The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-28
CHAPTER TEN
TREASURE faced her father de-

TREASURE faced her father de-
Il family.
Mother said I could go. I left
plenty of food"
He ignored this.
who is this wop you are run
ming around with?" he continued.
What does a fellow who drives a
swell car like that want with a poor
girl like you?"
Its his mothers car" she ex-
planned, but his implication had
brought tears into her eyes. Hes
a nice boy. There's nothing wrong
about it,"
mo good can come from it," Mike
MCGUIRE said darkly, tapping the
tobacco into his pipe.
Try and make me stop it " she
thought. You're a fine one to
talk" But she knew better than to
say it.
When he announced: "'Let this
be the end of it, do you hear? 1
don't want him coming around here
any more" she did not reply until
enraged by her silent scorn he took
hold of her arm.
Answer mel"
Ct heard you," she said bracing
herself for the wrath which was sure
to follow. But she had reckoned
without her mother, who appeared
suddenly in the bedroom door and
in a voice neither of them had heard
before. cried, Take your hands off
her, Mike McGuire!"
Such an outburst from one who
had never lifted her voice to pro-
test against his brutal treatment
of herself stunned him like an I'M
expected blow. The arm he had
lifted dropped as if paralyzed. A
sheepish expression like that of a
youthful bully caught by an adult
spread over his heavy countenance.
What you yelling about?" he de-
manded belligerently. 'Nobody's
hurting her. Go back to bed"
But his voice, though truculent,
carried no force. For the first time
in its life the worm had turned
and the unprecedented sight melted
his rage like butter in a hot bun.
1t occurred to him that women
had been known to lose their
minds after experiences like hers.
Ellen must be a little off" to defy
him. The less attention paid to
it the better he decided uneaSily,
subsiding into his chair. while
Treasure helped her mother back
into bed.
Have a good time?" Ellen whis-
pered eagerly.
"Oh, Mama, it was wonderful! I
never had such a good time in my
life"
Both ignored the alteration
which had just taken place in the
other room but although none of
them realized it then, it marked a
definite turning point. Ellen Nc
CURE had for once asserted her
self. She was no longer afraid of
her husband and she had proved it.
He could never make her cover
with terror again.
AS for Treasure let him dare to
harm one hair of her head and
vengeance swift and terrible would
be upon him. No fear of any vio-
lence to herself could stop Ellen
where Treasure was concerned.
She had seen the alarm in Mixes
face and, intoxicated by her own
senses of power. she realized that he
had been afraid of her. 1t was a
knowledge she was not likely to
forget.
And strangely enough now that
she no longer cringed or sought to
please him Mike began to treat her
with something resembling respect.
He loudly attempted to enforce the
obedience of his insolent children
and made no more threats to walk
out and let them take care of them
selves.
But because he suspected that
Treasure was responsible for this
independence of his wife's he took
his wrath out on his daughter.
LIE dared not strike her, but
Il l. nothing she said or did was
right. And his irritation was famed
to frenzy by the indifference of her