Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-09-16

May awakened late on Christmas
morning and lay IN bed for a long
time. lazily listening to the cheer
tul sounds of life in the Gregorys'
little house.
In the baby's room across the
nall, Dicky Junior was making wild
gurgilng noises over his first tiny
CHRISTMAS tree. Every now and
tnen May could hear Dicks o.ep
voice telling him that this is rat
tle!. And see the horsey!"
From the kitchen downstairs
came the faint hum of an egg beat
er IN action. That, May knew, was
Giorla hard at work making cake for
the party this afternoon.
Il suppose" she thought yawn-
ing, Il ought to go down and helm
her. :"
But it was an hour later before
she made her appearance in Gloria's
kitchen. By that time there were
four layer cakes cooling on the
table, and Gloria had begun to make
thin sandwiches.
She stopped her work to get
Mays breakfast, and had cup Of
coffee with her, standing at the
kitchen sink.
Il just love to get ready for
party" she said happily, her eyes
shining, and her cheeks pink with
heat and excitement. "It used to
cost US so much to give one that
we were dead-broke all the time.
But now that I've learned how to
cook, it's awfully inexpensive"
MAY shook her head. 'I don't see
how you manage it all. the
homework. and the cooking, and the
baby, with no one to help you but
that little nurse-maid," she declar
ed. And you used to be so lazy
that you wouldn't hang up your own
clothes! I never knew anyone to
change the way you have, Gloryv'
Gloria's eyes We're grave as she
piled the cake pans and NAYS
breakfast dishes into the dishpan
and began to wash them.
Everybody changes" she said.
That's what life is for. to
bang us and bump us into some
thing better than we were"
ut certainly has banged and
bumped me enoughr Nav cried.
with bitter little smile hidden
somewhere in her eyes. "And it
hasn't changed me bit. I'm
Just the same old May that always
was"
"Oh, no YOU aren't" Gloria con-
tradicted. you've changed a lot the
last year or two, May. You're more
serious, and you pay more attention
to what people say than YOU once
did. In the old days you did exact
~ what you pleased. and if people
didn't like it they could 90 to the
dickens for all YOU caredp
That's true" Nav answered
shortly, watching Gloria stuff the
Christmas turkey with sage dress
ing, "But the real change in me Is
one that you'd never guess. /
Remember how I used to hate
the thought of being married and
settled down? Well now nv idea
of earthly Paradise is a little house
like this, and husband and fam
ily! Now, what do you think of
that"
Gloria smiled a bit wistfullv. {"
think it's the most natural thing in
the world for you to want" she
said, "And I wish with all my heart
that You had what you want.
May, isn't there any man anywhere
for whom you care at all?"
May considered this for several
minutes before she answered.
Then she said thoughtfulIy: eyes
there is one man in the world I care
for. But not in the chills-and-fever
way that a woman ought to care for
the man she marries. This man Is
Just my good friend. and I love
him as my good friends, not as nv
lover. Do you sect"
Gloria laughed. eyes. I see per.
fectlyl" she answered. 'sThat was
the wav loved Dick. AZ nv
good friend. And that's real love
you silly goose! The chills-and-fe-