Hyder weekly herald., 1933-02-04
Too Close
 Up By EDGAR T. MONTFORT
@ by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
 WNU Service

summer. l guess l SnOuld nave tOlQ you sooner, but the days just seem to slip by without my knowing where they are going. It is wonderful up here and I am having the time of my life. I'm chasing man and he's going to be here six weeks more. If you could go on substituting at the office for me just that little bit longer. l cant lose my job in case l don't catch him. Honey. l know you won't mind giving up your trip this once for your devoted sister-Ann.
 When Nancy had finished reading her letter she flung herself across the bed and burst into uncomfortable weeping. She buried her fluffy blond head in the pillow and kicked her patent leather heels in the air. Her aunt, hearing the commotion, ran in to investigate.
 "Why, Nancy darling, what Is the matter?" she asked, stroking the shak- ing shoulders of her niece.
 "Oh Aunt Sally, Aunt Sally" sobbed the girl, turning over and throwing her arms about the older woman's neck. "Ill never be happy again, never never as long as I live. My own sister has gone back on me. She's trcked me and she waited to tell me until I'd made all my pretty clothes. and I spent my last penny to get the material to make them. And whatll I do with them in this hole? What ol-n here? How could she do it? How could she? And I had my heart all set. Eve been planning for this trip for over year. How cruel she is! And my sister, my own sister that I loved so. How could she do this thing to mel"
 "Do what, Nancy?' asked Mrs. Wal ton at last.
 Read that letter and you'll see. Just as cool as cucumber. I hope you won't be too disappointed,' Nancy quoted with sheer.
 Mrs. Walton read the letter and put it down with a sigh, her usually placid face drowned with little worry wrinkles. Ann was always chasing some man. her absolute frankness about it being the only redeeming feature about 1t.
 "Nancy, darling" she said after moment, putting her arms around the girl again. You're facing your first disillusonment about human beings and it hurts the more because it's someone you love and trusted who has wronged you. It shouldn't hurt you any more than if some outsider had done it. Often those who are not re- lated to us prove our most loyal and devoted friends and you mustn't let this embitter you. Another thing you have to remember, there are serious flaws in every human character. and perhaps if you knew other girls as you do Ann you would find that they had equally serious defects. Sometimes think we get too close up to our relatives and that's what makes so many family quarrels and splits. know this is hard on you. dear, and I'm not trying to condone Ann'S &C., lion, hut if I were you I'd make the itnI pt tllC SitudLloh U tO Aoi III new ties and interests"
 "Oh, Aunt Sally, I wish I could, but I'm just burning up with resentment. It's eating my heart out to think that she'd do a thing like that to me. That hurts worse than the disillusionment and my pretty new clothes" Nancy's lips Quivered and the tears 1 began to fall afresh II cant see any one Do call up and break my date with Ned for me tonight. It would l just kill me to have to talk to him and he nice and gay when my hearts dead inside me. Life simply isn't worth 1 living any more. don't ever want to see anybody again as long as I l live"
 Nonsense, dear. You're going to put on your prettiest dress and go out and have good time. Why, it's sum- mer and summer was made for youth '
 "Oh, help me to be brave," begged Nancy with pathetic earnestness.
 Nancy had decided not to tell Ned about her broken heart, but she had