The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-03
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 ANN, CECILY and MARY FRANCES FENWICK live with their grandparents. The sisters have bene orphaned since chiId- hood. Tho grandparents-lsnow as ssROsalie" and "Grand'-haye long since lost their wealth and the household is supported by Ann's and Cecily's earnings. For this reason, Ann, 28, and PHILIP EC- RoYD, young lawyer, are still postponing their marriage though they have been engaged 8 years.
 Cecily, 22, is in love with BARRY McKEEL, an engineer, but when he proposes she refuses to name the wedding date be. cause she canont leave Ann with the financial responsibility of the home.
 Mary-Frances, IS, and still in school, strikes up an acquaintance with EARL DE ARMOUNT, stock company actor. She meets him secretly and he tries to persuade her to become his partner in a vaudeville act.
 Phil takes Ann to dinner. A girl she has never seen before sends him 8 note. PhiPs explana- tiOns are vague. On the way home some engine trouble. LEFTY KING, who wrote the note, and KENNETH SMITH, her escort, come along in another car. Lefty addresses Phil with cndearments and Ann, angry, gets in Smiths car and asks him to take her home.
 Miss Lane. a teacher, reports that Mary Frances is negIccting her school work.
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 CHAPTER xxx
 As the door closed, Ann looked turned from the shelves. Cecily said, Goodness, Ann! I didn't know she was going. I'm afraid we hurt her feelings. forgot to listen. We didn't even tell her we were glad about the Carmichaels, did we?"
 "she talks too much." Ann said, but faintly defensive.
 T know. But she means to be go much better than she is. So does Grand. They both do."
 Ann said, T think I'll go to see Miss Lane this afternoon"
 T wish you would. I'd go. but Barry is coming early"
 Phil thinks Mary-Frances is boy struck"
 What of it? She's a normal, healthy girl of 15."
 We weren't boy struck at 15," said Ann.
 We were so worried and so busy. Still I do remember a little Jewish boy named Milton; and what about a handsome-Carl was his name, wasn't it, Ann?"
 Dear me" Ann almost smiled "I hadn't thought of him for years. His father was a butcher-I hated that. Cissy, does it impress you that Grand and 'Rosalie have sud- denly begun, of late, to talk lot about our being married? They never used to. Lately they drag it in by the scruff of the neck when ever they talk to us. Or-don't they?"
 "They do," CeciIy agreed. T was thinking of that just now when Ro- sal5e was talking. I decided it was for one of two reasons. Either they are trying to find out whether Bar ry and I are engaged-'
 Are you?"
 "No--not really. Oh. angel. the way things are now with Barry and me is simply almost too perfect. T."
 "Yes. know, honey. But you said one of two reasons. What is the other reason?"
 "I don't know exactly. But I sort of wondered if at last they had walked up a little. Got hold of the fact that we kept things going here and were. perhaps. worried frishtened?"
 Ann shook her head Well? But that couldn't be it. I'm sure it isn't. No. They seem to wish us to marry.
 "Yes, I know. But don't you see they would? Seem to, l mean. They'd think just far enough to de- clare that they wouldn't stand in the way of our happiness; but they wouldn't go on and think about what they would do if we went off and left them. They might feel wouldn't allow themselves to think it-much less say it. They are that way with everything. Right now they are both planning lifetime ahead of them. They won't recog- nize death-they won't so much as nod to it."
 Ann sighed. T don't know what I'll tell them about Phil and me. They'll question so." Don't tell them one word about it. Phil's busy-something of that sort. He has been busy lot late- ly. Cecily stopped for a second, tried to take that back, could not, and went on: "They don't really notice much, ever. Sometimes they just pretend to. Don't say a word. and before they've missed Phil at all he'll be back again"
 NO. No, He won't. Not ever. We're all through, Phil and l."
 Angel! Isn't that silly! You've had quarrels before" Not like this one. And before, I've cared so dreadfully, Cissy. I've been so crushed--so hurt. Now I'm just sort of light feeling and free. I can't explain it. There's the bell again. You answer 1t, will you. Cissy? I don't want these napkins to dry out" "Phirs changed his mind" Ce- ely laughed as she went toward the hall. She was still laughing when she returned to the kitchen, with big beribboned box from a florists in her arms. "Hurrah for the one!' she said. "Oh, Ann, what did I tell you? Here. and hence to the -..ssa>. .nns