Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-16
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long; then squash In one Short
week or two so thai we have nothing
left from II but a Hat purse, tired
body ana a lot OF fun gone up In
8 smoke 9 When 4 b visit Aunt Cora L
take home a respectable pocketbook.
. a rested body and, enough to think
about for another year. That Is why,
Instead of going up to camp with the
glrlsl am back at auntie's this sum
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yalI Just pulled In last evening, and
7othe ,yeryi5flrst question that popped
slout of my head afterI had hoped
30 off the train and kissed my waiting
aunt was, How are the Capertons2'
% individually or colieetivelyT' she
bantered '"
individually" l laughed. "Of
course, 1t Is Mrs. Caperton that l
want to know about. Does she still
have the whole household dangling
about her like chain of slaves?"
my DEAR" auntie looked sur
prlsed, didn't l write you that there
Is new Mrs. CapertonT
You might have mistaken me for q
fiat tire. l felt so suddenly depleted
Of inward buoyancy. The Capertons
lived next door to auntie, and / had
seen enough Of them on my visit last
year to make me expect that the last
thing in the world that would ever be
new about their premises would be
new Mrs. Caperton.
"Dld Roberta dle2 l asked.
mo, she finally ran away with Reg
gle Wade. don't believe she ever
thought her husband would divorce
her."
Such incredulity. I, myself, could
scarcely imagine such q possibility. l
had watched these Capertons with
much curiosity last year and had
hated Roberta thoroughly because
she seemed atune to nothing In life
but her own selfish desires. How
could the reins have slipped for her,
wondered. Who on earth could
Dory Caperton have marriedf I
begged of auntie to tell me, but she
only smiled and said, I'm going to
let you see for yourself. Do you re-
member what told you one time
about vamps2"
did recall now, since l thought
Of 1t, the strange expression she once
made to me. She had told me that
at heart all women were vamps, but
that they were divided into two
classes; permanents and temporaries /:
and II / wanted to know what made
the permanent ones permanent, 1t was
because they were mothers at heart.
Evidently, then, Dory Caperton had
married a widow with family of
children. How would the Caperton
Riddles take that, wondered. Such
mlx-up. Oh, well, they had never
been used to seeing their own mother,
anyway; they had been brought up
on maids. And then I thought of
Sybil Cramer. What had the change
done to herr To my notion, she was
the most pitiful one in the whole Ca.
perton regime. l had liked her bet
ter than any of them, too. She used
to talk to me across the fence. II
seemed that she and Roberta had
gone to school together, and then af.
er Roberta had married Mr.. Caperton
with all Of his wealth, and the twins
had arrived, Sybil's parents had both
lied and left her penniIess. Roberta
snatched at the chance and took Sybil
In, making Of the girl a mat to wipe
her own pretty feet upon. Outsiders
knew Miss Cramer for Mrs. Caper-
toms companion and secretary.
Whenever there was company, sybll
was always about, quiet and unas-
Stunning In some corner, waiting to
perform the little duties that the hos
tess shlrked. l should have died at
such job. She was always wear
ing Roberta's CASTOR clothes, too;
ind then there were the children
Mrs. Caperton was one Of those WON
en- who think that their duty Is com.
pleted when their children are born.
The twins and Roberta were utter
strangers, but Sybil played with
them, nursed them, bound their I'm.
gers when they were hurt, and made
custard for them when they were sick.
The most unbearable part Of her, how.
ever, was the pretense of love affair
with Reggie Wade. Reggie was for
ever dining with the Capertons. Ro-
berta made the excuse that he was
devoted to her secretary, but of
course, anybody with q grain Of sense
could see through the game.
Over and over again used to say
to auntle, "Why does sybll Cramer
stay and make such a fzzle of her
llfef She is bright and capable and
could hold down a position with a
good salary ATTACKED to It and have
some freedom and independence"
But auntie would never talk about
Sybil, although ! noticed that she was
always extremely courteous and kind
to the girl whenever she had the op.
portunity. All through my visit the
affairs Of the Capertons were a never.
ending source Of delight to me. Per.
haps 1t was because they were so
wealthy and entertained so lavlshly,
and all that sort Of thing At any
rate, II was better than watching
picture show to sit at auntle's living
room window when they had dinner
parties and look through the venetian
balcony and great. high easements In
to the Capertons' dining room. No mat
ter who the guests might be, there were
always four persons Mt these parties
that | was sure 10 recognize. There