The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-28
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the late afternoon train and wait
"a with her in the big empty sta
ton. - know ought to go
along with YOU" she said at last,
Just for few days. to get you
settled"
"If yqu went with me I'd get
off at the next station and go
somewhefe else. don't want
you OF anyone else"
"Don't strike out at me, my
dear, because of your own Suf.
feling," Said Miss Rosa. THAT
doesn't help. Pm doing all |
can"
Jane went on with cruel nj
tention. You'll be as glad to
get rid Of me as ! am to go.
We've never been very fond of
each other, have we, Aunt Rosa?
You don't care about anything
hut playing bridge and having
nice fattening meals and making
the house look a little better-kept
than ANYBODY else's. | suppose
you're tpo old to know how
young people feel, really"
Maybe l am" said Miss Rosa
YEARLY. Anyway, Jane, | did the
best | could with my limitations.
Pm verysfond Of You, even if you
don't believe it, and it fairly
tears ne, to see you like this"
"Will you stop nagging me-"
X "Yourg trains coming in" She
Rugged James stiff, resistant
shoulders, and kissed her on both
cheeks. Dear child, anything
you want Of me, any time, I'm
always here. And write to me,
even if it's nothing but a card"
But Jane had pulled away from
the embrace ana was hurrying
out to the train. The porter
swung up her bag. Her trunk
was slammed into the baggage
car three coaches ahead. Miss
Rosa watched, more unhappy and
perturbed than she had ever been
in her whole life.
. All the way back to the house
Miss Rosa was miserable with de-
feat. 81 shouldn't have let her
CO." she thought. Il ought to
have insisted that she stay here
and face it. But she would surely
have done something desperate.
There's a kind of power in Jane.
She made me let her go off en-
tirely against my better iudg-
ment. / don't suppose she has
the least idea of studying any
where. Oh, Lord. what a hard
time parents must have" o..
Jane, by now some so miles
away, was for the moment un-
aware of her advantages. The
energy that had started her on
this determined fight had gone.
She sat crumpled in the seat. see
ing nothing but Howard Jackson
looking at Amy, hearing nothing
but his voice saying to Amy, Il
love you"
Never afterwarl in her life was
she able to recall any detail of
that journey, how she reached
the hotel nor how she spent the
first few days of her stay, for
she was. suspended in pain and
unreality. The truth was that
she stayed, in her room most of
the time, lying in bed or sitting
by the window, while the manage
ment, only partly treasured by
messages from Miss Rosa, kept
an uneasy watch on her, sending
in maids on unnecessary errands.
while the housekeeper fingered
nervousiy in the hall for their
reports. Jane did not know it.
But she dill know that after a
while she began to come alive
and to feel that she must do
something.
Accordingly she went out for
a walk. looking into shop win
dows at first blankly, then with
a faint interest quickened by the
sight of clothes and trinkets SUI
perior to anything Marburg could
offer. She began to feel small
Importance, to see herself as a
very attractive, ,well-dressed, in
dependent Young woman with
any sort of interesting career
she mi"ht. choose open before her.
Presently she came to the park
and strcued in a little. way to
rest in its greenness, The i'm
portant feeling subsidized, leaving