The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-12-19
Youth Will Be
Served
By MARIE MARSH
Mcclure Syndicate-WNU Service)

ing gosh, but I'd rather scrub floors
than to go to that dance"
Tom Gleason looked sympathetic
cally from his post before the chlfto-
nier, where he was struggling with
the studs of his evening shirt. i
suppose we've got to go.
"Oh, suppose So" said the young
wife, now carefully brushing the col
lar of Toms evening coat as 1t lay
on the bed "Hcusework and the
twins are nothing to compare with
what l have to undergo for that
younger set. l promised to
chaperon them. Grace Hayes will
meet us at the clubhouse and VIII
be back for the night. Your brother,
suppose, will be there and he IL
want the other spare room. | thought
once we'd pull off a match with
them"
Them" echoed Tom sneerlngly.
They're just like the rest of the
younger set. Crazy for excitement
they'll never settle down and have
real happiness the way we did.
Young people are different nova
days" Tom was all of five years
older than his brother, James.
An hour later, Jim Gleason tried
the front door of the Gleason sub
urban home, found it locked and
made an unCereNonIOus entrance
through partly open front window.
He found pair of slippers and a
smoking jacket of his brothers IN
a downstairs hall closet A forag-
ing expedition in the kitchen resulted
in some crullers of his slster-In-
laws baking and some apples. He
filled his pipe with his brother to-
bacco, poked the emberS threw on
fresh log and sat down to enjoy all
the comforts of home not his own.
At 1870 he heard knock on the
front door and opened II to see
Grace Hayes, in day clothes and
with an overnight bag in her hand.
Il thought you'd be at the dance, ="
she said
NO." drawled James. Il can't
stand the pace said might come,
but it was only for an excuse to
spend the night here. How these
married people want to CAD about
as they do l can't see With home
like thiS-have a Cruller and an ap-
pie" he interrupted, pointing to the
outlay on the table Gee, if l had
little house like this and a wife,
believe me I'd stay al home! But
then we're different
Grace looked wistfully into the
fire. Il know" she said. Girls are
different now. They are more seri-
GUS"
There was long and rather pain
full pause. Then James Gleason bent
toward Grace, who was sitting up
straight in her chair. Grace, won't
you marry me?"
No" Grace said, still very visit
full Il think l would marry you
if l married any one, Jimmy, but
I'm afraid of marriage. 1t seems
to change people so. I'm afraid that
once | was married Id be like your
sister-in-law. And you might change
about and be as mad about dancing
and excitement as Tom
Then one or two of the twins
walled out from the floor above, and
Grace, with James in her wake, fed
to the nursery. They were busy
executing requests for drinks of wa
ter when Tom and Mabel let them
selves in the front door below.
We'll, we're back again to home.
sweet home. said Tom.
James and Grace went noiselessly
down to the landing where they
could see them. Then Tom leaned
toward Mabel and took her hand
in his. There's nothing like it, is
there, little wife," ne said. More
than ever l can't understand this
point of view of the younger set.
There's my brother, Jim, could mar
ry any day he wanted to.
And there's Grace" continued
Mabel 'She's independent herself.
She wouldn't have to wait for man
to support her.
II guess they are different. They
don't know the meaning of home.
Here we went over to that dance
on purpose to get them together,
and they didn't even come. sup
pose something more exciting kept
them both
There would have been more of
this sort of thing between the Glea-
sons if Grace had not missed a step
on the stairway. Size gave a very
little scream and cung to jim. The
Gleasons hurried 70 the hall and
snapped on the electric light that
showed Grace being upheld with un-
necessary tenacity bv jim.
I'VE didn't mean to overhear
you. said Grace
I'VE heard all We needed" Jim
laughed. I'VE heard enough to
know that YOU and Tom are home
folks. after all Somehow | think
that what we heard Is going to make
big difference in our lives. -
Perhaps they whispered some
thing or perhaps they said it aloud
or perhaps they understood each
other just by an exchange OF
glances. No one of the quartet Just
remembered how it happened later
But there or the landing Grace told
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