The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
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CHAPTER FIVE
TICK had stopped al the Y. W.
IL c. A. for Ewes maE on his
way 20 the station 20 meet her
There was a large enevel0pe from
her mother. containing letters for
her and for Dick Eve parents
had been asked not 70 announce
the marriage
Why. bless her hearti" said
DICK. 1t must have taken her a
whole evening TO write this It's
q great many years since any one
called me Dear son
And indeed 10 had taken Mrs.
BayleSs a whole evening to COM
pose that first painstaking letter 10
her new son-in-law. Kate Bayless.
plump. patient and domestic. was
suffering the tortUes Of rheumatic
fingers incurred from years Of. hard
toll IN the interest Of her family.
Henry Bayless-or Hank" as he
generally was knoWn-was secretly
proud Of his wife and daughters
and praised their achievements to
outsiders. But il was his firm be-
lief that encouragement would
cause them to ovcrdo and therefore
they seldom heard these words OF
praise
soon after his marriage to Kate,
Hank had established a small butter
and egg route. His earnings had to
be stretched with the utmost care
TO cover the cost OF educating his
two daughters. keep up the home
and put by something for old age.
II had been the dream Of his
life to have a business Of his own.
However, large stock company
gradually absorbed all the butter
and egg routes Of the neighbor-
hood. Hanks with the rest. After
that he secured work with a COM
pany manufacturing passenger ele-
vators. His work was 10 assist in
assembling the parts and check for
possible errors.
Thrift was the watchwOrd Of the
Bayless home. Hank had taught his
family always to have the cash on
hand before any purchase was
made. For years he had set aside
regularly a small sum TO invest in
the stock Of the local manufacture
ing concern which had been built
up from a small beginning by two
Of his friends in whom he had the
greatest confidence.
II 49,. ratrrca of the HiUi
dends from this investment became
irregular and uncertain and it was
whispered about that the company
was not as stable as il had been.
Hank stopped investing in the stock
and increased his weekly deposits at
the bank.
nESPTTE all this careful saving
- and economizing. Kate Bayless
had managed TO lay by over the
years a small, but steadily growing
accumulation of dollars. Unknown
to Hank, she had deposited this
money in a building and loan asSo-
citation.
Kate saved for this fund by untir-
ing industry. Blessed with abound
ant health, she poured her energy
into her home making.
From her European-born mother
she had learned the knack Of phe-
pairing delicious and sustaining food
at comparatively little cost. No task
was too arduous to be overcome by
her willing labor; no obstacle but
succumbed to plans born Of her
hopes
Kate was overjoyed when teachers
reported that her daughters had
definite artistic tendencies. Esther,
slim. dark and rosy cheeked, had
real gift for music. After several
years Of study at a local conserva-
tory she became a successful music
teacher. Then she pleased her
mother by marrying a young bank
clerk and having a baby called
Katherine Ann for Mrs. BsyleSs.
Eve. year younger had flair
for composition and elocution.