New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
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Shut within the doors of every home there l. the warm and glow ing story of 8 mothers incompar- able love. Mrs. Milburn had come to the Little Yellow House. on Flow CT street, owned by Uncle Bill Parks, twenty-five years before. when she and Charlie hilburn were married Through all these years they had only known poverty. Mrs. Milburn had kept everything neat and looked after her three children, Emmy. eighteen; Dan. thirteen, and Perry, twenty-one. While the little yellow house, on the ugly street near the mill. was now sooty and begrimed. 1t had never lost its charm for Mrs. IIilburn. The story : opens on Mrs. Milburn's birthday. Grandmother Pentland. who had never approved of Mrs. Milburn's marriage 10 Charlie. has arrived, Grandmother urges Mrs. Milhurn to accept fifty dollars as present from her to pay the long overdue rent. Grandmother takes the oppor- tunity of again scolding about the shiftlessness of Charlie Milburn Mrs. Milburn finally takes the money. As Grandmother is leaving she asks Emmy to take her out to her car. Grandmother warns Emmy to pay no attention to Rohb Hollis. young mill worker. who is in love with Emmy. Emmy wants a white collar" man and Robb wears work , ing clothes. In moment of depres- sion, Emmy decides that she is not going to spend her days in the little old house. She wants something finer. Emmy has brought home !. pair Of white gloves for a birthday present for her mother. Perry. the son, arrives home with d new lamp for his mother. Early in the evening Charlie MiIburn arrives home in a taxicab. He is intoxicated. as usual, but Mrs. Milburn always tells the children he is ill. Charlie has no money to pay his taxi bill and Mrs. Milburn takes the fifty dollar bill. which she had intended to use for paying the rent. The taxi bill is ten dollars and Emmy tells her mother she is foolish to put mp with Mir. Milburn. Her mother tells her never 10 speak of her father that way again. Emmy is all the more deter- mined to get away from Flower sireet and it's poverty. She is par ticularly ashamed because she is forced to wear the cast-off clothes of her wealthy cousin. Marianna. who Is her own age and lives with Grandmother Pentland. Emmy is provoked because Marianna chooses to bring her some clothes while she is talking to Robb in the little gar den spot back of the little yellow house. In the darkness under the big tree in the yard, Robb tells Emmy again that he loves her. Maria1na invites Emmy to come to .. party and sing and play for the guests. Emmy has wonderful times at the party among the girls whom she admires so much. Robb has agreed to call for her after the party in his old roadster. the ''.truggle-bu he calls it. Emmy is ashamed of Robb's old car and his working clothes They have quarrel and Fanny tells Robb she doesn't care for . day laborer. She did not | see him again for a long time. Emmy decides to have a par ty 1t the little yellow house and has invited Lovey Sinclair. who is in love with ner brother. Perry. Perry thinks Emmy is a little snob because she is always trying to be ''somebody."
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 CHAPTER xl
 Perry openly poked fun at his grandmother for her enormous family pride.
 Who are the Pentlands and the Parkses, after all?" he would ask her with his wide grin. "They just happened to get out to Ohio before the rush and grabbed lot of land from the Indians. Anybody could get rich that way"
 Listen to you! You talk just like one of those Socialists that get up on soap boxes down town and ways their arms." grandmother would hurl at him. and then she would turn upon Mrs. Milburn: A'This Is YOUR fault. Rosy. Send ing that boy to college! Filling ris head up with ideas. Such nonsense