The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-24
UNDER WESTERN
STARS
81
BY IDA DRAPKN
Q Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
WONDER where Peg caA
be so late? You don't sup
pose those rvpsies-"

be so late? You don't sup
pose those gypsies-
Now, Mother" protect
Cd her husband over his newspaper,
"stop fidgeting. You've been to the
window q hundred times tonight II
you've been once"
"But she said she'd be home for
supper. She said she and Anna:
fbelle were running over to the Car
NAVAL right after work to have their
fortunes told. It's past seven new.,
Probably the woman's rushed.
remarked her husband dryly. !: :
Mrs. Connors rose and went to
the window. 81 never did trust gyp-
,asies. ! wish she hadn't gone. But
she and Annabele set their hearts
On it weeks ago. So l didn't Say
anything"
ST you're through with that page,
may I have it?"
Returning to her seat, she handed
1t to him absent-mindedly. II hope
she doesn't take what that woman
has to say too seriously. One: OF
those gypsies told poor Catherine
ORich--''
How many times have told you
ii wasn't the gypsy? 1t was cancer
Says here that Pelham Osgood S
spending the summer with his
brother at the Congo parsonage ]
didn't know the Reverend had a
brother" So.
She was diverted from the unhap-
by end of Catherine Rich to the new
conner in the community. MRS. Os-
good told me at the Ladies' AID
meeting. He teaches out West"
The front door opened and closed.
A glowing Peg entered, greeted her
parents, and dropped into a CHAIR
breathing, I'm so excited"
She and Annabelle had had lunch
on their way to the grounds. She
had to hustle before Ken called.
Annabelle was giving party,
But what of the fortune? What
had the gypsy said? 81
Well, the gypsy said lot of nice
things. She'd live TO be an old lady.
She'd never know want. She'd new
er have any serious illnesses.
But what about-Kenneth?'' IN
CURED her mother. What Joy In
growing old, In acquiring riches, in
being healthy, if you didn't have a
husband? t.
''She said I'D marry a man who
first saw light under western stars. L"
Mothers mouth dropped Fa-
theirs jaw fell. They were both par
tial to Fasteners. To a certain
Fastener. And Mother was quite
sure the man born under western
stars would be travelling sales
man.
Several weeks passed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Connors sat In their customary
rockers in the screened porch. From
within the house came sounds Of a
man reading on and on IN book
of poetry. After an hour of this, MIR.
Connors rose and walked desperate
ly up and down, coming to stand
still just over the heads of the for
sythia bushes
II don't think l can stand this
everlasting poetry much longer. Il
he isn't reading it. he's talking 1T.
What did he have 10 come 10 this
town for? What did ne have TO pick
our daughter for? And why doesn't
q he ever take her out?' Mrs. Con
nOrs tried vainly to hush him. Their
guest might hear "These evenings
weren't made to be spent indoors.
'- Her husband shook his head.
Something's happened to our Peg.
To think-throwing over a chap. like
Ken for a breeze from the Westl
Sometimes / wonder if women. are
wholly sahe!"
~, 1t was some time before Mrs.
Connors snoothed things over. Bu,
she did And even tried to paint
an agreeable picture of Pelhans o.
good good family. good posi-
ton, and all that.
II suppose he's coming over for
supper tomorrow night?"
II suppose So" she said patiently
You'd think a fellow with an ap-
petite like his would put on weight -
Most brainy men are thin"
II like the good solid type. !. I'm
still roofing for Ken. But / guess
I'm the only one left on the bleach
ers"
How pretty the sunset is over
Kenneth's house. she observed con-
" tentedly. Doesn't that big purple
cloud look like giant with red
lined cloak"
Her husband reflected. Suddenly
be smashed one hand on the otfier.
'>Of all the dubsl Why didn't
think of II before?"
Think OF what?" she asked, puz-
lied.
He called her attention to the fact
that Peg was yawning and il
was only eight O'Clock. He seemed
In 10 I'm VERY good spirits Part ne