The Washington times., 1931-03-13
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him.
ITS all been the best pos
sible thing that could have
happened to him." Mathews
told her, "you-and your
healthy, normal interest in life,
the routine he has followed,
through you, his encounter with
McEwan. He's won a lot Of
victories over himself, and we
have to give him credit for
them. To a sound person
nerves seem something to be
dismissed with a gesture of con-
tempt or a joke, as something
which really do not exist save
in the imagination. But they
are perfectly real and play
wretched tricks on their miSer-
able owners. Nerve-ridden peo-
pie suffer incredibly and with
reality"
Winter Passes On -
Mary Lou had an opportunity
to observe the truth of this
within a few months.
The winter had passed with
amazing rapidity. There was
always plenty to do in West
wood. Jenny Wynne had be-
come Mary LOUIS close friend,
the first really intimate friend
she had ever had of her own
age. They we're together a
great deal and, for the first
time in several years, Jenny
had been weaned away from
her idle racing to and fro, for
no good purpose and no par
ticular reason. She had even
refused to accompany her
parents to Palm Beach for the
entire season, promising them
vaguely to run down for a
week or so later" and so, after
a conference with Mrs. Lori
mer, she had moved over to
Westwood, with bag and bag
gage. while the Wynnes were
away.
This was nice for Larry, who
continued to tear out when he
was able, and, when he was
not able, to frantically phone
Jenny that as he would have
an hour off she'd better meet
him in town.
But the Wynnes insisted that
Jenny come South for the last
two weeks in February.
IT don't want to-" said Jenny
to Mrs. Lorrimer. TITS too
stupid. Can't Delight come,
too, and Travers? That would
not be so bad. Why don't you
all come, Aunt Margaret, for
two weeks holiday?"
IT can't" Mrs. Lorrimer
said, smiling. 1--WE too much
to do here, for, since Travers
has been so like himself, I've
taken upon my ancient shoul-
ders the burden of several
chairmanships of charity COM
mitteeS. I think that a change
would do both TraVers and
Delight good, however. Sup
pose they go down with you,
if your mother has room for
extra guests"
A Spanish Barn
Room? The place is
barn" sighed Jenny; "a Span
ish barn-or don't they have
barns in Spain? Do persuade
'em to come with me, Aunt
Margaret. can't imagine any
thing quite so swell, as long as
I have to go at ALL"
Mary Lou was approached
with the proposition. Her eyes
shene like a child's. Two weeks
at Palm Beach-the place she'd
read about, even dreamed about
two weeks!
IF I had known you would
have liked to go so much" Mrs.
Lorrimer told her, II would
have arranged to take a house
there. Well, next season,
maybe"
Next season! Mary Louis
heart almost stopped beating.
Did Mrs. Lorrimer expect her
to stay on indefinitely. now that
Lorrimer seemed so like him
self? But she couldn't stay,
once the truth was known. And
when was he to be told the
truth? She murmured some
thing of this, and Mrs. Lorrimer
looked at her affectionately.
Not yeti she said. "Dr.
Mathews thinks now that we've
come so far we mustn't risk los
ing ground"
But Mary Lou wondered how
much more she could endure,
of his nearnesS and his un-
spoken wooing, his mute plea
for response. She was getting
a little thin, losing some Of her
bright color and sleeping rather
badly, 1t was very difficult
when everything in her, every
nerve and fiber, called out to
surrender, to snatch at happi-
ness if only for an hour, to tell
him she did love him. to feel