The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-10-24

and without the emotion he had ex-
hibited during the recital to his uncle !:
Fanny was the one who showed agitn-
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 for?" she demanded
breathing fast.
Il merely wished to know two
things whether 1t Is your duty or
mine to speak to father Of what Aunt
Amelia"
Fanny stamped her foot. ''You lit
tie fool y she cried. "Y0u awful little
fool Your fathers sick man, and
you want to go troubling him with an
Anderson family row It's just what
that cat would love you to dol"
"Well, T."
TELL your father II you like! 1t
will only make him little sicker to
think he's got son silly enough to
listen to such craziness ~
"Then you're sure there isn't any
talk?"
Fanny disdained a reply In words.
She made kissing sound of utter CON
tempt and snapped her fingers. Then
she asked scornfully: whats the
other thing you wanted to known?
Georges pnllor increased. whether
1t mghtn't be better, under the cir
cumstances,' he said, 'if this family
were not so intimate with the Morgan
family-at least for time. It might
be better"
Fanny stared at him incredulously.
"You mean you'd quit seeing Lucy?"
Il hadn't thought of that side of 1t,
but if such thing were necessary on
account of talk about my mother, +
L" He hesitated unhappily. II sug-
gested that If all of us-for a time
perhaps only for time-it might be
better If"
"See here" she interrupted. "We'll
settle this nonsense right now. II Eu-
| gene Morgan comes to this house, for
instance, to see me, your mother can't
get up and leave the place the minute
he gets here, can she? What do you
want her to do: insult him? Or per.
haps you'd prefer she'd insult Lucy
That would do just as well. What Is
1t you're up to- anyhow? Do you really
love your Aunt Amelia so much that
you want to please her? Or do you
really hate your Aunt Fanny so much
that you want to-that you want to
She choked and sought for her hand
kerchief; suddenly she began to cry.
"Oh. see here" George said. Il don'l
hate you, Aunt Fanny. That's silly.
don't"
"You dol You do You want to-
you want to destroy the only thing
that THAT l ever" And. unable t.
continue, she became inaudible In hel
handkerchief.
George felt remorseful. and his owl
troubles were lightened: all at once 4
became clear to him that he had beer
worrying about nothing. He perceived
that his Aunt Amelia was indeed ar
old cat, and that TO give her scandal
Gus meanderings another though
would be the height Of folly. By NJ
means insusceptible to such pathOs a!
that now exposed before him, he dit
not lack pity for Fanny. whose almos
spoken confession was lamentable
and he was granted the vision to un
derstand that his mother also pitiet
Fanny infinitely more than he did
This seemed to explain everything.
He patted the unhappy lady awk
wardly upon her shoulder. "There
there !" he said. 81 didn't mean any
thing. OF course the only thing to d.
about Aunt Amelia Is to pay no atten
ton to her. It's all right, Aunt Fanny
Don't cry. l feel lot better now, my
self. Come on; I'll drive back Their
with you. It's all over. and nothing
the matter. Can't you cheer up?'
Fanny cheered up; and presently tn
custonarily hostile aunt and nephew
were driving out ANDERSON boulevard
amlably together In the hot sunshine.