His thin black hair, fine spun, was fannedlightly
from its elegance by a wantoning breeze. Dont worry, said the nurse encouragingly,
the mortalitys onlyfour per cent. And it had already beendetermined, chiefly by
Gant, that Eugene was going to the StateUniversity. You see what Ivegot to put up
with, dont you?
A hot wind of beginning autumn rustled dryly
through the longparched leaves of stunted palms. Well, said Eliza thoughtfully,
moulding her lips.
Do you see how she rubs it into mewhenever she gets
a chance?
Again and again he had been bogged inthe gray
slough of factuality.
If things had been even, wed have
beatenthem.
Their moneys doing no one any good rotting in the
damned bank, isit? Hugh and Helen returned abruptly next morning to a scene of
dismaltinsellings and jaded lilies. Miss Ida Nelson caught the doctors stealthy
sign.
Seawards, their eyes probed through the seething
glare.
He was all things in one: lawyer, merchant,soldier,
doctor, statesman. Eugene stood waiting on the road above, behind an obscuring wall
oftrees.
Eugene looked attentively at the shapely legs of
the page, Viola. Barton slowly, youve got to get the otherfellows psychology. They
think youll make good and bring a lot of credit tothem some day. Youre one of the
lot thats always had the interests of the familyat heart.
Every onefelt he was going to say something very,
very important. Before them, the doctor hadjust disposed of Desdemona, who parted
with a graceful obeisance.
Cant youpersuade your father to wait another
year?
He lighted a cigarette and smoked in bitter silence
for a moment. She gave him a full baggy clowns suit, of green linen.
She would be generous, but she would
bemistress.
In October, Gant, with Ben and Helen, departed for
Baltimore. Gravely, HughBarton held a match for him. Seawards, their eyes probed
through the seething glare. Luke had returned to theWestinghouse plant at Pittsburgh
after Helens marriage.
Miss Ida Nelson caught the doctors stealthy sign.
Thelong nasal drone of the Presbyterian minister. For two years he had romanced with
Margaret Leonard about hisfuture education.