The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
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CHAPTER TWO Continued

white with snow.
Hor mother had written Ben
nv's trouble. whatever 1t IS, doeSn I
get anv better. I'm afraid he neeos
treatment. He is looking very INN
and the doctor advised taking mn
out Of school indefinitely.
II was then Joan decided 70 re-
t,,rn home She had packed tnat
night. so~
Things must have been hard ior
mother ever 10 write nat IeCveI'
She had been doing things lor 'IleIi
all their lives. sacrificing to make
the two vears at Miss harrington ;
noesible for Joan. She had wanted
her 70 meet the right people. anu
worrying through somehow Wrlie
49, waS at Holbrook Hall. Mother S
face had grown old and tlrea' SAT
riecinp for her children. IL "aS
all wrong. r.., Lonni-
moss Marrying father had been a
n,istake Aunt Maude had tolo
loan all about it when she vas
Ts How prettv mother had been,
and happy. in the little MISSISSIPPI
town where she sang IN the chuIcli
choir.
Father. passing through the to"h,
hod come 10 the church. One OF
the few times in his life, Aunt
NTa,de had guessed. He fell IN o V
with mother and they were very
happv for a short while until ne
began drinking again. Mother hdG
known about fathers drinking anG
gambling. but had thouht she coulu
reform him It'll.
No girl. now, would ever think
that. Girls who married such meI
TODAY did it because they wanted
~ and not because they expected
to change things.
THEY had lived in the big, Ole
i Waring place after fathers
Iearents died. The older Warnings
lid never been very cordial tc
ra1other. but she hadn't talked about
u and their pictures, in massive
oald frames. were still hanging Ill the
gloomy old room which had once
bed the family library.
4oan scarcely could remember the
time when they had not lived in the
old house. And she had only a am
recollection of the tragic. terrible
TINE when father was brought nome
to f6em dead. lie had shot himsell
by II was not until later tna'
BOTHER had learned about the money
ie had taken.
After that the few people IN the
Bighborhood who had been trlenoly
sonned coming. Then the pes
fmiIies" we're moving off the street
al building beautiful homes in SUI
brban sections. Now, with the eN-
Asntion of the Warnings, the entHt
block was filled with boarding
houses.
nmehow. to give them music anC
iancing lessons and they had KEEP
10 an appearance Of com1ortaoI'
wing on the rental n an
,eoule ha6 forgotten about iaInel
ter a while and they had nat
one happy times at schooi.
nm going to make up to motnei
everything as much as I can
81 thought as she walked along
adison. The important thlng
oming larger than anything elS'
St then. was finding a Joo-
The woman at the business eA'
.hange listened to Joan's brief re-
Tel of accomplishments with
sneculative look in her eye ana the
showed an application blank IN from
aFiu that out in the waiting room
-,oasa In said crisply. And leave
= with the girl at the desk ON
added slowly. I'm gong 70 y
Srank Miss Warning. I think you're
~-osting your time looking Tor cler'
,a.1 work There are so many otheI'
+rained for it and there are SO many
places you'd fit better
Her tone was firm. but trlenoIy
- tbere was a smile in her eyes
.Syouu find something, I'm sure
she said.
= e
loan had understood what sh'
meant when she stared cow
at the questions on the pam
Sorm. "State experience. comp
tometer machine. bookkeeping ma
ch;ne adding machine. Have you
ovsr been bonded?" They went OF
down the length Of two pages.
loan had come TO the tearoom
more expensive than some places
ne could have chosen. because
felt weary and discouraged
helped to see smart, prosperous
Me. Made you forget for a mo
n that the world, as far as vol
onally we're concerned, nae
ed topsy-turvy.
he finished her sandwich ant
tea and drew on her gloves
he were coming in large
bers now that the noon hou
arrived. She recognized a groul
p corner Of the room. MarioI
h. Lillian West, Valerie Rob
lvoung men entered and tool
talnot far from her. The maj
aclnner was Duke Turner. Sh'
lad n in his class years ago il
5rrcehool. He couldn't have Deel
more N u then. OF course. hl
mad lorsince forgotten. The othe.
man