way of seeming quiz
city superior to everybody else"
'Tr' she cried. 81 have?"
"Oh, you think you keep 1t sort OF
confidential to yourself, but it's plain
enough l don't believe in that kind
of thing. think the worlds like this:
! there's a few people that their birth
and position, and, SO on, puts them at
the top, and they ought to treat each
other entirely as equals" His voice
betrayed a little emotion as ne added,
II wouldn't speak like this to every
body"
"You mean you're confdlng your
deepest creed-oF code, what ever 1t
ls-to met"
eco on; make fun of it, thenT
George said bitterly. "You do think
you're terribly cleverI 1t makes me
tlredr
"WelI, as you don't like my seeming
quietly SUPERIOR after thfs I'll be nois-
lily SUPERIOR" she returned cheerfully.
"We aim to pleasew
81 had a notion before I came for
you today that we were going to quar-.
REL" he said.
''NO, we won't; It takes twow Sho
laughed and waved her muff toward a
new house. not quite completed, stand
ing in a field upon their right. They
had passed beyond ANDERSON addition
and were leaving the northern fringes
Of the town for the open country.
isn't that beautiful housed" she er-
claimed. Papa and call It our Beau
tiful House."
George was not pleased. "DOes 1t
belong to your
"Of course not Papa brought me
out here the other day, driving In his
machine, and we both loved it. It's so
spacious and dignifled and plain"
''Yes, it's plain enough" George
grunted.
yet it's lovely; the gray-green roof
and shutters give just enough color,
with. the trees, for the long white
walls. 1t seems to be the finest house
I've seen in this part Of the country"
George was outraged by an enthu-
slasm so ignorant-not ten minutes
ago they had passed the ANDERSON
mansion. as that a sample of your
taste in architecture?' he asked.
"Yes. WhyT
Because 1t strikes me you better go
somewhere and study the subject
llttlel"
Lucy looked puzzled. "What makes
you have so much feeling about lit
Have I offended you?"
"'Offended nothing" George re-
turned brusquely. "Girls usually
think they know it all as soon as
they've learned to dance and dress and
fllrt a little. They never know any
thing about things like architecture,
for instance. That house was about
as bum house as any house I ever
saww
He spoke of 1t in the past tense, be-
cause they had now left it far behind
them-a human habit of curious sig
nificance. 1T was like house meant
for a street in the city. What kind
of house was that for people Of
any taste to build out here in the coun-
try?7
But papa says it's built that way
on purpose. There are lot of other
houses being built in this direction,
and papa says the city's coming out
this way; and in year or two that
house will be right in town"
d. st was bum house, anyhow" said