The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-31
SOPHIE KERRS SUPERB LOVE STORY --------- KIN
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treat James superiority with moe
kerry. 1t all made Jane want,
quite frankly, to reduce Amy to
dust and contrition and apology,
to see peace and serenity beaten
from her face, beaten out of her
life.
Nevertheless she managed to
sit calmly before Miss Rosa's
sharp eyes, which watched her as
they talked across Miss Rosa's law
ish dinner table, though there
was a malice Ill her comments
hadn't Mrs. Lowe aged frightful-
| ly!-and wasn't Mrs. Jackson a
funny old thing, trying so hard
to be sprightly and that little
Moreland creature certainly was
an odd thought and as for poor
Amy, she was really pathetic !!
Jane did not mention Nancy, nor
did Miss Rosa. And presently Jane
dismissed them all with, "It's all
rather saddening to come back
and see how people have changed
and how little they have"
"WelI, Marburg's a small place.
You can't expect it to be like a
metropolis" said Miss Rosa, TAX
ing another hot cream biscuit.
"Life is different here. 1t runs
more slowly"
at doesn't run, it creeps-that
is, when it moves at ALL" Jane
was tired of talking about these
people. "And | do hope that slow
poke, Trainor, will be ready with
his accounts tomorrow morning,
for I ought to get back as soon
as | can"
"But you've only just comet"
exclaimed Miss Rosa, dismayed.
"Why don't you sell this
: house," asked Jane. Get rid of
all this prehistoric junk you call
furniture and travel about and
enjoy yourself for while? Then
take smart modern apartment
in New York near me and go
about to the opera and theaters.'
"But | couldn't travel, even II
l wanted to, with this war going
on. | certainly don't want to go
to China. | don't like travelling.
Uncomfortable, exhausting, costs
like fury, too. You don't under
stand, Jane - I don't want to
change. Things are changing too
fast for me anyway. When ] come
into my house and see the chairs
and tables and pictures that be,
longed to my grandfather and
great-grandfather, / thank the
Lord there's still one place time
hasn't altered. My friends are
here. Ny way of life is settled in
a deep groove, and enjoy it that
way"
"Well, it would kill me if ]
had to look at the same old furnl,
ture and the same old faces al
the time. Pm going to do my
apartment over in this new Wen:
nese style before long, and
change servants every month or
two Just to see new people"
"That," said Miss Rosa with
dignity, "is your affair. You're
young and restless. l am old
And fat. I like my ease. I'd a
darned sight rather be happy
mentally than uncomfortable ply
sically. In other words, Pm an
old snail in a shell that fits me.
do ad-
mire your spirit and energy,
Jane, and success. And | still
wish you'd spare me an extra day
or two, if you can manage it and
don't find it too much of a bore
The compliments pleased Jane.
"T'll say this for you, Aunt Rosa,
you're one of the few people in
Marburg who has any idea of
what I've DONE" Then she re-
mbered Amy, and frowned. "But
don't believe / can stay, though
/ | might for another day if I'm
not sent for" She thought
"Andrews'll have my wire in the
morning and will understand"
In her office her confidence IN
herself would be restored. There
she was supreme. No one around
her who would not obey, submit:
acuuiesce. admire. Her approval
of Miss R >sa showed itself in an
unusual attention: "Shall | take
you out to the movies tonight,
or shall we have game of rum
N.Y." she asked agreeably.
! Her aunt beamed: Listen,
Jane, there's a two-handed bridge
that was described in the paper
the other day and I've been crazy
to- try it. Let's see how it goes,
and If we don't like it we can