The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-25
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ANN, CECILY- and MARY FRANCES FENWFCK live with their grandparents. The sisters have been orphaned since child hood. The grandparents-kno as "RosaIie" and "Grand''-have long since lost their wealth and the household is supported by Ann's and Cecily's earnings. For this renson, Ann, 26, and PHILIP ECROYD, young lawyer, are still postponing their marriage though they have been engaged 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 cannot leave Ann with the financial responsibility of the home.
 Mary-Frances, 15, and still in school, strikes up an acquaintance with EARL DE ARMOUNT, stock company actor. She meets him secretly on several occasions.
 Cecfly arrives home the night Barry asks her to marry him and confides the news to Ann.
 NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xxII
 The girls had gone into Cecily's room. "What now?" she asked, as she pulled her dress off over her head.
 "Gadding granddaughters. I think"
 "Ann, I'm sorry. Did you have to put up with that again this evening?"
 T didn't mind. They gave up the party-punishmen imagine. But I'll warn you, you'd better have Barry lie low for while. "A granddaughter of mine who, when she is not betrothed to a man is young. She is inexperienced. But a man knows these things. A man should guard woman against herself, if necessary. A man"
 Ann! Pity's sake! As bad as that? You don't think Grand would be rude to Barry, do you?"
 "No of course not. I just think Grand will wave and waltz up the minute he sees him and ask his intentions and are they honorable. He is in perfect pet about the hOnOrableness of Barry's inten- tions. I never saw him act this way before, did you? Besides, he's gone sort of mysterious something-I don't know what is the matter with him.
 Don't you? I do. He's jeal- ous. He's always been jealous of Phil and now he's starting in on Barry. But as for Barry's inten- tions-" Cecily seemed to be ab- sorbed in fitting the shoe trees into her best brown shoes-"well, Ann, they're honorable as any thing"
 Ann said, "Cecily, are. you en-. gagged" ?" The trouble was that she said it as she might have said, "Cecily, have you drowned the blind mans dog in the drink ing water ?"
 Cecily shook her head. Nope" She tried to be hard about it. Not I. Not us.''
 Ann sat down on the bed and sighed unrestrainedly. You haven't known him nearly long enough" she tried to explain.
 Says you?" Cecily gave it up; she couldn't be swaggerish with Ann tonight. "But-but, angel, he loves me. He told me so this evening""
 Well" said Ann.
 Well what?" Cecily peeked into the mirror at herself in her pink pajamas and, smiling, came to sit on the bed beside Ann.
 Do you love him, really?" Ann asked, and got up and went to take Cecily's bathrobe from the closet door. Here. put this on. honey. It's chilly in here."
 Obediently Cecily covered the pretty pink things with the dingy old robe and said. Thank you," and said, "I thought you knew" in answer to Ann's question. Ann asked, as if it were im- portant, But does he know that you love him?"
 "He does if he believes me. told him so, almost the instant he told me. fairly took the words out of his mouth"
 Ann did not smile. "But-but didn't he ask you to marry him, then, Cissy?"
 Cecily tossed back her head and laughed. Angel! You're so sweet and so funny. and you don't know it. Yes, dear. he asked