The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-30
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ANN, CECILY and MARY
FRANCES FENWlCK live with
their grandparents. The sisters
have been orphaned since child
hood. The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ny "ltOsnDlc" and "Grmnd'---hayc
long since lost their wealth and
the household IN supported by
AIMS and Cccily's earnings. For
this reason, Ann, IN. ana PHILIP
ECItOYD. young lawyer. are still
tIr,ning their marriage though
they hnvc been engaged y years.
Cccily, ~. IL IN love with
BARRY McKEEI. mn engineer,
but when he proposes she refuses
TO name the wedding date be-
cause she cannot leave Ann with
the financial responsibility Of the
home.
Mary Frances. ID, ana stili IN
school. strikes up nm acquaintance
with EARL DE ARMOuNT. stock
company actor. She meets him
secretly on several occasions.
Mary Frances has led him 20 be-
licye she IN ~ years old. Tie tries
TO persuade her 10 become his
partner IN n vaudeville not.
PM takes Ann 10 dinner aud II
girl she has never seen before
sends him u note which he burns.
phtI's explanations nrc vague ana
Ann decides to 20 home. On the
way trouble develops with the chr
and Phil stops To Investigate.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXVI
Ann did not need to listen; no
she brenthed II nmnllish. confused
prayer To the gods OF garage men
TINT this particular knock In
phii's automobile might emnnhte
from some source. any source.
other that cIogged piston rods.
'hii's rcnponses to thnt special
species OF knock were invhriable.
He begnn by diagnosing the disehse
M fatal. since one mechanic named
jake I.uccn had left town. and
went frnnticnlly on from there.
Iiia proccdur" wnh To drive the
ear for n few hundred yards aud
atop II. ana leap out. ana open the
hood. and peer dcsphiringly into
tho innidra Of the thing. and with
an air Of supprchhinE much pro
phccy that this was the end. t)hunl-
~. since there was nothing else TO
he done. he would get into the ear
hgnin. ana start II with difficulty.
and go for II few hundred yards
more before he lenpcd out and
lifted the hood and pecred. and no
on,
Carr Ann had learned. suffering
from this mnludy nrc moody, hyn-
toricni things: they win knock like
n woodpccker and then, once in II
while. they VIII stop and refuse 10
go another step until after n short
resi. they win pick up with n squirt
and stop Knocking and pretend
that nothing has ever been tho
matter with them.
if II garage n In sight they win
recover cOmpletely cars with dia-
enncd piston rods drend gnrnges--
until the place has been left miles
behind. Then, worn out with the
cEirn excrtion Of stimulating
strength where there were only
weakness ana courage. they win
break down for n time and refuse
TO bulge, Ann knew her piston
rods, l!ut Phil was II proud man.
ANA thrifty. and 10 drive u seem
ingiv healthy car into II garage and
to subject himself, or HIS patient,
to n charge of ncurotieirm and four
or five dollars, wnn n performance
Ia which he would tnko no pnrt. 40
they nlynya flashed by tho rnrneos
ma broke down I'm some lonelv
spot on the highway. And then
I'hit wuold lenp out tniltine nbout
.Inle i.uccn and opnn the hood md
peer Stronger women thnn
Ann have gone TO piecos with less
provocntion thnn TINT afforded Nv
plnton rods.
Conversation during calamity