The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-27
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geology professor, comes to the
small middle-western town of
Marburg Jane Terry, the pref
tiest girl in town, determines to
win his heart.
Howard is attracted by James
friend, & Amy Lowe, bat Jane,
schemes to keep them apart.
Then one c.ening Howard calls
on Amy and almost Immediately
they fall in love.
Later that night Jane confronts
Howard and accuses him of
breaking her heart. When he
tries to calm her she interprets
lis words as a declaration of love
and announces their engagement.
A riay later Howard is trying
to explain to Amy what happen
ed when Jane sees them together.
She flies into a rage. Howard
tells Jane he does not and never
did want to marry her and that
il IS Amy he loves. Jane leaves.
Amy admits her love for Howard
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. e. CHAPTER VI. ...
After. Howard had gone Amy
went back to the organ and let
Schubert's "Rosemunde" sing her
strange and compelling joy. But
she could not stop remembering
Jane, Jane stumbling away alone
in the sunlight that fhckered
through the elms. eff there was
anything l could do to make it
up to her." she thought. "Any-
thing! Pm so sorry for her and
she'd hate that. She'll never for
give me. What will l say to her
when see her? What can | say"
There seemed to be no answer.
Three years before. for James
birthday, she had made up a lit
tie song without words, using for
the motif the letters correspond
ing to James name in the scale.
She played it now, plea for
pardon, for understanding, and it
made her want to cry for the lost
friendship. She had always de-
Tended and championed Jane, she
had insisted on James latent
abilities. Jane was strange, Jane
was solitary, Jane was imperious
and selfish an dpatronizing, but
Amy knew that she was the hui
man creature closest and dearest
to Jane and she felt the reSpOn-
sibilitv of this affection. And
now she had been the one to
hurt Jane so terribly. She and
Howard.
Her thoughts had come back
to Howard and she began to Won
der WHY she was SO sure that she
loved him, that she would never
love anyone else. How had she
known, how had they both known!
But she could not tell! Presently
she closed the organ and went
home, takin~ way that would
not lead her past the Terry
house. She could not see Jane
again, not that day.
Howard. in Miss Rosa's pol
ished parlor, was feeling very
much like a delinquent student
before large severe dean. Miss
Rosa had not been surprised at
his story, but she had not made
it easy for him to tell it.
"Jane runs in here like wild
thing and: raves around saying
that you've been making love to
Amy behind her back, and locks
herself in her room, presumably
to cry her eyes out. and now
you've come with the story that
you weren't engaged to Jane of
your own free will, that she cook
ed it up in her imagination.
What ! can't understand is why
did you let her tell all her
friends that you were engaged
and now. two days later, renege
on it?''
Towards backbone stiffened.
Jane told it without my knowl-
edge. She was excited and un-
reasonable on Friday night and
mistook my trying to quiet her
for-weli. for a proposal. Then
in the morning she telephoned to
everyone she knew without say
ing anything to me. | did not
ask Jane to marry me, | never
thought of it. When | found
that she'd told I didn't know
what to do. l certainly didn't
want to embarrass or humiliate
her or you. I had decided to go
away and let the whole affair die
out naturally" /
"Then this morning she found
you making love to Amy"
"She found me talking to Amy
md the truth came out. Miss
Rosa, it is Amy / care about. 1t
S Amy | want to marry, if she'll
nave me after all this mess" He
,ried to be cool, but he wanted
% add, 81 wouldn't marry Jane
# she was the only girl on earth,
and that's flat" but he managed
not to Bay it.
WhV IN Ntne world uld you pay
50 much attention to Jane. if you
wanted Amy"
cit sounds very cheap and slur-
ing to say so, but if you will
think about it, believe you'll re-
that most of my oppor-
tunities to be with Jane were
made. were insisted on by Jane
herself, and not of my asking"
"1n other words" said Miss
Rosa, very hastily, "Jane ran aft
er you"
SIN other words, she certainly
did," 5
WELL" said Miss Rosa, glar-
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