The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28

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and sharing it and the responsible
tiles.
Suppose Cissy had been alone
last winter when Grand was i'll?
AS 1t is, with the two of us work
ing as hard as we can, things get
away ahead Of us.
Just keeping that big house, and
getting the meals, and doing the
ironing from the vet wash, and
everything, is a full-sized job for
one person.
CiSsy couldn't take that all over
and keep her Office position. She
isn't strong enough. No one woman
would be.
And she is so young. You used
to say one reason you loved me was
because I had a sense of honor and
fairness, but you don't seem to feel
that way any more"
Eyes, I do. That's that, then. A
hundred isn't sufficient. How much
shall we have to add to the hun
dred TO get a competent woman to
do the housework?"
Il don't know"
Fifty dollars? Sixty? Another
hundred?"
Ann looked out Of the window.
81 was so happy" she said.
why were you, Ann?"
''I don't know. I can't imagine. F"
Because you were being fair to
Cecily?"
you have no right to blame
Cissy for everything"
I'm not blaming Cissy for any
Thing. I'm not really blaming you,
either Ann, for thinking always
about being fair to Cissy and never
thinking about being fair to me"
THAT isn't true"
DHIL shrugged. isn't it? Well,
4 where were we? An extra hun
dred month on top of the first
hundred.
Two hundred, then, more than I
am making now-or the interest on
000-and we can be married."
Il won't talk that wayl YOU
you're loving me, not buying me.
And my family isn't looking for
some outsider to support them, and
we don't want charity"
outsider is right" said Phil.
Calling me up and pretending
you wanted to take me To the Office,
and wanted to see me, and so sweet,
and-and-all you wanted was to
quarrel and quarrel and worry me
and make me unhappy"
mo, Ann. am very tired of
quarreling"
We'll, you always start it, just
the same"
IF that is true, I am sorry" he
said with no trace of penitence.
IF you loved me, you'd wish to
help me and make me happy and
not worry me. If you loved me-,
Il shouldn't wish to marry you?
I'd be content to wait and wait, as
we have been waiting, year after
year, until we're both old and worn
out and have no hope of establish
ing a family of our own nor a life
of your own?
"Cecily will marry one of these
fine days. I shanf blame her; but
I tell you, she will. And then when
where shell we be? Sunk deeper
than we are now, if that's possible.
1--WE aren't children, Ann, nor
morons. We have to think of some
way out of this. Soon. Well work
it out together, dear. Will you go
with me in that?
''Will you try to find some way
out for us? I've waited, you know;
and can wait. But ! am through
and fed up with this waiting point
lessly-endlessly."
Ann said, What has happened
to make you get this way-just this
morning?"
IT have been this way" he an
swered "for eight years"
"Oh, no, you haven't. You weren't
even through school eight years
ago. You speak as if you were the
only one who had waited.
I've been waiting, too. AS long
as it was I, waiting for you, every
thing was all right
Fair enough" he accepted. But
for the last three years, at least
and it is more like four-I've been
making plenty of money for the
two of us to live on-carefully, but
not meanly. I am only 80 years
old"
"A minute ago 80 was old and
worn out"
and not so many men Of 30,
who have had no outside help at
all, could marry, support their
mothers, and keep another large