The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-27
GIRsI, IN THE FAMILY

.wns b the side yard beating = row
of bed pillows that were pinned in
. row on tho clothes line.
Her galoshes tapped around her
ankles and her apron pulled out
like . sail IN the wind % she came
hurrying across the flattened vet
grass 20 Susan. "Well. Susanl
Susan Brodericki Where haze you
besn9 And Why didn't you let "a
know where you were?-Why did
Zou Do this dreadful thing to us!"
Her features were III puckered IN
the middle Of her rosy face BY her
distress. I'VE have worried and
worried and worriedl"
sl'm staying at Anna's," said Su-
san with her aunt's arms around
her. holding her tightly. "Anna,
our old maid, JON know. She mar
ried HeEbgt, our millman. I'm
boarding q kar house." She spoke
in . perfectly matter-of-fact way ~
& Il were the most natural thing In
the world that she should hide her
self from the Cullens and 60 TO live
In Clay Street with Anna.
Her aunt did not answer her, and
her puzzled eyes went on searching
Susan's face q che led the way In
% the house and made her q cup Of
cocoa. The house with its white
painted book shelves, and it, sun
shine and IT. Boston ferns In thu
window. Was more like home % SUI
san than the house On Center Street
ever had been. There was ! certain
welcome. Q feeling Of homecoming.
IN the very smell Of the place-tho
smell Of cleanliness and pine pillows
and savory cooking that was %
much . part Of the house % the biz
Oriental living room rug that q
had taken Aunt Nell two years %
pay for on the installment plan.
"We didn't know you'd Ill left
the house until Mary tried to call
you up and found that the telephone
had been disconnected" Aunt Nell
said when che had made the cocoa
IN . blus-dowsred cup that re-
minded Susan Of the sdunlings
party. I'VE waited for . day Or
two. thinking you'd come over 70 So
- o00 Wa00 wv 0SOA - w.
Howard % drive me over 20 Center
Street. And ] simply couldn't b.
neve my eyes when ] saw the house
Standing there empty and . great
BIG For Sale sign on tho front Of
ity ! went straight home and wrote
20 John % 6nd ont what had hap
pened and where Jon were-end
last week b wrote % tell me that
he'd written Jon and that you'd b
coming % re me coon. Susan, what
did you Do . thing like this fort"
= came % 80 Jon one night but
- one Was q homo. Didn't Mr..
Jsnnings ten Jon that I stopped 81
at the store1s asked Susan.
sYes. but Why didn't you come,
againf Or Why didn't Jon call us
Up when you knew your own tsls-
phone was disconnected and ~
aunt Z don't Understand 81 tbs.
Susan. You must have had some
good reason TOR staying away. You
weren't angry with 10 over any.
thing were Jon, Or hurt?-You
must know how much 10 al think
q X ou:
know whore ] was until I WAS III
straightened around,s murmured
Susan, falling Q half truth, and
knowing that she could never e..
plain things % Aunt Nell's salts.
faction unless she told her about
hsrsen and Allen Sholes. And that,
she told herself. was the one thing
che woald uever do.
well. now that you're here, we'd
better make some plans for your
staying here her aunt said briskly,
he1 {aee clearing . little. Tim
nevsr gotng % let you stay &C your
hired girls house. now that / know
you're there. Allen Sholes has been
staying With 20. He has Comics
room but IN explain how things
aFo g him and han give Il up.
He and Mary have struck up
such . niee frisndship.s che added.
we ID think % much Of him: he's
Just like one of the family already.
] think ] may b able TO get him .
room back hero On Edwards Street.
with . 9rs. Taylor who rents
eoom1-and then be can 10 RIGHT
@ taking his meals here With u.s.
mo. I'm not coming here Susaa
answered with such force that Aunt
Nell pushed her glasses up above
her oyobroWB . look more closely
. her. She always said that lie
had . take o. hsr glasses when
she wanted 70 go what was really