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Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29
FREDERICK

Mr., and Mrs. Chas. w. Persons and
daughter, of New Rochelle, N. Y,
are the guests of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Persons.
Mrs. Anna Bigelow, who has been
the guest of friends here, was a din
ner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Allan
Smith on Monday evening, after
which they, accompanied by Mrs. H.
F. Mitten, motored to Rehoboth.
Mrs. c. H. Speel, Mrs. A. W. Car
row and the Misses Case spent Tues
day at Slaughter Beach and Milford
Trinity M. E.. Sunday school went
on their annual picnic to Riverdale
on Wednesday,. The day was ideal
and needless to say the children had
a royal good time e.
Mrs. Edwin Patterson and daugh-
ter. of Palmyra. N. a., and Warren
Patterson, of Philadelphia, were
guests of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Patterson, on Wednesday.
Warren Patterson is still in town.
Mrs. Sallie Williams and son, Ca
leb, were guests of Mrs. A. B. Smith,
near Magnolia, ON Wednesday. .ar
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Vinyard
were in Dover on Friday. t...
Miss Mary Derrickson has return
ed from visiting school friends in
Virginia and Baltimore. She is now
the guest of her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. ]. B. Derrickson. .-s N.-,
/. Watson Belts, of Philadelphia,
was the guest of his parents on We'd
nesday. -... r..
Mrs. Josephine Carey was Rising
Sun visitor last week. 81.
Mrs. John Lindale, of Magnolia, /
was a recent guest of Mrs. S. T.
Williams. .." ..-.. .tet
Thos. Cahall, Esq, of Wallingford,
Pa, was in town on Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Moore, of
Philadelphia, were guests of their
sister, Mrs. Katie Boone, last week
Mrs. l. w. Belts and grandson,
Watson Herbert Dodd,. of Washing
ton, D. c., attended the quarterly
meeting of the Delaware Division of
the Sunshine Society at picnic at
Wildwood ON Thursday. & -.+.
Mrs. Watson Denny and children,
Francis and Harold, of Marcus Hook
and Riverdale, were the guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Willard |
Sapp, the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Bigelow, who visited friends |
and Mrs. H. F. Mitten, has gone to |
R. l., where she will re-
main with her sister, Mrs. W. F. |
Hoey and DR.. OrVille Hoey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Langrell with |
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed Hughes. and son,
Lee, of FELTON,, spent Sunday at
Ocean City, Md.
Mrs. Brown. and son, Roger, and |
Miss Wagner, of New Jersey, are the
guests of their sister, Mrs. j. Reyn-
bids Rogers and family.
Mrs. Laura Stevenson, of Dover,
formerly of this town, was stricken
With paralysis at her home ON We'd
lesday morning. .l erf .s,s j.e:.
Mrs. Howard Weleh and daughter,
Miss Agnes, of Garden City, Long
Island, have been the guests of their
lunt, Mrs Sallie B. A. Lynch, near
own, and of Mrs. l. W. Belts and
amily and Mrs. C. H. Speel and sis
eF.. .I- p. *.r,.
Miss Eleanor Tigner, of Philadel-
Dhia, who has been visiting Mrs.
Georgia Salevan, is spending this
week in the country. .-.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvel of Magnolia,
we're callers Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. Alon-
10 Morris on, Sunday afternoon
Rev. Robert Hodgson, of Milton,
will exchange pulpits with Rev, N.
). Benson on Sunday morning, July
list. t t.. t. s2. .-
Mrs. John Stevens is again occu-
,ying their cottage at South Bowers.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29
HARRINGTON

OulplI6-IOWCl4s
Death by suicide was the verdict
reached by a coroner's jury eIn-
paneIed Saturday afternoon by Cor
oner Pearson over the body of Roy
al Collision. The inquest was held at
8 o'clock. Royal Collision, age about
So years, son of Richard Collision,
was born and raised in lower Kent
county and had resided in Harring-
ton for many years, being. con-
tractor and carpenter. He lived the
life of a bachelor and made. his
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Arlington
Porter at the time of his death: Ac1
cording to occupants of the home
and others who were we'll acquafnt-
ed with the deceased, he had been
up to his old habits, that of drink
ing for several weeks and in an at
tempt to straighten up called at the
office of local physician about 8
o'clock Friday evening. He went to
his boarding house and retired to
his bedroom and slashed his throat
with a pen knife, which he always
kept with a razor edge. 1t is said
he then closed the knife and walk
ed into another room where he fell
and bled to death, his juggler vein
being punctured. AS soon as the
tragedy was discovered a local
physician was summoned but. Mr..
Collision died a few minutes after
the arrival of the physician, Sar-
geant Knox and Private O'Neal of
the State Police conducted an in
vestigation. The deceased is surViv-
ed by three sisters and two broth
ers, all residing in this section of
Kent county: Mrs. ]. F. Evans, Mrs.
Frank Ross, Mrs. Elwood Minner,
Richard Collision, near Milford and
Charles Collision, near Pennington.
The funeral services were private
and held from the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Boyer,
Mrs. Bertha Jobes, of Palmyra, N.
j., has returned home after spend
ing the past week with Mrs. ]. F.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Steele, of
Portsmouth, Va, have been spending |
the past week with Mr.. and Mrs. |
w. W. Sharp.
Mrs. Dora Brown Graham has re-
turned from the Cooper Hospital, af-
ter undergoing serious operation.
Mrs. Graham is slowly improving.
Mrs. Mary Bratt and bay, of Had
1onfeld, N. j., is spending vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs w. o.
Finch.
Louis Tharp, of Los Angeles, Calf,
4 former citizen of this section of
Delaware, is paying his first visit
lere in fifteen years. ... .......
Mrs. Claude Cahall has returned
home after being the guest of her
parents in New York City for two
weeks. .. ..- ....
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Smith. spent
he past week at Oak Orchard.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29

week for a two weeks visit at
Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harris, of High
street, have as their guests their
daughter, Mrs. Walter E. Culver
and daughter ANGELA of Arlington,
N. ].
Miss Beneva Hamstead returned
to her home on High street this past
week after spending the past two
weeks in Kingswood, w. Vau her
former home.
Mrs. ]. Max Layton and daughter,
Hannah, of Norfolk, Va, are spen-
ding some time here with friends.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29

Mrs. L. J. Allen who has been
spending the past two weeks with
her brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry NJ King, left this
past week for her home in New
York State.
Mr.. and Mrs. Valiant Waller re-
Gently had as their guest the lat
ter's brother, Elmer Collins of
Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Morris Perry of
Philadelphia who have been spend
ing some time here with the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Rob
inson of Conwell street left this
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29
R0xANA

The annual Sunday school picnic
was held at Sandy Landing Friday
of last week. A perfect day for the
occasion was experienced. Plenty of
ice cream and cake and everyone
seemed to enjoy the day.
Erwin Hudson, Jr., age .36 years,
died at his residence, near town on
Tuesday. He had been i'll for some
time, but his death came as a shock.
He leaves widow and three chill
dren, a mother, one brother, Addi-
son Hudson. Funeral services were
held at his residence Thursday af-
ternoon with Rev. Frank McCorkle
officiating. InteFment made in the
Roxana M. E. cemetery. 8. =.
o. w. Wilgus has purchased a
new AtwateF Kent radio. -ar
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Evans, Mr.. and
Mrs. Allie Stephens called on Mr..
and. Mrs. Walter Townsend at
Georgetown Sunday afternoon.
Miss Irene Long ; of Selbyville
spent the weekend with Mrs. Har-
old Lynch. 7t-.-s { lcT.'
Mr.. and Mrs. Cove Bennett enter
tanned over the weekend their
daughter Hilda and three of her
friends from Wilmington.
A. H. Watson has been on the
sick list. A.5
Frank Hickman and son Selby,
Irwin Daisey are making a tour
through some of the western states.
Mrs. Kate Wilgus Evans of Tus-
con, Arizona, is visiting relatives in
this place.
The boy scouts of Selbyville have
been on camping trip at Sandy
Landing for one week. Harold,Leary
and Edward Johnson of this town
are members and enjoyed the week
-. .-t At".
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bunting of
Bunting's, spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Le-
kites.
Mrs. Harry Goodwin, Jr., has been
on the sick list.
Miss Alberta Lynch of Whining
ton spent the weekend with her
brothers and sisters.
Three cents postage on letters
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29

The great trouble with most Of the
unemployed is that they are not will
ing to take what they can get. They
want something better. Benjamin
Franklin said that half a loaf is
better than no bread. There are
thousands Of people today who will
say that the great statesman was
right when he said that.-W. E.
Bates, Huntingdon, Tenn.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29

There is one system of dealing
with the liquor traffic which the
Christian conscience of this country
will never tolerate, and that is gov
eFnment-sale.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29

Three cents postage on letters
now.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25
Chapter "a
PRICING a COUNT

Ten Gays after the Yarmouth scan
dial. Hope and Sassy found them
selves headed for C~herbourg, with
Mamma Ross bravely facing sea-
sickness, and d~elicately raising her
eyebrows at the hoi polloi that were
her fellow passengers. To certain
people a trip to Europe seems to be
the only answer to every emotional
upheaval.
But nobody on the boat was quite
good enough for Mama Ross. who
kept magnificently aloof as she paced
the deck in her English tweeds, and
confined herself otherwise to her
five-room suite. Never once did
Mama appear in the dining salon or
attend the evening gaieties which
the ship proffered to less sensitive
and cultured souls. After having
glanced over the passenger list, she
had tossed it aside, and devoted her.
self to her books n her daughter.
This routine, as 1t happened, suit
ed Hope completely. Hope had ON
siderable crying to accomplish. an
unwonted amount of thinking to do,
and innumerable questions to an
swer herself regarding life and its
possibilities. The disgrace which had
attended her being sent home from
Yarmouth, the degrading explana-
tions she had insisted upon making,
to take all the blame ESQ that Tuck
might merely be suspended instead
of actually expelled from college),
Papa's red-eyed disgust with the en-
tire ~disgraceful proceeding; all these
things mattered little to Hope ex-
cept to make her thoughts the more
involved. What she really cared
about was Dickey. and what Dickey
thought of her when he returned to
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25

dain Of the chapernn's eyes, and her
hand dropped with a gesture Of ut
ter futility. Then suddenly Tucks
voice cut in On her with shocking
virility.
What kind Of line are you pull
lngT' shouted Tuck disgustedly.
Cant you shut up? Aren't things
looking bad enough? Can't you see
what's happened? I'm apt to be ex-
PEELED now because Of you!"
One short quick word from the
chaperon. One arm Whitley on Tuck's
arm. And Hope. staring and I'M
comprehending In her heavy half
sodden sobs. saw both leave the
room, and stared around her with
thick, unhappy puzzlement.
Would her head ever stop pound
ing? What was it all about? Was
she really in disgrace? And would
she, perhaps, be sent home with a
new scandal tackled to her name
and a new uproar to explain to Papa
Ross?
And what of the gossip in the
college about her, If such a thing was
true? And what would Dickey think
when he came back from his visit to
Hickey and heard of her behavior?
Oh, what would he think?
on, Dickeyl" she cried out sud
denly. "Dickey. dear, where are
you? Dickey-Dickey-I'm not bad!'
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25

Why did she want a marriage I'm
the autumn-with Venice. and Christ
mas in Rome-why2 Was she wait
ing for her grandmotheT's inheritance
that would come so soon now No.
What difference did the money maker
Was she still unable TO give up Dick
ey? Still unable to forget him. when
obviously he had forgotten her-com-
pletely? Or did she just want time
to get over the final hurt2 That was
II. The ache in her heart. The duh
sense of futility. She needed time.
How could Hope know as she star
ed out her window till the stars fad
ed. and the sky became a duh, des-
pairing gray, that hung heavy over
he earth until the soft colors OF
early morning sifted thru TO cheer
the world-how could she know that
another girl, only two miles from her,
on the other side OF the track, was
soaking her pillow with heavy tears,
inc tossing fitfully as she beat the
mattress with crunched fists-all be-
cause she had heard of Rusty's en-
gagement?
Rusty.s father hal t,ld Angel in
the office that afternoon. his eyes
lighted, a c%omplacent snlile on his
lips as he asked her not to tell any
one yet. How she had hated the SEN
Tor Crandall at that moment Oh yes.
she was his secretary now-the sec
rotary to the boss Of the whole works
secretary to God-for seventy-fi
a week. That's how she had made
good In business. Unlucky In love.
II only she n her mother didn'c
need the money, and she could resign.
Resign to go away. and let Rusty kiss
Hope and waste his love on her.
No, Hope couldn't know that. She
never thought of Angel any more
except to be sweet when they met.
which was seldom. How could she
hat her own heartache was
agonizing another?
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25
Chapter rs
HOP & REBELS

What Betty Preston said, even al
she accepted the promised money
for her nervous. Bookkeeping Two
some, hardly matteredi blu certainly
Hope had outgrown her queenly reign
in the younger smart set. She was
known in her own circle as a wild
'un, and was considered by the fond
parents of fifty miles radius IAN
unwholesome influence" AS a tomb
stone, deliberately raised. Hope re-
laughed at the idea raucously, She
come out 1t was too idiotic! She,
who had beer a Mortified whisper in
Westchester, in Yarmouth, n In
Italy, protested t~riumphantly against
Mama's mangleG pride, and decided
that society should never know her
officially.
Again Hope found two steady and
reliable reins In guiding the balky
horse of her career. Rusty Crandall,
now out of college himself, and con-
fined from ten to four In the offices
of his fathers huge chocolate firm
where Angel had been given him as
his personal secretary. (She sue
ceeded in running Rusty's office SO
that he might go out and enjoy him.
self; Anglel knew much more about
the business thar Rusty ever would.)
And Judy Hunt, who had made a
debut tand an exceedingly success
full one, her parents financial re-
verses Notwithstanding while Hope
was abroad that fall.
Judy and Rusty. That was all that
Hopes life held. With a generous
sprinkling of Goody who wanted des-
perately to be kind in spite OF the
fact that Charlie vigorously disap-
proved of Hope. Hope wondered at
Goody. Marriage seemed to have hui
manized her; love seemed to have
pnffnnnR haV II uypr hQ~ turn nnxN
to pity Hope. The tables were turn
ed. But she did her plying with
magnificent kindness ana ease. Hope
marveled-and turned to her sister
with mute appeal, half hating herself
for doing It, and never really confid-
ing, for somehow she knew hat with
all Goody's new but very natural
sweetness, she would tell anything
ana everything TO Charlie. And as a
result Charlie would grunt oftener at
the sight of his wife's young sister,
and criticise her the more for her
eternal refuge In drink.
In the spring, Hope took a four
weeks trip to Bermuda, accepting
without protest Papa'a insistence up
on a chaperon. This chaperon, one
Mrs. Manly, was a forlorn remnant Of
the Ross family on Mama's side. A
woman who had been too true 10 be
good, and who, as a widow of a war
nero, was STARVING Win tndSnlilcen
grace.
The trip to Bermuda, however, was
cut short by a week because Sassy
was taken i'll. Back to New York
rushed Hope, magrificently tanned
and far more rested and steadied
than she dreamed. And In her trail
came Mrs. Manly, slightly broken
hearted at having so abruptly to end
her first vacation In seven years, and
Judy who had quite tired Of Bermuda
anyway.
SaSsy, given personal treatment
ana home visits by the best cat doc
tor in New York, recovered shortly,
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25

Yarmouth and heard Of her frater-
nifty house scandal. Not that she
really cared.
No. not that she really cared, she
told Sassy. For Sassy, kept in the
suite by crook, since ii couldn't be
done by hook, gazed back into Hopes
troubled eyes with a quiet and an
cient wisdom that seemed to comfort
his mistress. And Sassy's .purring,
Sassy's blinking stare, or Sassy's
comforting silence were all the COM
pany thai Hope wanted in those par
ticularly tumultuous hours. Negative
ly she almost wished her mother were
not about, tho n could hardly call
Mama company. All one had to do
to please, entertain or distract Ma
ma was to play yes-woman to her
every remark.
Hope wasn't used to playing yes
woman That had been Goody's oc-
cupation. But now 1t came easy en-
ough. Anything for peace and soii-
tude. Hope was sadly amused at her
self, n sadly amused at Mama
who in her best days was nj con-
versationalist. How often had Papa
Ross said yes to her, Hope wondered,
as she found herself nodding agree
ment.
do you think Goody is happy?"
"Oh, yes, Mama. Sure"
Think of it.! My Daughter mar
riedl Sarah! A wife herself now,
beginning to face life and its re-
sponsibilities. oh, / do hope the
dear child is happy and comfortable.
Charles such a nice boy, but all men
are a handful"
Yes, indeed, Mama"
You're the one | wish were mar
ried! You're the one / worry about!
Goody could always take care of her.
self. You're the one, Hope. who needs
a CfFDnU hand . firm 1.-Two IN QIllnn
you and bring out the best that's in
you. Because I'm sure there's a best
somewhere. I've seen III Besides,
it's in your blood. Oh well. some
day you'll meet the right man."
Yes, | suppose So
gloomy, child. Think of all we do
for YOU! You think too much of
yourself and too little Of others.
Won't it be delightful to see Goody
in Paris? On her honeymoon
"oh, I hope she's beer dieting like
she promised. Perhaps we can pick
up a few trinkets for her. Shall we
stay in Paris about a month";"
Yes, that would be nice
Eyes. that's long enough. | don't
want to be there when the tourist
crowd starts. 80" !.
o%bediently Hope met Goody a5o
with them. Met their friends, and
Mama's friends. and attended the
spring openings of the couturieres,
the races, the galleries, the private
parties, the night clubs.
Flew to England with Charlie and
Goo0y while Mama persisted in
crossing the Channel by boat. Babe
Goody a mute goodbye at South
ampton and watched the boat out Of
sight, wondering at her w humble
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25
a NEW HOPE

Hopes letters to Papa Ross must
have indicated this to a high degree,
for all of her special delivery favors
were granted toward the fall.
Together. in a bond of strange
friendship, Hope and Mrs. Manly, the
girl Of nineteen and the woman of
sixty-eight, travelled on thru the
west. To New Mexico, to Colorado,
to California, to Vancouver, and even
to Hawaii. s.
A new Hope, with the same old
Sassy. still Immediately white of
fur ana grimly ~whiskered. returned
to Westchester the following Christ
mas.
and strangely ~self-assured, hardened
In bone and muscle and softened in
heart and tongue. A Hope who seem.
ed suddenly to realize that Papa and
years.
Oh. a very different Hope. Who
once more gloried In flirting and in
triumphing-this time with an older
crowd by far. An older crowd who
were naive in the light of the young
err set In many ways, but who taught
Hone new and more dangerous thrills.
The thrill of gambling that struck
straight home, both In amusements
of roulette and contract In the ev-
enlngs. and in the stock market dur
For one entire year Hope crashed
this crowd, hewing a peculiarly en-
vIable and distinct position for her
self. And Papa Ross, thankful to
see her happy and agreeable, sane
and carefree once more, paid the
the cost. for Hope counted no forfeit
too great for the tribute Of this new
You are going to leave me half
OF your fortune anyway" she would
remind Papa Ross crisply. why
not let be enjoy the money while you
live. so you can see how / use 1t! Let
me be the one member of this family
who can live life r%iotously for the
sake of what life can Offer
And Papa Ross, gazing at her thru
his cigar smoke, would feel a guilty
tug at his heart. knowing how truly
he had robbed her of her happiness
once. Watch her, he did, day and
night, stunned that a girl so young
his baby-should know so much OF
life. and know IL SO caustically.
And she certainly knew il. Not a
haunt in all New York but Hope Wis
tied from the ordinary night clubs
and the regular speakeasles to the
| privately conducted salons that the
surfelted rich and aged could enter;
from the joints Of Harlem to the
darkened rooms OF Chinatown, from
the Colony club and the Ritz all the
way out to the airports OF Long Is
land, where at last she won her fin
al thrill Of earning a pilots license.
Such was that year for Hope Fair
field Ross, whose beauty biossomed
and rlpeneG with a breathless and
! appalling audacity. Farsung and un-
challenged We're her trlumphs-but
| no longer were they innocent vic
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25

laden campus toward the fraternity
house. Two doors down from Dick
@v's fraternity-only two doors away.
Cropping, unheeding to any SOUND or
word, she pushed thru the door ana
made for Tuck's room, entered-and
found Tuck himself!
Tuck was seated squat on the
floor. a flat trunk pulled from under
his cot, contents strewn all over the
floor. He looked up, aghast. well
aware of the rule that kept boys out
OF the fraternity houses when girls
With a most un~ladylike. un-Rossly
whoop of laughter, Hope slammed
the door and threw herself headiong
across the cot, her face dangling
down toward Tuck as he knelt on the
"Whatcha lookin' for. III boy?'
gurgled Hope in high amusement.
Tuck grinned in appreciation. IL
suddenly dawned on him.
You're plastered,' he wagged an
admonishing finger at her.
'sNpbly," admitted Hope with a
proud toss OF her head. Here! Don't
put the things back into your trunk.
What you looking for?''
81 got to get out of here. I'm not
to be in the house where
the girls are" breathed Tuck anx-
iously as he worked to repack his
trunk hastily.
LAW, shucksl B%alderdash and
D seed!' protested Hope anna
bly,. mo harm win come to you;
help you search!'
with one energetic scramble Hope
got to her feet and snapped OIL the
siThere, it'll be lots simpler to find
it in the dark, she giggled teasing
S..Hey, you" shouted Tuck. Put
that light on! You darned little
fool!" /.
In the darkness he made toward
the electric light switch, and bumped
suuarely into Hope. Their heads hit
with a ~resounding crack.
Tuck heard one firm meaningful
Knock on the door, and before he
could reach for the light, he saw the
door swing open and 4 figure APP
pear silhoutted against the hall
lamps.
A dread figure
a dread voice-speaking.
And Tuck's hand found the switch,
and the sudden glow of light In the
room made him blink, the stern and
Dained face Of the chapero1 stand
ing, shocked and angry, at the thres-
hold.
Tears were in her eyes, streaming
down her face, as she turned to the
white haired ~chaperon in the door
way.
He wouldn't have acted that way
II he didn't care, would he2' she
cried Historically, one hand outward
drinking like a rattlesnake, and beat
IL like a SHOT just because l was
coming, would he2"
Vaguely she realized the cold dis