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She wanted Wallie to settle down She was tired of paying his bills at

his clubs and at various hotels, tired and weary of the days he lay in

bed all s to enable hi his wild oats,

and now at twenty-five she felt he should be through with them

The south room could be the nursery

On Decoration Day, as usual, she did her dutiful best by the coh a chilly hour there

while services were read and taps sounded over the graves of those who

had died in three wars She felt very grateful that Wallie had come back

safely, and that if only noould marry and settle down all would be

well

The service left her emotionally untouched She was one of those woion, only their reaction on

herself and her affairs She had taken the Gere as a personal

affliction And she stood only stoically enduring while the village

soprano sang "The Star Spangled Banner" By the end of the service she

had decided that Elizabeth Wheeler was the answer to her problem

Rather under pressure, Wallie lunched with her at the country club, but

she found him evasive and not particularly happy