Thursday, April 20, 1939
BRENTWOOD
By Grace Livingston Hill
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
Synopsis
When the wealthy foster par
ents of Marjorie Wetherill both
die she finds a letter telling
that die has a twin sister, that
adooted when her own
parents couldn't afford to sup
port both of them and that her
real name is Dorothy Gay.
Alone In the world, but with a
fortune of her own, she eon
aiders looking up her own fam-
4 fly whom she has never seen.
A neighbor, Evan Bower, tries
to argue her out of it and tells
her he loves her and asks her
to marry him. She promises to
#thlnk it over but decides first
see her family. She goes *0
lthcir address, finds that they
are destitute and gradually per
suades them to accept things
they need. When the doctor
calls to see her mother she no
tices that he seems particular
ly interested in her sister. On
Sunday Marjorie goes to church
with her brother, Ted, being
unable to persuade her sister to
go. She meets the minister
whom her brother raves about
and whose church is located
near Brentwood, the old estate
in which her family lived be
fore they lost their money.
Meantime back in Aster Street
#&ty was having a time of her
h.
A united howl arose.
Betty came flying down stairs,
her eyes flashing fire! She be
held a dripping crowd of chil
dren.
"Buddie Gay! What are you
doing? You naughty, naughty
boy!"
Betty seized Bud's arm and
jerked him back from the sink,
- but some subconscious reaction
compelled him to keep his hold
on the dishpan which he had
been trying to right, and when
Betty removed him from the sink
the dishpan with its remaining
dirty water came along, and de
luged Betty who had just chang
ekl her kitchen dress for the pret
ur little house dress Marjorle had
wen her that morning. She had
been upstairs getting into array
to meet the doctor when she
heard the tumult downstairs.
Betty looked down at herself in
.a horror and gasped, the more so
fl§ as the nature of the element that
' was doused over her was gradual
ly revealed by the dregs of dirt in
the dishpan.
Then suddenly Betty looked up
and saw the doctor standing in
the doorway with the most com
ical look of amusement and pity
on his face that a man could
-wear, and all at once Betty knew
that she too was crying! The
~ utmost humiliation that life
could bring had descended upon
her. The handsome young doc
\t IBor had seen her like this, wet
mnd dirty and angry!
And all limp and dirty as she
was she sank down into a kitchen
chair and burst into real weep
ing.
If she could have seen the doc
tor's face at that moment she
would have been surprised. The
comical look of amusement van
ished utterly and a look of utter
tenderness and sympathy came
into his eyes. In one motion he
set down his medicine case on a
chair in the hall behind him and
strode over to Betty.
child!" he said. "You've
■Ben working too hard. We'll
/iave you down in bed the next
I thing if you don't look out.
he said seizing upon a
tfflwel that hung on the rack
above the sink. »
The doctor wet the end of the
towel and came over to Betty,
lifting her face very gently and
wiping off the tears with the wet
towel.
"There!" he said cheerfully.
"You'll feel better now. Nothing
like cool water to brace one up."
Suddenly Betty looked up and
laughed. Laughed with the tears
streaming down her cheeks.
The doctor came over to her
fin, taking a clean liandker
»f out of his pocket, and lift
her chin with one hand gent
viped the tears away.
Betty stopped laughing and her
face held something almost like
awe.
The doctor smiled indulgently
as he hurried upstairs. Betty
smiled to herself and wondered if
all doctors were so cheerful and
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comforting. It was probably Just
because he was a doctor that he
had been so nice to her. But It
thrilled her to think of his wip
ing her tears, of the touch of his
smooth fingers lifting her chin so
gently. It was that sense of be
ing cared tor that touched her,
brought the tears to her eyes.
"Pool!" she told herself bitter
ly. "It didn't mean a thing! He
was just kindly and impersonal!
He's probably in love with some
charming nurse, or maybe mar
ried to an heiress. Any good man
might have done Just what he
did and think nothing of it. He
was just being kind and helping
me out of a mess." She stared
after him wistfully as he went
out to his car and drove away,
and then she hurried upstairs to
take off the pretty dress.
Marjorie sitting in the pretty
little old stone church of a hun
dred years ago, and listening to
the young preacher making sal
vation plainer than she had ever
heard it before, was happier than
she had ever been in church be
fore.
It was as if a strong sea breeze
were blowing through the little
audience room, waking up and
refreshing every mind to keener
intelligence. As if a holy kind of
glory pervaded the place. She
heard one woman explaining to
smother: "Why, the Holy Spirit is
here!"
Then, too, the singing here
seemed to have a different sound
from that in ordinary churches.
The people sang the words as if
they meant them, and the music
rose like incense from an altar
and seemed to mingle with the
heavenly choirs above.
But now suddenly it seemed
that the Bible was the guide book
for the Christian's way, the indis
pensable source of all knowledge,
the deep hidden treasury of a
Christian's wealth.
So she sat and listened wide
eyed to the eager young preacher
with the wonderful holy eyes who
seemed as he talked to be look
ing into another world.
When the sermon was over she
felt breathless as if she had been
privileged a glimpse into Heaven
itself, as if God had been there
speaking to her soul through the
lips of this young man. She was
filled with awe. Her heart throb
bed a response as though she
wanted to answer a high sweet
call she had heard for the first
time.
"You have shown me so many
tilings," she said to him after
ward as they stood together at
the door a moment, waiting for
Ted to gather up the hymn books
and straighten the extra chairs
for the night service. "Things I
never knew could be! I never
knew the Bible was a book like
that!"
He gave her a startled look.
"Oh, didn't you? I'm glad I
helped," he smiled. "I hope you'll
come again."
"Oh, I will!" she said fervent
ly. "What you have said seems
to be something I've been search
ing for a long time."
His face lit up with a kind of
glory light.
"Oh, I am glad!" he said quiet
ly.
Then came Ted with his shy
smile of adoration.
"I wish I could run you home
in my car, Ted," said the young
preacher wistfully, "but I have a
funeral in half an hour, and just
barely time to get to it. Sorry,
I'd enjoy taking you."
He inciluded Marjorie in his
smile.
"Oh, that's all right, Mr.
Reaver," said Ted shingingly.
"I'm going to take my sister over
to see our old place. She's never
seen it, you know."
And then as the minister look
ed at her inquiringly, Ted ex
plained:
"You know she's been away a
long time. She's never seen it."
"Oh," said the minister looking
at Marjorle quickly again, "then
you're not the sister I saw be
fore? I thought there was some
thing different about you. You're
not twins, are you?"
"Yes," smiled Marjorie, "and I
guess we're quite alike in looks at
least."
"Well, isn't that interesting.
I'll have to take time off some
day and come and call and get
acquainted with you both. But
you know. I really thought you
were different—somehow when
I didn't know you weren't!"
They all laughed and then the
minister looked at his watch and
said:
"Well, I'll have to be off. Hope
you come again, Miss Gay."
"Oh, I will!" said Marjorie, a
bit breathless from hearing her
self called a new name.
Then the brother and sister
walked on in silence. Finally as
they turned the corner and the
minister went driving by in his
car, bowing to them and smiling
as he passed, Marjorie followed
him with her eyes until he turn
ed another corner and was out of
sight and then she said slowly,
gravely: '
"He's rather wonderful, isn't
he?"
"You're telling me?" said Ted
in a reverential tone.
The Brentwood house made a
great impression on Marjorie. As
they approached it Ted watched
her with jealous eyes. She had
liked his minister, now would she
like the house he loved? These
were the two tests he had set for
this new sister, although perhaps
he did not realize that he was
testing her at all.
"Why, isn't it occupied?" she
asked as they came in.sight of
the "For Sale" sign.
"No," said Ted with a heavy
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sigh. "I've been expecting every
time I come this way to find that
sign gone, but it stays."
"It's lovely;" said Marjorie,
taking in the tall elm trees that
were placed just right to make a
picture of the house. The long
slope of snowy lawn, the shrub
bery and hemlock trees heavy
with their burden of snow mak
ing a delightful screen from the
street, all added to the picture.
Ted led her around to the back
and opened a loose shutter to let
her look into the long low living
room with its great fireplace,
flanked on either side by book
cases reaching to the ceiling and
htsi euthusiaon: for the house
mounted till it equaled the boy's
own.
As they turned away from the
gate at last Marjorie took note of
the sign board and made a men
tal memorandum of the name of
the real estate agent.
Could she possibly make some
arrangement with the people who
had taken it over whereby they
would transfer it back to her
father's name, clear, so that she
could hand him the deed of it
without any obligations for him
to pay whatever? How she would
love'to give it to him for Christ
mas! Could a thing like that be
done so quickly? There was still
almost a week to Christmas!
So she carried on an undercur
rent of thought while Ted ram
bled on, giving now and then a
bit of information about the
house that fitted right In with
her thought.
"Suppose, Ted," she said fin
ally, "that tomorrow morning
some great man should send for
you and tell you that he had been
watching you and he liked the
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a fine position ready for you at,
say, ten thousand, or so a year,
and he would give you some of It
in advance If you wanted it.
Would you think you were great
if you decided to use that money
for your home and parents in
stead of buying yourself a Rolls-
Royce?"
Ted grinned.
"Fat chance!" he said.
"Of course," smiled Marjorie,
"but if you had it I think I know
you well enough already to know
that you would Just delight to
turn in every penny you could to
the family treasury and make
them all comfortable before you
thought a thing about any lux
uries for yourself."
"Sure thing!" said Ted with
shining eyes.
"And if some unheard-of rela
tive off in Europe or somewhere
should die and leave you a mil
lion dollars, I wonder what is the
first thing you wouldbuy? I wish
you would tell me that, Ted. I'd
like to know what it is."
Ted looked up and without
hesitation replied:
"I'd buy the house back and
give it to Dad!"
"Thanks!" said Marjorie with
starry eyes. "That's the way I
feel. Now, brother, do I belong
to the family or not?"
"You belong!" said Ted sol
emnly.
"All right!" said Marjorie. "I
appreciate that. And now, sup
pose we keep this to ourselves for
awhile, shall we?"
"Okay!" said the boy solemnly,
as they went up the steps of the
home, and only a quick t>mile
passed between them to ratify
the contract, but both knew that
something fine and sweet had
happened.
'Tve got to go into the city
and do a little shopping," said
Marjorie the next morning.
Marjorie went first to the real
estate firm whose name had been
on the signboard yesterday at
Brentwood.
"I've corns to ask about a house
you have for sale in Brentwood,"
she said, and the man looked her
over keenly, noted her handsome
attire, and said "Yes?" in an
eager tone.
He gave her a good sales talk.
"That's a bargain," he said,
"it's Just been thoroughly done
over and modernized, and be
cause the owner was caught in
the depression we can sell it for
« mere trifle."
Marjorie let him talk tor a few
minutes and then she said:
"Could I see the house?"
(Continued Next Week)
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