The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-25
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to the. small middle-western town
Of Marburg Jane Terry, the pref
test girl in town, determines to
win his heart.
Howard, a young geology in
structof, is attracted by James
friend, Amy Lowe, but Jane
schemes to keep the two6 from
becoming better acquainted. How
ard hears Amy playing on the,
chapel organ one day, calls on.
her that evening and ALMOST Inn
Tediately falls in love. e
On the way home he is won
fronted by Jane who hysterically
accuses him of breaking her
heart. When, he tries to calm, her
Jane interprets his words as
declaration of love. Next morn
ing she telephones Amy, "How-
ard ard | are engaged"
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CHAPTER w
Amy put down the receiver as
one ptqs. down something tainted.
She couldn't say she was glad
that Jane was happy. She wasn't
able to answer. She wasn't able to
think.
1t must be true that Jane was
engaged to Howard even though
Jane wasn't exact about truth
when shading it favored her own
case. Eut Amy knew that James
haf-truths were less by intention
than by self-deception. Jane
wanted such and such things to
be true. Therefore they must be
true. BY long acquaintance Amy
could usually tell the place where
reality ended with Jane and mag
ination began. This time there
was no Imagination. Jane and
Howard Jackson were certainly
engaged and yet, only last night
Amy put her head down and
closed her eyes to keep back tears
Of helpless pain. Why had he
come Why had he been so - so
hear. so dear with her if all
the time he was thinking of Jane,
loving Jane? That was what she
couldn't grasp. She hadn't asked
him. She hadn't tried to take him
away from Jane. He had wanted
to come.
She shook herself out of it,
Strengthened her shoulders. "He
never said a word that wasn't
exactly like any of the other boys,
not as much as Edgar says every
day of the world. He liked hear
ing me play, that was all. And
I'm nothing but little fool. I
just imagined"
Her thoughts ran ahead, Won
dering how she could plan her
day to keep out Of sight and
sound of Jane. She must have
time to herself to put this all
straight. She would go over to
HopsonVille for today, on the pre-
text of getting new music. Then
she would tell Edgar she didn't
want to go to the dance tonight.
Hastily she got ready to go for
the music, caught the hal;-past 10
interurban and discovered, to her
relief, that there was no one she
knew in the car The day was
very hot and the town, a county
seat and small industrial center,
was dingy and noisy and crowded
by Saturday market wagons and
their crowding customers. Amy
did not mind for they gave her
the privacy she needed. She
bought the music and ate lunch
in cool little green tea-room.
81 haven't lost my appetite en-
tirely,' she reminded herself with
q wry smile. She looked in shop
windows and sat for a While in
the park behind the old brick
courthouse, so that she could go
home late. Her father and mother
and grandfather were on the
porch when she came up the
street at twilight - Professor
Lowe with the evening mail in
his hands, Grandfather smoking
and Mrs. Lowe putting away her
lace pillow with its dangling
bright bobbins. 1t was reassuring
to be with them. She entered the
haven of their matchmaking ten
derness thankfully and the weight
on her heart lessened.
When her mother said, "Miss
Rosa called up a little while ago
to tell me that Jane and her
young Han have got engaged"
Amy neither WINGED nor evaded.
Eyes, l knew befoEe | left this
I meant to leave a note
to tell you but | had to rush for
the trolley" she replied, adding,
Game said she was awfully
happy"
Later there was Edgar. He, too,
had heard the news. "Jane's grab
bed that unfortunate Jackson"
he said. cts all over town and
people are sending him wreaths
of sympathy. I could weep for him
Like the walrus for the oys-
ters," returned Amy. "That'll be
your grief"
"No, but really l am sorry for
him. James got no feelings. She's
all impulses and attitudes. I've
known Jane longer than you have,
Amy. Our house is right across
the street. We played together a
lot when we were kids and we'd
get along fine at first. Then some
thing would go against James
will and whang, fireworks She hit
me once with my own baseball bat
because | wouldn't let her have it
for tent pole and laid me out
cold. And she told Miss Rosa and