The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-31
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SXNOtStS
 ZANE TERRY comes to New
 York determined to show her
 home town, Marburg, and espe-
 cially ABEY JACKSON that she
 can cake a success of her life.
 Amy has been her best friend
 Until HOWARD JACKSON brok
 the engagement Jnne had forced
 upon him and married Amy.
 I'm New York Jane obtains'a
 position in Q real estate office
 and soon Is making a large inc
 come. She has an affair with
 ROGER THORPE, married, but
 tires of him. When he offers to
 bear the expense of their child
 she contcniptuously dismisses
 him. Amy takes the baby, named
 NANCY, promising never to rec
 veal its percentage,
 When America enters the
 World War Howard enlists in
 the aviation corps and goes to
 training camp in Texas. His
 mother comes to stay with Amy
 and little Nancy. Amy confides
 to MARY JACKSON that she is
 expecting a child of her own.
 CHAPTER XXXI
 Walking with Alice made Amy think of Jane, because she and Jane had so often taken this same path. Watching Alice with Nancy reminded Amy of Jane, too, and with a kinder feeling that she had had in the summer. Now and then Mary spoke of Jane, reported something glittering and spectacu- lar. Jane was head of a special committee of business women to sell Liberty Bonds. Jane was mak- ing speeches on the steps of the Public Library. Jane's business was growing. She meant to enlarge her offices. Everything was to James importance and success. Amy listened with an amused twinkle. She could perfectly see Jane swanking around, playing her part with dashing conviction, but she felt no jingle of envy. But when, one day late in November, Mary said that Jane was coming to stay with her aunt for the holi- days, Amy only commented ab- sently: "That'll please Miss Rosa" and thought no more about 1t.
 The holidays this year meant only to Amy that Howard was sure of his leave for that time. No matter how she felt toward aJne, toward anyone, she could include nothing from outside in that pros- pect.
 With Towards coming in view Amy first went through her house like a stern and captious stranger, and then, with lists besides her, began a series of renovations which she determined, bring it back to the freshness of their honeymoon days.
 She planned her, meals, too, of the dishes Howard liked best. And if," she said to Mary, "the Food Administration comes along and puts me in jail for it, I'm not going to use a single substitute while Towards here. Butter, sugar, white f1our-all he wants. I'm going to make a cocoanut cake as big as a mountain and thou sands of raIsin cookies. And pecan caramels. And he's going to have popovers and waffles and home- made sausage cakes. and roast tur- key and duck and all the fresh vegetables and fruit I can find here or in Hopsonyille."
 "Go ahead" replied Mary. '1ll aid and abet you and go to jail with you if it's necessary" Pres- ently she added: "Rosa would like us to come to her for Christmas dinner, but told her we wouldn't think of it.''
 'I'd rather have no dinner at all than go out anywhere. Mother spoke of having us there, too. but she said she knew it was only a gesture"
 Mary answered hesitatingly: "Amy-how would it be if I went to Rosa's that day-and let you and Howard be to yourselves? And I could take Nancy"
 "Oh, you make me feel a pig! Do I seem to be trying to crowd