Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-21
A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY
The Story Of q Woman's Transfer nation
BY MARION RUBINCAM.
Protected by George Matt thew Adams.
VIOLET HAS HER WAY
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

VIOLET HAS HER WAY.
: SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
The Haines family live in the small
village of Henly Falls-Jim and Esther,
and Aunt Enid, Jims sister, considered
a hopeless old maid, now she has passed
her 35th birthday There are three children
Laura. 2l. James, 10, and Violet the
vivacious, not quite is.
Aunt Enid wakes up suddenly To her
terribly old appearance; and Violet, tired
OF the farm life, declares she wants to go to
college.
CHAPTER VII.
Violet must get away from all this,
| decided. II would be evil to allow that
wonderful girl to grow up and spend her
LITE in the surroundings she had been
brought up in.
From the adjoining kitchen came low
voices, Niolet's and James | fancled they
were talking over the events of the even
ing but rs the doorwa closed, could get
only a murmur. Often they studied to-
gethcr. but this evening the murrnur OF
talk was more continuous than usual.
What do you suppose they're dom
Esther asked frotfully nodding, towards
the door She stole n glance at her hus-
band as she spoke; could see she did not
want TO disturb him, or arouse once more
tie anger of the early evening.
They're only studying ! answered
promptly. James Is most likely help
ing VI with her work.
''Or Vi hclpin' James, Esther answer
ed. anxious TO disagree IN some way
notice she docs the helpin-she much
quicker than hum. He's all ilalnes. guess
This was spoken with another look
nj her husband absorbed behind tho
l7~F t,,c
women. blamed the faults of the children
on hor husbands heredity: their virtues
she attributed to her own famllys m
fuence But Jim went on reading. and
If he heard he gave no sign.
Violet is much quicker at grasping
things. II agreed with Esther But James
Is tho one who digs, I've noticed that. She
will understand n new lesson much soner,
lut II It's ANYTHING that requires long
effort ITS James that does IT
Violet was quick AT French, for instance.
She loved to talk II. her teacher said her
pronunciation was excellent. James, on
tho other hand. said II made him feel
foolish when he spoke IT, and his accent,
as know now. was quite dreadful Violet
shonc IN English and literature and his
tory all these appealed to her love Of
stores and romance James was slow IN
these. hut he held the honors in Latin,
which he said is q scientific sort of Ian
g,larc vou have to build up sentence
rule bv rule like n brick wall And James
was good at mathematics, where VI was
weak
Between them. they stood near the
top If their classes.
The murInur Of talk ceased, and the
two children came into the room. James
took his cap from the hatrack on the wsll.
nxr-x-N rfT fTrnr
Laura" he said. Its too late for her
70 walk home alone, and Charlie isn't
home today
Esther nodded. and for the first time
that evening, she looked pleased with
her son. James left the house and the
air ot tension relaxed At once The storm
centre had passed, temporarily at least.
well, got your lessons2' Jim spoke
kindly, lowering his paper and taking
off his glasses To look at his daughter
"Yes, father" Violet answered sweet
w. She took a comb from her hair and
fufTed It lightly around her face, pretty
girllsh gesture that somehow pleased Jim.
She stood before us, so slim, SO full OF
vlvacitv, her figure all lines Of flowing
grace, in spite Of her badly made waist
and skirt.
What infinite possibilities were in the
girl. thought! She must he gotten away,
she must he allowed to develop, away from
our narrow little circle. She must not sink
into the sort Of life had sunk into.
With her budding woman's intuition
for finding the other person weak mo-
ment, Violet suddenly knew that this
was che time to repeat her request. She
came over TO her father, and sat down on
fhe arm of his chair.
''You are going TO let me 60 to college,
aren't you?" she coaxed, q slim little
hand patting his bristlv hair
Honest would Vi, if had the money
Jim answered, his tone this time regretful.
but it wouldn't cost much-S500,
perhaps, or 81 900, and ] could have at
least two wears. wouldnt mind so much
Ii ! could go even a year. Vi said, her
tones almost irresistible.
But the money" Esther spoke up.
eff IL wasn't for the barn-the money
got from Grandpa Haines used TO build
the new barn-and to buy the reaper
But YOU didn't use mine, ] said sud-
denly. dad left his money evenly be-
tween us. ! haven't even spent the IN
terest."
But that's YOURS" Esther was all
honesty ''You may need that some time
that's against your old age"
'1'll risk my old age, ] said sharply.
"Jim, there's $1,000 anyway, isn't there?'
Jim nodded.
"All right, it's Wis to 90 to college on,
for as long time as it will last her.
Violet gave a little gasp of surprise
and delight. / would have gwen her 10
times as much, if ] had had II. 1t WASH t
much but 1t was enough to save the sltua-
tion.
Violet had her way.
She was to get her way IN other things
too, as 1t turned out.