The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

DOB ANDREWS felt so loaded
- down beneath his burden oil
worries that he wondered vaguely
why everybody he passed on the
street did not turn to look at him
with sympathetic curiosity. He felt
as though the weight of his depres-
sion must show in every line of his
face.
1t didn't, really. He was young
and strong. His suit was neatly
pressed land his shirt was immacu-
late, thanks to Julie. He looked no
different from hundreds of other
strong, good-looking young men.
He looked at his watch. Five
thirty. He would arrive home at 6
o'clock, because that was the time
at which Julie expected him. Julie
did not yet know that he had lost
his job more than week ago; that
he had been spending his days
looking for work, and occasionally
in sheer desperation just killing
time until it was the hour to go
home again.
The same day that he lost his
job he had written letter to jules
Aunt Harriet. 1t was the last straw.
He was expecting reply daily.
LIE had told Aunt Harriet ex-
i Il actly what to write to Julie.
And, If he was any judge of char
acter, Aunt Harriet would find a
grim pleasure in fulfilling his re-
quest.
Waiting for that letter was some
how like waiting for a death sem
tence. Every night that it didn't
come was just one more night in the
rather shabby paradise which be-
longed to himself and Julie. When
it finally came, it would mean the
beginning of the end of their mar
ried life.
Bob began to stride forward
briskly now. It was almost 6. He
began To think how incredible it was
that their life together should have
to end like this. 1t had begun so
CALAMITY.
Julie was a country girl. Bob met
her when he was on a vacation. He
was city born and bred, and hitherto
had always spent his brief holidays
at the seaShore. 1t was really his
first country vacation.
LIE was in the village postoffice
Il Il when he first saw Julie. She
drove past with her aunt in
rather Anticipated Ford. Julie was
doing the driving. Her tanned arms
bare, and her golden hair an I'M
ruly frame about one of the pref
tiest faces Bob had ever seen. Julie
was smiling. The aunt sat very
stiff and straight.
The garrulouS postmaster volun-
teered, That's Miss Harriet Ellis
and her niece. A regular crank.
the old lady. They say she's got
loads of money but she never
touches it. Hasn't been to her bank
in years, except to make deposits.
She runs a model poultry farm over
the hill there. Makes good in
come out of it, too. The girl is her
dead brothers child. Miss Harriet
took her when she was a baby.
Beautiful, isn't she?"
1t wasn't hard to get to know
Julie, since she was on friendly
terms with just about everybody in
the village. They fell deply in love.
When Bob returned to the city at
the end of two weeks Julie was his
wife, and she went with him in spite
of the violent opposition of her
Aunt Harriet. Aunt Harriet, who
disapproved of everybody. disap-
proved Of Bob Andrews. When she
heard the insignificant size of his
salary she demanded:
VOUNG man, you don't expect
Il to support my niece on that,
do you?"
Bob had replied that was exactly
what he intended to do.
The old lady said cruelty. "You
won't get a penny out of me, II
that's what you're counting on!"
Red-faced, Bob retorted that he
wouldn't take a penny from her, nor
would he allow Julie to take it, not
even II they were starving!
He told Julie, "She'S Jealous, that's
what it is. She's had you since you
were baby. and she's jealous be-
cause I'm taking you away from
her"
julie had cried little, but she
went with him.
Bob was forced now to remember
his brave words to Aunt Harriet.
Because, a little more than a week
ago circumstances had forced him
to write to the old lady who hac
apparently forgotten their existence.
The letter was brief and to the
point.
u am doing something I told
you would never do But I am
not appealing for myself. It's for
Julie. I'd still rather starve than
take any of your money. but I am
just beginning to realize that Julie
can't starve. You can laugh, if
you like. because you have won
out. 1t has all happened just as
horribly as you predicted. I'd do
anything In the world for Julie,
but ! can't support her!"
LIE told her that he had lost his
Il Il lob. and that Julie was i'll, and
needed things he could not possibly