New Britain herald., 1930-11-21
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Nothing moro 7as said about Seattle-ac least in I'anrE'~ aaarsa2. T. was 4 hours before >h=ld was out of all danger three days before she definitely began 70 mend Then ir suddenly turned hot and SteI3a ulted and vas ordered to tho sea- shore in her Erandmotaor's charge.
 You mean I am nor 10 20 with her" asked Fanny. She wanted t0 cry out that she would not permit . Sheila 10 he taken from her. that Sheila was as much hers as David $ more hers than Dayid's: q rhou- sand times more hers than Mrs. Frost s. But her humility her crush ing sense Of guilt and failure strangled her courage
 Someone has 10 stay and look out for me" said Day.d. avoiding her eyes. He never looked T her now is he could help Ii.
 if he could haln it.
 "Oh. but Sheila docs need me. David You know she cries f l am not with her"
 "Shell soon get over that. She'll have other children 10 play with, sand 70 dig in and all the rest. She'n he all right
 David missed the glance Fanny gave him. T. had been Farnys sal yation that Sheila. waking to con- sciousre ress. had turned from her grandmother and the nurse and de- manded her mothers constant min .lstrations. SheiIa needed her-day and night Fanny hugged the thought.
 And David would take this staff from her, Not 10 he unkind but he cause he had so far withdrawn him. self that he could not see her des- perate need.
 She had failed her husband. . wrecked hv her careIessness their hopes Of d golden future. endanger- d her child's life. But neither did she forget that when the black wat CTS had flowed ever her David had left her to breast them alone.
 Fanny vas nearly always respon- sive to Dayid's moods, but his abun- dant humor. his habit Of joking at himself, had blinded her 10 the strength Of his natural melancholy. Nor had Fanny realized how deeply hurt, how cruelty humiliated David had been by his abrupt dismissal from the position into which for four years he had put the best Of himself and every possible ounce of hard work and honest endeavor. (The man who has been fired-let go as unnecessary, The man want ing 10 work. without q job, Can any sheltered home woman ever under standnl
 The gay plan of moving 10 Seattle had put an end only temporarily to Dayid's bitter brooding. In the black depression following the abrupt collapse Of his hopes he had small room or energy for vlsualiz- ing Fanny's suffering He was q failure. He had defied his family, first by marrying Fanny, then by his insistenCe on setting Up his own household gods. Now he was being punished. His reason told him that his was rank nonsense, his instinct. tar stronger and more potent, warn d him that further defiance would be followed ny further punishment.
 He was too proud, much too re- served to say to Fanny that he need cd her far far more than Sheila, When Fanny began to sob hysteri- cally. crying out that she could not. could not let her baby 20 away from her, he told her quietly not 10 cry that Of course if she felt that way she should go 10 the seashore with his mother and Sheila.
 At the station he spent the la.t minutes before the train went fuss ing over Sheils ma King her comfor- table among her pillows. As the conductor called "AIl aboard" he kissed his mother hastily. then Fan ny's cheek. Have a good time" he ' said to her. 4 good time,
 There must have been in Fanny a residue O. Viking blood, She had not seen the sea since she was Sheila's age, but instantly it spoke to her as a friend speaks. claiming kinship. stirring as in q glass dark ly, strange. age-old primordial