The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-08-20
10 SYNOPSIS.

sSIsiss SYNOPSIS. xa
CHAPTER f.-Major ANDERSON had
made a fortune in 1873 when other people
were losing fortunes. and the magnshcencs
OF the Ambers0ns began then. Major AM
oerson laid out a 200-acre development"
Of four-acre tract, on ANDERSON avenue.
built for himself the most magnificent
mansion the Midland City had ever seen.
CHAPTER II.-when the majors
Adaughter married young Wilber Minafer
fkhe neighbors predicted that as Isabel
could never really love Wilbur al her
There was. only one child, however,
George Anderson Minafer. but his up
bringing and his youthful accomplish
ments as a mischief maker were quite In
keeping AFith the most pessimistic predic-
lions
CHAPTER III.-By the time George
went away to college he did not attempt
to conceal his belief that the Ambersons
the world At a ball given in his honor
when he returned from college, George
monopolized Lucy Morgan, stranger and
the prettiest girl present and got on fa-
mously with her until he learned that a
queer looking duck' at whom he had
been polxing much fun, was the young
rssident Fe of was bEugene n Morgan re-
returning there to erect factory and to
build horseless carriages Of his own in
vention.
CHAPTER IV.-Eugene was an old adj
nnirer of IsabePs and they had been en-
gagged when Isabel threw him over be-
cause of some youthful indiscretion and
married Wilbur Minafer.
CHAPTER ,V.-George makes rapid
progress in his courtshlp of Lucy.
CHAPTER VI-While driving with
Lucy, next day, George allows the horse
TO get beyond control and the animal
9yerturns the cutter. spilng George and
Lucy in the snow. unhurt, although
George is greatly annoyed.
CHAPTER vII.-George reveals intense
dislike of Morgan, whom he suspects OF
financial designs on his uncle or grand
rather. His aunt Fanny Minafer. to his
great astonlshment, sharply rebukes him.
CHAPTER -vIII,-Home on vacation
George has heart-to-heart talk with his
mother in which the state of the family
finances and his fathers failing health
both figure. George is optimistic as to
both.
CHAPTER IX.-Hearing rumors con-
corning Lucy and her suitors-in particu-
lar Fred Kinney-George urges her to
consent to a formal engagement of mar
riage, but Lucy refuses.
CHAPTER x.-George becomes annoyed
at gossip which connects his mothers
name with Eugene Morgan and rightfully
rebukes his Aunt Amelia for her remarks
on the subject Aunt Fanny is sympa-
tnetlc but somewhat bewildering.
CHAPTER XL-The sudden death of his
father, following graduation, recalls
George from college.
worry about me: you'd better go lie
down, or something; you look pretty
pale"
Isabel did look pretty pale, but not
CHASTITY pale, as Fanny did. Fanny's
grief was overwhelming; she stayed In
M room, and George did not see her
until the next day, few minutes be-
fore the funeral, when her haggard
face appalled, him.
The annoyance gave way before a
recollection Of the sweet mournfulness
of his mothers face, as she had said
good-by to him at the station, and Of
how lovely she looked in her mourning.
He thought of Lucy, whom he had seen
only twice, and he could not help feel
ing that In these quiet interviews he
had appeared to her as tinged with
her0ism-she had shown, rather than
said how brave she thought him.
Whenf be went back to college, what
came most wildly to Georges mind,
during retrospections, was the despair
Ing face of his Aunt Fanny. Again and
again he thought of 1t; he could not
avoid its haunting. Her grief had been
so silent, yet it had so amazed him.
George felt more and more compass
sion for this ancient antagonist of his,
and he wrote to his mother about her:
"Tm afraid poor Aunt Fanny might
think now fathers gone we won't want
her to live with us any longer and be-
cause always leased her so much she
might think I'd be for turning her out.
don't know where on earth she'd go
or what she could live on If we did do
something like this, and of course we
never would do such a thing but I'm
pretty sure she had something of the
kind on her mind. She didn't say any
thing, but the way she looked Is what
makes me think so. Honestly, to me
she looked Just scared sick. You tell
HUI lACA0 1911 hAAy NohbNA IL tAAC OAAN-
of my treating her like that. Tell her
everything is to go on just as 1t al
ways has. Tell her to cheer upl"
Isabel did more for Fanny than tell
ing her to cheer up. Everything that
Fanny Inherited from her father, old
Aleck MInafer, had been invested in
WiIbur's business; and Wilbur's bust
ness3 after a period of illness CORE
spOpding in dates to the illness Of VIII.
burs body, had died just before VIII
bur did. George ANDERSON and Fanny
were both wiped out to miracle of
preclslop,Hs as ANDERSON said. They
"owned not penny and owed not a
penny" he continued, explaining his
phrase. "Its like the moment just be-
fore drowning. you're not under water
and you're not out Of 1t. All you know
Is that you're not dead yet"
He spoke phIlosophically, having his