The Washington times., 1921-03-26

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By Kathleen Norris.
AptAsr sf sMetAer.n 'srhe Heart Of
II Raehel.s 'sisters." and Other
~ aic Famous stories.
III E~O on as was? Why !
~ was in debt" Patricia pro-
y, tested eagerly. Il was
sick, with worry. ] was respecting
Aunt Louise's command that she
was not to be worried. and ! was
carefully concealing my financial
soAdition from Aunt Annie because
; money dlstresses her. and l was
ehSerfully lying to Christine be-
cause Christine always says that
she feels that Uncle Aleck-my
father. Sid !--conld have, managed
It all 10 differently II he had only
heen wise enough to take Uncle
Paurs advicew The girls voice
dropped, and she started for q few
seconds at the water with gloomy
eyes. why. thoy know how I am
placed, and which one of them
evSr held out q hand to help me-"
she finished, in q low tone. with
sudden .giitter ION her dark lashes
Sidney had ror1ed. over on his
f6}ded arms, and was watching her
iN4entiy. h'r~ t.- r.
"But il they wSn't stand for the
:girl, PatT.
..Oh. they haye no choicer' she
aaswered confidently. II am not in
the secrets Of the Page, Chambers,
and Throckmorton families for
asthing!"
-Ysu have burst OF the ressrva-
tion. and gotten to the firewater,
]. can sec that", he. said. laughing.
eyes. ITO perdition with no.
blesse ebiigs, Ia that iii" ~.
met exactly" she hesitated.
nut can't do the thing half
Aeartedly. Beatrice Palmer is just
- nice q girl as any I know. and
intend to prove 1t. Therell be
nothing radical. don't mean to
make any trouble. But / have an
IDEA how to handle my various
YAlatives-whsre each. ones weak
spst 10, ~ 1t were. and I imagine
that ! can manage them! !, :
~ A JOYOUS Relief. 3,
"You see, they've always had
things their own way. sid. They've
alNays been in . position to say.
.Amuse us, Pat. natter NJ ke sNster /
tfui to us for what We cheoAS to-
ao for you! watch ~ buy sew
bnty dollar hats, help us PACK
trunks for New York and Cali
fornia, we'll give you Q dress now
and then, and q lift In the I'm
CUISINE! But always remember that
you are q Chesebrough, always
remember that our persons ana
our purses are sacred, never DO
ANYTHING that will offend US" I"
.why," said Patricia angriiy,
vel launched now, "Pve seen other
members Of our family get poorer
and more pitied and less noticed
esry year. Just for money. and for
.Aanie Throckmorton herself
chansed from st. Thomas Church
70 All Saints Just because poor
Nld Cousin Caroline used to hobble
into saint ThomaS every Sunday,
and croak out to the sexton that
che wanted to be put In her ,nieces
sidney, who had been rather nm
eemfortable during the earlier part
OF this merry OutOuTs~ iAuohou o~S
In Joyous relief.
"Oh, I love that" he said with
deep relish.
x 'If everything goes as we hope,
the giri said seriously. II will 60
an to New York next year. and
when you and / start the new life
there, 1t won't matter much to me
that Christine Bruce tells Joel once
4 week that she can't understand
what got into Patricia last winter J"
Her voice was confident, but
she looked at him a little doubt
fully. Sidney suddenly sat up,
IN Q rustic of bright leaves, ana
in . more serious tone than was
usual with him. said decidedly:
4 "Of course you're perfectly
right! Go to II, Pat. It's all q
farce, anyway. this talk OF who's
IN and who's not in society, and
Why we all go busting about 1t
like q lot Of bandar-log. I never
have been able to see! You're per-
fsctiy right!
"The Palmers at least pay for
what they want, and your aunts
And cousins expect you to play their
game for nothing at all. Give the
kid Q good time, and then you and
/ will get out and forget the whole
eyevd Of them! You've nothing to
loosew
"wsil, that's what I'm just be-
-f--l.- xAalivA Sid he ON