The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-31
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By Sophie Ker

have some rummy. I'd rather
feel cards in my hands any time
than look at those silly movies.
The way they kiss turns my ston-
ach upside down."
Over in the old Booth house
Amy was putting Nancy to bed,
with Mary helping. "H The LITTLE
girl, bathed and brushed and
sleepy, was pulling on her night
gown. "Mother," she said, dream
| lily. 81 yuv parties. Let's have a
party envy day."
well have as many as we
can," promised Amy, hugging her.
"You were a very good girl at
this party. baby. Love your
mother?"
"Yuv my mother, yuv my
mother, yuv parties, yuv cookies,
yuv granmommies, yuv my moth
erw murmured Nancy, climbing
into bed, "Yuv evvything."
Amy leaned to tuck her in and
kiss her. Goodnight, lamb" she
said. you're going over and
visit granmommy and granpoppy
for a while before long. Won't
that be fun"
Nancy was too far gone in
sleep to know. Mother wants to
take her when the new baby
comes along" Amy said to Mary.
"It's better for her TO be out Of
the house until the fuss is over
and we get into order again.
Don't you think 500" 80,
The two women were picking
up socks and dav clothes,
Strengthening the room. 81 can
manage. if you'd rather she'd
stay. Yotr mother will want T..
be over here most of the, time,
/ imagine" said Mary.
"But Nancy's fine Will. father.
He says she's q much brighter
child than | was! Even old Lillian
likes her and that's tribute. hc-
lieve me. She's such a crank.
She'll be better off over there,
If | had much pain-and she
heard ne, well, l don't think q
baby like Nancy ought to be let
in for anything like that"
care you afraid of the pain?'
asked Mary.
eyes, Pm scared to pieces. But
the doctor says Pm so well, and
everything's so normal and right
and anyway, Mary, what's a few
hours pain and suffering for a
child of nv own! It's Just like
Howard says of flying : once
you're in a plane all you can dc
is watch everything and be as
careful as you can. but you are
up in the air and if YOU fall
you're bound to be smashed. I'm
flying, too. But there isn't go.
ing to be any smash"
The room was in order now
T'm going down to read" said
Mary. 81 suppose you're going
to write to Howard. You might
give him a message for me-"
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"Tell him that after seeing
Miss Terry want to say he had
good taste in choosing a wife
| I'll make it stronger. He had
super good taste = and super
sense"
"But l thought you liked Jane!'
~ did, in way. But oh, what
an oppressive daughter-in-law she
would have made me! She'd have
rolled me out flat! She'd have
terrified me. / don't wonder that
she terrified Howard"
Now what did Howard tell
you?"
"Not a thing-but Rosa did.
All about it. Of course Rosa's
angle differs from mine-she's
proud of James career. She
thinks it was lucky she didn't tie
herself to poor young college
professor! Me, / think Howard
was lucky not to tie himself up
with a handsome and ruthless
mass of selfisshness, clever thou
she undoubtedly is. She'd have
wrecked him. That girl ought
not to marry. ever. She couldn't
love anyone but herself"
"That's what Howard said. But
she loved Howard" said Amy.
Sometimes | think she still loves
him. | know. because | love him,
too"
| Copyright, 1884, by Sophie Kerr
(To be continued)