The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-10
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to sec Susan and tells her 1t will
 ruin BOb's life if she marFies
 him.
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 CHAPTER XLVI
 That's exactly what I mean" shade of regret tinged his voice. Susan sat silent, her hands locked in her lap. Her mind was in con- fusion. Yesterday everything had been clear sailing. It had all sounded so simple, 50 easy. Even Bob's report of his fathers anger had had a far-away, unreal aspect. Older people were always troubling themselves about things that really didn't matter, Susan had thought. Stocks and bonds, houses and money. What did they count when weighed against her love for Bob?
 Bob had agreed with her. They would be married very quietly. He had an offer of a job on a ranch in Montana. Some man he had known at college was experimenting with wheat and there was little tenant house they could have. Susan had thought of herself simply and joy ously as farmers wife. It had all seemed quite 1dyllic. Now this purse-proud old man with his talk of inheritance had come to spoil everything.
 She felt Title sick as she lis- tened to him. His voice rumbled on, smoothly and persuasively.
 T know you wouldn't want to stand in his way--we all go through 1<x,. nr4 r4At~
 She felt in a daze. Was 1t true him only unhappiness and i'll for tune? Would he tire of poverty and of her with 1t? The poison of the older mans cunning barbs in- fected her heart. Perhaps abe and Bob had been fools. Perhaps she had been wrong to think that life could be so simple and straight forward as they, in their rosy her misery dawned the realization dream, had visioned it. Through that her caller had repeated a ques- ton. She looked up, her eyes cloud ed with painful resentment.
 "I beg your pardon, I'm afraid I wasn't listening"
 He said, T will make 1t worth your while if you let him go."
 "Oh!" All the pain and wound ed pride of the girl. surged to the surface. She stood up proudly and menacingly. She said in a voice that trembled, T think you'd better go before I say something I'll re- gret. After all. you are Bob's father"
 He was won to reluctant admira- ton but he could not leave without attempting to justify himself. His car0fully moulded sentences flowed on. Susan stared at point some inches over the mans head, express sionless.
 Don't be afraid" she said bit- terly, T shan't do any harm to your son."
 The man, power in the down town world of affairs, departed routed.
 Susan fought battle with her. self that morning. Bob was to come at eight and through alter nate chills and levers she tried to make up her mind what to say to him when he arrived. She had ex- plained to Aunt Jessie who had re- mained singularly unmoved by the news of the girls change of plan that the caller had been Bob's father. Aunt Jessie had tactfully refrained from asking question. She had seemed gentler since her illness. Aunt Jessie was looking forward to making Q long visit to her sister who lived in southern Illinois.
 I'm going for g. walk" Susan told her abruptly a few minutes later. Scarcely conscious of the direction she was walking she boarded a street car headed for the business district. She must do some- thing. She must keep active. She stopped at drug store telephone booth and called Ray Flannery.
 "Well, stranger, where have you been keeping yourself?" Ray de- manded. I've missed you like the dickens"
 Gan you have lunch with me ?" Susan asked. Ray agreed with en- the square, white-topped table in with frank interest.
 thing?" she wanted to know. Susan tried to explain. Her aunt had been i'll, she said vaguely, and she had been needed at home. Ray seemed satisfied with this answer.
 Say, the new girl in Heath's office sure is a lemon." Ray con- tinued. "She looks like something the cat dragged in."
 Susan smiled. She had heard about Miss Smith from. Jack War; Ing but Rays description seemed unduly harsh.
 "The old mans gone away, I hear" Ray rambled on. What do you know about that?"
 Susan flushed. "He was talking about making trip before I left" she said evasively.
 T don't know. I always kind of thought he was buzzing around you" said Ray.
 Susan changed the subject but not for long because inevitably with Ray the talk turned to men and romances. Ray was never in-