The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09

watching him systematically for
long time, took occasion to speal
TO him once alone in a very DIR.
tone indeed. :.
"'You've sort of let yourself il
for something, haven't you, joe!
what do you mean" he re
torted. .
She smiled sarcastically. "Don'
be so simple. You. let your sym
pathies. run away, with you, but
YOU certainly know by now where
YOU'RE headed. Don't you think
it's time to pull up?'
! He studied her, his eyes cold
his mouth unpleasant. "What
gave you the idea to bring this
up?" 49, ~
"All right She shrugged, re-
| signedly. II brought it on myself
You were always such a smart
one, so ready to give advice and
clip people one. thought you
, could take it for once. Let's for
get I ever mentioned 1t.
But Joe did not. Put just that
way. it was too unpleasant.
=
Mrs. Murray herself was the
next to breach the subject. Joe
found her up and still at work IN
the kitchen when he arrived home
late one evening. She was pa
tiently finishing the weeks IRON
ing, alone and thoughtful. Joe sat
down for moment with her; IN a
large and swarming family mo-
ments of confidence are the more
valued for their rarity. .-..
What about you and Terry
Mallow, joe" she asked abruptly,
out of a clear sky.
Huh said Joe. What about
us? Nothing. Why"
"Made up your mind to marry
herr"
"Of course not" .s. ...
"Do you think you're playing
fair?"
Joe's face famed, but before
he could find words, sheadded,
Now don't fly off the handle,
Joe. Pm your mother. Whatever
you do with your life, I'll have to
stand for it, and I'm more than
willing. l think you might in re-
turn stand for a little of my inn
pertinent curiosity"
Joe looked at his hands. OK"
he said. Pm not flying off the
handle"
"But you're enough on edge
over this to be ready to fight
about it, aren't you?"
ppm a little stumped," he ad-
mitted. s...
you don't love her, do you?"
"No."
THAT Helen still on your
mind?"
To his blinded Amusement, his
eyes misted with tears. Polack!.. &.
Only for an instant; his. unstable
emotions rocked off balance, and
he caught them furiously and re-
stored them. al guess so" he
said. 81 can't help it, ma. It's a
hangover and / can't get rid Of
it," .-..
"She must have loved you a
lot, son."
81 think she did. That's what l
keep remembering. If some other
guy took her away from me, it'd
be different matter. Everything
was all set, and not thing
standing in the way. We were
only waiting till ! got the money
saved for the house. Only little
while-three weeks to go. 1t was
so damned pointless, so unfair"
She said quietly, 1T was the
will of God some way, SON."
yeah? / heard that before too.
I don't think so much of it. God
had no hand in that business d.
] don't want to go around blam-
ing God for it. Any more than
blaming myself"
Glow could you blame your
self" ,..-,...
why did | let her walk on tire
tracks with my lunch?" he de-
handed passionately. He saw the
whole thing once again. why
didn't | have sense to realize how
dangerous it was? 1t was my
waving my arms at her that made
her step in the way of that sne-
cial. If I'd left her alone, she
might have taken care Of herself.
You might say | killed her--me!'
ITO he -continued)