The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-10
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CHAPTER ONE Continued
Grand, sensing perhaps the
inalienable right of mortgages to
melodrama, produced quantities Of
melodrama, and Resale wept some,
through her promise never to men
ton such a thing again.
There was no pressing need at the
time for a mortgage Part of the
SAL a week had to be put aside for
what Cecily called the Very Fancy
Educational Fund" Mother, some
times for a joke, had called the baby
Very Fancy" Grand and Resale
had not approved, but the taxes
were lower, since the new appraisal,
and a slick shoemaker down the
street put on half solcs and even
small patches so that they scarcely
showed.
Grand rarely borrowed more than
dollar or two at a time It always
had to be change, small change.
that he needed.
He began his new venture in a
humble way. At any rate. the cost
Of fitting up his workshop in one
Of the spare bedrooms was Just
under the amount Ann had planned
to spend on her winter coat. (Cecily
had bought her coat winter before
last, so it was Ann told Philip Ec-
royd phil and Ann had been en-
gagged only two years in 1924. Phil
was graduated from law school that
same summer, it saved on car fare
and lunch money and Grand was
happier puttering around at home.
Grand was not puttering Grand
was hard at work on his model for
airplane wings fold and unfold.
There is a fortune in it," he said,
implying. however. that he held a
low opinion of persons who cared
for fortunes. "Ah, yes-an unlim-
tied fortune"
n
TOR some pesky reason the
Il plague-taken pulleys that were
to manipulate the wings would not
work, always, with the required de-
gree of eXactitude. 1t did not mat
ter greatly, because their perversity
gave Grand an opportunity to get
to work in earnest on his collapsible
fire escape, and this carried straight
on and naturally to something new
In elevators-a space saving device
which no one, perhaps not even
Grand, entirely understood.
Sectional doors came next. The
principle was involved, but the point
was that two or three inches of a
door could be opened, while the re-
mainder of the door stood firmly
closed.
Failure of the doors was tragedy
for with them Grand wearied of
things folding and collapsible, and
in the spring Of the year 1929 turned
his attention to radio development.
The electric bills mounted high, and
the trifles that Grand needed for
his experiments were priced ruin
ously.
1t was in May 1929-odd of Ann
to remember the date-that Phil
told her for the first time, fatty and
with no softening diminutive, that
she was a fool.
YOU" he elaborated pretend to
despise your grandparents sem
timentality. You are as sentimental
as they are, every bit-both you and
Cecily are"
Ann said, why, Phil Ecroyd, we
are not! And, anyway" Ann said,
but more weakly, "Cissy and I do
have to remember that they have
given lis a home all these years"
Philip, handsome, dignified
young lawyer by now-struggling
might be added, except that it seems
rcdundant-merely shrugged his
shoulders and said, "Oh, yeah?" as
it was being said in 1929.
Ann argued But what can we do
when he asks for things?"
DO? Simply tell the old gentle
man that you can not afford these
things. Refuse to buy any more of
them. Get him a stick to white.
Put your foot down. Wouldn't that
be more senSible?'
Ann said, Yes. dear" as it has
been said by placatory women since
the year one. Though, of course.
she did not put her foot down.
1t was in July 1929-odd of Cecily
to remember the date, but it was
she who went on the first errand
that the two elder Fenwick girls
discovered pawnshops and began to
eat according to Cecily, mothers
and fathers wedding presents.
They ate the little hand-carved
chest that the professor of romance
languages had bought in Genoa;
they ate the clear ringing brass
bowl that mothers girl friend had
sent from Ceylon.
They ate Grandma Tamasie'S sill
yer tea service Eyes one of the
fantasies, but she and grandpa had
both died long before Ann was
borm. and quantities of fiat silver.
Cut glass and hand-painted china
proved inedible. For Thanksgiving
they had fathers handmade trout
rod, and his set of ivory ch9sSmen
went for Christmas.
THREE days after Christmas
Il Grand took to his bed with a
bad attack of quinSy and arose from
1t early in February. pessimistic as
to the future for radios and deeply
interested in the improvement of
kettles used to generate steam in
sick rooms.
The wedding presents we're
pawned with no hopeof redemption.
But gadget things for steam kettles
we're inexpensive. and the Very
Fancy Educational Fund, severely
threatened, had not been touched
The relief was so great that this
time, when Cecily said to Ann
or perhaps it was Ann who said it
to Ceciiy this Jime-"Grand and Ro-
sale don't know-they still think
they are supporting the family, !"