The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-28
DONALD LEAVES
synopsis Of Preceding Chapters.

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
At the age of As Amy Talbot finds
herself so tired she gets very little
pleasure out of life Everything is a
narrow round of hard work, economy,
petty details-and has been for so
many years that Amy has literally
seaSed to think. She is merely ma
chine going about in routine.
Young Amy. II, occasionally inter
rupts this monotony by a new idea or
new spiration-usually things the
mother does not approve Of Then
Luther. the oldest son, comes home,
bringing his wife, Claire city girl.
Then Jane, the middle daughter, are
rives for a vacation. Jane has been
studying medicine, and is in love with
a radical young doctor, who also visits
for a few weeks. The new point of
view of these children troubles Amy
and infuriates Jordan, her husband.
She thinks her children have become
wicked.
Everything seemed to be wrong.
Poor Amy Talbot went about her
work with brows drawn together
into a worried frown-a frown more
Her children approved of nothing
Claire smiled in superior fashion at
the new furniture in the place, shiny
with varnish and beeswax polish and
brave with curlicues, and looked
shocked when she was told of the
old things" that had been sold some
years ago. The only thing in the
house she cared for, it appeared, was
the mahogany table that stood in
her room as a washstand a piece
more than 100 years old and only put
there because the newer washstand
had weak leg,
New furniture was old-fashioned.
old-fashioned furniture was fashion
able, ii seemed, That was a paradox
which Mr.. Talbot made no attempt to
understand; she merely knew that
she was criticized for having let A
careful of old things go.
That was a detail though
i can be a good Christian and not
90 to church" Claire had said, and
Jane had agreed with her.
How could that be? Not to go to
church was to be wicked-at least to
he heather, which was wicked.
The Talbots belonged to one demon
nation, as did all the village since
there was no other church within
miles. The minister was an old man
who gagged goodness by church at
tendance, a man who once had larger
congregations but who had asked for
small church in the country because
of i'll health.
Luther ii appeared had leanings
toward another denomination,
They have a broader point OF
view he explained to his mother.
This, too, was disturbing. Amy
Talbot unconsciOusly believed thai
the only right way to think was the
way her particular church taught
OF course, some benighted people
were actually brought up in othel
religions, which was a misfortune
out how could anyone trained in hei
church ever turn from it for another
variety Of worship?
Nothing she did, poor woman, was
right.
Her ways of working were wrong
Jane changed back the kitchen to hel
own efficient plan after her mother
interfered. and Amy dared not dis
place an object after that. The girl
told her new ways to wOrk-actu
ally changing about baking and sweep
ing days to save labor, and sliding ov
er jobs and actually reducing tn
tasks or eliminating them.
1t was less work, of course. bu
somehow Mrs. Talbot could not fee
that the house was clean if it had no
a daily scrupulous going over
Then the talk! Jane stopped a
nothing, The most delicate subject
were picked up and discussed by he
in the most casual way. She did no