New Britain herald., 1927-07-28
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began to pick up the bits of brokel Icup and saucer from the .carpe under her mothers chair.
 They can't come here" she mur mured. more to herself than to he sharp eyed, sharp-tongued aunt.
 It was not because of the extr, work that they couldn't come sh, told herself. She would do tha willingly #
 It was because of the extra ex pense their coming would mean.
 Sally knew that she never would be able to pay for the meals. the laundry, the thousands and one little extras for Beau and his bride. Witt the load of Beau's debts on hel shoulders, she was going to have hard enough sledding, as 1t was, fol long time.
 Aunt En-" she said again, and this time she said 1t more firmly, T just can't have Beau and Mabel here"
 How are you going to keep them away" asked Aunt Emily who had way of hitting the nail on the head, even when she asked 8 ques- ton.
 Sally had no answer for her.
 Long after Aunt Emily had van- ished, with Mrs. Jerome clinging to her arm, Sally pondered that ques- ton. How could she keep Beau and Mabel from coming to the flat to live?
 It was Millie who finally answer ed 1t for her. when she carried her coffee into the bedroom.
 Here's your breakfast" she said, setting the tray with its snowy nap kin and it's steaming coffee pot down on the side of her bed. What's today's news?" She began to look through the newspaper, standing there by the sunny win dow.
 Outside the sky was blue and the air was full of the first tang of autumn. From the yard below came the cheerful whistle of Ted Sloan as he washed his car, muddy from last nights storm.
 Well there's nothing in the paper about Beau's elopement," laughed Millie, dropping three Jumps of sugar into her coffee and adding a half cupful of cream. Maybe they didn' t get married after all-although Beau's been carrying marriage-license around with him for week."
 Has he?" asked Sally. surprised. She never was in on Beau's affairs the way his twin was.
 Millie nodded, smacking her lips daintily over the coffee.
 "Ye weekum! But that coffee's good" she fluted, T sure do wish we were rich enough to have cream every day instead of just on Sun day."
 "We could If we had little more money" sighed Sally. her thought full eyes or the sky outside the win dow. How the whole world tevolved around money!
 She swung around suddenly, and faced her sister.
 "Millie, what are we going to do about Beau and Mabel?' she asked, her bright face drawn with worry.
 Mille laughed again. Her laugh was light-hearted happy sound, as gay as the purring of brook against pebbles. Millie's worries were few and far between. So long as there was cream for her coffee, hats and high-heeled slippers and knee-high dresses to adorn her lit- tie body, man to go down to his knees to her and lay gifts at her feet, life was good-so far as she was concerned.
 It was perfect.
 What are we going to do about Beau and Mabel?" she repeated air. lily, "Why give them the cheapest wedding present we can find, of course; and do 1t up with white satin ribbon and silver-paper so it will look like something grand.- AtA least that's what I'M going to do, believe you me"-her words ended in. another shower of laugh ter.
 No, no, I didn't mean that" said Sally gravely, Aunt Emily says they'll surely come here to live and, N1illie. we just cant take care of them. You know, Beau hardly ever gives us any money for the house, not even when Mabel's here"
 That's perfectly true" agreed Millie suddenly sober
 And now that Beau's given that worthless check to Ted Sloan, I'm not going to have as much money l as usual. For that's got 10 be talk en care of whether anything else gets paid OF not" Sally went on, out loud.
 T thought there were two | checks began Beau's twin, but | Sally cut her short with a brisk l shake of her head. She never, nev- CT, was going to let anyone-not even Millie-know about that other | check. The one that Beau had raised | from S10 to a hundred and ten.
 Besides that, I think Beau ought 1