The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-25

dream. Thinking Of money This
was only June. Other girls lost
Jobs and found new ones. Adver-
tisements. Twelve years experince
II Cissy married? If Cissy did not
marry? The Very-Fancy Educa-
tional Fund. Not to be touched,
not to be touched.
It went like a tune. The finest
school in the country for Mary
Frances. Switzerland. Pretty dresses
-travel-a chance to meet the
incest sort Of people. She might
telephone to Mary Frances at Err
mintrude's and ask about the his
tory examination.
The girls probably were studying.
That wouldn't matter-just for a
moment. If Cissy should try to get
the home number and find the line
busy2 She should have stayed in
the Office.
Cissy would try to call her there
until o'clock. She looked at her
watch Ten minutes after 5. No
use being so silly and nervous. Cissy
would be coming any minute now.
She had to come home. She could
not go about in her Id bathrobe.
1t might be easier to sit on the
porch and watch her. She could
leave the door open to hear the
telephone If it should ring.
So, with the door propped wide,
Anna sat on the porch and tried to
insist to herself that this heavy
enVeloping oppression was nervous
nonsense, and succeeded in bring
ing up from the dreadful depths,
where such things wait, the thought
of an accident to Cecily and Barry
in his car over bank. Another
car coming too fast. An attempted
passing at turn.
Such things happened all the
time. Every day such things were
in the papers. People could not
elope nor shop in bathrobes. Peo-
pie could . people could in
bathrobes. 1t explained everything.
She got to her feet and began
to pace up and down the porch.
She might telephone to the hos
pitfalls. "a young, lovely girl in a
blue bathrobe-" No. Have any
accidents been reported? A young.
lovely girl in a blue bathrobe?"
No. -.
Z ARL DARTMOUTH, wearing his
H brown striped suit, opened the
door of his car, and when Mary
Frances had climbed in he slammed
the door shut and said, "You little
sweeties you! Cripesl I was scared
to death you wouldn't show up
again."
Il promised I'd come" said Mary
Frances. Where's my overnight
bag?"
Il put it in the back along with
mine. Your little bitsie bag along
side my big bag. You amt sorry
are you, baby?"
Sorry for what?" questioned
Mary-Frances.
THAT your big bag-mine, I
mean, and your little bitsie bag are
along side by side like two bud
dies"
mo" said Mary Frances.
"Say, hon, you never told your
chum nor anything that we we're
making Mendel Springs this eve
ming, did you?"
Course I didn't. I told her
Bluemount, like you said"
"Atta little sweet baby! I limited
around the garage about Blue
mount, asking the roads and so on
see? And told my landlady
that I was making Bluemount on
account of a business transaction
tonight. So that's o. K.-see, if
your folks should go making in
quiries. But I don't hardly think
they will, do you?"
Il don't think So" said Mary
Frances. They're very philosoph-
ical-specially my sisters. I guess
they'll just say, Well, if she's
gone, she's gone and that will be
all therell be to it."
Sure, that's it. And I'm tell
ing you, hon, you'll never regret
this day as long as you live-see?
It will be a red letter day in your
lifc-see? One big red letter day."
Mary Frances did not answer
that They went riding along to-
gether at forty miles an hour.
Say, hon." Earl questioned, you
haven't got any little worries or
anything, have you?"'
mo-" said Mary-Frances. What
time do you think We'll get to
MendeI Springs?"
Ought to make it around or
a little later, barring tire trouble.
I got to confess the tires aren't so
good-but I amt buying new tires
for Butts car"
NNARY- FRANCES did not answer
Nl that, either. They had gone
another mile before she so much as
sighed.