The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-13
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good :" The man In the bee
blinked twice and swallowed hard
Thanks, dear. I'll remember
that. I think we can get BY. Its
mighty, lucky ! kept up that dis
ability insurance. It's paying me
$50 a week right now and j guess
we can keep our heads above
water. Keep your money, child
You'll need it. Guess you'll be
wanting a house of your own one
Of these days. Tell Tom / appre.
ciate his kind thought"
CHE twitched the coverlei
- straight and turned to go but
he detained her.
You get a lot of time to think,
lying here as I do" he said slow
ly. Cant tell you how glad l am
that you're settled, taken care Of.
don't have to worry about you.
Toms good boy; he'll go far II
he's handled right" .a. ...
"You married young. didn't
you, Daddy?"
Eyes, did. We had a struggle
at first-always have had, as a
matter Of fact. I never was a 60
getter." His smile was wry. but
your mothers been fine. She
never asked for more than / could
give. Not many women like her.
And she was used to lots, too"
Marriage ISIS funny" Gypsy
offered vaguely in the pause. Its
never quite what you think it's
going to be-"
"Of course not! OF course not.
1t begins with a party, everybody
singing and throwing flowers.
Pretty soon the boy and girl have
to worry about beefsteak aud rent
money. Not the same thing at all.
But if they're the right sort they'll
come through" '..S 'a
Gypsy patted his hand. Daddy
was good. He knew what life was
all about. Maybe she was taking
the whole thing too seriously.
AS she dressed the baby for
the homeward trip she thought
of her fathers words and her
heart lightened insensibly. Be-
sides, the weeks she had just lived
through had given her a new
sense OF values. The lowering
wings of the Black Angel had
come close to her. You ic-sct
petty things-unimportant things
in that dread shadow.
She and Tom would make Q
fresh start when she went back to
the apartment. She would try to
be different; she wouldn't let every
thing bother her.
Clytie helped her down to the
taxi. From the window above she
could see her mother waving. Her
mother. thin. valiant, frail.
Take care of her." Gypsy told
the old colored woman. Take
VI IHSH 1DOlu
Clytie said yes, she would.
They'd be all right, she told
Gypsy. Mist Morell, he was a
fine man; praise God they, hadn't
lost him. ..'".... r.,
1t was a warm, dangerous day
in May. Shrubs were bursting
into bloom all along the wide
pleasant streets. The black
hedges showed a tracing OF green
wherever you looked. Gypsy felt
a singing in her heart. Maybe 1t
was spring, maybe it was going
back to her own man and her
own hearth that gave her sense
of fresh beginnings. 81 g, ''..
I'm going to be different" she
promised. I'm going to make
my marriage go il It's the only
thing / ever do in this world"
Back in the yembattled city
across the river. toward whose
towers and minarets the train
now hurled itself. blond girl
sat in a shining Office and, stared
out, over the roofs. a - s,s-
"I'mzmad about him, "fshe NUT.
tered to herself as she glimpsed
Tom Weaver's profile through the
glass partition. I'm mad aboa.
him and I'm going to do some.
thing about it" ~ a1-
ITO Be Continued) e.-g-.