Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

of him. That was what had broken Aileen.
Leland had once struck his little 4-year-old
twins in a drunken fury. There had been o
scar along one small arm for months. His sons
had cringed from him. These small children
had come to know terror early
The pain of that was craven into the face
and heart of Aileen.
And Aileen brought home with her one desire;
indeed, it might be said that Aileen brought
home with her one obsession She wanted for
these pallid children of hers the kind of youth
she had known in the old brown family man.
sion of her childhood. She not only wanted
for them that kind of youth, but the identical
setting. She wanted the old house Pine
street which her parents had long since sold to
Catholic school and which was now used as
the dwelling place of IL monks who conducted
the institution
At first the idea seemed too fantastic even
to bear discussion. The brothers and sisters
OF Alleen rose in unanimous mass against the
idea of the parents ever being asked to resume
any of the duties of home and household.
1t must also be said that Helen and Lazarus
themselves, who were contemplating a long
dreamed trip to the Orient, drew away from
the prospect.
IN way Aileen bowed her head before the
seldshness of her demands and the unanirn.
ity Of the decision against her. She took up
her residence, at the willing bounty Of her fam.
lily, in the same hotel with her parents There
her children. strange youngsters reared In the
French tradition, sought to adapt themselves
to new environment.
There, Aleen, so sobered that there was
pathos In her very aspect, sought to cause to
shine upon these starveling offspring Of hers
some Of the radiance of the kind of childhood
that had been hers.
In a way she succeeded. Even in the hotel
environment Helen and Lazarus were to M q
niche in the lives of their grandchildren that
was vital and important
They lived in closest proximity, the grand.
parents part Of the very fabric of each day,
And yet there came time when Helen realized
that there was to be no trip to the Orient no
continuance Of the carefree life that contained
no household worries, no problems of upkeep
Aileens children needed a home
Each and every one Of the brothers and sisters
rallied around to combat the determination.
even Aileen herself protesting as she contem.
plated the worn, lined faces of her parents
But in the end it was the determination of
Helen, finally aided and abetted by Lazarus
that won the day
At no small difficulty the Bradstoops sue
ceeded In buying the brown old home on Pine
street back from the monks, who surrendered
1t reluctantly, but succumbed to the pressure
brought to bear.
The Bradstoop home is going again full blast.
TradeSpeople hurry In and out during its busy
days, general housekeeping comes and goes
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school, from school, on roller skates. on roller
coasters.
The grandparents are as hard put as they
ever were in their lives. The house Is filed
with the hurry of feet the demands of small
voices the cries of childish alteration
Helen is beside herself with duties; Lazarus
fun of mild scolding ways and admonitons to
grandchildren.
There is no time for travel
Aileen has finally succeeded in bringing home
to her brothers and sisters the fact that with
all their trials the years have fallen away
from her parents in E.sh;on that Is amazing.
Secretly Aileen blesses her capkcsty for AZ;
ways managing to get her own wav.