The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-28
RENTER DICK.
Chapter II.

meantime lne spring ndC WafHleu I
into summer. The opera season clos
ed, Amy's salary stopped and Amy's /
lessons in the opera school ended. Her
course in classic dancing stopped, too
The teacher gathered up her more |
prosperous pupils and went to AK
les-Bains. where she had summer |
school. Amy longed to go Paris was |
the one place in the world she wanted !
TO see.
''Its time she rested a bit, she looks |
tagged" her mother confided to LII |
ther DO you know | think I'll see |
whether your father wants us to come |
home for the summer-the country |
air would do Amy good"
The strenuous season had told upon |
even Amy's glorious health and vi |
tally Sometimes she touched up |
her cheeks when her own pretty color
was wanting proceeding that
shocked her mother beyond words. |
at first but that lately she had accept |
ed calmly enough. Amys pretty brown
eyes had blue shadows under them.
But she never missed performance. |
attended the Italian class and the
French lessons Claire gave her. Piano
practice suffered-and her mother suf-
fered from occasional bursts of irrita-
bleness.
The opera company eparated-one
star had a shack in the mountains
shack attended by 80 servants; an
other had a villa in the smartest
aside raSnrt on the coaS had =
summer home in an old chateau in
France. and one went to tally, taking
refuge from the heat among the noun
tains. Two went TO California to work
in the movies, and some to South
America, where the smart season was
on and more gold and glory to be
had And the richest and most famous
retired to a small farm in New Jersey
and raised chickens during the day
and padded a canoe over tiny lake
when it was moonlight, and where she
lived in bingham housedresses.
And Amy alternately wanted to see
Newport. California, France or Italy,
or any place but the hot city where
she lived
Wouldn't you like to go back to
the farm" her mother asked her one
very warm June night.
Heavens, no! That's the last place
in the world"
Those who stayed in the city did SC
because they could not afford to go
away. Claire had TO stay. Her show
was running well into the hot weather.
Luther's vacation came in August.
Adam was building a house on the
Hudson, and had rented one nearby
to watch the work. He gave occasion
al week end parties, to which ClalrC
and jim and others were asked, ana
AMY as well. Mrs Talbot refused to
let Amy go unchaperoned, her sense
OF old-fashioned decorum being out
ragged by the idea. Amy stormed, bu'
obeyed. when Luther added his au'
thoritv to his mothers.
Adam tactfully asked Mrs. Talbot as
chaperon and she spent several Week
ends at his much too grand house
feeling uncomfortable in the way
whenever she was in the room with
the other guests. Claire was not at
those special week-ends.
Adam. to Amys annoyance, was IN
no hurry to make any agreement WIN
Amy. There Was one very pretty NJ
tie brunette. hard, ambitious, Out WIN
a great deal OF charm, who was u
quote Amy, after him IN the most
shameless way. Mother, she Is worse
than | am, for at least | put decent
front on il.
Il don't see how you are gong 10
make a man propose II he Qoesn
want to-" Mrs. Talbot observed Will
a touch or sarcasm.
You make him want to. Amy an
swered serenely. But TINS Suo'l''S
WAS beyond the mother.
He certainly wont at those parues
or his. there are always too many
people around.
around here"
From which Mrs. Talbot inferred
that ANY was going to bring matters
IN mead in her own home. Adam
vas tn call at II, Jim was 10 come
and thew we're to motor over LOT
claire. and a party of them were &c
need to q roadhouse where one cou''
dance on cool porches. $1,000.
Adam came. about g Amy had pu'
on the dress Of golden tissue that NJ
nod She was seated at the piano
readv 10 sing choruses from the o.
cras or to try her pretty voice on
,-i,s tnuch beyond her ability OF
70 sing him popular ragume, as lie
cbose. Adam liked having Amy SIN
for him. il made him feel like lurF
ish sultan to sit on the couch all''
order the songs he wanted TO near
Something in the extra ordnance
of Amv's ewes warned her mother
hat and the long siIences between
the songs. nd COLI
q ed Dicks house. ..,.4
Come over. and pretend you JUS
dropped in casually" she SAID.
Dick appeared, trying not W seem
out OF breath. #. A.,
Hello. Aimee. oh. hello, Mr. All
mold" he said. Hot, isn't it? J JUS
eort of thought I'd drop in and see
YOU. Go on singing, don't stop ioi
ne"
Amy went on singing. But there
we're no pauses between songs OF Il
there were. they were filled wlth
conversation. Amy eyes