The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
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1t saved trouble with her temper
and che rarely got caught, because
she knew him and his speeches so
well.
She ventured, now: yes, Grand
Still. do think that Mary Fran
ces is old enough to have some
duties and some responsibilities"
You are right in that. There
can be no discussion Of that. But
I note that you evade my question.
1 shall put it differently. Who is to
decide what these duties and re-
sponsibilities shall be? OF what
they shall consist?
In other words, do you little
girls not forget, sometimes at least,
that your Rosalie and Grand still
are able to take their places-able
and wilhng-as heads Of this house.
hold? am not criticising. I under
stand only too well how this-I
shall not call it thoughtlessness nor
carelessness-on your part comes
about.
A desire to spare Rosalie and me
is at the source, know. That I
know. But our shoulders are still
broad, and we are here with you
children for but one purpose.
Shift the burden, little Ann.
Shift the burden. And now, Mary
Frances, with my full and free con-
sent, and l trust with AIMS, you
may telephone to your little friend
and invite her here to your home to
spend the evening with you"
Ann nodded and said, "All right,
dear, to Mary Frances, and Rosalie
commented concerning how easy it
was to have life flow along like a
song. 1T is only a matter" said
Rosalie, "of our all singing to-
gether the same sweet little loving
tune"
T ETY. tossed away her cigaret,
L. and Philip stopped being in
formative about birds and rose from
the blanket spread over the wet
grass to put his heel on the smol-
dering stub.
She said, ooh, that's the third
one I've made you stand up to put
out, all in row, isn't it?" and gig
gled a little. Il just don't seem to
remember about forest fires and
things"
Quite all right" Philip an
swered, and sat down again opposite
her with the same yard and a half
OF brown and red Indian blanket
spaced between them.
Lefty sighed, almost impercepti-
bly,. She was coming to fear that,
in spite Of Mr.. Ecroyd's good looks,
she had made a mistake when she
cut her date with Ken Smith to
come out with him.
So far he had been absolutely a
fiat tire, talking mistakenly of pis-
ton rods and scenery and birds.
If she hurried, perhaps she could
head him off before he got started
again on mountain robins.
Memory is kind of funny thing.
isn't it?" she offered. "Now. with
me, I really have wonderful mem
ory-everybody says so-but I just
don't remember anything that I
don't think is important.
Anything important I always re-
member. Like when I file a card
it is just like I filed it in my mind
at the same time. I never forget it.
And I'm the same way with names,
and faces, and prices, and things
I'm to buy, and all like that. Any
thing important 1 can always re-
member"
"And you don't consider forest
fires important?" Philip smiled,
though, as he questioned.
We'll, Of course 1 do. But I know
perfectly well that fire wouldn't
start out here now when every
thing is so wet. I'll bet anything
you couldn't start one if you tried"
1T is the principle of the thing,
isn't it?" Philip rebuked gently. eff
one gets into the habit of throwing
lighted cigarets about when they
aren't dangerous, one might easily
forget at some time when they
would constitute a real hazard"
4 Il
U ETY. sighed again, less imper-
IL ceptibly. I'm not much for
forming habits myself" she said.
Good" Philip responded heart
lily, and added, "No-I'm sure you
aren't" and looked again at her
small, neat head, with it's red-gold
hair that seemed to sparkle even
in the shadows, and wondered
again whether or not it smelled of
soap.
During the last half hour, since
she had taken off her beret, he had
been specializing about that gleam-
ing young hair. 1t should not be