The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
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N the window. Without really E
inc n she stared at the campus
white with snow.
Her mother had written Ben
nv's trouble. whatever 1t IS, doesnt
get any better. I'm afraid ne neeoS
Treatment. He Is looking very thin
end the doctor advised taking MIN
ont Of school indefinitely"
II was then Joan decided 70 re-
turn nome She had packed tnat
Things must have been hard Tor
r,otber ever 10 write that letter
-be had been doing things for them
~ their lives. sacrificing to make
-fba two years at Miss Barringtons
Doss,hIe for Joan. She had WanVeo
her TO meet the right people. Ano
Worrying through somehow VIE
Tooo was at Holbrook Hall. Mothers
lace had grown old ami tired sac
r,ecing for her children. II Wa&
Mother had had so little happi-
ness. Marrying father haa Deeh .
mistake. Aunt Maude a uolu
loan all about It when she was
~ How pretty mother had been,
and happy, in the little Mississippi
town where she sang in the church
choir.
had come to the church. One OF
the few times in his life, Aunt
Maude had guessed. He ell IN loVe
with mother and they were very
bappv for a short while until ne
beqan drinking again. Mother mao
Known about fathers drinking n
Gambling. but had thOuht she could
reform him.
No girl. now, would ever think
that. Girls who married such men
today did 1t because they wanted
n and not because they expected
to change things.
THEY had lived in the big, OLD
i Warning place after fathers
narents died. The older Warnings
had never been very cordial to
mother. but she hadn't talked about
n. And their pictures. in massive
old frames, we're still hanging In the
gloomy old room which had once
been the family library.
loan scarcely could remember the
time when they had not lived In the
old house. And she had only a aim
recollection Of the tragic, terrible
time when father was brought home
to them dead. He had shot himsell
hut it was not until later that
mother had learned about the money
he had taken.
After that the few people IN the
neiohborhood who had been frlenoIy
4 stoned coming. Then the "oest
families we're moving of the street
and building beautiful homes IN su-
burban sections. Now, with the ex-
ceDtion of the Warnings. the entire
bIock was filled with boarding
houses.
mt her mother had managed
somehow. to give them music ano
dancing lessons and they HAD KEEP
ND an appearance Of comioTtapIs
living on the rental from the farm
psonIe had forgotten about tatnel
oftar a while and they a nae
some happy times at school.
I'm going TO make up to mothel
for everything as much as 1 can
loan thought as she walked alohs
STodtson The important thing
looming larger than anythlhg eSe
iust then. was finding a JOB.
Tba woman at the business e1-
oboDga listened to Joan's brie1 re-
cItsI ~ accomplishments with 9
SrsruIetive look in her eye n theI
showed an application blank in FROM
Of her. -oor,
nlease she said criSply. AND leave
a with the girl at the desk one
ad5ed slowly. I'm going to oe
S~ork Miss Waring. 1 think you're
wasting YOUR time looking Tor Ger
,caI work There are 80 many others
trained for It and there are so many
place you'd fit better
uer tone was firm. but friendly
and there was a smile IN ner eye, -,
you'll find something I'm sure
she said.
rOAN had understood what she
meant when she stared cow
at the questions on the olanh
form, estate experience, comp
tometer machine, bookkeeping ma
cbine adding machine. Have you
ever been bonded?" They went on
avn the length Of two pages.
loan had come to the tearoom
more expensive than some places
she could have chosen. because
sbe felt weary and discouraged
r. belped to see smart, prosperous
1eonIe Made you forget for a mo-
mont hat the world. as far as you
nerSonallv were concerned, hao
turned topsy-turvy.
She finished her sandwich anc
hot tea and drew on her gloves
peonle we're coming in larger
numbers now that the noon houl
had arrived. She recognized a group
in one corner Of the room. Marion
Conner. Lillian West, Valerie Rob-
ertSOn. ,
Two young men entered and tool
a table not far from her. The mai
facing her was Duke Turner. Sh'
had been in his class years ago II
Bruce school. He couldn't have beer
more than u then. OF course, hi
had long since forgotten. The othe;
an