The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-14
Chapter 8
"REMINISCENCES

AS l remembered, had been taken
i'll in the latter part of the Winter
By the time l was able to walk around
and go outdoors the Spring was well
under way.
The very day that the new visitor
came to see me, l was allowed TO get
up and sit in an armchair by the
window. | had a lovely warm bath
robe of blue velvet with silver tassels,
a very expensive gift from my aunt,
and / sat rolled up in this while my
visitor arranged the apple blossoms IN
jar for me.
1--WE called before. but you were
asleep" she said. Pm Mrs. Taylor.
It's so sweet of you TO come to
see me-" | answered. I'm Constance
Bennett. l don't know anyone here,
so | haven't any visitors"
ssYou poor dear! And it's so lone
some for you"
l shook my head.
mo, it's so quiet, and like 1t. I've
never had much chance to be quiet.
The little lady laughed. She was
quite small, the same age as Parker,
my nurse, but so very, very different.
Ny nurse was large and round and
pink, and her gray hair stood out III
wiry fashion, making her round face
seem even larger.
Mrs. Taylor was small, thin, round
shouldered and neatly dressed. She
had small gray eyes that seemed very
intelligent, and gray hair that hung
Imply around her forehead. She had
a large nose for so small a face, a
rather nice mouth, and a very stub
born chin. | liked her immensely
Twice during her call she got up and
re-arranged the flowers in the jar, and
before she left, she took them out
and fixed them all over again.
IT'S funny to hear a girl as young
as you say it's nice to be quiet" she
said Most of them here only want
a chance to make lot of noise
Il had so much of it," l said, look
ing out the window over the wide
green lawn of the sanitarium. She
did not answer so | went on.
You see, / haven't had any par
ticular home. I was at boarding schoo
most of the time, and in girls camps
in the summers, and when | was home
at all, | was at my aunt's. She's Mrs
Bradley Bennett" l stopped. wonder
ing whether | sounded snobbish. Mrs
Bradley Bennett was very import
ant social figure in the metropolis
and a very wealthy one. But little
Mrs Taylor was unimpressed; l wa!
glad she had never heard of my dis
tinguished aunt.
Anyway, she entertains a lot, 81
there were always heaps of people
older ones. l was out of il, only
had to be in the middle of it too
and somehow it wasn't restful.
begged Father to take me to Europ
one summer, and he did. I hated it,!
Europe, Dear me, I've heard
was so nice!" Her unsophisticatet
remark made me adore her at once.
TT is, only Father was not interest
ed in the things | wanted to see
I liked the little old villages ant
Father only liked Paris and Mont
Carlo"
Monte Carlo-but don't they-pla,
cards there and bet money-it's quit
famous, isn't it?"
adored her still moro for her IN
worldliness. remembered Mont
Carlo as l had seen it-pictorially
a gem set by the blue sea, a deligh
when l could get away and with
hired guardian, drive to all the quain
places nearby. But | was rarely a
lowed this. Father was proud of m
because I was pretty. He put me i
clothes too old and too fancy for m
age-I was only Is then-and too
me into the great gambling hall:
] remembered the spinning red an