The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-11

~, ana eyed Ann ana wondered as
to the wisdom of attempting either
advice or consolation.
Ann appeared to need neither.
Ann seemed to be finding the full
requirements Of life in a hot iron
and nightshirt of Grand's. Ann
was smiling little, and amazingly
beautiful in that yellow smock.
Rosalie, full rugged from church,
came cruising into the room.
Dear girls" she said, come
bringing good news, and" a
pause, overlengthened, and a bright
sn1ile-"I fear, bad news. Now,
which shall we have first, the good
news or-the bad news"
Ann did not answer. Cecily sug-
gested that the bad news might
better be gotten over with first. She
didn't believe that Rosalie had
either good news or bad news, for
that matter.
Bring me a chair, will you,
please, Cecily, darling? Ann, dear,
could you reach and lower the shade
just a trife? Thank you, dear, so
much.
Il was sorry that you girls missed
church this morning. Dear DR.. Tu-
reck gave us uplift for the entire
Observation-Disclosures that. l
am sure I have never listened to
a more marvellous discourse. told
him so. 1 believe one should.
II think, however, that it is in
the worst possible taste to wear
diamonds in the House of the Lord"
did DR.. Tureck wear diamonds?"
Cecily asked. And is that the good
news or the bad?"
Rosalie shook a playful finger at
Cecily. my dear! Indeed he did
not. He has none to wear, I'm
sure. That horribly overdressed,
rather common Mrs. Waggoner
glittered her hands about, ungloved,
you may be certain, all during the
service. To say nothing Of her
ears.
Large red ears, absolutely I'M
suitable for diamonds. 1t was most
distracting. Grand spoke of it, too.
She sat in front of us. We were
discussing that very thing when
Miss Lane caught up with us"
It n
A mn stopped ironing. Cecily
L n turned from the shelves. Miss
Lane was one-and the girls felt
the most interested and important
of Mary Frances teachers.
"Of course" Rosalie went on,
Grand and know that Miss Lane
was-well, at least, overly pessi-
mistic. These old maids, you know.
lone does hate to be censorious-
particularly on Sunday-but Miss
Lane-of course, never having mar
ried-"
"Rosalie," Cecily interrupted
firmly. "what did Miss Lane say?
It was about Mary Frances, I sup
pose?"
my deari Have I worried you?
I shouldn't have called it bad news
really. She began by asking after
Mary Frances health.
and then she did go on to say
that Mary-Frances' school work of
late had not been-well, entirely
satisfactory"
Did she say how it was unsatis-
factory?" Cecily asked.
Ann questioned, WAS that all
she had to say?"
practically all, yes. She talked
rather long. We got so weary, so
very weary, standing in the sun.
She praised Mary Frances, you
know-um-all that. Charming
really-or, rather, you understand
me, she tried to be though of
course she had no real personality
Of any sort.
1t is no wonder that she hasn't
appealed to gentlemen, is it? She
is so sort of-well, unwhimsical. So
sort Of"
did she say Mary-Frances' work
had been unsatisfactory in her de-
partment only? Or did she know
about the other Departmental
Cecily insisted.
n n
XXTELL, as to that, she die
w mention that she had talked
with the other teachers. She said
that until this term Mary Frances
had been so unusually brilliant.
"She wondered about her health
Grand and I think it might be
wise to take her out of school for
time"
Ann and Cecily spoke together
with one voice. mo, no, Wen not
do that"
Wen think it over, OF course
We might allow her to finish this