The Washington times., 1936-11-30

sole heir, you know. Oh, nothing
stupendous, Of course. But enough
to take care Of us nicely-very
nicely"
1--WE shall manage very well" FL
lery said. every well, indeed"
So that was that. They left at
noon the next day. Bag and bag
gage. Leaving behind worn old
furniture, holey sheets, torn towels,
frayed rugs, a miscellaneous col
lection of nicked and cracked
dishes. The few pieces of Spode
and her share of the Failey silver
Edith had managed to stow away
in the suitcaSeS.
"I won't realize 81 on the whole
lot that's left" Evelyn said.
And she didn't.
&*&
They never knew just how 1t
happened, whether it was another
letter from Helen, or something
that Dorathea, driven to her wits
end by Bennie's worrying and
moaning over the children, said
about them.
Evelyn was downstairs in the
flat that the Lyons hal left trying
to get a secondhand dealer to
make. her an offer on the furniture.
Like the others who had come be-
fore him, he wanted to take two or
three pieces, leave the rest.
She heard the commotion up
stairs, but wasn't particularly sur
prised. It was Bennie's day off and
he and Dorathea never got through
one of these days of enforced idle
ness without a fight.
The dealer decided to take the
lot after all, and now that he was
in the buying mood she didn't want
to leave, though it did sound as
though they were tearing the
house to pieces upstairs.
Finally, when he had gone, she
went upstairs, ready to give them
both "a piece of her mind"
Found Bennie on his knees
throwing clothes into an open
suitcase, Dorathea hurting things
at him from the open closet door.
On the floor in scattered con-
fusion lay odd shoes, the smashed
glass and torn scraps of the framed
photograph of the two children,
that he had kept on the dresser.
I'm through" Bennie said,
through clenched teeth. I'm 60
ing out Of this house and I'm
never coming back"
you've gone out Of this house
before" Evelyn said dryly, "but
I notice you always come back!"
Not this time! Not SOS you
could notice it. This time, my
lady, I'm through. Through
through-through!"
"Nobody's deaf around here. No
body's stopping you, either!"
mo? Well, they better not try.
I'm through. I'm going back to
the only decent woman I ever
knew, and I wish I'd never set
eyes on you and your pretty-faced
scheming, unnatural daughter that
don't care whether an innocent
baby that never did any harm
lives or dies, or anything. And I
hope never set eye on the two
of you again-breaking up my
homecoming between me and
the only woman ever"
"Oh, it was I, who broke up
your home? It was my idea, was
it? Let me tell you, Bennie Rogers
that it took a lot of persuading
on your part, before L"
"Oh, shut up, Dor. You can't
fool me. I'm wise. Just get this
straight, that's all. I'm through"
It was enough for Evelyn. If
Dorathea wasn't through, she was.
"Oh, stop talking about it, and
go! And I certainly hope that I
never have to look at you again,
either!"
you stay out of this. If you'd
stayed out from the first. Dor and
L"
Eyes, mother-please! Let me
talk to Bennie. Bennie-listen.
Listen to me. Bennie, we've had
trouble, and always"
Not this time!" He pointed at
the wreckage of the framed photo
graph. This time you went just
too far. I got my eyes open now.
I know you now. I'm through!"
well, just take your suitcase
then-and leave us! What are
you waiting for? Go. why don't
you?" Evelyn couldn't stand an
other minute of it.
(TO Be COntinued)