The Washington times., 1934-05-31

Cnlckle'S eyelldS 1lcKereo.
do you hear me?"
II hear"
Pippin went into her fathers
study.
She said, desolate: "she's
doesn't even care"
He kept his eyes on his
clenched hands: "She is very
sick"
"But you do not send for
JON"
"She asked me not to-"
Pippin's heart went cold.
Jon was Helena's pride and
Joy. She wept because he
didn't come home this vaca-
ton. ion, STOPPING down to
say with alteration, Hello
Beautiful" could always make
the tears swim in Chickie's
eyes. Now she didn't care.
She didn't want her son called
home. This, more than any
thing else, daunted Pippin.
Mary phoned. Mary wanted
to come and take care Of
Chickie. She was sure she
could save her even If a
whole world of doctors failed.
"Pippin, ask her if she wants
me to come"
"You would be quarantined,
Mary. If you come to see her
you can't leave"
IT don't care! I want to talk
to David. I know three per-
sons who have recovered from
irfantile. They will give their
blood for serum if she needs
any more. Tell David he can
have them at an hours notice"
Sometimes Mary cried over
the telephone. She was utterly
distracted that she could not
see Chickie and that she could
not do thing to help her. 1t
was the same with Janina. Of
ten they drove past the house
and walked to the terraced
garden, on which the living
room opened. Pippin talked to
them from the window.
Mary's rich, dark eyes filled
with tears. Janina, who was still
handsome even with her hair
turned gray and deep lines from
her nose to her chin, walked up
the steps and handed books to
Pippin.
But when Pippin said to her
mother: Mary and Janina
came again. They want to take
care of you. They wish there
were no nurses in the world and
that you needed them" Chlckle
scarcely stirred.
Another time the tears would
have filled her dark, beautiful
eyes. She would have laughed
with joy because her friends
stood with her in her need.
Pippin remembered when her
mother told of the tragedy in
her youth. She wept saying:
"Mary knew and Janina knew.
They stood with me all the
time"
Even when a letter came from
Bruce. a young, delicious, heart
breaking letter that made Pip
pin tingle with pride, even then
Chickie said only:
How are they? Are they
home from the lake?" and
didn't ask that the letter be
read.
The two boys had closed up
the cabin. They were staying
with Mary. Dadee came often
to the back garden and talked
with Pippin. He was entering
college but all the joy Of it was
gone.
"A swell doctor I'll make,
Pippin," he said one day. Il
didn't even know she was sick.
Thought you were making a big
fuss over nothing"
Dadee was tall and growing
every day more like his father.
He looked so unhappy as he
stood there rubbing his finger
along the brim of his hat. He
said with his lips trembling:
Gee, that eats at me-
Pippin said to her mother:
"Dadee passed the intelligence
test very high. He's in the
genius class"
Chickie nodded as though it
were a stranger and not her
own adored and gifted boy.
Pippin thought: Were far
from her. We don't count now"
The days were bitterly long.
Pippin wandered about the
house. She talked to Jonathan.
He said: "She'S better today"
II think she looks the same.
She seems so far away"
"Ah-she'll come out Of it.
You do not know your mothers
strength-the bravest heart in
all the world"
Then Jonathan pulled out a
great handkerchief and wiped
tears from his eyes.
He stood aside from chests Of
drawers he was making and
said proudly: "She'S been need
ing these. Don't tell her
though. It's for a surprise"
Pippin longed for work to do.
Nothing diverted her. There
were letters from Gregg that a
little while ago would have JOY.
fully excited her. Gregg wrote
always with dash and fervor.
He told fascinating stories Of
the Chinese whom he thought u
wonderful people, He told of a