Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-04
Two Mem N e ets

know. Mr.. Wayne" she said, screwing
her courage up. your aunt tells Roody
that his mother ran off and left him
Didn't want him"
Behind the imperiouSneSs Of his eyes
something suddenly ninched !. some
, thing shrinking and vulnerable and
pang He too had been abandoned.
!, Not wanted But his voice was hard
and even. THAT shall be stopped, OF
course" With an effort, he added, ]
!. am obliged to you" His hand moved
TO lift his cap, he was going.
\ Just one more minutel" she said.
Il am Roddy's teacher, know some
thing about children It Is I'M
wholesome for him to live alone with
a bad-tempered old woman"
Il am Unfortunate" said Roderick
Wayne sarcastically in not possess
ing female relative whose disposition
comes up to your ideals"
There are plenty Of good profess
sional governesses, and you are rich,
said Camilla reckleSSly. your aunt Is
a perfectly impossible person 70 bring
up a child"
He had a tone Of wintry patience.
you perhaps do not know that was
brought up by my aunt myself.
I know all about you and your aunt
and your whole family. Nobody could
live in this neighborhood and keep
( from knowing it."
This arrogant young man was simply
asking for a shock, and he should have
I it. How savage did one have to be to
break through that impersonal shell?
/ One TO infuriate him completely, no
doubt.
/ She said. I'm speaking as an ex-
! pert, Mr.. Wayne. You are quite plainly
suffering today from your own bad
rearing. You are an extreme case. NAL
adjusted It's written all over you"
Anger made him suddenly natural.
And Just what do you mean by that,
please?"
a problem. Your timidity
my what?"
why" She said innocently, what
other reason can there be for your
Sinking of your eSponsibiities? And
surely you recognize where the blame
belongs, for your :" She baked at
the supreme impertinence of saying,
Your marriage" But his angry dark
flush rose: once again he looked very
troubled and young. can't go on with
this, she thought. can't. But she did
go on, in what she hoped was a cool,
professional tone. THAT sort of thing
isn't unusual. 1t happens when young
persons are kept shut up in the cup
board. They grow up inexperienced and
helpless. Emotionally, mean. Too bad.
So unnecessary"
His hard shell was gone, his lofty
manner was no more, his eyes were /
perfectly black with anger. You know
nothing about me. Nothing whatever. !
Yet you venture to speak as If were /
the kind of person whose life is direct /
ed for him by other people. My per- !
sonal history, if you please, is my own
affair.""
isn't it also Roddy's affair? At least,
he's being punished for itl" &. Oh,
forgive me, forgive mel walled her
cowardly other self, that longed to go
down on its knees and say anything on
earth that would please him and make
him look at her kindly. You might have
done that almost caught you at first
saying to yourself, What blue eyes
my world" I'd love to have you like
me little And here we are
Wrangnng
Roddy's feet came bounding down
the hill
The face Of Roderick Wayne Jr. was
shining. The new kennels are Won
derful. sirI And the dogs look fine.
They knew me, tool" He looked up at
Roderick Wayne, and a surge of color
rose in his face; 1t Redeemed even his :
ears and his neck. 81 think dogs sort
Of enjoy having boy around, even If
he isn't very big. He can run out with
them when they exercise, and all. OF }
course" he went on, and Camilla would
have said that he grew redder, if that
had been possible, you don't exactly I
need boy, up there, especially small /,
one. But II you ever do, sir :" He !
was looking up In tight-hpped sus- !
pense. "Baptiste and Jeanne said I /
wasn't any trouble, really"
Oh = a.
q I ever require boy, I'll think of It. s
But the proper place for you at pres !
emit is where I have put you, at your i
yreat-aunt Matilda's"
Eyes, sir" said Roddy. He was pale !
now. He was turning dutifully away :
,oward the gate and his supper hour. :
Roderick Wayne, with meticulously /
polite bow TO Roddy's interfering teach 5
n, was already off, stridtng UP the hill Z
Camilla stood where he had left her. /
She had the wild thought, Il know how i
! ship feels when 1t sinks" and she +
lung the thought away from her. She 4
ound that she was running after him
lp the hin. Mr.. Waynel" .
He said coldly, I'm sorry. can't =
axe any more time for the discussion =
# my unworthy affairs"
But I want to tell you about my u
,wn."
His eyebrows asked the universe, els il
his young woman mad?' c
She began to talk, her words STUN o
lied over each other She was telling Y
Tim in iu-made, broken sentences about 9
II the most sacred things In her life Q
low her father had loved her mother J
md been loved so dearly how that a
warm and perfect relation between Q
hem had been like bright fire lighted l.
n room. No, like the living sun light
ng up child's whole worldl
when child is warm and happy, Y
ure of being loved, it's like a little =
liant in sunshine. Roddy ought to be q
Ike that He should have a chance to 4
e like that But he's growing in a dark y
ellarl AS you did, And when he's your Z
ge, he'll be like you DO you want s.
hat2 Are you satisfied, are you happy? d
All, II you aren't willing to love
i'm yourself, find somebody else who {.
7illl"
Her voice faltered, it grew weak, it L
an down, she had seen an indefin. y
bic change in his face Was he saying v
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