Hyder weekly herald., 1933-04-15
Celebration for
 Jamie By GEORGE CROCAN
@. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
 WNU Service

sat relaxed and lovely. gazing sadly from the window at the Hudson river.
 "She's beautiful" thought Jane. I don't wonder he loves her." Jane, too, was beautiful. with the maturity of forty. She, too. looked somewhat sad.
 Her husband, Clarkson, rustled his paper nervously. Tension was in the air. He gazed over the tops of his glasses at his wife and his daughter. 'They're beautiful" he thought. Its darn shame that young whippersnap- per has to spoil it all"
 "Well. Janie," he said. you're not by any chance graclng the family cir cle with your presence tonight, are you?"
 little sarcasm, but lot of affec- tiOn. ClarksoD Rainey was very fond of his daughter Jamie. And so was she of him.
 Daddy" she said "-and moth CT: Pm going over to Molly's for the evening. Bert's going to be there. But want to tell you and mother something before l go. Pm going to marry him."
 Clarkson Rainey spoke with an ef- fort, guardedly.
 "I don't like that Janie," he said. You know that"
 "Yes," she said, facing her father bravely. "I know that. You and mother don't like Bert. But Hove him."
 "Oh, Janie," said her mother. Tt isn't that we don't like Bert-he's a dear boy, but"
 Father was a dear boy once-he'll outgrow that: I mean Bert will," said Jamie.
 Jane and Clarkson talked all eve ming. "l won't have it," Clarkson stormed. ''I won't have it. He's just a boy. He's no more fitted to take care of Jamie than-well, It just won't do."
 Jane raised objections, but she real think of Bert as grown up. They had known him from babyhood, just as they had Janle. "Of course, Clark son. suppose we ought to be glad we know him so well--know he's decent, and all that. But if 1t had only been Mir. Gregory"
 That was the trouble, of course. They both favored another suitor for Janie's hand, man of twenty-eight, established, charming. mature. Not Bert, twenty-two, stumbling at his first job, awkward, boylsh. They went to bed that night with out seeing Jamie. While they were dressing next morning they decided they must make the best of 1t. Its Janie's life, of course" admitted | Clarkson. q guess we've got to make the best of it. Tell you what-rll get | four tickets for that show Jamie wants to see. and we'll have dinner first at the Ritz. Tell the child to bring her boy along for our blessing"
 But there was no chance to tel of heart. She had gone, before break fast. to MOlly's. Jane tried half a dozen times to gel in touch with Bert by telephone.
 Well. naturally" said Jamie. wher she came in at six. q told him not t( talk with you-not till I'd seen how things were. But I'm awfully sorry mother. You and father are sports.
 Yes" said Jane, contritely. "l sait the message was from you"
 It was radiant Jamie who got ou of the taxicab behind her father ant mother at the gay hotel an hour later But when .seven-fifteen came and n' Bert appeared--when seven-thirt. came and they had to sit down t dinner without him, Jamie wasn't s' happy. She had telephoned his apart ment. He wasn't in.
 So the celebration of Janie's en gagement wasn't very gay. after all Her father was all contrition. It wa his bungling fault, he thought. Hi reaction toward Bert improved by tn minute.
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