The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-30

meet her. May and Raymond were
working. So was Ken, and Ken:
didn't even know she was coming.
Lily Lou took . taxi, and drove
home.
The house was chill and gloomy,
after the riotous sun of the lake. A
cold, wet fog had drifted in from
the bay.
She went into the front room and
unpacked her things. Telephoned
Nays Office to say that she would
do the ordering and get dinner, 50
that May needn't shop on the way
home.
That done, she wondered If she
dared call Ken's Office. A girl with
. clear, sharp voice told her that
Mr.. Sargent, Junior, was out Of
town. Back Monday. Any mes
sage?
"No," Lily Lou said.
She wandered around the house.
busted the piano, rearranged her
music. Moved furniture . little,
picked some nasturtiums, and tried
to give the house . lived in air. It
looked just what it was, . place
where people had little time for
beauty, even for comfort. It was
just . place to sleep, to rest, after
> hard days work.
"Bess 10 right. May ought to
stay home," she thought. But if
May stayed home there wouldn't be
the few decent bits of furniture
there were the two overstuffed
armchairs, the davenport, the rugs,
the Grapes. May had bought
them al with money she earned.
And II May had children. her house
would be like Bess'-toys, clothes
drying. and special food and milk
being prepared in the kitchen. Well,
you ought to have money j. +. lots
Of money like the Sargents.
Lily Lou thought about the Sar-
gents. Wondered what sort Of times
they had, and II thered be = row
when they found out that she and
Ken were engaged.
Yes, but were they engaged? He
said he loved her, but did that
mean. =. You'd think it did. and
And Il they were. what would
May say7 And Bess? But perhaps
she could 60 on with her music,
even after she and Ken were mar
ried. :. No, she couldn't do that,
not really. Going on as she had in
tended would mean study in New
York, study in Europe, then travel,
travel, and Ken somewhere else. -.
It would be wicked to give up and
make her voice into . parlor voice,
sort Of social asset, to make up
for her being . nobody. =.
Wildly she thought again Of the
tall woman with the big hats and
the insolent laugh. Mrs. Sar-
gent, who would be her mother.in.
Law. And arrogant, portly Mr.. Sar-
gent. And she thought, "Oh, I'd be
miserable with them. I wouldn't
ever At in. ! don't like them. And
Ken +. he's different, he'll want
to get away, perhaps. ="
Maybe there'd be family quar-
rel, and they'd throw Ken out with
out . cent, and Ken would stick to
her, and they'd have . house, and
they'd both work-not like Ray
mond and May, but diferent-a
sort Of studio house. with . lovely
grand piano. and dark, cleaning
floors, and -.
The odor Of searching peas came
from the kitchen. !. The peas ~
had gone to al the trouble Of shell:
ing, and which were to b . treat
Tor May who never had time to Ak
fresh vegetables. Lily Lou dew
70 the kitchen. They weren't en-
tirely spoilt. Just . few on the
bottom. She transferred the sal
vagsd peas 20 Z clean pan. She'd
pay attention now. She'd always
despissd people who day dreamed,
and let things burn, and time 70
BY. Well, you can't be normal
when you're in love!
Go Be continued>
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