The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-16
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ANN and CBCfLY FENWICK navo f0r years supported thern- selves, their younger sister, MARY FRANCES, and their grandparents, Known as "ItosalIco and sGrand". Because Of this financial responsI- sibility, Ann, who Is 26, Is unable to marry PHIL ECROYD, young lawyer to whom she has been cn- gagged for eight years. Ceviiy 22, loves BARRY McKEEL, an cn- gfnecr. but wlsen he proposes she refuses to name their wedding date Tor tho same reason.
 MAry-Franccs, 15, and still in school, believes herself i'm love with, EARL DE ARMoUNT. vaudeville actor whom she has met without the knowledge of her sisters. He urges her to leave home and zc. come his stage partner.
 Ann and PhilQuarrel when she hears LEFTY KING, who works ni PhiPs ofiice building, address him with endeaTnents. Ann tries to forget Phil by going about with KENNETH SMITH, rich and at- tentivc.
 Mary-Franccs agrees to go away with Do ArInOunt. The same day Gsecily quarrcls with her grand father and drives away with Bar- ry in his car.
 Kenneth sniti, asks Ann to marry him and sch refuses.
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 CHAPTER XII
 The front hall, when Ann came into 1t, was chill and dim and dus- ty as usual, and poked through a hook on the hallrack was the note Ann had fearefuliy expected. Her only thought, as she reached for 1t, was that 1t had been odd of Cissy to put 1t there. where either Grand or Rosalie might have found 1t first, instead of pinning it to the pillow prescribed by con vention.
 She had read the, Dear, dear girls." and through the first lines before she realized that the note was not from Cissy. She had to go back and begin 1t over again.
 Dear, dear girls: Mrs Car michael felt that fresh air would be beneficial for Grandis weak ened condition, so she has very kindly taken us for an outing in their car. We are to call for Mr Carmichael. and according to their delightful plans. to go or and dine with Mir and Mrs Day in that quaint, charming place where they live. Guests are al- ways welcome there. if n0tifica- ton Is given in advance. As write, doar Grand declares tha, he feels almost himself again However. all things considered, felt that for more reasons than one, our absence from home, this first evening, would Do best for us all. Darlings. do not misunder. stand your Rosalie. Our hearh are wide open to our three. as al- strength, not his brave spirit, is And, this for you, Cecily dear. All day we had hoped and hoped to heay from you. We were disap- poitned but"
 About there Ann stopped read ing, and folded the paper careful' ly in her fingers and dropped it on tho floor and ran, too fast, up tho stairs and down the hall to Ceoily's room.
 CecIIy was not there, nor had she been there since her hurried departure from 1t that morning. Ann patted tho pillows and turned the mover and searched the pin- cushion before she went to her own room. No note was to be found. She returned to Cecily's room, and hung the limp pajamas on q hook. and made the bed, and tidiSd, airnlessly. and told herself over an dover that Cecily would have to come home; that sha could | not go about anywhere. in her old blue bathrobe and green satin mules.
 Frightened, suddenly, at the mo- tion that the telephone might ring | and she might fail to hear 1t. she | ran downstairs and there became | foolishly. all but unendurabfy | Lonesome. She had mind, she | had a godo mind to run over to the Hills for half an hour--visit | with Mrs HilI. see Mary-Frances and ask about the history examine toin. But suppose Cecily should come home while she was away? | She could leave a note, "Cissy, I've run over to see Mrs Hill" But why | should she go to see Mrs Hill? | Cissy might, and fairly, think 1t odd that Ann should chosoe today to go paying neighborhood calls.
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