The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-08

They seem to be-" Bassett replied,
IindifferentIy.
IT can find out easily enough
whether he lectured at Churubusco
last night or not, or is going to in
wade Brazil tomorrow" Dan sug.
gested
Easy, but unnecessary. think
II know what's in your mind" Bias
sett answered, as Marian, interested
In the passing show, turned away,
but It isn't Of the slightest impor-
lance one way or another"
4 That was Miss Bosworth." an
inounced Marian "the one in the
white flannel coat; she's certainly
grand to look at.
please keep your eyes to the
frontT Bassett admonished; you
mustn't stare at people, Marian "
And then, having dismissed Petit,
and feeling called upon to bring his
said: Marian, you remember the Miss
Garrison your aunt is so fond of?
Her grandfather died the other day
and Miss Garrison had to come home.
Your Aunt Sally is in Montgomery
with her now. Mr.. Harwood went to
the funeral"
That's too bad" said Marian, DIT
once interested. "Sylvia's a nice girl.
and guess her grandfather had just
about raised her from what she told
me. I wonder what she's going to
do?" she asked. turning to Harwood.
Shes going back to college to take
her degree, and then Mrs. Owen is
going to have her at Waupegan this
summer"
"Oh. didn't know Aunt Sally was
going to open her house this sum.
liner" said Marian, clearly surprised.
1T must be Just that she wants 10
have Sylvia with her. They're the
best kind Of pals, and Of course Aunt
Sally and the old professor were
friends all their lives. I'm glad
Sylvia's going to be at the lake; she
viii help some" she concluded
You don't mean that you're tired
Of the lake?" asked Harwood, noting
the half-sigh with which she had
concluded. It thought all Waupegan
people preferred to the Maine coast
or Europe"
"Oh. I suppose they do" said
| Marian. But I think I could live
| through a season somewhere else. ii
VIII be good fun to have Aunt Sally's
| house open again. She must be
| making money out Of that farm now
1 suppose Sylvia's grandfather didn't
! have much money. She isn't much
for style. but she does know an aw-
/ full lot"
Don't you think girl may he
| stylish and know a lot, too" asked
her father
Il suppose It Is possible" the girl
assented. with a reluctance that
caused both men to laugh.
/ Marian found the Country Club
highly diverting; IT gave her visions
Of the social life of the capital Of
which she had only vaguely dreamed
/ She knew many people by sight who
were socially prominent, and she
longed to be OF their number It
pleased her to find that her father,
who was a nonresident member and
| a rare visitor at the club. attracted
Il good deal OF attention: she liked TO
! think him a celebrity. The Speaker
Of the House in the last session Of
| the General Assembly came out and
I
whom ne had been dining in the raths-
keller; while her father was away,
Marian, with elbows resting oil the
table, her firm, round chin touching
her lightly interlaced fingers. gave a
capital imitation Of a girl making
herself agreeable to n young man
Dan was well hardened to her ca
joleries by this time; he was confident
that she would have made "sweet
eyes at Caliban." Harwood, smoking
the cigar Bassett had ordered for
him, compared favorably with other
young men who had dawnsd upon
Marian's horizon. Like most western
boys who go East to college, he had
acquired the habit OF careful press
i. ing and brushing and combing; his
lean face had a certain distinction.
and he was unfainngly courteous and
well-mannered.
This Will be tough on mama" she
observed casually.
Pray, be more explicitT'
ooh. Aunt Sally having Sylvia mp
there at the lake again"
why shouldn't she have her there
II she wants herr thought your
mother admired Sylvia I gathered
that ray Of light somewhere, from you
or Mr.. Owen"
"Oh, mama was beautiful to her;
but shall always think, just between
you and mo and that spoon, that It
was Aunt Sally asking Sylvia to the
lake that time that gave mama
nervous prostration."
NonsenseI I advise you. as an
old friend, not to say such things:
you'd better not even think them"
Well, it was after that, when she
saw that Aunt Sally had taken UP
Sylvia, that mama got that bug about
having me go to college. She got the
notion that it was Sylvia's intellectual
gifts that interested Aunt Sally; and
mama thought I'd better improve my
mind and get into the competition"
'You thought your mother was
jealous? I call that very unkind; it's
not the way to speak OF your mother"
''Well, if you want to be nasty and
lecture me. go ahead, Mr.. EEarwood.
You must like Sylvia pretty we'll
yourself; You took her back to college
once and had no end of a lark,-I got
that from Aunt Sally. so you needn't
deny it."
''Humph! OF course I like Sylvia;
any ones bound to-"
| But If Aunt Sally leaves h9r all
her money, just because she's so
/ bright and educated a0d cuts mo off