The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17

ANNE. CECILY and MARY.
FRANCES EENWICK live with
their grandparents, once wealthy,
and CeciIy's earniass support @ he
hOuseholl. The sistkrs have been
orphaned since childhood. The
grandparents are KNOWN respec.
lively ~ "R OS A l. e" and
"GRAND" asa they insist On keep
wealth. Anne, 3, ana Ceeily. g.
do secretarial work and Mary.
Frances. Is, - still IN school. All
the girls sre attractive. When The
story opeas Anne has hecn en-
lawyer. TOR eight years. They
can not marry because Anne
knows her slateFa and Erandpar.
euts depena upon her to manage
their home.
NOW GO ON WITH THE sT0RY
CHAPTER II
THE date was April. 1880. The
I strip Of rubber on the wind.
shield clickety.clicked and swung
down and around and up again. and
down and around and up again.
through the crawling drops on the
small half circle OF dimming glass.
Street cars changed, and rain.damp
people scurried. and shining um.
brellas bobbed. and stop and 60 sig.
nails rang violently red and green.
On the bridge the dull gray sky
parted for one long slit Of Jade
above the rivers blue-black end, and
here Barry said. "Look at that
color!" and Cecily forgot for . mo-
ment that she was an inconsiderate
idiot and that it was AIMS week to
do the evening work.
"Here?" Barry McKeel stuck an
arm through the opened window
and brought his small car to IN
abrupt standstill. Cecily jolted for.
ward in the seat. and he said. "0h,
sorry! Turn here. did you say?
Up this road or whatever It ts?"
1T is the driveway to the house"
she said. and pressed her lips 6rm.
ly together. There should be no
apologies, no warnings as yet.
The wheel turned slowly under
his thin hands. and the car nosed
its way into the gloomy tunnel
made BY the great scraggly. un.
trimmed trees. A hawthorn branch
reached out and slapped It smartly.
The low limb OF q cedar menaced
Just ahead. The right front wheel
splattered and splashed down into
a deep puddle. Barry said. "Dog.
gone!" and turned on the lights OF
the car. and Cecily. a novice with
heroism. said. "Well?'' In . voice
that looked down its own nose.
He explained: II thought Of the
grandest speech a. We turned into
these woods--all about dryads and
everything. and had to pass It up
because l decided that dryads
weren't blond. and I tried to dx
1t up with fairy princess. and
that was too sappy. and the thing
was In ruins in spite Of its swell
ending. l might give hint Of the
ending-it was all about how I'd
hoped against hope for mere NOR.
tai but had known better. Fixed
up. that would be pretty good.
wouldn't IT."
CEClLY laughed. Relief made It
~ louder than usual. and sheer
happiness made It last longer.
Mary.Frances. who since she had
first spied the car from the oriel
windows In the parlor had been
standing. ears alert. In the front
doorway. heard the laugh and
closed the door softly and sped to
tho kitchen.
"Hey. Ann" she announced,
"Ctssy's coming home with Z man
In Z car. I'll bet $4,000 It's Z new
boy friend. III bet he's the one
she met at Marta's party and has
been 90 cuckoo about I'll bet she's
bringing him home for dinner. ri
bet"
Ann. slicing carrots. orange and
yellow rounds that clinked on the
bottom OF the kettle. inserted ab.
sent.mindedly. "Don't say 'lll bet
like that all the time. Mary.Frances,