The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-30

In the end Gladys herself had taken the three children across the city from the trim brown bunga- low tightly fenced in its neat yard near the campus of tho small Ore gon college, to the suburb where the Fenwick mansion--incorrigibly incDrrect Victorian Gothic--stood in its block of unpruned trees and shrubs and weedy lawn.
 The children's grandmother had thrown the two front doors wide open as Gladys came, carrying the baby up the steps, with Ann and Oeeily tagging behind.
 "Welcome," she had called, in her creamy sweet voice. overcome, welcome home, my darlings!" And in spite of her flesh, ana she was extraordinarily fat, and disregard ing the fancy, lacy. perfumed, rose colored silk thing she was wearing, sue had gone right down on ner knees to embrace Ann and Cecily, and they had to stoOp far over to her while she cooed and shed tears into their white necks-tears that trickled wetly on their litle stom- .achs and made them squirm unbe- Comingly.
 Gluuys stood and snlffed the heavy heliotrope perfume, and held the baby, anu admired the htalned- glass squares in the door, until the baby, one of those stern, big-eyed babies who never cry, be- gan to scream with sudden high iury, as If Gladys had pincned her or picked her, or had done some la lV,,E l.i isltV s.I
 Ann, who Glauys sad was 50 pretty that she fairly took your breath away, though actually sne was not pretty at all, but purely and logically beautiful from the point of brown hair on ner wiuc forehead to the curve of her per fcct chm, went 10 the blushinS . Gldays and tugged at her arm anu suid, "I'll takG tne babS.'
 Grund-the grandialheg, you know-entered. he had Il round white beard, and flowing white hair and, just now, tears stood In his kindly blue eyes, and he knew h. IL Wus he wno took the baby, inurmuring something that sounu- cd to Glaays' scripturally unuc- customed ears like, the yeast UI IeuAe. llt NuH u ltlll llliIlG lllAl Inc made grand picture standing there with that blessed baby shocked to momentary sllcncc--ir his arms. Reluctantly Gladys turned from it to close the two front doors, which had been tor' gotten, and which were uilowinH gusts of the rainy March wind tC sweep into the nall. She spoke tt Rosalie-the grandmother, you know--who was still billowinS p.nl silk and lace about on the floor
 Did the valises and things gel here all right ~
 There had been nothing anus ing, in so far as Gladys coult see, connected with her question but ltosalie gurgled some laughter before she said, 'l hey are all un packed and the darling, dainty little things are in place In tho three little cOzy rooms. (lh' rooms were enormous; but, since they needed for the time to b' small and cozy, in l;osalie's mint they were small and cozyD
 "rhree 2" questioned Gladys "rhe baby isn't going to be put or in a room by herself, is she "
 lkOSulle S nldlill'T BIFW bidNN Hh' charmingly judicial. You think [ unwise? ?'
 Grand answered before Gladyi had a chance to do so. Give your self no uneaslness, my good wo inan--my very good woman" h' added with flatterins smile Everything shall be arranged fol the best comfort and good of all This shall be done. II may no be done today. II may not be done tomorrow. But soon, very soon it shall be accomplished. conve, that message, if you will be st klnd, All things shall soon be ar ranged for the best good and th' best comfort of all,' to our deal son"
 "Yes, sir" said Gladys, fright fully Mustered because sh" kneN that never in this world could sh' remember all of that like that.
 CecIly, a fairly pretty little glr oven at eight years old, and sOoi 10 be prettier. pulled ai inc tas' sel on the baby's shoe and said "Father wont understand. ll' hasn't understood anythlng fOi three days. II is ths fever's fault They nre afraid mother may have contracted ii." Shn ducked hoi -iyn lower and bllnked her Ions iaBhea np and down over her gray cSea.
 Grand opened Inc doors again