The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-09-06

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bIles were coming some day. but
probably not until certain difficulties
could be overcome. Altogether he was
discouraglng but by this time his two
friends chad the fever" as thoroughly
as old Frank Bronson himself had it;
for they had been with Bronson to see
! the light working beautifully in a MAJ
chine shop. "Perfectp Fanny cried.
1 "And If it worked In the shop it's
bound to work any place else. isn't
it?"
Eugene would not agree 1t was
/ "bound to"-yet, being pressed, was
driven to admit that at might" and
retiring from what was developing In
to an oratorical contest. repeated a
warning about not putting too much
/ into It,"
George ANDERSON also laid stress on
caution later though the Major had
financed him" again, and he was go
4 ing in" you must be careful to leave
yourself a margin of safety Fanny"
he said You must be careful to leave
yourself enough to fall back on, in
case anything should go wrong"
Fanny deceived him. In the i'm
possible event of anything going
wrong" she would have enough left
to live on" she declared, and laughed
excltedly, for she was having the best
time that had come to her since Will
bur's death. Like so many women for
/ whom money has always been pro-
ylded without their understanding
how, she was prepared to be d thor
ough and irresponsible plunger.
Anderson, in his wearier way,
shared her excitement, and in the
winter when the exploiting company
had been formed and he brought
Fanny her Importantly engraved
shares of stock, he reverted to his pre-
diction of possibilities, made when
they first spoke of the new light.
"We seem to be partners, all right"
he laughed. "NOw let's go ahead and
be milionaires before Isabel and young
George come home"
"When they come homer she
echoed SOrrOWfully-and it was
phrase which found an evasive echo
in Isabel's letters. In these letters
Isabel was always planning pleasant
things that she and Fanny and the
Major and George and brother
George" would dO-when she and her
son came home. They'll find things
pretty changed, I'm afraid" Fanny
said. "If they ever do come home "
Anderson went over the next sum-
ner and joined his sister and nephew
in Paris. where they were living. lisa
bel does want to come home he told
Fanny gravely on the day of his re-
turn in October "SheS wanted to for
Tong while-and she ought o come
while she can stand the Journey
Aud re auhli6ed Ibis statement, leav
! .ng Fanny looking startled and solemi
t when Lucy came by to dgive him on
, 10 dinner at the new house Eugene
had just completed.
He was loud in praise of the house
| lfter Eugene arrived, and gave them
10 account of his journey until they
lad retired from the dinner table to
Eugene's library, a gray and shadowy
.oom, where their coffee was brought
Then, equipped with cigar, which
seemed to occupy his attention, Am
berson spoke in casual tone OF his
sister and her son.
Il found Isabel as well as usual,
ne said, "only I'm afraid as usual
\ isn't particularly well. Sydney and
Amelia had been up to Paris in the
spring, but she hkdn't seen them
Somebody told her they were there
| it seems. They'd left Florence anG
were living in Rome; Amelia's become
Il Catholic and is said to give great
sums to charity and to go about witt
the gentry in consequence, but Sgd
ney's ailing and lives in wheel chair
most Of the time. 1t struck me lsabe
ought to be doing the same thing
He paused, bestowing minute care
upon the removal of the little band
from his cigar; and as he seemed tc
have concluded his narrative Eugene
spoke out of the shadow beyond
heavily shaded lamp: "What do you
mean by that?' he asked quietly.
"Oh, she's cheerful enough" sale
Anderson, still not looking at either
his young hostess or her father. "a
least" he said, "she manages to seen
n so. In afraid she hasn't been reali!
well for several years. OF course sh'
makes nothing of it, but it seemed
rather serious to me when l noticed
+ she had to stop and rest twice t.
get up one short flight of stairs il
{ their two-foor apartment. l told he
thought she ought to make GeOrg
u let her come home"
s "Iet herr" Eugene repeated in
. low voice. "DOes she want TOT"
D. "She doesn't urge it. George seem
:; TO ike the life therein his grand
9 gloomy and peculiar way; and o
p course she'll never change about be
/ ing proud of him and all that-he'
u o,,f+o n e,,olI Put In anitp Of anVthin