The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-07
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Last night I added the letters, "
said Celeste. An, and with love.
I thought Of you-thinking Of your
sweetheart"
ELINOR flushed. True, she had
L thought Of the one Celeste
called her sweetheart most Of the
night. but not as Celeste had
dreamed.
Il shall keep the handkerchief
always, Celeste she said.
Even Ida felt an unwonted thaw-
ing when Elinore appeared at 1870
from her fathers room. She had
been sitting silently by his bed, her
hand on his weak hand. her eyes
on his which smiled at her.
Leaving him, STOPPING above him
she had heard him murmur, My
blessings
Ida saw Elinor's wet eyes, but
what struck her more acutely was
her daughters painful shabbinesS.
You should have something new
49," she broke out sharply, that
old coat and dress"
They'll do"
Il presume they'll have to. The
car is waiting"
Eyes. I'm ready-if you are"
quite"
EIinor was lovely in spite Of her
shabbiness, Ida saw, and for the
first time she saw the girls beauty
without envy.
Your flowers are exquisite" said
Ida as she looked at Elinors cor
sage, an artful blending of spring
blossoms which had been chosen,
after great thought, by Barrett.
But those roses" she ended,
broWs raised questioning.
Father gave them to me from
some that were sent to him." Elinor
answered. Every inch of the ride
she had seen the chauffeur slowing
her bags in the back of the car.
Perhaps because that action had
made it so clear that she was not
coming home again, that she was
going to live in Barrett Colvin,s
house. AS a guest" of course. But
it was definite step, none the less;
an extremely definite step. Yet
what else could she have done?
She could not deny those others
all of whom she loved-the advan-
tageS that would come to them
through her marriage.
n
A S she had done perhaps a thou
L n sand times before, she told
herself that she was doing the right
thing. She must not, she reflected,
let this hurt Barrett in any way.
He had been so fine about it. Few
men would have felt about the will
as he felt.
She saw the spire of the church
ahead of them, outlined through a
gap in towering buildings.
We're almost there" Ida said.
Elinor felt her cheeks sting. She
slipped a glove from her left hand.
The night before he had brought
her a ring that had made Ida S
eyes glitter with envy. 1t held a
large, fawless diamond set simply,
beautifully.
Then she saw Bessie and Jim and
the boys. waiting for them. Bessie
was beaming and at the same time
weeping
Darling child" said Bessie I'M
steadily as she moved toward Eli
nor
We'll, WE'LL" murmured Jim. He
was pumping her hand up and
down.
L presume we may as we'll &c
in Ida suggested with a weary,
ironic smile.
Bessies display of emotion was
simply too frightful. 1t was, of
course, the sort of display to be ex-
pected from a creature whose house
was habitually scented with cab
bage and other odors from what
Bessie called plain, nourishing
foods" 1t was all thoroughly re-
voting to Ida.
She saw that Elinor was clinging
to her aunt's warm, pudgy, ungloved
hand. Ida hated clinging but
something that had once been heart
in her ached duly without her
knowing why.
The verger opened the door and
the group made their way into the
church vestibule.
TO Be Continued