Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-14

" ONY, realizing that his father
in-law was not on his side,
= went finally to Mrs Graves
for advice. There had sprung
friendship based on all the things
that for so long had been a part of
Mrs. Graves dreams. Tony, in spite
of his youth, was the kind Of man
Mrs. Graves had always wanted for
Charlotte, and much as she would
baby with her. she had none of that
stubborn selflshness that character
lied Abner's feelings. Abner loved
his grandchild with perhaps as much
love as he was capable of, but his
wish to keep Charlotte at the farm
was based purely on revenge He
knew that the Harrimans would want
the baby, and he therefore did every
thing in his power to make Things
pleasant for Charlotte SO as to preJu-
dice her the more against her nus
bands family.
! Charlotte was taking a nap and
Mrs. Graves was In the Kitchen on
the afternoon that Tony spoke 10
her.
He burst forth without any pream-
Bile. Mrs. Graves, 1 don't think
Charlotte wants to go back with me-"
You must give her time, Tony;
you see Charlotte was very much
IL SIl0 HaSn ndQ Tune 20 get over
that hurt as yet"
Il know I'm to blame" Tony went
on. But how can I make it up to
her If she won't give me a CHANGER"
Have you talked with Charlotte?"
Tony repeated the conversation Of
a few days back and Charlotte's de-
termination not to return to the Har-
riman home.
II think she IS very wise there"
Mrs. Graves said firmly.
But 1 don't want her to live at
my mothers home. I will take her
there and as soon as she is able We'll
look for place of our own"
That's what you should have done
in the first place. You see, Tony"
as he would have Interrupted, two
young people ought to start out in
life without the interference of an
other generation; they ought to read
just their lives and have their little
arguments between themselves. O.,
know what you thought and per-
haps you were not SO much to blame.
Charlotte did not know your life; she
was ignorant and bound to make mis-
takes; you felt that she would be
criticized and you knew that she
would be safer under your mothers
wing, but you see it didn't work out.
Charlotte Is sweet tempered. she IS
easily led by one she loves. When she
married you her life was like a clean
STATE given 10 you " WHO "a, DcA~
you see you were too young to know
what to write and so you wrote the
wrong things and now you want to
rub them out and begin over again
and it isn't easy; the result, isn't
clean and neat at all, IS it"
Tony was staring as though fascl-
mated at his mother-in-law.. She sat
in the old rocker in her plain little
housegown with her CRAVING halr
brushed back simply from her Ineo
face and yet at that moment she
seemed more of a mother to him than
his own fashionably gowned:, per
fectly groomed mother ever had: re
thought with a swift pang OF MS
mothers treatment Of Charlotte, and
contrasted it with Mrs. Graves
treatment of him when he had come
at the last moment to make tardy
restitution. Quite suddenly he DE-
termined to abide by whatever Mrs.
Graves thought right. He knew that
She would be entirely fair, and ne
trusted her implicitly to do the right
thing.
He wasn't surprised when the next
day she came to him with the sug-
gestion that he go back to the city
alone.