The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
THE REVOLT OF
VERA SANDERSON
BRIGHTER DAYS,
BY JANE PHELPS
Chapter 10S.

/ BRIGHTER DAYS.
! Chapter 108.
I had been shopping. AS I came
| out of a shop and started to cross the
street saw woman in front of me
acting in a bewildered manner, EVIL
| IDENTIFY confused by the maze of cars.
She had not waited for the traffic Of
ficer's signal to cross. Suddenly she
turned quickly just as a big touring
car came tearing around the corner.
Acting on impulse I jumped into the
street, and pulled her from in front
of the machine. I was just brushed
by the fender, and knocked down, but
was not hurt. Until some one had
! raised me I had no idea it was Mar
garet 1 had tried to save. She was
on the curb, a bit hysterical, as she
invariably was when anything hap
THAT'S the lady what saved your
life." the officer said gruffly as he
helped me to stand beside her.
Are you hurt?" she asked after a
moment.
mo. Margaret, not bit-just a
! scratch or two" 1 turned to walk
away. A crowd had gathered and
felt embarrassed. She caught my
sleeve.
My car is just across the street
was trying to get to it when I be-
came little frightened I will set
you down.
| Before we reached the house she
took a folded paper from her pocket.
| II want you to read this, Vera.
don't want you to think it is because
you saved my life that I am regret
full" I read:
''Vera: VIII you come to dinner
with Keith and Mrs Aldrich, and
will you forgive anything you may
think needs forgiveness in my ac-
| tions. and be friends? 1t will make
| Keith very happy. Margaret
I smiled thru happy tears. 1t was
one else would do. She had not
owned herself in the wrong. But
was too happy at the thought of our
becoming friends to dwell on her
| manner of apology. Keith would be
happy. Even Margaret had come to
be hard for him.
| Indeed, I forgive you Margaret,
and will be so happy to comet will
make Keith happy, too"
We all enjoyed our dinner at Mar
garet's, and Keith fairly beamed. He
put one arm about me, the other
about Margaret, and said:
The two people I love best on
When we reached home and were
alone he took me in his arms and
said:
Vera dear. Margaret will not
change perceptibly all at once. But
you have made me very happy by ac-
cepttng her apology. had begun to
fear l could not stand the strain of
my life. was SO worried because
you two continued to be at cross pur-
poses. I wanted to be with you. 1
love you better than ever before. I
feared you would be weaned from me-
because of the lonely hours I had
caused you-and from which your
young friends had rescued you. Try.
dear, If Margaret is reasonable, to be
as patient and as forgiving as posi-
bleT-for my sake"
II is all for your sake, Keith. I do
not think l could possibly hav. for
given her for any other reason
And you still love me after all
have made you suffer?'
IL love you with all my heart,
Two weeks later my baby boy was
the pain the loss my first chlId had
left. Mrs Aldrich remained with US
until he was a month old.
We named him for Keith. He was
Keith Sanderson, jr.
Margaret and the girls made much
Of him.
IT'S just lovely<to have a baby in
the family" Gloria said as she begged
the nurse to let her hold him.
Margaret, Mrs. De Lisle, dear Mrs
Hunter and several others We'd with
each other as to how much they could
do for him. \
At Keith's suggestion, I asked Mar
garet to be his godmother. She was
enormously pleased, and seemed
nearer to me than ever before. In
time felt I should win her entirely.
Sallie and Jack Underwood were
married ana as happy as CLANS at
high tide" SO Jack said.
Tom Benedict pretended to be ter
ribly disappointed because we had not
named our boy for him. He also was
soon to be married to a charming girl
friend OF Erma's.
Erma and Jim spent much of their
time with us. Keith had become fond
of Jim, altho he was SO much younger,
and Erma and were very happy over
| il
No matter how hard I looked,
could find no single cloud in my sky
that once lacked a silver lining. For.
at last Keith was happy and salts
fled. The solution of our difficulties
had been a home of our own.
THE END.
STOP THATi"-there are homes
where this phrase is heard more
often than any other. unless it be
"you mustn't" you can't" don't
do that again." you must" or You
shall" They are not pleasant homes.
And there are homes where the
children are like Topsy-they Just
grow. They are never disciplined
or controlled or taught in any way.
| And these are dangerous homes.
But can there be homes where
the child is guided-not forced or
| dominated, nor allowed to run wild
either; but helped to find its own
way rightly? If you are wondering
| abo@t this, read THE NEW GEN
ERATION.' by Jane Phelps big
| story of modern problems by this
master of the married life serial"
Watch for the first chapter in this
column Monday-The Editor.