Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
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THE AUTOMATIC parachute,
which Robert Kennedy had ordered
for Sarah Anne, reached her a few
davs before she and Judith kept
their last engagement. She tested
if in thel morning and admitted
truthfully that it was safer. Her
hand had not failed her since the
day when Jack and Robert had
been unexpected visitors, but the
fear of such a repetition was gone
now.
That same day brought a check
from Miss Sarah and Miss Anne.
The two old ladies had tried to
make her accept it the day she was
at home, but she had refused. be-
cause they had been so generous to
her family. The accompanying note
said:
Sarah Anne, it's not much, but
take it and buy yourself some
clothes. Nothing gives woman the
lift that a new hat does. Once had
a beau who turned me down be-
cause L dressed to plain and lands
sakes, I bought new dress and
hat the fanciest things on the
market, and in one week 1 had him
and three others sitting on the
front porch. Your clothes are nice.
but it's about time you didn't have
to hunt in bargain Easements. This
is all to be used for clothes, mind
you. Well expect to see them.
Love to our nameSake,
SARAH MOFFET."
Judith was happy and excited.
Her father had sent her the deed
to low, sprawling house half way
up hill, near the airport. It had
q terrace that looked down on
small lake, and the hillside was
flower garden, with a cobbled walk
curving through, right up to the
big blue wooden door with an old
brass knocker. The windows were
wide and the easements swung
outward, and the house was filled
with fireplaces. Both Sarah Anne
and Judith knew the house from
childhood. 1t looked like a tropical
haven in summer, and a Christmas
postcard in winter.
when I grow up I'm going to
marry somebody who can buy that
house." Sarah Anne had said when
she was ten.
Then I'll marry somebody who
can build another just like it." Judy
had answered.
Now Sarah Anne was genuinelv
jubilant because one Of them had
won the gift. She waved goodby to
her friend one evening, and took
the train into the nearest large
city. Judy would be met by Jack
the next day and they would fly
back to Perryville. But meantime,
Sarah Anne had things to do.
She would spend that check for
clothes for herself and Corrinne.
Then she would keep her promise
to visit Corrinne, for the college
wasn't far.
After that? She Gid not know.
Never in her life had she had
four hundred dollars to spend on
clothes, until now. She selected a
sheer black crepe dress, with a
round neck and long, full sleeves
that were banded at the wrists. A
tiny black hat, with an exaggerated
veil, added mystery to her face and
she wanted it. But she took it off.
No, that would do for Corrinne,
who even at this early age leaned
toward the sophisticate She wrin-
kled her nose, rejecting that she
was the ingenue type and she'd bet
ter stick to it.
So she chose the dress, the hat,
a cyclament-pink suede bag and
crushed pink gauntlet gloves for
Corrinne. There was a heavy rope
necklace Of twisted pink beads that
she couldn't resist, either. The cos
tune made a sizeable hole in the
check, but she turned back to her
own shopping, happier than she
had been for days.
In the end she chose a rust-col-
ored bolero suit, with round white
plque collar, and an ff-the-face
eofC felt hat of the same lovely
h7onze, with a small brown bow
that tied where her head met the
hat. just as though it belonged on
her shining, hair. Brown suede
oomps, brown gauntlet gloves and
pouch bag of matching suede
completed that costume.
There was a sheer green wooden
firock that would go with the
brown accessories and another of