The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-27
SOPHIE KERRS SUPERB LOVE STORY =

kept jealously, no matter how
much he was pressed to give 1T
elsewhere, the hour when she was
accustomed to take her twilight
walk. Now he walked with her
: slowly. She, held his arm. They
: swEapt themselves. in isolation.
Z Sometimes. they forgot even to
speak to- people they knew who
passed on .,ithe: path, but no one
was offended. /. A glance at them
|. excused them. AS the end of
s Howard,,s leave drew near they
stopped discussing the remote re-
gion of after the war, became
practical. Amy promised to give
up her music classes, to rest
more, to take what she called. abb
surd care of herself even while
she, consented to i. "And don't
try to save and scrimp too hard
on money! Howard ordered.
There's enough, even. if we're
, not millionaires. And there s.
he stopped. S-, ...
= There's what?" .I....
.TThere's no need of you pinch
ing pennies. 1t worries me-" he
ended lamely. He had meant to
say, t"There's my Insurance" but
stopped in time.
"Apd you promise me to take
|care of yourself = teaching al
those crazy youngsters to fly
Any. one Of them might put you
in frightful danger. It's always
! in my mind" ........
at needn't be. Believe me.
watch them. Oh Lord, if l only
hadn't to be away from you now.
But I've decided something, Amy
I'm coming home-at the time, if
it's, only for a day, I've got to
be. with you then. A woman
goes through too much -.
, She remembered Jane when
, Nancy was born, "It's not too
much. :, It's a normal happening,
: you know. We all arrive by the
same route. And afterward, it's
so grand"
"But you want me to come,
don't you?"
"'Of course do. more than
anything in the world. 1t makes
the time nearer when | see you
! again-only till March"
: at seems as if I'd been here
: hardly a minute! Oh Amy, I'm
no real soldier. A real soldier
.. neither thinks nor feels. Some OF
: the men love it. They eat up the
:, drill and discipline. It's a vel
\ come escape for them from theil
a civilian life. They talk of want.
= ing to go into the regular army
when the wars over, and / listen
$ to them and can't understand it
;, Maybe they'll change their minds
s when they get into actual fight,
: ing, but | don't know"
n She pressed close to him. She
did not want to talk about those
y other men. 81 love you so, How.
: ard" she said. you're not SORT!
a we're to have this child, now, are
e your"
ooh, no. no! 1t makes me
/, happy beyond anything | ever
v imagined. If l could only be with
e you and watch out for you! Yor
!, will be very careful. won't you
, love? Have all the doctors anc
nurses and everything. 1t makes
, me feel helpless to be so fai
away. l worry so much about
: you"
n 81 worry about you, too-but
S that can't be helped. But there's
one thing that troubles me, How.
ard-about Nancy. ] don't know
/ it seems very unlikely, but
t what if Jane should want to take
: her again, when she knows We
have a child of our own"
S "What made you think of that?
e why should she want Nancy more
n than she did before?"
S "Jane has queer ideas, she's
t not like anyone else"
S 4 don't believe she's queer
? enough to want to take on the
e responsibility of youngstel
: Nancy's age. And she couldn't dc
S it without giving reason. Shed
\ know it would make people sus.
= pect that she's Nancy's real moth,
e err and she'd avoid that ct any
e cost. She certainly hasn't shown
any affection for Nancy, nor any
n interest either. since that first
time. How did you get such q
notion?"
;, 81 don't know. There's no spc,
Y cial reason for it. I've been hop,
: ing that she'd come on to see
Y Miss Rosa before you left, and