The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-08
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tiers, music, art, all that sort of
thing. | thought of what a deadly
time she must have here, the kind
of time l had when I was a girl,
and SO, almost before | knew
what | was saying, I asked if 81 |
wouldn't like to visit. me. Il
Though I'd like to : show hea
things, and for the first time I
was actually curious about her,
about her tastes and. her brains
END her ideas, whether she had
any head for business. If she has
could do almost anythin" for
her. But she turned me down
cold! Amusing, isn't it," She
shrugged her shoulders.
"But so suddenly, Jane! What
did you expect her to do?"
"If anyone had come along and
offered me the same thing when
was her age I'd have had my
trunks packed by this time! Oh
well, that's that! And how about
you, AMY needn't ask, | sup
pose. How do you keep your
complexion! It's really marvel
Gus. And Aunt Rosa tells me
that besides being a faculty lady
you're Marburg's musical leader,
that you manage concerts and run
choruses and what not, Appar-
emily you thrive on it, too. l
should think you'd be bored to
tearsp'
"But you must remember I'm
unaccustomed to anything else"
said Amy. "Tm not at all bored.
In fact ! quite enjoy it."
81 believe YOU do. 1t all seems
to me such a stupid life-so mar
row--so limited! You might have
done something big with your
music! Dosyou remember, l used
to tell you that?"
! Jane" said Amy, very solemn
Il, eff you are born with small
town nature you never change!
That's what ais me, imagine.
And now, | must go along home.
| won't have time to see Miss
Rosa today but I'll be in soon
again. How long are you stay
ing?"
"Only a day or two Probably
I'll go tomorrow.
She went with Amy to the door
and in the brighter light they
looked at one another with APP
p:aising interest. Amy saw an
elegant and exquisite woman
4 whose beauty had been cherished
and cared for in every possible
way.
Jane also saw a beautiful wo-
man, but one who was neither
elegant nor exquisite, rather dis
hevened and, if not actually
dowdy, at least two years behind
the current mode.
"Goodby, Jane" said Amy,
"Pm glad l saw you. Pm very
glad. You know, / thought !
hated you. l did hate you for
-, while. There were two years
| after that pneumonia of How
ards when it was touch and 90
. with his lungs, and I certainly
hated you then, for | blamed you
for it. But must have forgot
ten about hating you after he
, got better {. and that's why
I'm glad. l shouldn't like to
think | could have lived as hap
pily as I've lived all this time and
kept on hating anyone. I'm glad
of your success; it's the kind you
always wanted. l hope you'll al
ways have it, and enjoy it, and
believe you will. You're that
) sort" She leaned forward and
patted James arm. "Goodby,"
she said again.
'I'm glad | told her that"
thought Amy, as she went home.
cit was very strange to reach in
to my feelings for that old hate
and find it gone. And / told her
to stay out of my life, on the
surface, she certainly stayed. But
in reality she's been constant
part of it for she gave me one of
my greatest Joys, Nancy. love
Nancy so nearly as much as do
young Howard that I'd be puz-
zled to tell the difference. And
That's a good thing, too. Love
shouldn't be measured - hate
shouldn't be treasured. And that
about washes us up, Jane and
me"
At her own door she was met
on earth kept you so long? I've
. on eatrh kept you so long? I've
been dying to see you and tell
YOU all! That woman: The great
. big nerve of her! Patronizing