The Ordway new era., 1919-11-07

| and without the emotion he had ex-
hibited during the recital TO his uncle
Fanny was the one who showed agita-
tiou during this Interview. for she
grew dery red, and her eyes dilated.
what on earth DO you want to bring
such trash TO me fort" she demanded,
breathing fast.
IT merely wished TO know two
things: whether ic IL your duty or
mine TO speak to father OF what Aunt
Amelia"
Fanny stamped her foot You lit
tie fool 70 she cried You awful little
fool Your fathers SICK man. and
you want to 20 troubling him with an
ANDERSON family rowi les Just what
that cat would love you to dor
well, -
TEL your father II you Iikei II
WIN only make him a little sicker to
think he's got son silly enough to
listen TO such crazinessi"
Then you're sure there Isn't any
taIkTr
Fanny disdained a reply In words.
She made n Kissing sound Of utter con-
tempt and snapped her fingers. Then
che asked scornfuIly WHATS the
other thing you wanted to snow7"
Georges paiIor Increased Whether
II nfghtn't be better. under the CIR
cumstances,- he said, ''if this family
were nor 50 Intimate with the Morgan
famiIy-at least for time. 1t might
be better"
Fanny stirred at him incr-duiously.
You mean you'd quit seeing Lucyf'
IT hadn't thought OF that side Of IL.
but II such thing were necessary on
account Of talk about my mother, +
r. He hesiteted unhsppi1y. II sug-
gpsted that II all Of us-for a time
perhaps only for a time-it might be
better f.
See here.~ she interrupted. 'We1l
settle thfs nonsense right now. n Eu-
gene Morgan comes 70 this house, foc
Instance, 70 see me, your mother can't
get ID and leave the place the minute
he zpts here, can she7 What DO you
want her 70 DO: Insult him7 Or per-
haps you'd prefer she'd insult Lucy7
That would do inst az well. What is
Il you're up To- anyhow Do you really
love your Aunt Amelia 80 much that
you want TO please her1 Or do you
really hate your Aunt Fanny so much
that you want to-that you want to-
She choSed and sought for her hand
kerrhfef; Suddenly she began 20 ry.
"Oh. see here George said. II don't
hate you. Aunt Fanny. That's silly. +
don't
'rYou dol You dol You want to-
you want TO destroy the only thing
that THAT + ever@" And, unable to
continue, she became inaudfble In her
handkerchief.
George felt remorseful. and his own
troubles were lightened: all at once II
became clear 70 him that he had been
worrying about nothing. He perceived
that his Aunt Amelia was indeed an
old cat, and that to give her scandal
ous meanderings another thought
would be the height Of folly. By no
means insusceptible to such pnthos as
that now exposed before MIN, he did
not lack pity for Fanny. whose almost
spoken confession was lamentabie;
and he WIS granted the vision to un-
derstand that his mother also pitied
Fanny Infinitely more than he did
This seemed to explain everything.
He patted the unhappy lady awk-
wardly upon her shoulder. There.
therer" he said. IT didn't mean any
thing. OF course the only thing to do
about Aunt Amelia is to pay no atten-
tion to her. IT'S all right, Aunt Fanny.
Don't cry. 7 feel lot better now, my
self. Come on; Pll drive back there
with you. IT'S all over. and nothings
the matter. Can't you cheer upT'
Fanny cheered mp and presently the
customarily hostile aunt and nephew
were driving ont Anderson boulevard
amiabiy together IN the hot sunshine