The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-01-04
Youth Will Be
Served
BY MARIE MARSH

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to smaller dancing slippers. Excuse
me, Tom, for saying gosh but hon.
estly I'd rather scrub floors than to go
to that dance"
| Tom Gleason looked sympathetically
from his post before the chiffonier,
where he was struggling with the
studs of his evening shirt II sup
pose we've got to co.
"Oh, | suppose So" said the young
wife, now carefully brushing the col
| lar of Toms evening coat as 1t lay
on the bed. "Housework and the twins
are nothing to compare with what /
| have to undergo for that younger set
| 1 promised to chaperon them Grace
Hayes will meet us at the clubhouse
and will be back for the night. Your
brother. | suppose, will be there and
he'll want the other spare room. /
| thought once we'd pull off match
with them"
"Them," echoed Tom sneeringly.
'They're just like the rest Of the
younger set. Crazy for excitement
| they'll never settle down and have
| real happiness the way we did"
SO the Gleasons. clad in their best,
went to the dance at the country club.
leaving the slumbering twins in the
cust0dianship of the maid OF all work,
who also slumbered In her room.
| An hour later Jim Gleason tried the
| front door of the Gleason suburban
home, found 1t locked and made an
/ nnnprnynnninnc fhronOb
| partly open front window. He found
| a pair Of slippers and a smoking
| jacket Of his brothers In a downstairs
| hall closet. A foraging expedition In
| the kitchen resulted In some crullers
Of his sisterin-law's baking and some
| apples. He filled his pipe with his
| brothers tobacco, pOked the embers,
threw on a fresh log and sat down to
enjoy all the caraforts of home.
| At 10 80 he heari a knock at the
| front door and opened 1t to see Grace
Hayes, in day clothes with an over
/ night bag In her hand.
| Il thought you'd be at the dance"
she said.
| No. drawled James. 81 can't stand
the pace. ! said | might come, but
1t was only for an excuse to spend
| the night here How these married
| people want TO CAD about as they do
| | can't see. With home like this
have cruller and an apple" he inter-
rupted. Gee, II had little house
like this and wife, believe me, I'd
stay at home! But then we're differ
ent."
Grace looked wistfuHy into the fire.
II know" she said, "Girls are differ
| ent now-nore serious"
| There was long and rather palm
| full pause. Then James Gleason bent
toward Grace, who was sitting up
straight in her chair Grace, won't
| you marry me?'
NO Grace said, still very wistfui.
~ think I would marry you IL I mar
ried anyone, Jimmy, but I'm afraid OF
marriage. 1t seems to change people
so. I'm afraid that once | was mar
ried I'd be like your sister-in-law. And
| you might change about and be as
mad about dancing and excitement as
| Tom"
Then one or two OF the twins walled
out from the floor above, and Grace.
with James in her wake, fed to the
nursery. They were busy executing
| requests for drinks Of water when
| Tom and Mabel let themselves In the
front door below.
| We'll, we're back again to home,
sweet home," said Tom.
| James and Grace went nOiselessly
down to the landing where they could
| see them. Then Tom leaned toward
Mabel and took her hand In his.
There's nothing like it, Is there, little
| wifei' he said More than ever, I
can't understand the point OF view OF
the younger set. There's my brother,
Jim. could marry any day he wanted
| to-"
"And there's Grace" continued
Mabel. 'Shes independent herself.
She wouldn't have to wait for man
to support her"
II guess they are different. They
don't know the meaning Of home.
Here we went over to that dance on
purpose TO get them together, and
they didn't even come. | suppose
something more exciting kept them
both"
There would have been more of this
sort OF thing between the Gleasons II
Grace had not missed q step on the
stairway. She gave very little
scream and clung to jim The Glea-
sons hurried to the hall and snapped
on the electric light that showed
Grace being upheld with unnecessary
tenacity by Jim.
"We didn't mean to overhear YOU"
said Grace
"We heard all we needed" Jim
laughed. I'VE heard enough to know
that you and Ton are home folks,
after all. SomehAw think that what
we heard is going to make big diff
ference In our lives"
Perhaps they whispered something
or perhaps they said 1t aloud or per-
haps they understood each other just
by an exchange of glances. No one OF
the quartette just remembered how 1t
happened later. But there on the
landing Grace told Mabel and jim told
his brother Tom, and there were gem
eral congratulations and few tears.