Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-24

recalled little tenderness from her mother
likewise little rebuhe.
Her father had been a man of Importance
among men, but a lonely husband shorn OF nis
power in his own home. Catherine hao oiteh
wondered why her parents stayed togetner' tney
had SO little in common and no arection on
the part of her mother Her father had often
said. your mother, Catherine, is good ana
moral woman" and with that he would sign
sadly
Catherine was grateful for this trip through
the mountains before going home Had sne peen
there at his passing she would prooaniy no.
have had time to review tneir iaHiy' iiie anu
her own heart
She was sure that her mother would want her
to marry Harry Aimes, for that would make
both her and her mother financially secure y
would mean that always they couio traVei
through the coldness of life with warm luxury.
Should she marry John it would mean tnat sne
might travel tourist" mixing with people
She had gone into the tourist car while ago
bv mistake and had seen them sleeping on Pill
lows many disheveled and poorly dressed AS
she went to the diner, she saw men and women
eating sandwiches in their chair car Grips were
tied occasionally with ropes. Suit boxes were
there, too, when grips were missing. Many OF
them slept in their seats ungracefuly on Pill
lows. with their hair badly combed Perhaps
these were the kind of people John talked OF
when he had said, 'In my state are women
who dream of some day seeing Hollywood, VINO
never get away from the children and the Mon
day wash"
= xrs she was certain that her mother would
insist on marriage with Harry. Her mother
had no patience with the kind of people who
travelled in tourist trains. She thought that they
should stay home if they had no money 10
travel. She thought, too, that they had TOO
noany children" She gave to the Community
4, ov,1xr dforoo
tized method of dealing with the poor" She
aIwavs spoke of "the poor" as though to be
financially limited was form Of horrible dis.
ease as though these people who had small
incomes were contaminated in some way winch
made them unworthy of her touch She remem-
bered telling her mother about John and BRING
ing him home one vacation. Her mother mad
disapproved so thoroughly that she had not
bothered to help entertain him. They had all
GONE to the Country Club the first night and
Catherine and John had into her mother
being cordial to Harry, assuring him, as II were
that she had no sympathy with her daughter
nlebian attitude It had been comforting, ne
Doubt. to Harry to be thus honored, especially
since the university men had not bid him to 9
major fraternity and John wore the pin OF ont
of the best.
There had been an unpleasant scene betWeel
Catherine and her mother that night, with he
mother storming: do you suppose your fathe
and I have educated you to marry Texa
cowhand?"
GATHERINGS father hadinterrupted with, NOV
Mother, YOU don't know that he is a cowfano
He's bright lad; had pleasant talk wit
him and he understands many of the difhcultie
of the state of Texas. Anyhow, Mother, W
didn't educate Catherine to make wealth
marriage but to enjoy life
Her mother had stormed from the room
, throwing over her shoulder something abo'
"knowing better than to try to make either
them understand" The years had been file
4 with conflict of this sort, conflict that ma
made both their town house and their countl
place seem like prison. Catherine and n
: father often went away alone for long rid
:, or hikes, just TO be quiet and playful Especial
had this been true the last two years after tn
a had given up their country home because
the depression. GATHERINGS mother secure
:. tne,r lavish home, had insisted that II the rig
foresight had been used they might not ma
suffered overwhelming losses. There had be