Evening star., 1928-01-30
THE EVENING STORY

Perry tells me that you have some
priceless old shawls and iaces Would
you-would you let me look at them?'
private collection" Miss Lefty said
with smfe Il am nousecleaninz
Come in"
She offered her uninvited guest a
chair but she went by her directly N
the great heap In the middle Of the
room and dropped down on her knees
before 1t. Miss Lefty was amazed, then
amused.
Are you an ancestor worshiper?" she
asked
Il would give anything TO be an heir
TO this collection"
I've worshiped it for 20 years"
Miss Lefty told her
How covet you!"
| Il am going TO change my religion.
Miss Lefty answered.
| The woman Easped
| Il am going to sell nv nouseho.G
/ goods to the highest bidder. / ha,a
sacriflced % years TO them and no.
am done"
| The woman had an old silk shaw
and bead bag cla5ped in her arms,
How can you possibly part With su1h
thIngs?"
! Il got a change of heart this morn
ing. am going 10 sell out root and
! branch and buy the latest things On
! the market?"
The woman had added a lace collar,
an old brocade dress and a hand
| woven bed. bread TO the Pile beside her.
i should like to buy these If you
are willing"
IN take $500 for the lot" Miss Lefty
SAID: Il will not separate them
i Go not care for the letters and
receipts"
They go with the other things.
don't want scrap left to remind me
| OF the years I've lost, not even the
ashes from the old letters
! The woman agreed and a check was
+ written for the amount Miss Letty
deposited 1t at the bank and returned
III the car with the new owner Of her
heirloons. Every scrap vas packed
within: and she drove away. much 20
tne relief of the late owner.
Tne sale spread all over the Iittis
FlAage- Before evening came every one
within Its doors knew that Lefty Potter
mad broken her oath to old Aunt .farv
And Lefty Potter held her head high
and set her lips In firm line as she
met the different neighoors who came
| III at ner back door with various ex-
cuses i am going 10 sell the house
and all that Is in it." she told them,
I am going out in the world and have
q good time. am tired Of old junS.
dry bones and ancestors"
You are not a girl. Lefty" sug-
gested one Of her neighbors.
Age doesn't make any difference
she retorted. Il may be 20. but I do
not look it nor feel It. 7 shall prob
ably marry If find a man TO SUI.
me"
Going TO turn fapper. Letty?" asked
an Old man whom she called uncle.
l. You may ali stay in this place and
vesetate II you so desire. bu. I am
gong 20 Florida For the Winter"
The faces around he- we're . study.
she felt surprised herself. for tie
thought Of going s,uth had caly core
to her while speaking. However. she
nov intended 70 So.
The Old furniture and china we're
! very valuable. As she learned netc-e
selling them The amount II hand
vas convincing, and size left free and
! racn when sae had disposed o. al her
property and was ready 20 70 south.
She had an unexpected streak OF coed
luck She invested in land on which
she more than doubled her money IN .
lev months She then wen. into The
real estate business and made a for
tune. Success and the right clothes
I a!0Gc . oas C11s!1ke N EeT appearance.
She now looked 80 and did rot cer7
il. She married 81 ~ and vent 10
Europe on her honeymoon. The years
we're yielding up the things she desired
They had brought her fa- more than
she had ever dreamed O. possessing
she smiled when she recalled the co.
orlesS life OF the little village where
she was born Then came an over
Tneiming desire 20 stir TIE roc, a-5
arouse the inmates 10 new Life such
as she herself had found.
She vent back after Ave wears 90
buy and sell; 20 tear down old houses
ana build modern ones. Eu. as she
passed 10 the quiet, eln-shaded s.ree.s
With thar simple white houses. s-ser
binds and paiicr fences her sea-e was
nIso with the.r beauty and e..ess. s.s
she decided 20 lee The town ssurse-
fn-ouSn is Old age II was Ike
story that IS ted. egs shs Esrcyy
clrSs softly II cce's scQl
She found veiccre and wc-ser AL
Pride IN her success They Claimed se-
as their owr: teaSe6 her sacue her
late marriage: ~ her ycuehs., sccear-
aoce; tod her all the goSsic ard .has-
toys and So-roxS They Save 70 her
things that her wealth eoG,c no. hs.~
and she returned 20 her husband s-es
home IN q distant city with \ teels-y
o. pride IN her birthplace which hsS
not been hers in o.G days when she lad
iorged 20 escape
THE ENDl