Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 35, 20 December 1920 — Page 5

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND &U-aU!iu&AM, iUCHMOlND, iKD moixDAY, DEC. 20, 1920.

A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY The Story of a Woman's Transformation BY MARION RUBINCAM

MORE COMPLICATIONS. Enid Haines at 35 looks SO and Is' considered a hopeless old maid by the people In Henley Falls. She lives with her brother Jim, and his wife Esther; Laura, the oldest daughter, James, and Violet, youngest and prettiest. Violet's decision to go to the city to college saves Aunt Enid from sinking entirely into hopeless middle age. For she goes to the city with VI, and the two, freed from Esther's oppression, suddenly find out what life can hold for them. VI is in love with Bud, but the affair is not very happy. When hey return home for the summer vacation, Enid. looks scarcely 30. Mark Upjohn, an old beau, comes around aqain. Laura marries. Jim quarrels with his son, who, in anger, mentions a woman his father knows In some other town. Chapter 55. The sudden silence that followed James' threat was even more explosive than the conversation before it. It fairly fell upon us. "We were stunned by it I looked about me, frightened, yet somehow fascinated. Jim shrank back, as though the boy had struck him bodily, and the red blood of anger ran from his face. Instead a sickly pallor came over it but his eyes were more dangerous than before. James, having been goaded Into this outburst, suddenly grew calm. But he -would not, or could not, meet his fath

er's eyes, those little, deep-set eyes that were gleaming now with a wicked anger in them. James, I think, new realized how far he had gone. He bad said something that would change the course of all our lives, perhaps that would, perhaps, break up our family. And be was afraid. I had plenty of time to watch everything, for all were stunned and our silence lasted a long time. VioTet had gone dead white. Her eyes looked unearthly in their bluness against her pale skin. As for Esther I never saw so many emotions reflected simultaneously on anyone's face.

Esther had worked hard that day.

and her face showed it in every sag

ging line. I felt suddenly sorry for

her sorry for her narrow life, her lack of any interests outside her family, sorry for the old age that was

coming so swiftly over her, and for

her frank homeliness.

And now, by one sentence, all her placid illusions were shattered, the very heart of her life was taken away

from her.

"Oh God, my God!" she said. And sat down suddenly on one of the

chairs,

We turned, as she did, to Jim. But

the red was coming back to his face again, and be found his voice. "It ain't so," he said Idudly, again and looked threateningly at his son.

Esther looked at James pathetically, pleading. "James! .James!" she cried.' "What are you saying? What are you saying? What are you saying? A woman where? what do you mean? . y "I've said enougn,'" James answered sullenly. "You've, said more than enough," Jim bellowed, and swore at him again. "But he says it ain't so, James; he says " "I've said enough," James answered again. "I won't say anything more and I won't take back what I said."

And he turned and went out of the room. "I'll kill you for this," Jim swore. I looked at Violet; then, by some mutual flash of intuition, we turned and went out of the room leaving Esther, dull-eyed, still not comprehending, facing her husband. "I'm going to find James. Come on," Violet said. We went out the front door and through the house James had slammed through the kitchen door. He was nowhere in sight, and he did not answer when we called, as we did when we were sure our voices would not reach the bouse again. Finally we went through the barn. There was no one around. Then Vi climbed to the haymow, and called his name where he could hear her if he were in the little hidden workshop the cause of this sudden upheaval in our quiet family. "Do you suppose he's done anything

anything awful'" she turned to me, her face still pale, her eyes running over wit hnervous tears.

"It's all right," I told her, though I

was far from thinking bo. I simply

did not want to see her cry. I could not bear to feel she was unhappy. She had enough troubles without worrying over James. To tell the truth. I was a little stunned myself. After all, Jim was my brother: we had played together,

grown "up together: we had always, i

except for the first few years or ms marriage lived In the same house. I knew he had a bad temper, and it ;

was aggravated by misfortune, and luck had not been with him for. a long time. It was his own fault, per

haps. He was narrow; he would not adopt progressive ideas, he would not even adopt common sense ones at times. But he worked desperately hard. And down in him, buried deep, was a streak of something soft and tender. Esther had killed this Esther, sitting limply, stupidly in the kitchen, with the wreck of her illusions about her. But analyzing the causes did not make the results more bearable. I was stunned too. Life was simple

enough for me a man was good when j

he was faithful to his wire; wnen ne wasn't, he was wicked. There were no extenuating circumstances. And he was my brother! The words

"that woman in Eastlake" rang ini

my ears. Violet meanwhile had slipped down the passage between the hay and the barn wall. Evidently the door leading into James hidden workroom was open, for her voice reached me from a long distance. "Aunt Enid," she called, and her voice sounded frightened. '"Come here!" 1 Tomorrow Heartbreak.

I Heart Problems ; 1 Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a young man of eighteen. I have quite a few boy friends. I left the city last summer for a vacation and got acquainted with a real nice young lady. We went to a coupie of dances and she was quite interesting. Her folks invited me over to her birthday party. They thought I was quite a nice young man. When I told her I was to leave and go back to the city she felt awfully down-hearted and did not have anything to say. I received a few letters

from her and she wanted me to go back to that city again. In every letter she writes of how lonesome it is for her. Sometimes I feel like going back to her instead of breaking her heart. My folks know nothing about this. Therefore I am puzxled to know what to do. HONEST. Do not make any decision now. The girl's heart is not in any Immediate danger of breaking. If you care for her, go to her city for your vacation next year. By that time you will know better what you want to do. , Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a young man of nineteen and have a girl

friend two years younger. We hav been going together for about two. months and I like her very much. She tells me to come to see her twice a week and' she never talks of any other boy. Doe's she love me or not? What Christmas present should I get hex? The girl must like you. Do not depend upon her love, however, because she is so young her fancy Is apt to turn 'to some one else at any time. Give her a book, box of candy or flowers. Canals of a total of more than 3.000 miles are In use in England, v

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