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DEN AMER
WILLIAMS
THE STORY THUS FAR
Kay Brannan, jettle and beau- tiful, lives in Carvel, New Hamp Thire. She taengerly awaiting her sister Emily's graduation from Wellesley-so that she her self can enter and escape-the dill, uneventful town. She hur ries home from the post offico with Emily's latest letter. Then she excietal reads it to her mother for Emily makes mention of Lune Ripley whom she has recently met..lle han promised to visit her in Carvel during the summer. Key is sure Emily is in love with him for he is the only man she has ever invited home. Kay thon tells her mother of her encounter with Elmer Radford, wha awkwardly adores her. lis haa informed Kay that her father has lost out for the post- tion of Power Plant Super- intendont.
CHAPTER III
FEBRUARY
1986.
Small Town Girl
(FROM "WITON METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYEN HAS MADE A MOTION PICTURE)
"Your father told me," Mra. 'Brannan assented-simply.
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Kay in these hours was the ques- ought to
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exercises. Bir. Bran Commencement more than he is," she and. "I uned nan, with an instinct to punish him to think otherwise, sometimes. But self for the derelictions for which I know now. He can do his work, he was always afterward so penitent, and hold his job-I hope. But that refused to go. He urged that Kay
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afiction to Already steeled to give up this which they all clung, to cloak the adventure to which she lind so long Pres. Pieres ugly truth.
looked forward hungrily, she refusedres. Coolidge | Pres. Lincoln' "They've been very patient with to be denied the joy of sacrifico; and him her mother remarked. "But in the enl both she and her father Pres. Hoover
So Mrs. Brankan. the last time, they told him that stayed at home.
remained and he'd have to take a week's lay-off went down to Roston,
instead of one, and she bercafier, wherever he was ill two nightn
and Emily returned together one late Kay heard this in a sober con- afternoon, and that evening they all Will Brannan's wage sat listening while firat Mrs. Bran- aternation. was scant enough at best. ..
nan and then Emily told them ever hope they'll let him go back and over all that there was to tell..
Kay found herself in Emily's to work to-morrow," Mrs. Brannan continued. "I they don't nee how we can go to Commence ment for the whole
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Her mild emphasia
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Kay hesitated, watching her mother. really don't see how ¿'had in' it eyes and a Bren mouth and chin and
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·Kay'a checks drained..white, and arm around the younger girl and said home for supper last night, I asked George to try and find him. He was her heart slowed, and for a moment softly; down at the Frenchman's place, in there was a furious indignation in
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"Glad to have me home?" July 27 able to go back to work to-morrow." Mother! You and Father go, and go very glad!" Kay whispered, "Foor Father," Kay whispered. I'll stay here and have things spick and hugged Emily hard. And the "He's so darned nico, most of the
and
for you all when you come
older girl held her close for a mo- time, Mother."
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pointments," Mrs. Brannan suggest. ed defensively. "And-too disappointments can break 34 man duwn."
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me look at you! Are you all
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was so sorry you couldn't bad come to Commencement. Did you She hesitated; and Kay spoke for you to have to give it up now!" mind awfully7"
Kay laughed in quick disclaimer: Kay shook her head. "I wanted quickly. of other matters. "A" have four years of my own to come, of course,” Bho declared. finally bullied her fathor into let there," she pointed out. "I'd just "But I'd rather have the extra money Emily tining on air.
her go to Holyoke, and she's be small sister standing admiringly next year."
in the background, if I went now. "You've changed, Kay," I never heard even You and Father, you're the ones to suggested. "Since Easier vacation. Nancy talk
AU fast Mr. Towne
You're sort of quiet! There's noth- wanted her to go to work in the
the Ro1"
"We might, all go, just for the final in little afraid of you." Kay
wrong 7" store, but Mrs. Towne helped Nancy persundo him." She remembered, exercises," Mrs. Brannan reflected, never come back to Carvel, sald she bill; and--your father is so proud seem to know s
little indignantly: "She said she'd "That only means one night's hotel confessed, mirthfully. "You're no
grown up, and dignified and you
many things hated it here. I can see how she of Emily, I'd like to have bim there." don't know. You're the same, Emily,
"Of course, darling," Kay traisted aren't you? feels, of course; but I don't think
You haven't really she was very tactful to say it, do warmly. Then suddenly she
was changed silent, ayes you?"*
Mrs. Brannan did not answer; and Kay went on: "I can't imagine Emily settling down to teach school here, for instance, like Lillian. Or just coming home and helping with the work and so on. I don't see any sense in a girl's going to col lege unless itchanges things for her. Changes-life for her. Do you,
Mother?"
turned upward. From Emily laughed gently. "That's my
platform manner, Kay,"
she
ceti-
the room above them came a stumblo of uncertain feet, and Mrs. Brannan fessed. "You see, I've had to pre- rose quickly.
side nt meetings, and be parliamen tary and impartial so much that it's hard to unbend."
"He's awake," she said. "I'||go| to him."
Kay nodded, but she stayed be
Kay nodded. "I know," she agreed. hind. When her mother was gone, And she said suddenly: "Emily, I she stood very still for a moment think you were wonderful to that Then she crossed to the window, her Helen Ripley. I mean it was won- back to the room; and her hands derful of you to be so firm with her clenched at her sides. Presently, like when you liked her brother до And then quickly: "Of course, I small childgaleving, she dug with much, and he tried to persuade you know you did. I mean, you went to both fisis at her eyes; and then shoot to." college and enma home and married shook her head, and laughed, a little Emily's colour heightened faintly.! Father; but things were different uncertainly, then,"
Mrs. Brannan Baid
gently: "Things weren't particularly different, Kay. Where you live docan't matter so much. It's how you live that's the important thing."
"You little pig!" she whispered to herself. "Can't you stand the least disappointment without playing cry- baby? I'm ashamed of
you!" And when Mrs. Brannan, came downstairs, a little later, Kay met her clear-eyed and smilingly.
If
"Why Kay," she urged, "he finally agreed that what I had decided was the best thing to do."
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cheeks bright mean to stay here. I had so many Lillian
bonut Mother needed me, Kay's garments might lack in the Thoro nothing to the mytho didn't seem to be any way quality of materials, they made up in irislated. "Except what I wrote you. and thoge
I met him last winter, and liked him; She smiled, with fine and loving neddlework. to get away"
Save for the brief Intervala neces-and then when Helen got into that a little chuckio of mirth. "And all of, a
day I found myself sary to attend to the housework, and scrapo..." one sudden marrying your father. We thoughtily social fe of
"How about that night you went for such minor Interruptions as
"Carvel pro- canes And did he come back to Com- to
with him?" "Kay domand we might move Manchester after
Mother
"Yes,"
Emily admitted.
ther died; but when the time came, vided, they sowet all summer long-ed. it wasn't convenient. You were a Kay liked best the afternoons under mencement 7" baby, and Emily wasn't very well, tho elms beside the house, when bees so we put it off from year to year. were busy in the orchard, and the. And after a while we didn't even slipmunk which lived in a home under the root of the biggest elm moved bother to put it off. That's all!"
Kay nodded; and Mre, Brannan busily back and forth between the smiled again, In a mirth clean of hazel thicket by the river and his all stain of andness.
"We used to remind ourselves lawful business in the trees. that if a man can make a better But also the girl revelled in that mouse trap than his neighbour, the inst hour of the day, when her mother
Kay scrambled off the bed eagerly, "You didn't tell us a thing. Dla Mother meet him? Neither one of eren mentioned him, Emily.
Now start nt please. Please, Emily!"
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What time in July?" Kay ner- sisted. "Emily don't you realize I'm Just gasping to hear all about it: Is he tall or shart, light or dark, funny or serious, athletic or, Emily, if you don't tell me, this minuto!"
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