The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05

1llS1e was q 04ol4A4(t " Va
.enge in DANES voice.
Bill had a down, but Diane
was still standing. He glanced up
at her, a little sharply. What do
was a fine fellow. But that doesn't
prevent my understanding how
they look at it,"
81 suppose they asked you all
about that farm where he lived
and his Aunt Matte and Uncle
Ben"
Bill said: "You know quite a bit
about him, don't you? AS it hap
pens. they did. Why wouldn't
they? I was glad to tell them what
l knew, from the wek-ends I
spent there with Rufus"
"But it didn't reconcile them"
Bill reached for the book he
was reading when Mrs. Winston
telephoned to him. Scarcely. !
couldn't say his aunt and uncle
were much above what, in the
country they came from, would be
the peasant. class. And one can
conclude his parents were the
same. Honest and hard-working
people, all right, but that doesn't
mean a relationship between the
two families might not be very
embarrassing Cor Mrs. Winston, at
times"
Should her embarrassment
matter?" demanded Diane, with
an odd persistence.
Bill put down his book. Say,
why are you excited over this?
remember you argued this same
way once before. Are you pulling
for Page, or for Rufus?"
For Rufus, mostly. And be-
cause it's so darned unfair, this
thinking of families, when it ought
to be just of the two who love
each other!" She went on, a little
defiantly: For Rufus, because, as
far as all Of you know, he and ]
are alike-we're both outsiders.
Nv fathers father wasn't even as
good as what you call a peasant
l don't believe he was either hon
est or hard working. My mothers
father ran a saloon. Did your fam
lily call in someone to help"
Bill sprang up from his chair,
startled by DANES deadly ernest
ness as much as by what she had
said. He caught her shoulder,
shook # SLIGHTLY. "Di. what on
earth's the matter?" Swept into
illogic he added, eorcibly: what
your fathers father was makes
it more to your fathers credit
that he's gotten where he has"
Eyes, he lives on Oak Avenue!"
Bills face flushed with anger.
DO you think my family
thought Of that? That I did? Do
you think it's fair to say that?"
mo, it isn't" Diane said quick
ly. "At least, you didn't! You
loved me and you thought Of that.
And that's all l thought about. If
VIC could leave it at that" She
broke off, abruptly.
Bill drew her down to the dav-
export, kissed her on the mouth.
isn't that what we're doing,
dearest?"
"Now." She turned her face
from him, to go into her ROOM"
to still this torn at her heart.
Bill held her closer, observed
comfortably: You and are not
going to get into a steam over
Rufus and Pages love affair!
Though 1 think it's a darn funny
thing she's attracted to him, and
it isn't that I'm thinking of money
or family-I'm not a snob. Rufus
is such an untidy beggar ana Page
is so particular-conservative. too.
How's she going to take his social
istic leanings? But that's ner look
out" He kissed DANES ear. mot
ours"
Diane stiffened in his hold.
"We're going to have them in
told Rufus I'd ask them in for
dinner as soon as Page got back"
when did you tell him tnat?"
demanded Bill, with a laugh. See
here, Di, with a little more Of this
p~artisanship of yours for Rufus,
you'll have me Jealous! First that
movie-by the way, what hap
pened to it,"
"Oh, some of them went away,
different places -" Diane was
evasive. Had he forgotten his de-
cree?
"But how did you get Kent into
it in the first placer"