The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12

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He was too tired to sense the I'M
dercurrent of IL feeling that his
wife and daughter shared. Other
wise he would not, perhaps, have
been so tactless as to ask Irene
how her addition had come out.
ut was flop" Irene answered,
land it's all :" Behind her
fathers back her mother shook a
warning head at her. She checked
her speech, but her eyes. glared
daggers at Beryl.
Why, that's too bad" her father
said sympathetically, but he did not
question her further. To a man
who had been on his feet all day
after sweeping out a grocery store
lifting, heaving, STOPPING, drag
ging, weighing and wrapping pack
ages, trying to give service to make
up for lack of superior stock, a
daughters aspirations were less in
testing than the prospect of rest.
Especially when he could leave her
future to her mother.
His wife could handle these
things better than he could, he'd
always argued, and so he had been
more or less left out of considera-
ton when Irene's career was being
discussed.
Mrs. Everett felt no such COM
Portable acceptance of her daugh-
ter's first failure. But she was able
to hide her disappointment from
her husband because Of her belief
that Irene had been dealt with un>
fairly.
She still believed what Irene had
told her-that Beryl had got them
both laughed at at the studio.
Beryl had not denied it. Another
time and Irene would succeed.
The dinner that Mrs. Everett had
prepared as a feast to celebrate
Irene's triumph was eaten in ST.
lence. Irene was the first to leave
the table-to wait for Tommy on
the front porch.
DERYL, realizing that it was
ID hopeless to expect assistance
from her, washed the dishes in
haste for she. too, had made plans
for the evening after she'd heard
Irene telephoning to Tommy.
Irene had limited broadiy to him
at the time that she had some
trouble to pour out to him and Beryl
had guessed that she meant to &C
cuse her Of everything short Of
murder.
Well, she wasn't going to stay
around and get an earful Of what
Tommy thought about it. Tommy
was Irene's man and she could ex-
pect him to sympathize with her
sister.
For her part she'd go to her
gang and tell them her good news.
The kids would appreciate it.
When she got them all together
she swore them to silence and then
conf1ded that she was going to get
a chance to sing on the radio.
"And we'll make up a code" she
said excitedly, like some of the
radio announcers do so they can
tell their wives when they'll be
home, and then I can send mes
sages to you
Jaw, you're gonna sing; not talk.
If you talk, nobody'll listen to you"
"Well, I can cough"
"When you going to do it?"
"I'll let you know as soon as I'm
hired, and don't forget not to
breathe q word Of il"
They asked her a lot of ques-
lions, but she wouldn't keep them
out late enough to give all the
answers. It still was too early to
go home, though. Tommy was sure
to be there.
CHE dismissed her gang and went
- for a walk along the beach. 1t
was practically deserted and Beryl
loved it when she had it alone.
There were big boulders Strewn
along it-one in particular upon
which she liked to perch and stare
at the lights twinkling across the
sound. But tonight she found it
occupied, and by Irene and Tommy.
They did not see her as she ap-
preached in the darkness, nor did
she see them until she was close
enough to overhear their converse
ton.
They we're arguing and what
Beryl heard Tommy say set her
heart singing with happiness. He
did not, apparently, agree with
Irene that she had ruined her sis
ter's chances at the broadcaSting
station.
He seemed to think Irene's sur
misses were absurd. Gosh, Irene, -
he said, Berry, wouldn't deliberately
do a thing like that"