New Britain herald., 1928-11-30

"Of course. we're friends" Mrs.
Milburn said. with all her gentle
ness in her voice. But it's a mis-
take for two families to try to live
under one roof. that's all. And !
hope you've forgiven me for the
hard things l said on Sunday. ]
was beside myself. l suppose. or ]
wouldn't have said them. 1t wasn't
your fault that you couldn't like
Charlie"
Her face was wet in the darkness
of the side porch when she laid II
against Emmy's face and held her
tight in her arms as if she never
could let her go. Goodbye, my
chick" she whispered. TREMENDOUSLY
II don't know what you're going to
do without me to look after you.
Let me know where you are as
soon as you leave here. won't you ?
And come for dinner on Sunday.
Wen be all settled by that time"
Perry and Robb helped her into
the funny-iooking gasoline chariot.
so long, Emmy. Toodle- oo!"
said young Dan, with his cryptic
slang. See you all of student"
There was not a word from Robh.
He started his car. 1t choked and
chartered all the way down the
drive. Then. as it reached the street,
it back fired nightly like toy
cannon giving farewell salute.
ri A. I
more gloomy than usual when En-
my went back into it that night.
The door of the cardroom stood
open. and Grandmother Pentland
called to her as she went down the
hall.
Emmy. come here! 1 want to
talk to you"
She was sitting on the red plush
sofa beside the CRATE, playing an
elaborate game of solitaire spread
out before her on a red-lacquer card
table. Behind her IN old mirror
shone like a pool of green water.
Emmy" she said, were you in
tending to stay on here with me?"
And then, before the girl had time
to answer her, she went on: BE
cause I'm not going to be here very
long. I'm going to put this old place
up for sale. I've never had d
happy moment in it, now that l look
back over the years. Nobody's ever
been happy in it, somehow, Emmy"
She looked around the shadowy
little room as if all the unhappy
memories of the house were hiding
there.
I'm going to take suite of
rooms in a hotel, or travel for a
year or two" she said, slowly.
There's no use in my keeping up
this place any longer. For a while I
thought that Maybe Mariana would
leave that nit-wit husband of hers
and come back co me, but l reckon
she's getting along with him better
than I ever expected her to.
And it's foolish to think of living
alone here. Miss Bunts has a four
room suite in the Ardsley Manor.
and she's twice as comfortable as
am"
She rambled on and on about
rents and elevator service and malu
service in apartment hotels, and
forgot to ask Emmy what her own
plans were.
Emmy. her brain busy with thos-
plans, listened to her with only half
~ cJ, n
bed to lie awake for another hour,
still thinking of the little flat over
looking the park, the new life ahead
Of her, the new friends. Il. i.
Emmy, with her apple-blossom
face and her sunny hair, had never
been so lovely as she was in her
plain black dress and narrow white
collar and cuffs when she went to
the office on Wednesday morning.
She did not see Wells HARRISON
until noon. when he came up to her
desk and asked her to have lunch
with him.
I'D rather you didn't say any,
thing about it to anyone" he told
her. in a voice so low that Lucille
Ingham could not hear it possibly.
Il detest Office gossip, don't you?"
Emmy supposed she did.
"Meet me at the Hollenden at
twelve-thirty. Them he asked, and
she nodded.
1.-The Big Boss made a date with
you. didn't he?" asked Lucille, who