The Washington times., 1921-03-23

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By Kathleen Norris.
Author 81 "Motber." 'The Heart OF
=. Racket" "Sisters,' and Other
AZ Famous tStories.
IERE was the, Chesebrougl,
family tree, done upon
parchment; here was the
coat of arms, and faded photo
graph Of the old Virginia home,
with hoop-skirted ladies in colored
Sacques posed upon the entrance
steps.
All gone--everything gone. There
were . few oil portraits hung in
Cousin Christine's house. there
were some mahogany chairs in
Uncle Paufs attic. That was all.
Tonight tho girl did not open,
the trunk. but she sat upon 1t and
put her elbows on the high window
sill and looked down over the tops
of maple trees into shabby. old
fashioned York street, The autumn
night was cool, but voices and foot
steps echoed below her, and In tho
pools of light under the street
lamps cats preyed upon circling
moths. With a wild whooping the
neighborhood gang OF boys tore by;
the giddy, pretty Gordon girl
slipped toward the drug store ami
chocolate sundaes with her latest
beau.
1t came to Patricia, with a sud
den rush of pain and rebellion.
that yshe had neveE been SO much
young gangsters, and as this coma
MI Oir q a
women talked" She had always
been q Chesebrough,> restricted.
diknified, obliged to hold aloof. Rich
women and idle women had set
the pace, that she must keep. Be-
cause they did not care to do GER
tain things. she must not do them-
Because publicity was vulgar, Pa
tricia must starve rather than hold
the family pride less than sacred.
FINANCIAL PRE-EMINENCE,
They had let her come to twenty
seven; they would let her go to
fifty-seven, shabby, scrimped. hu-
INFLATED. Out Of the Uncle Pauis
alf-million, out of Cousin Chris
tines half-million, out Of Aunt
Louise's many millions. the little.
little sum that Patricia needed for
absolute happiness had never been
set dbluc. Anu hOW ciuuCy was
going away again- r~.tir
II believe I'll put, my pride in .
my pocket" Patricia decided hero
ically. "and go to Aunt Louise!'
She had q discouraging vision Of
herself cacklingly referred to
"Chaddy," but she Suppressed it.
''Ill ask her for lump sum-,
Patricia thought. "I'n go East
with Helena and Sid. and I'll drop
out of Deerbridge forever! I'll ask
for twenty-for twenty-five thou
sand dollarsw
Twenty-Five thousand dollars.
The words touched a reminiscent
note somewhere. For second
Patricia's thoughts paused, and
when they went on 1t was in a
new direction.
She need not humble and hurt
herself. The Palmer girl must
surely marry some one, properly
handled. Her mother and brother
would not be too hard to suit.
without Patricia she was helpless;
Patricia had seen other unwelcomo
newcomers cruelty snubbed by
Deerbrfdge society," But with Pa
tricia 1t was to be expected that
some preseptable youth must be
Su6Cept1Die 10 tne yOutH anu CoHc-
illness and millions of the heiress
of the Sensatone Palmers.
Indeed, Patricia. who had no H.
lusions as to the youths of her
acquaintance, could think of at
least three collegians who would
be quite frankly affected by the
thought of such financial pre-
eminence.
DEFIEs THE. FAMILY.
Her family. of course, would
rage. That is, 1t would rage when
II fully realized her iniduity. But .
by that time she and Sidney would
be married. and meanwhile II
would be rather rNreshing to in
furiate the family, to make them
pay, in a slightly inverted sense,
for the honor of the name. They
had dragged Patricia up to their
standard, she would draw them
down to hers.
There was a sort of justice in it
that amused her. She knew that
che could do 1t.
A rare dimple deepened in Patri-
cia's cheek. She presently got down
from her trunk and descended three
lights OF stairs to, the telephone
Just outside the dining room door.
she was ,still smiling as she called
~The Castle"
> "Ain't, you going to have any