Evening star., 1928-01-25
Granny.

I'm THE excitement over the arriva
of Irma's little son Gay Lent failee
to recognize the change that wa.
being effected in her own life. 4
was not until the small Robert wa:
some weeks old that this fact was thrust
upon her.
Irma herself did not look ii. Looking
very lovely in her new Joy and dignity
1rma had laid her son III her mothers
arms with the remark:
Take Bobby, grandmother"
Across the hahy's fuzzy pink head
GAYS eyes met her daughters i'll a
startled look of question and answer
"Gran6motheri" she breathed
Why, yes. aren't you9" Irma smiled
you're not mother now. You've pro-
grcssed a step. You're an old lady
You're grandmother
IT'S true. / am grandmother. Tn
old" Gay felt something giving way
within her. II was as If her youth sud
denly had let 60
In the days that followed she grew
accustomed 10 the new idea. Every
body called her grandmother-Burr heI
son-in-low: Irma's friends. Presently
Robert WOULD be piping it.
Granny! Granny"
Imperceptibly her place in the house
hold seemed 10 have changed. 1t was
past the date for caps and chimney
corners. and yet their Simulacrum was
there. Size felt it increasingly. He'
mouth began to droop At the corners
the few gray threads in her pretty. faiI
hair became more noticeable. lines
creps out about her eyes.
She was unnistakably undergoing
netarlorphoSis. Even her friends no
ticed the change in her. She heard one
say 10 another behind her back:
Whats happened 10 Gay Lent? She
never has Srown her age one bit until
now
ITS time she showed her age" re-
piled the other woman. Shes a
gran6mother."
Locking in the glass. Gay took cog
rizance Of herself Gay Lent was pass
ing. Useless 10 grab hold of Gays fly
ing pet:icoats. it was not thus she could
be detained
GAY is such a silly name for a
grandmother" she thought. And she
bryan TO sign herself Mary Lent. Mary
vas her other name.
Already Burr and Irma we're planning
their sons future. They had II all ar
ranged for I'D 20 his matriculation at
college. To hear Robert spoken Of as
being q made Gay feel actually bowed
With years. Why. when Robert was II
s?e would be-she shuddered.
L suppose Irnla's father spoiled
ne" she said 10 herself in the rare
times when she was not busy with her
C-andcl7ild. Il was SO much younger
;aan he and he always treated me as
:. we're little girl. Even when Irna
was a big girl, Just before he died, he
made me believe that was young. And
was, for felt So Now feel old. Gay
Lent has ceased 10 be- Enter Mary"
She laughed a bit shakily at the de-
ceit
Perhaps II was no wonder that she
felt old. for there was no maid in the
house. the only help coming from a
woman who came in on Saturday 10
DO the washing and scrubbing. Irma
was much occupied with her baby, Burr
was absorbed in his work at the Office
and so the weight OF the household af-
fairs fell upon granny She began to
give Up going out: sometimes she had
time for a bit of sociability. but she
was too tired She arose earlier and re-
tired later. Now and then Master Rob-
ert had the collie II was granny who
walked the floor while his young parents
slept.
we never see you any more" Mrs
LYMAN complained. Its not good for
you 70 hive up like this. Gay. Besides.
we miss ypu. You know you are the