The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14

Your education is complete,
1 see."
too, and ate another cake in one
mouthful.
"Oh, when I went over" she said,
"they were teaching children to
drink so that they would stop beg
ging for another war" Her mood
changed then and she frowned down
at the last drop that lay in the crys-
tai hollow of the glass. Seriously,
though, that's why wanted to come
home, Hector. I had to get away
from the constant reliving of night
mare that my generation missed" :"
81 know-I know" Hector re-
marked.
"The only real thing in the pam-
pered life of Aunt Flo was the loss
of her sonny cousin Frederick,
you know. / don't know whether
there is such a word or not-there
ought to be-but Aunt Flo simply
voluptuated in her loss. / couldn't t
live with it any longer"
"It isn't the same back home
! as"
! "Oh, / don't mean they are all
like Aunt Flo," she hastened to add.
"But there is something smothery
about England now, with all those
hungry-eyed women stepping on
each others toes. Do you know what
I mean?"
"Yes," Hector admitted. ''I think
I do. You wanted room to breathe
in. Well, you are right, too. Only
your father isn't the same man eli
ther. You will find him very diff
cult at times. He rarely comes to
see me any more-and you know
how devoted I have been to him. +"
Father has always been difficult,
Hector. But I've always loved him,
nevertheless-and he has always
loved me-"
Certainly. He loves the ground
you walk on. think, perhaps, that
was one of the reasons he didn't
want you to come back"
Listen, Hector" Autumn said.
shaking finger at him, Il know
father wanted me to stay in Eng
land. He wanted me to marry and
settle down over there. Why?"
Hector coughed lightly and took
another sip from his glass. ''If Jar
Wis has any reason for not wanting
you back here" he said finally,
''he'n probably tell you what it is
better than / could, my dear.
Though, for that matter, | am in
clined to agree with him in this, |
think"
What do you mean by that, Hec-
tor?"
Il mean-you should not have
come home," Hector said abruptly.
Autumn got impatiently to her feet
and stood before him, her hands on
her hips. ''Now, see here, Hector"
she exclaimed, "are you going to be
as unreasonable as father has been
about my coming back where be-
long? He has been perfectly ridicu-
lous about it all this time. I've been
fed up with Europe for two years.
| wanted to come back when I was
through college-and | certainly
should have come if it had not been
for Aunt Flo's illness. If | ever see
French watering place again I'll
exploded"
Old Hector rubbed his palms ner-
vously together. 81 know, Autumn,
| know. But-your father is not a
happy man, my dear. He--he is
given to moods of melancholy-of-
of brooding. Moreover, he has nev-
er considered the ranch a proper
environment for you. I'm afraid it
will distress him very much that
you have come back =
Autumn flung her head impetu-
ously upward. THAT is simple non-
! senset" she declared. ''Is Monte
Carlo my proper environment? Is
Mayfair" She reached for ciga-
rette on the low lacquered table be-
side the couch, lit it and waved it
triumphantly 1--WE put up with cru
dition and polishing and attempts to
marry me off 10 anemic noblemen
until I'm sick of it. and now I'm
home. I'm home because | belong
here-here in British Columbia
here in the Upper Country-here be-
tween the Rockies and the Cascades.
Doesn't that sound dramatic? And
here I'm going to stickl"
You'll probably stick, as you
say" Hector commented. You've
! got enough Of Jarvis Dean in you