The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
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 JANE TERRY comes 10 New York determined to show her
 home town, Biarbnrg, and espe-
 ciaily AMY JACKSON that she
 can make a success of her life.
 Amy has been her best friend until HOWARD JACKSON broke
 the engagement Jane had forced
 upon him and married Amy.
 In New York Jane obtains a.
 position in q real estate office and
 soon is making q large income.
 She has an affair with ROGER
 THORPE, married but tires of
 him. When he offers to bear the
 expense of their child she con-
 temptuOusly dismisses him. Amy
 takes the baby. named NANCY,
 promising never to reveal it's par
 entag.e
 When America enters the
 World War Howard decides to
 enlist in the aviation corps. Amy,
 hcarfsick over this impending
 separation, is obliged to play
 hostess to commencement din-
 ner party.
 Howard leaves for a training
 camp i'm Texas. Amy and his
 mother go to the station to see
 him of.
 CHAPTER xxx
 It was Mrs Lowe who took charge of the situation. Pretending anxiety over Mrs Jackson's bag gage, she set her and Amy both to making inquiries. Then she took them back to Amy's home, talking all the while of trivialities.
 Once there, Amy had to be busy and Mary Jackson put on an apron and helped. Its nice to be in a kitchen again." she said. T was getting sick of boarding houses and hotels. 1 may be pretty awk- ward at first. You were very good to let me come, Amy"
 I'm thankful you could come, Amy told her. T couldn't shut up the house and stay with Mother and Father. They love me too much. They're so close to me it kills them to see me unhappy. You love Howard the most. won't feel you breaking your heart about me all the time. I'm sure they're re- lieved I'm staying here. You un- derstand. It's too much strain on all of us,'
 "My dear" said Mary Jackson, "I understand very well. Love is much harder to endure than hate, and what your parents feel for you I feel for Howard. If you knew what it has cost me to leave him free and not hang on him and de- pend on him and simply clamp my life on his-it wasn't fun, you can believe it."
 ''Oh, why didn't YOU come sooner and h~ I hir,o @1 h,x insisted-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to crowd you out. Really didn't. didn't think.
 No, I didn't want to come. I only wanted the one glimpse of him. couldn't have stood any length of time with him, any more than you can stand being with your parents. I'm selfish about Howard-I feel so outraged and and violent about his going into thio war. Even when. I think that there are hundreds and thousands of mothers who are giving their sons. it doesn't change my feeling. There's no consolation in other peoples trouble for our own"
 That's exactly what I've been saying to myself, but I didn't dare say 1t out loud. I'm glad you said 1t. And l wished, I can't tell you hoy much 1 wished and hoped that he'd be rejected-I mean by the physical examiners. I hope still that he won't he able to pass the air tests. Ground work isn't as dangerous as actual flying"
 The two women exchanged wan smiles. You didn't tell Howard that. know" said Towards mother.
 'Of course not. I don't want to clamp on him any more than you do. But it was awful to keep still. And now-this empty house-and he won't be coming back tonight nor tomorrow"
 But he'll be coming back some- time. There's that to think about" said Mary Jackson steadily. And something in her voice reminded Amy that Mary Jackson's husband had died when he was not much older than Howard. It brought her out of her depth of self-commisera- ton with sharp jerk and she gave Mary Jackson a fervent, peni- tential hug. "I won't make another moan, not even a small one" she said. "If I do I give you leave to beat me-" Her strength began. to flow back to her like turn in a grave illness. She stopped thinking that Howard was away, but only that he was coming back.
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