The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-06
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ANNE, CECILY and MARY. FRANCES FENWICK live with their grandparents, once wealthy, now so impoverished that Annc's and Cecily's earnings support the household. The sisters have been orphaned since childhood. The grandparents are known respcc- lively as "Rosalie" and "Grandv and they insist on keeping up pre- tcnses of their former wealth.
 Anne, 2S, and Cecily, p, do sec- retarial work and ary-Franccs. f5, is still fin school. When the story opens Anne has been cn- gagged to PHILIP ECROYD, young lawyer, for eight years.
 Cecily brings BARRY McKEEL homo to dinner. It is evident that she is falling in loco with him. Mary-Frances has n telephone call from her friend, ERMINTRUDIj, or an actor known as EARL DE ARMOUNT. The two girls make plans to meet him.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER VI
 I'm going over to stay all night with Ermintrude," Mary Frances announced.
 "Who said that you might?"
 "Rosalie."
 After Cecily had said you might not, I suppose?"
 1T asked Rosalie first"
 "Did Cecily say you might take her overnight bag with you?"
 "Pooh," said Mary-Frances. What makes you so quarrelsome here lately, Ann? Cissy practically gave me this old thing the first time asked her to borrow it."
 Tt isn't an old thing at all," said Ann. Tt is @ very handsome piece of luggage, and 1t was a gift to Ceciiy. If you use 1t, you must take care of it."
 "Quarrelsomeness," said Nary Frances. lis just awful. I've mo- ticed 1t & lot in you lately, Ann. I'll bot Phil notices 1t too, and I'll bet"
 Mary Frances, you must stop saying I'll bet all the time. I
 "Quarreling again." deprecated front door.
 "Wait," said Ann. "It is nearly nine o'clock. You can't go rum ming around alone after dark and you know 1t. Phil will be here any minute now, and we'll take you over in the car"
 "'Sonly five blocks," said Mary Frances, and edged through the door.
 Mary Frances, come back in here and wait for Phil. You are not to go alone"
 stop pinching my arm, Ann Fenwick. Rosalie said 1 could go. I'm not going to stick around here all night waiting for your old Phil and like as not he won't be here for hours. and Ermintrude and I have to get our studying done, don't we, and--"
 Ann heard n step outside. Phil was coming. She always told him that she never quarreled with her sisters.
 "Mary-Frances. honey, here's Phil now. What makes you act like this to me when you know 1 had n Dig company dinner to get and that I'm tired?"
 "Angel Ann," Mary-Trances, as susceptible as q puppy, snuggled ClOSe tO HeT, dIlu bO I-Hlllp BdW them, through the open door, in loving sisterly embrace; but his, Hello, there," suggested no par ticular enthusiasm for the tableau.
 He did not kiss Ann (she had de- cided that 1t was wiser for them not to kiss in front of Mary Fran ces), but he took her hand and squeezed 1t before he turned to the hall rack.
 Ann said, "Phil, Mary Frances is going to spend the night with her little friend. thought we might take her over there in your car"
 Sorry" he hung up his hat and took off his raincoat. "It's in the garage again. I'm convinced that the piston rods are cloggcd"
 "Oh, my word! Again?" Ann frowned and shook her head.
 "Should 1 have said 'yet'?'
 Phil often was clever; but when he couldn't be clever he tried to be, anyway. That was silly old joke. He kicked off his overshoes. He stood there, sticking his hair back when 1t didn't need sticking and Fs.-~-~-s--~-.~-- ~--