New Britain herald., 1930-11-18
THI, ENEMY ~TRiI>E-~

,Ga~k Smith Nul tnts son Of a Washington patent lawyer Of mciou- aa rsputauou and ot greater soc}a. importance 70 ns.5s oC Clou2hb4rroj flan the Froses and HroWnbcchs. He was q youuz man with much charm. real sJrenEtl of character and every promise Of making gooL i0 his chosen career
 But because Clar<'s parents were Hvjng apart. Mrs. Frost Vigorously opposed the marriage, and foIt thar she had been stabbed In the bacN when her brother and David. after mature deHberaton, set her onJec- jon aside
 Now that Amelia had left her Mrs. Frost decided navld and Fanny must come hack. Now ah- rculd never bear thar big house. ghostlN with memories David looked white and drawn with Ianny's cooking, no wonder-he would ne far better of in his olI home. SheiI4 would be better off And as for Fanny -~clL Fanny knew that David had certain de}i- n.te obligations when she marie htm. What obligation could h. more n.ndlnE 10 | son than his wjdo"ol mother"
 The first blow fell bout three week after AmeUas wedding Things mad been going better in ths nttIe cottage. David had had ar- other small raise. He came hom late one hot afternoon in eari" Juiy t0 find 4n txpoctant wife and daughter in fresh ahltc dresses. - tlowcr-dcclt-d tohje set under h. aIbor. his fayorite dishes for din- ner. But ho said litcle ate a1nlos' nothing. After rho table va@ q!earcd and &4oI1 n9t ro bod Fanny asked Da.t1 ,-@idlH if any, 'hlng was wrong.
 I'm afraid rhcra is. To 0. know anything about these
 Why, those are the bills for n.@ bridesmaids outfit
 "Weu9"
 But why have they come to 2oue Amelia gave me the dress. Ear everything
 Mother doesn't seem 10 rhlnh @g at least she said they "crs lo.' bills"
 ''Da,id Amelia certainly =sHc h. things 10 me. She picked t7qra c9- herself even the slippers. | want d gold ones but she chose blonde satin so I could wear them both aFtar,7 oc,f7 and .,-r.5-,4r TT
 Did sh- say she gave them .o you? Exactly what did zhe sa s+
 T don't remember the aerus. words, but she told me I Hls 10 be her only bridesmaid and vas tl wear yellow chiffon -t.ac she'd SC. about my dress"
 Then she didn't say shed pa> for it?"
 That was uudvrstood. .&n.ai4 knew l couldn't afford an =Apeual.t dress. l thought the hat vaa tot much. twenty-seyen dollars. nu Amelia said it was so becoming had to have it, Fanny luiza- have added that Amelia had a)s' said that it was high tim" she ha one decent outfit
 Did Amelia charge tao things ol what2"
 Amelia had arcouutz all ovrl lown. She vas buying lot o things and she'd Jusr say Sen. this to Mrs, David. or Send this |. me- She must have forgotten tt LeII your mother about ir. I'll writ. aer tomorrow
 I'd rather you nogIdnt."
 But we'll have to-w4 haven $133."
 Mother was very certain the, We're your bills. She told me toda she was overdrawn at the bank. Sh said she would never have had thl house rcpapered and ordered tha new bathroom put jn if shed know Amelia was going 10 be married I cant have her stInting herseI th pay for your clothes-or le Amelia ask Clark 10 pay"
 Fanny wjnked back her tears glad Of the growing twilight. Sh suspected that David djd not alto gcther believe her story, hut did no dare make sure.