The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
A Study m the Inevitable,
With "One Can't Choose
Ones Relatives" for Its
Central theme.

n n RS WORCESTER was furious Anne
m v.s amused; her mother. turning to
lvl her for support saw that and was
A0srier than ever. As for John Worcester.
he vas puzzled. He was prepared to be cn.-
trttA bot ne had not yet discD~sssA che s1ast
nature Of has o1enss. sun. b was on IL
defensive. He was one Of those men whs
ssually are on the defensive when a domestic
cyclone blows up. HIS store Of energy vn
not great enough to enable HIM to meet oppo-
afton n home - he d,d in bis ofBos.
L DON'T quite understand. my dear he
- u . deprec.tory tone After all. you
kaov, ~ MOI my fa,it that thase people are
~ oou.n- And th.y'rv-vH1-<E,t.n< eou.dns
M sors h takes you IN ho.r or % to find
sot tua how yo.,rs rsl.ssd 10 them st all.
yon know
-Thsy are yuH cpus4ns.- aid MIRA
Worcester. And they're inposszbis-abse-
nsssy impos.zhle comment I shsuld never
ha~e come here n had known
He tried to make something Of that Hs
feit he vas being stupid. But he kept on
coming back to the one point on which. as
hs knew. hh position was sound. man
couldn't select his relatives The thing was
done for him And they were very distant
so~smA He hadn't seen OF heard thought
o6 them +fnr years.
Thn Why dtd you have to remember
as.m n0vf- hts wife asked
W>A[ just nd he answered larrely.
oU.unsnf the place reminded me. 1 suppose
Shey always lived hsra Had bad luck
-<As. nlnsA, lost nnopey-sn that"
MrA worcester looked at Anne. and, for
Ae first time. met sympathetic eyes But
Anne looked ss though she thought It hope
-so try to make her father understand.
well. ve're in for itr'- s.sd Mrs worcas-
~ we've bought the place John, can't
vxnt 10 have nice people for oar frisnda.
ezzpposs they kn~w thsss Frasas eur
cou.ins? THIS Is the most exclusive place
Asy-d h.vs nothing TO do vnh us--
John Worcester saook his head dogg-dy.
-Lot OF sDoos- he. said decss3~eiy.
Mot At ar His wife pounced on tie
saAsrnent -Pcnpie have to Be careful sta
pfACe nko~tun etDV-
~ up-foofi.h idas Anns-sut Annc's dh-
r1sn<. ef -eom.e- She rugzraed- her daush-
ter with q certain pride. Anne might be
annoying IT tarn-s-bscxDe orshs>p~~.1J a
Of her sense ofrb.znor But Butshe-s4.he-s&d
sound
Thank you -nother.- she said s~esfsy-
We can't recognize these people MrA
Worcester parsoed hsr own -<hems:s :sgnve bsr
words fnaIisy. John you've forgotten them
n~ yeD-R .esna remember thsm nov.
rhsy may h4ve- forgotten the eounect,oo-
thay my .ot ssntffyyou. II the tftnU =
taRed aboat siaH~dsny X
Worcester sished and nsked dsstEoed
But hs-sah. -vsry wen. my de@,- - he
AA~whsn h6-vtse-d,G3sxrsd NH
~e- Aep1rsnttJ hs v.s MOI Dssdedsang
rDz,.- ., -, 0ok sA~mrAss of cse oppsrfs-
n~~d snpped into the erd.n- The 81
s<ha~e h. exp,uAsa To issrhe. h knew
vAnf TO x,rt- HI WIN 49, eshg - Try
o0AksA And he ~a eu.x
p- Be D-e a01t htuzself for
onU.
-Epfnsu. 1pG -srAnue when she was
shmg,vseh <hr mcehsr. But IL may work
COT Afnsht Poor Dad can't understand, Of
eom.sL But think Of turning up COUSINS
N. arlSpiacesr
kme.a comfort Ars Worcester felt
s,an.r vAn.n sshe- looked &ts h.r. She could
d-p.nd upDn-Anna wh.n >hs fen IN love-
~ a~h>-puunahty ~uusdVoefore long. Il vas
oxanh 10 be vSeh q ohurpughly eligible
-mn She vuufd attract Che Young
rmnbs<.-of-hh him, -st.eep-snd- goats. eRgi-
sss-and -ofbs~f3e. She v~-sn4n and ann
Bzfrhr .AmnsS v.s a ro.Ddsd one Hsr
ompea11an ~s vunderfuf: art may have
h~Ap.hA- hut m.fre bad done much for q
YouruzksAk nst have thought Anne beuuu-
fmL Bat shs v% certainly pretty. Her
poss, q HnaQ. round hnperrnent affair.
.A- ~; her mosth matched 1t perfectly
Hr o. vsre So~esJ, dnep brown. snd very
-. Her akn wss fair; save for her brown
,yss ard hair her coisrinx WIS light.
-r only your fats.r WI be senssbssr- hid
Nh, woru..~.
"Hsis eus - b." I'D A1.s And he h.
asost some tfxnxs. After d.
sn,-sooksd .hoet ths-grea h.n of q. ns~
o~curtors had not quite finished with IT
Period fxnxHrs wS being arrnneed: the
ptao. rsprsssntsd = great deal Of money.
-Hvr q Oar" szsd Anne And he's nd.
- - rurrn.ev tbs-e lasf fuz v-.r~