The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
CHAPTER FIVE

TICK had stopped at the Y. w.
II c A for Ewes mail on his
way 70 the station TO meet her.
There was a large enevelope from
her mother. containing letters for
her and for Dick Ewes parents
had been asked not 70 announce
the marriage
Why. bless her heart" said
Dick 1t must have taken her
whole evening 20 write this. It's
a great many years since any one
called ne Dear Son
And indeed It had taxen Mrs.
Bayless a whole evening 10 COM
pose that first painstaking letter 70
her new son-in-law Kate BayleSs.
plump. patient and domestic, was
suffering the tortures OF rheumatic
fingers incurred from years Of hard
toll in the interest Of her family.
Henry Bayless-or Hang 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 overdo 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. a 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.
In the course Of years the divi-
dends from this investment became
irregular and uncertain and 1t was
whispered about that the company
was not as stable as it had been.
Hank stopped investing in the stock
and increased his weekly deposits at
the bank.
DESPITE all this careful saving
II and economizing. Kate Bavless
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
al 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 checked, had a
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. BayleSS.
Eve. a year younger. had a fair
for composition and elocution.