The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02

was comparing them with self
reliance, and had seemed to confuse
self -reliance with love, and ladies
who knew their own minds, and,
suddenly, had roundly denounced
from out Of whole cloth, coquettes
and flirts.
Presently Ann had noticed that
Cecily looked odd, and pink, and
pucker faced, though Grand had
said only, in so far as Ann had
heard, that he and Resale were
past middle age.
He went on to say. as Ann listened
more intently, that they feared, aye
almost dreaded another winter in
this great, cold draughty place, with
the hardships and insuficiency of
fuel.
He feared for Rosalie's health.
Rosalie feared for his health-a re-
currence of last winters serious, all
but fatal illness. Fear, however,
would not force them to evade their
duty. Never had their duty been
evaded.
They were not, now, evading it.
AS Mr.. Carmichael had pointed out
--one must be able to discern where
ones real duty lay.
Eagles pushed their eaglets from
the nest, but few beneath thenn
with outstretched wings to catch
them should they fall. The home
was here. He and Rosalie would be
near their darlings, in fact and in
spirit, flying beneath them should
their wings grow weak-ready to
give advice, to help catch them
should they fall.
He and Rosalie had waited now,
patiently and long. They had paid
the money for the livings in May,
at a time when the vacancy had
occurred, and at time when their
darlings' futures had seemed
planned and secure. They had
waited. They had not complained.
CECILY, SO recently scolded con-
~ corning reticence had, here
spoken right out. "You have paid
the money for the livings? Paid it
in May? Did they give you a re-
ceipt? May see it?"
Grand had taken the paper from
his old bill folder and had shown
it, and Ann had read it word for
word with her own eyes.
Mr.. Carmichael, his friend, his
dear friend, his good friend, had
advanced the necessary amount.
"Six thousand dollars" Cecily
had gasped. But why should he
why would be lend such a lot of
money!"
Friendship. Kindness. Solicitude
for his friends health. Generos-
ity. The Golden Rule. Any num-
Der of reasons. Grand added, how
ever, with sort of light pride, that
he had insisted upon Mr.. Car
michael's taking the mansion and
the grounds-the entire estate, in
fact-as a pledge for the amount
he had advanced.
Rosalie had said, Merely a pledge.
Not a mortgage nor-um-anything
disagreeable Of that sort. A pledge.
You know, dears, you understand"
The dearS either knew and under
stood or pretended that they did so.
Ann had thought, "All the time
I wonder for how long-they have
hated it just as Cissy and I have
hated it. That is funny. Or-is it
funny?
"Odd that Cissy doesn't laugh. I
must not laugh. 1t would be rude
to laugh. I'll wait to laugh" Ann
had said, eyes, Grand" and, Sure
ly," and, "Of course" to his plan
concerning Mary Frances.
She would, he presumed, make
her home with Philip and Ann. He
did insist, however, he must insist
that, as often as once a week, at
least, Mary-Frances should come to
him and to RoSalie and present to
them, as Ann and Cecily had al
ways presented, her girlish problems
Off any existed, her youthful hopes,
her maiden aspirations.
And now, my darlings, my little
girls-always girls to me, though
soon to be women" And then the
kisses, and the blessings, and Ce-
city and Ann had been left alone,
and neither of them could find a
word to say until Ann had dropped
her We'll" down from a high place.
Cecily returned on tiptoes. She
looked dog-guilty and as radiant as
sunrise. "Barry's coming" she
said. Il could't stop him, I tried
to, angel, but I couldn't. He won't
drive in. I told him to park out
side the grounds and walk up I'll
see him only a minute"