The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-29
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GYPSY MORRILL, and TOM
WEAVER are married on the
same day rs LILA H0TALING
and DEREk BLISS, bat Lila ex-
reefs to live i'm luxury while
Gypsy keeps her job teaching in
IA settlement school.
Gypsy has TO struggle to keep
expenses within Toms income.
Another problem is Toms
jealousy of wealth. MARIO
BROUGHTON who once asked
Gypsy To marry him and whom
they meet AT the BIi&Scs' home
when the doctor tells Gypsy
she il 10 have n baby she gives
up her job. summer comes on and
il intensely hot. Gypsy and Tom
move to n cottnEe on Long Island
owned by n friend,
The baby Is born in late Sep
TENDER and the wcavers return
10 their npa%tment. Gypsy finds
hOuSewOrk, with the baby 10 care
for. eXhaustinE.
NOM GO On WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
GYPSY, assembling towels, soap,
~ powder and olive oil. scolded
herself. Pm a bad mother" What
a lot you needed for a baby! She
had never realized it before. Quite
callously she had criticized young
mothers for not doing this, doing
that. Keeping up" it was gener-
ally called. And yet how could you
expect them to play bridge, to read
the latest books. to be bright, and
interesting when they faced such
mountainous tasks day after day?
David was naughty that morning.
Perhaps he missed the expert mini
StratiOns of the absent Mrs. Burby.
Perhaps he sensed the nervousness
Of his young mother. At any rate
he cried. He cried and cried and
cried.
Gypsy was shaking with nervous
ness and fatigue when the ordeal
of the morning bath was finished
A cold Precipitation beaded her up
per lip and her knees Sagged as
she laid the now sleepy. immacu-
late infant in his crib.
Could she possibly go at the rest
of the disorder now? And where
was Tom? He hadn't even tele-
phoned. She was ready to cry with
weakness and encouragement.
A key grated in the lock and Tom
ushered in 4 big, blond, clean
skinned young woman wearing a
long. questionable coat. This is
Elsa. darling" Tom announced.
She's going to do whatever you
want her to-"
Elsa worked part-time. Three
days q week she came at eight and
stayed until one. The other four
days she came at one and stayed
until seven. leaving dinner pre-
pared. She was slow, tireless, clean.
After that things went more
smoothly. Elsa was a treasure,
Tom and Gypsy told each other.
She was jewel.
How we can afford it I simply
don't know" Gypsy would say.
frowning over the bills. But there
was now no question in her mind
about letting Elsa go. 1t was simply
not to be thought of, Tom said, and
she agreed. Until she was stronger,
at least. {
The baby grew-fourished, The
days rushed by, punctuated only by
bath.time, nap-time, feeding-time.
Sometimes the imperturbable Elsa
stayed in the evening and the young
WeaYers dashed out to a movie. But
this was not often. The budget was
strained too tight to allow much
entertainment.
What did We ever do with our
money before?' Gypsy wondered
artlessly aloud one stormy Novem-
Der night when she had established
herself in the big chair opposite
Tom. Silk stockings and manicures,
sundaes and matinees and new hats
why, she had thought nothing Of
all these before her marriage! Now
they seemed the supreme luxuries-
A VAIL from the bedroom inter
n rupted her reverie. She rushed
in,. to find two. pink hands waving
above the blankets .. ....a-