The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-08

to. It is odd, though" said Ann "I was 50 afraid they'd blame Phi and be all soppy about sympathiz- ing with me--tnat line. And in. stead they act as if I'd injured then personally and on purpose, bS breaking my engagement"
 You never can see through them, can you? 1 can read then so relieved-away down deep, are, of course--that they have tt cover quickly, and petulance is al ways at hand and easy. All tha talk the other evening about Mir Marmichaels sister and her hus band being so happy and well off, I suppose you didn't get that either?"
 "No, I didn't. DO you think the. were just pretending to think that the old peoples home was pleas ant?"
 Honestly, as Marta would say No they weren't pretending that the Days--is that their name ?-wert well off; nor that the home wa. pleasant. They were thinking se with all their nights and mains, SC that they couldn't possibly be glat that you and PnIl were no longer engaged, and that we both were working for them, and that there was no danger of their ever having to live in such place.
 "It is ali very well for us to bt scntimental and say they don know that we are keeping them and keeping this ding dang ole house for them to live in. They dt too know it. They'd have to. Bu knowing and recognizing or admit ting are different things. We arc as bad as they are. We won't ad init that they know-because w don't want to be sorry for them ol ashamed of them. Grand has beer disagreeable and ugly about Barr, from the very first. The only ex cuse in the world he could give fol trying to make trouble was be- cause we weren't engaged. He't have had better excuse, and made more fuss if we had been engaged the minute we met. No-they arc afraid. They are scared to death.'
 "Oh. poor dears."
 "Stop 1t, Ann. You make me sick They can be blissful enough now
 Just the same, whether you likt 1t or not. Cissy. we do owe then a lot"
 "Yes, but in all conscience aren't we ever going to get tho debt paid? Do you know what i! going to happen to us, Ann. mort gagged for life as we are? Before long we'll stop being the Fenwicl girls. We'll go queer. We'll shrive and simper and look bony ant pathetic. We'll sniffle and have sites on our eyes and cavities II our teeth. and we'll pick elm witf our fingers"
 "Cissy, stop that. now. l won have it. That isn't funny. That' coarse and horrid."
 "Ill say it's horrid! And l know Pm getting slangy, so you don need to tell me. I'm doing it or purpose. After this 1 am going tt do as l please; or, at any rate. Tn going to be what l please as wei as l can. chained up in prison. think I'll begin to smoke. They say smoking is remarkably quiet ing to the nerves. l wish l had cigaret now. wish l had pipe'
 "Thats it." An approved. "Pt much rather have you go on th' loose than languish. In the olt books, you know. the heroines al ways languished. the lazy things and died of broken hearts. But thu heroes went straight to the dogs enterprisingly, and drank dregs and came along nicely and re formed and married the othel girl"
 "Oh, we'll, of course, Ann, if yo' think 1t is funny!"
 Think what is funny? Take dry tea towel, dear"
 1 "Think I'm funny! Or think ou situation, yours and mine, Is funny Suppose the door bell were to rint this minute and we'd go and fint Phil and Barry both standing there. both wanting to make up And we would"
 "No--" said Ann.
 "But suppose. Then what? We't begin all over again. where we al were a month ago. couldn't. quite because was dreaming all month and I'm awake now. But. anyway there we'd be---doing what? Wait ling and hoping. And then all thi would happen right over again. l Is the only thing that can happen live been like Grand and Rosalie live refused to face the fact; bu