Cheyenne record., 1919-11-27

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and without the emotion he had ex-
hibited during the recital to his uncle:
Fanny was the one who showed agita-
ton during this interview. for she
grew fiery red, and her eyes dilated.
"What on earth do you want to bring
such trash to me fort" she demanded.
breathing fast.
II merely wished 10 know two
things: whether 1t IL your duty or
mine to speak to father Of what Aunt
Amelia"
Fanny stamped her foot. "You lit.
tie foolr" she cried. "You awful little
fooll Your fathers q sick man. and
you want to go troubling him with IN
Anderson family rowl It's Just what
that cat would love you to DOR
swell. l."
sTell your father II you likei It
will only make him a littls sicker to
think he's got q son silly enough to
listen to such craxinessi"
'4Then you're sure there isn't any
talkf"
Fanny disdained reply in words.
She made q Kissing sound Of utter con-
tempt and snapped her fingers. Then
she asked scornfully: WHATS the
other thing you wanted to knowf"
Georges pallor increased. whether
It mightn't be better. under the cir
cumstances," he said. IF this family
were not 30 intimate with the Morgan
family-at least for q time. It might
be better"
Fanny stared at him incfedulously.
You mean you'd quilt seeing Lucyr
II hadn't thought Of that side Of Il.
but II such thing were necessary ON
account of talk about my mother. l.
II" He hesitated unhappily. II sug-
gested that II all Of us-for . time
perhaps only for time-t might be
better IL"
"Sss here" she interrupted. "Wen
settle this nonsense right now. II Nr-
gene Morgan comes to this house. for
instance, to sec me, your mother can't
get up and leave the place the minute
he gets here, can shef What do you
want her to do: insult himf Or per.
haps you'd prefer she'd insult Lucy1
That would do just as well. What u
It you're up to. anyhow Do you really
love your Aunt Amelia 30 much that
you want to please herI Or do you
really hate your Aunt Fanny % much
that you want to-that you want to-
She ehoked and sought for her han6.
kerchief: suddenly che began to esy.
sOh, see here" 0eorEe said. II don't
hate you, Aunt Fanny. That's silly. !
don't"
"You dol You dol You want to-
you want to destroy the only thing
that THAT ever" And. unable to
continue, she became inaudibls in her
handkerchief.
George felt remosseful. and his own
troubles were lightened: all at once 1t
became clear to 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
would be the height Of folly. By no
means insusceptible to such pathos ~
that now exposed before him. he did
not lack pity for Fanny. whose almost
spoken confession was lamentable;
and he was 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.
there I" he said. II 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. feel q lot better now, my
self. Come on; TIL drive back there
with you. It's all over. and nothing's
the matter. Can't you cheer up7"
Fanny cheered up; and presently the
customarily hostile aunt and nephew
were driving out ANDERSON boulevard