Evening star., 1933-01-28
INSTALLMENT XII.

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n would make any difference, that
II nothing could part them; to
1 be concrete. he had said the
same things to Carroll that
Carroll's father, drugged and made
blind by love, had Said to Jersey.
Carroll had said, MY mother Is Won
derful, Arch, but-but she's not exact
ly like-other people"
and this had grated trifle despite the
fact that Carroll was seeing him dimly
through warm, roSeate haze.
I'm very proud Of her" Carroll had
gone on. "I'll never amount to enough
to merit having her as my mother. and
I want you to know how proud I am
Of her"
"Oh, surely" he had murmured. "and
don't you worry!"
Condescension again, but now she did
not recognize it; she was looking up
into his eyes.
"You know" he said, personally. ]
think there's an awful lot Of rot talked
about family and all that; personally
I'm an absolute democrat. ! say, look
at the individual and see what he or
she is, and let the family tree go hang!'
Il feel exactly that same way, Arch!'
she had agreed fervently; she was al
ways turned heady by finding they
agreed; it was 80 wonderful!
"All the same, family does count" ne
went on. Now take, for instance, my
uncle, the Chicago banker and phi
lantropist, my fathers brother; they've
done some fine things, all the Norrises,
and way back, and you know you can't
overlook anything like that exactly"
ooh mol" said Carroll
mot that it matters to me-" Arch
continued, "for, as said, personally I'm
an absolute democrat and any form OF
snobbishness makes me sick. I mean,
it nauseates me. It makes me as said,
sick, but after all, you can't get away
from family, although, in my personal
opinion, it doesn't count, but in a way
it does. rather? What sayest thou,
fair lady?"
Carroll was very young; she thought
Arch was wonderful talker; he had an
endurance quality, which was. without
doubt, superior. Therefore she agreed
Arch felt as she did.
II love you and it is love-" Arch had
said that day; he had added too quickly
eyes upon the horizon: "Hey, there's
q sail"
1t was a fishing smack and Carroll
thought it to be enchanting and she
said SO; Arch said that. as sails went
it wasn't too bad a sail.
Then he slipped his arm through
hers: he had absolutely. personally and
in his opinion. never known girl like
her and he was quite gaga about her
and he felt he could say so up to the
last long mile. He was beginning to
consider how they would live and where
and to hope that his mother would be
decent about the allowance she must
grant him If money were to Jingle in
his pockets. His fathers will had been
widow until that movement when
God should call her to a heaven that
would undoubtedly be filled with 1.-The
incest people from Brookline, Mass
"Or what's heaven for?"
| Arch was summoned to his mother:
cabin that day by message. Hi
mothers maid reported that Mrs
Norris wished "a little word" with hel
son. The little word" invariably meant
many and always upon tropic Arch
! would not have chosen,
He found his mother incased in the
dangerous sweetness that wraps the
managing woman who means business
sit down." she invited. Mothers
hardly had a glimpse Of you, dear, but
! mother doesn't resent that; she wants
you to have a happy crossing"
"Oh, damn" thought Arch; sullenl!
he took a cigarette from his case tc
light it.
"All a mother wants. dear. is hap
piness, true happiness, for her children
and I-have but you. Arch"
Tough break for you," he said
but she was not to be ruffled-"]
should have been twins, triplets OF
something, since you are one OF the
one-time girls"
A trifle coarse, but 1t was, now
better to ignore it.
Arch, dear, mothers not going to
i beat around the bush; she wants you
to be just little careful about your
relations with the little Wetherall girl
Now wait! Mother knows she's very
very sweet and really appealing
There had been an hour Of it, lee
ture delivered in the Henry Adams
m amer; mother feared mother
thought; mother felt.
With the session done, Arch turned
to the smoking room where he had q
stiff drink Then he sought Carroll
to tell her she'd best not wear his ring
where any one could see It. You see,
we don't want people talking until we
| can announce it, our engagement"
he exclaimed