Omaha daily bee., 1922-02-26
They We're Not Used to
Giving, So They Practiced
by Giving Away n
Everything They Had.

Everything They Had.
Eiss DEBORAH WARREN nIsd her
W brown eyes unswervinEly upon tho
~'A face of her sister Anne. and Miss
Anne Warren. after an obvious effort to AVOID
the gaze. finally raised her own eyes and me,
with look of humble appeal
But Deborah. though she had thus FAR IN,
umphed In tho contest of wills. was not sure
Of her ground Deborah was tho active and
busting type of New England spinstsx.
plump. brisk. high eolored. and. as abe wus
fond OF proelaiming. modern In her
firmly expressed viewpoints. Anne. two years
younger and eighty pounds lighter In weigh,
than Deborah. was ns unlike her sls,ar In
character m In appearances. peborah's gray
Ing hair had been dark. like her eyes. Anns's
vss . pale aah: Deborah's swapping. birdiiks
glance saw everything in its limo of vision:
Anns's faded gray gaze wns as vaguo a. her
gsnus exprcssion. her slow. indeterminats
movements Deborah had never known .
days illness and shnmelcssly Dragged of tho
fact Ammo was q chronic sufferer from bron.
ehitis.
In the big old house in which many genera
tons of warrens had lived and died ana
whore tho sisters now dwelt alone Deborah
xas the moving spirit and apparently the
ruling and irresistible force. But occasion.
ally that force came up against an obstruc-
ton which shattered it-and this obstruction
was q surprising and deep rooted opposition
In Anne which manifested itself In varied
forms.
As . rule Ammo followed willingly enough
where her active sister led. The lead was
usually wise. and Deborah's brisk decisions
aved Ammo tho mental effort of deciding
things herself. At long intervals. however.
Anne discovered that It was no trouble to
mako decision-that, in some strange way,
the decision had been made for her In the
mysterious recesses Of the possession to
which she respectfully referred a. her
mind When this phenomenon occurred
another promptly followed It Anne the gem
" and the yielding. became Anne the man.
sser or Anne the immovablA OF such a con-
dition Deborah stood in dread now. II Ammo
had ono Of her stubborn streaks the prof.
ect on which Deborah's heart was set was
doomed. --a=.
Al yet Anne's waverns impulses had not
hardsned into decision. She was playing for
time. listening TO Deborah's arguments, un.
certain. bewildered, and subconsciously panic
stricken. The last fact was the ono thing
she was sure Of. She was afraid Of Deborahs
plan.
What she was most afraid Of WAS its final.
ity. 1t meant complete uprooting and trans
Ssrs made q mistake in this transplanting
they could hardly hope to retrieve it. They
would. so to speak, have burned their bridges
behind them. Most Of all, she was appalled,
BY the knowledge that this was not an issue
to be settled by "a stubborn streak" Ono
could not carry a stubborn streak throughout
ones future life. and this was an issue which,
unless It was settled once and for all BY some
drastic method. Deborah would certainly re-
open and reargue year after year.
"All got to say" Deborah now dehantly
declared. is that it's for your good and you
know 1t. l amt sayin''I won't enjoy the
change. for I will. / ain't sayin won't be
glad to drop the burden Of housekeepin' In
these times. for the Lord knows 1t would be
tho biggest kind Of relief to do It. I'm wore
out by it. But g far as I'm concerned could
i've and die in Warrensville the sames all
our folks has done. It's you that suffers
from these New England winters. It's you
that needs the climate Of California. Yet
here you be, lookin' 3 IL I was doin' some.
thing against your interests when say We
got to move to California and live there"
Anne fetched an abysnal sigh. 1t was =
sad sound, which should have evoked the
sympathy Of loving heart; but as she heard
It the swapping eyes Of Deborah frightened.
There was still hope then. Anne did not sigh
when her mind was made up. She merely
sat still and frightened her lips into straight
line In the relief OF her discovery Deborah
spoke more gently.
| you feel you ought to go, don't you."
"I s'pose So" The others voice was nat
with the distaste Of the admission. But
can't see why we need to go for good" she
ouavered before her sister could pick up tho
words. II don't see why we don't go Jest for
q spell, till we find out whether we like 1t,
an then come back if we don't like it."
"Yes, you do, too, Anne Warren" Deborah
eoldly reminded her. You see 1t all as clear
= do. only you amt willn' to look at It.
You know we got the best chance we ever
had to sell the place You know IL we leave
It vacant two years it will go to rack and
ruin and wen sell it for less'n half what we'd
get now. not to speak of havin' it on our
minds the hull time and worryin' about
what's happenin' to It You know another
winter here, II It's anythin' Like this last one.