The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-31
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determined to show her home
town, Marburg, and especially
Amy Jackson that she can make
a success of her life. Amy has
been her best friend until HOW
ARD JACKSON broke the en-
gasemcnt Jane had forced upon
him and married Amy.
In New York Jane obtains a po-
sition in a real estate office and
soon is making a large income.
She has an affair with Roger
Thorpe, married, but tires of him.
When he offers to hear the ex-
pense of their child she contempt
uousiy dismisses him. Amy tales
the baby. named Nancy, promis-
ing never to reveal its parentage.
When America enters the World
War Howard enlists in the avia-
ton corps and goes to a training
camp in Texas. His mother comes
to stay with Amy 'and little
Nancy. Amy confides to Mary
Jackson that she is expecting a
cniId OF her own.
Howard comes home for a brief
holiday and then returns to camp
Ills mother tells Amy that Jane
Terry is coming to Marburg. Amy
agrees to invite Jane to tea.
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CHAPTER XXXV
"There's nothing | can do about
it," thought Amy. 81 needn't
have tried to be facetious with
her. Righteousness is always dan
gerous, but she was giving her.
self such airs, and pretending to
pity me! If she'd really pitied
me I wouldn't have cared, but
she only wanted to make me I'M
comfortable and envious, watch
ing her spread her feathers. May
be I ought to have just been
thankful she didn't want Nancy,
and treated her nicely, no matter
how she carried on. But for her
to begin again about Howard
and to fly off the handle-and
scream at me! Oh, it's no use
all that was kind and dear and
| friendly between us is gone. II
went when L took Nancy. Some,
thing happened to both of us
then that can't be patched up
There's no use our even going
through the motions of our ole
friendship"
But as she walked slowly along
she began to forget James spasn
of anger, to forget Jane herself
The charmed circle of her worlt
drew in about her. She was safe
there with Howard, and their son
But it was otherwise with Jane
AS she stormed away from Amy
her anger blew higher. She knew
she had made a show Of herself
and that she'd been set down anc
laughed at. There was the wors
sting, that she hadn't impressed
Army or shaken her poise.
"She simply has no sense!
Jane silently screamed. "To tt!
to pretent she's happy and con
tented under such conditions
She has nothing-nothing! That
grubby old house! And the most
awful clothes! And not even g
maid! Her hands were sight
don't see how she can touch the
piano." She was almost home
when caution stopped her. 81 CAM
90 in and talk to Aunt Rosa yet
shed know l didn't go very far
What dump this town is! ] be-
lieve I'll goSdown to the telegraph
office and wire Andrews to seno
for me to come back tomorrow"
AS she went on she brought
her anger under control, but she
could not lose or reduce it: Ra-
Their it mounted, became more
vindictive If it had occurred to
her then that Amy was afraid she
might claim Nancy she would
have done it, regardless Of con-
sequences. But she was SO far
from thinking of the child, OF
wanting her, that she didn't even
see her as a weapon to strike
Amy vitality. Instead she felt she
was defenseless against Amy, and
all of the grudges she had more
or less forgotten came back to
her with overwhelming power,
Amy had stolen her lover and for
some unfathomable reason had
kept his love-. Amy had achieved
nothing, had amounted to moth
ing, while she, Jane, had won
money and distinction by her own
ability and talent, and yet Amy
could be happy and unenvious and