Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-07-05
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months rent" he said proudly
"Trust this hard-boiled wife OF min
to cllnch a thing before l can slid
out from underl"
That, Geoff told himself, woul,
be the keystone on which the Car,
Aylesburys' happiness would b.
built. Flossie would always b,
there to keep Cary from sliding GU
from under.
ut was q lucky day for Cary
when he married his Baby" h,
said to Cynthia when they were
driving back from the inspection Of
the new home. Miss Mona refused
to accompany them and the Cap
tain had stayed home to keep heI
company. Flossle and Cary rode In
the latter's disreputable car. 81
shouldn't wonder at all II she turns
matchmaker. marries Off our first
wife and so rids Cary of the ali,
mony."
Cynthia assented soberly. "Flos-
sic is a dear! It's smart of her to
move Cary into a home OF his own,
even If It's only one room. It'll
give him some responsibility for the
first time In his life"
Evil Miss Mona be upse about
ii long, do you think" he asked a
little %anxiously.
"0h, no. It's the first break In
the family and naturally 1t hurts
her. But she'll get over 1t. Miss
Nona's disposition is so sweet"
said her daughter. that nothing up
sets her very long"
g
The dreary and uneventful Janu.
airy that Cynthia had feared was
broken by two events: the arrival
of Mrs. Ensloe for a visit, and the
Captains death.
The one preceded the other by
ten days. Miss Mona looked up
from her morning mail with an ex-
clamation of pleasure.
"Eunice is coming to DenverI
Geoff, your mother is coming! But
OF course you have a letter, too. She
says her book is finished and she's
rather at loose ends now and she
wants to see Geoff-and all of us"
She was quite flushed with delight
over the announcement. She told
them several Incidents of her child
hood, and Cynthia smiled to recog-
nize In Geof his mothers W de-
cisiveness and quick formulation of
plans.
Geoff himself was divided be-
tween delight and apprehension at
the prospect Of his mothers pres.
ence In the Cary house. He longed
to see her, but he feared her accu-
rate analysis of the situation here,
the blunt frankness of her speech.
He need not have worried. Mrs.
Ensloe knew Miss Mona OF old and
only listened with indulgent amuse-
ment when her friends gentle Inn.
p~racticability was to the fore.
She arrived early one bitter jan
uary morning. Geoff, who had gone
to the train to meet her, endeav-
ored to prepare her on the way
home for what she would find.
i wrote you Cary and Flossle
have left" he said. Miss Mona
hasn't got over 1t yet. But Flossie's
a sensible little thing and 1t was
the wisest possible action-taking
apartment Of their own"
Mrs. Ensloe looked at him and
smiled. You're head-over-heels In
family affairs, aren't you,
Geoff?"
He grinned. 'sThey have sort of
got me-" he acknowledged. '4Their
problems and conversation are as
interesting as a play. You walt
you'n find yourself involved, too"
And soon Eunice Ensloe was a6-
hitting the truth of this. Whether
It was the Cary charm, or the un-
usualness of the household, or the
susceptibility of the onlookers, soon
er or later most people who had
anything to do with the Cary-Ayles-
bury connection found themselves
swept into the current which moved
them.
Doctor Bigham was an interest
Ing example of this. A widower of
years standing, he had known
Miss Mona all her life. Cynthia's
illness had shown him her mother
At her best. He still drew down his
Dnshy eyebrows and frowned at her
helplessness In money matters, but
It was a frown now tempered by a
smile which was almost tender. He
made Tenny an excuse to call fire.
luently at the house. To be sure,
he was as likely as not to drop in
when the child was at school. but
neither he nor Miss Mona appeared
to regard that as important.
Elsie Dunsmore was another who
thought of the family's affairs as
her own.
Cynthia" her anxious voice
might say over the telephone, II see
where those Dedham bowls your
mother was wishing for are on sale
at that little pottery shop on Ara
pahOe street tomorrow at an aw.