The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-25
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town, Marburg, and especially
Amy jackson that she can make
a success of her life. Amy has
been her best friend until How
ard Jackson broke the engage
inert Jane had forced upon him
and married Amy.
In New York Jane obtains a
position in a real estate office
ard soon is making a large in
come. She has an affair with
Roger Thorpe, married, but tires
of him. When he offers to bear
the expense of their child she
CONTEMPORARY dismisses him.
Amy takes the baby, named
Nancy, promising never to reveal
its parentage. q.
When America enters the World
war Howard decides to enlist in
the aviation corps. Amy. heart
sick over the impending separa-
ton, is obliged to play hostess to
commencement dinner party.
Howard leaves for a training
camp in Texas and his mother
comes to stay with Amy who con-
fides to her that she is expecting
a child of her own.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXX
Little by little Amy was COM
ing back to a normal state of
mind. She had begun to feel Sc
cure once more, losing the IMAGE
of the shadow beast fate stalk
ing her, capIiciously ready either
to pass hes by. OF leap and strike
her down, unpredictable, uncs-
capable, outside of resaon or of
, hope, the image that had been
with her since Towards decision
to enlist. There we're various
causes-Mary Jackson's presence
was one, she fitted so naturally
into the house and was so a"ree-
ably interested in it and in Amy
but quite without any bright false
courage or ready-made consola-
ton. She made no bones of the
fact that she loved her son de-
votedly and was constantly CON
cerned for him. but she didn't
parade either her devotion or her
concern.
Besides this there was the good
news that Howard, having won
| his wings, had promptly been
made into an instructor and there
seemed small chance that he
would be sent overseas very soon,
perhps not at all. That took away
another fearful image of riddled
flaming, falling hattie planes
with the added mercy of being
BILE to have letters from him fire.
Quently, and of knowing fairly
well where he was and what he
was doing. But chief cause for
Amy's new security was the COM
ing child.
II wouldn't have believed" she
told Mary, chat l could possibly
be so happy with Howard away.
But | am happy. Pm happy and
excited and gay. and at the same
time Pm serious and solemn and
wondering"
what are you wondering
about?"
ooh everything - what We'll
name him, whether he'll look like
Howard or me, how tall he'll
grow-isn't it lovely and silly and
grand and foolish?"
81 think it's swell"
"Disgraceful slang! And from
his grandmother! You'll ruin his
Englishw
'If he calls me grandmother
I'll smack him. Heavens, but :
feel laid on the shelf! How is
your mother taking it,"
"She's far worse than you are.
She says she's going to get a
white transformation and a black
lace evening dress and a bead
reticule. Father declares he's 60
ing to crow a beard-he saws be-
whiskered grandfathers are an
inevitable part of the best Ameri-
can tradition"
"And what does Howard say?"
81 haven't told him and I'm
not going to until he gets his
first leave. | want to tell him
myself, not put it in letter.
But from the way he behaved
when l told him I'd adopted
Nancy, I suppose he'll take it as
a huge Joke"
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"But suppose he can't get leave
until Christmas-or later? | don't
think good news ought ever to be
held back, especially from some