Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-22

Dreamed asparagusl" Nell called
back, quite calmly.
/ After lunch EdWina sat at the piano
! playing restlessly and inaccurately
She said suddenly: Mind If stay
"Of course not" Nell said. @Bui
/ where's Sam?"
room2"
mo"
L Maybe III stay the night"
It was six o'clock and Martha said:
"Everything's all ready for dinner, Miss
Nell. Mr.. Dey is late. Did he say as he
would be?"
aNo-no he didn't" Nell said. She
went out onto the terrace, looked down
the road. He Is never late" she said
aloud, though there was no one about
TO hear. She walked to the end of
the bricked path, stood stu and said:
He is never late" this time In a
whisper. Almost at once his car swung
into the long drive. He smiled at her
and she walked to the house with him.
You're late" she said, her voice
keyed a little high.
Il had to stop at the library for
Bruno. you know. Nothing spoiled. I
SOh, no"
They sat at the dinner table and John
carved the lamb carefully and expertly,
but quietly Nell watched his hands
moving John was In the wholesale drug
business, but his hands were the hands
Of an artist, thin and strong. His quiet
face was little tired
'Is Sam working, Edwina?" John
Il don't know" Edwina said, with
out offering anything further.
Nell said, too quickly, too obviously
trying to swerve the conversation:
Poor Anseii He was so afraid my sup
erstitious side would get the better Of
me this morningI"
Il didn't know you had one" Ed
wilma said idly. What happened?"
"A bird came down the chimney.
But II your times come, it's come, AM
sci says"
Bruno looked down at the slice of
lamb, his face chalk white.
~Oh, don't be perturbed," Edwina
said. People with weak hearts never
die young. They take such good care
Of themselves that they last And
don't have any feeling Of death be-
ing imminent for me. I'm sure life
will go on In the same dull fashion |
for many years to come"
Now Nell looked up slowly, as II
she had not dared to till this moment. |
Her eyes we're wide and her thin, rather 1
charming face, was little pinched. i
When her eyes came to Johns he gave
her a sudden, brief, reassuring smile /
She looked down soberly at her plate
again.
On her plate q young girl in white
and tall serious boy who was family
Ike John began to walk down g lane
sen and she was nineteen. She tried
20 lift her eyes but she could not. Why
ion't you taIk2 she said to her family
but all the time she walked down
he lane and got farther and farther
Eway from them
It was the brightest moon that night.
r'he old brick house looked pleasant
n the night; the two big oaks made q
old shadow in the side yard and the
You really want IL that way, Nell,
hat young John said IN q troubled
she caught her fingers into his and
aid: But we could be quite by our
elves, John III see that we are. Only,
Then Mothers all alone and she's Of
ered--and itu mean no rent, It does
eern silly not TO.
II think we ought TO be alone" John
1&1 ubbic ntuoDQxnx9~ HONESTLY
b, Nell. Tt1l take some OF the fun out
( things, starting out In someone elses
IUglse suppose your mother win
Mss you, but Ansel and Martha are
ere and we can come TO see her
ften.1
aThe truth Is, NeE said. II guess I
ont want 70 leave this house. I've
we'd here oil my life AND it seems
special sort Of place
John took her into hfz arnns and