The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-09

Engement and, when this fails leaves for. New York, declaring phe will never return.
 She enrolls in secretaria hchOol and later becomes private Secretary to the president of tho Handel Real Estate company. She meets ROGER THORPE, head oi khe cOmpany's rental department who shows her attentions.
 Amy and Howard are married Nhey make their home in a nearby town for Q year. Then Howard is Marburg and they return.
 MISS ROSA TERRY, Jane's nunt, comes to see Amy.
 CHAPTER XII
 "T know this one does. IL bmiles at every lick of new paint Gt's a gallant old place." Amy waited moment, then blurted tn equestion she had been think ing of ever since Miss Rosa ap- peared.
 "How's Jane%" she asked. e'What's she doing"
 Miss Rosa said slowly, Jane never made 1t up with you?' sShe's never written me except one letter" Amy told her, "just after she left. I hoped she was having Noo good a time."
 Miss Rosa settled herself for oration. q reckon I was wrong about Jane, Amy, always thinking she was lazy and conceited and ig-headed and troublesome. Evi- dently all she needed was another environment. She's doing very well, very well, indeed. Works for a big real estate firm and makes close to $50 week, and against my better judgment she's taken herself an apartment and has a maid, and gets along all right. The head man-he's named kandel- seems to think a lot of her ability. Jane's a real business woman. She does't write to me very often, but II keep tabs on her a little, other ways. I feel r ought to-"
 But doesn't she ever come home, or don't you go to see herr"
 "She doesn't want me to go there, and she won't come home, though I've begged her. In her Vacations she goes travelling, if you please. But I've settled it in my own mind that Jane's bound to do what she wants to and the less cross her the better we get along. She's not like most girls, not in her heart, nor in her brain, and it can't be helped. I never was much good at handling her, and now that she's done so we'll for herself she's independent of me, in every way almost, and I won't bre k the very little thread that holds her to me if can help it. She's only 23 and that's pretty young. She might sometime need me. She thinks she knows it all but l doubt it."
 Don't you think she'll ever come home? I miss her"
 "Oh, I daresay if the notion struck her she might come, but I've seen no signs of it yet
 After Miss Rosa left, Amy sat Thinking about Jane. There seemed no help for it. Jane was out of her life and she must accept the loss. She would like so much to see Jane as a business woman. She wished her intending success. sSheIl have it. too," she thought. "Jane was always clever, and there was a strength in her under her wild ideas and foolishness. Oh, I do hope she does wonderful things. T do hope so."
 Before the house was entirely ready for it, Amy's furniture ar- rived, and then began a tedious process, taking room by room as soon as she could get the workmen out and putting that room in order, then closing the door against dust and dirt. She hadn't marked the boxes and bar rels by their contents, so as they were opened they invariably held the things she couldn't use at once. And there were new cur tain rods to be bought and put up. None of the old ones were the right size. This meant new cur tains, too. When she wasn't work ing in the garden Amy found her. self sewing hems and castings in lengths of scrim and dotted swiss and organdy which seemed innu- merable. And the time for How ards return was drawing very near.
 She had been busy all day in the house, and had got the living room in order and was walking slowly home with her sewing bag swinging on her arm when, as she turned the first corner, she saw coming toward her a young woman so fashionably dressed as to be un- %@ Morhr1rer and vpt-lt was-it couldn't be, but it was
 "Jane!" she cried. "Oh-Jane!
 For a flicker of a second she wasn't sure that Jane was going to speak, but she did and put out her hand as to a stranger. "Oh- it's Amy!" she said in high clear voice without expression.
 But Amy's welcome tumbled out: 'But I'm so glad to see you When did you come Miss Rosa told me the other day you never came back to Marburg-Jane, dear you look so stunning, you're sim ply gorgeous!"
 Jane liked that. She had been struggling with her own feelings She had meant not to see Amy, ol speak to her, but now that Amy had, as 1t were, seized her and wal so open in her admiration, Jane was rather pleased. Besides Amy had on a gingham work dress thai was neither new nor fresh. Jane could condescend. What are yor doing yourself?" she asked. T jus' came down for the night. Aunt Rosa didn't expect me. came or business. Nobody told me you were in town"
 "But I'm going to live here now in Miss Rachel Booths old house I haven't moved in yet. Eve beer working there all day getting Il straight. Oh, Jane, come back Gnd look at 1t. It's going to be sweet 1 I'd love you to see it."
 Jane walked along beside her very straight, very elegant in hei brown tailored suit, pale rose crepe de chine blouse. her thin browr hat with pale pink roses and browr velvet bow. She raised her eye brows in pity. You're going tC live in Marburg, in this awful hicl place? How terrible for you. Ant in that stuffy old Booth house!" haaavxoA o,,hfIxy ra fha