She thought a moment and
then said: "That is right. I forgot. We can let that wait until
some week day."
Between Crawfordsville and home she suggested that "we go out to
Arcola next Sunday and see Aunt Laura and George." I let that one
go and it was agreed she would write Aunt Laura that night and
tell her we were coming. . . She wrote, but along about Wednesday
she asked me if I still wanted to go out to Arcola. I said: "That
is up to you". . . Friday evening she called me over and wanted
me to send a telegram to Arcola saying we would not be there
Sunday--her conscience had caught up again. I sent the telegram,
and that was that.
That morning bright and early, Frank came over and, after the
proper preliminaries and maneuvering, told me several of the VFW
were going to Lebanon, about 40 miles from here, Saturday to a
District Meeting; that he was to be installed District Provost,
or some such thing; that the back seat of his new Ford was not
very comfortable; that he was to take five of them along with
him; that five would make it very crowded and uncomfortable in
that small a car; that on LONG trips a Ford didn't ride as easily
as a larger car; and that he was just wondering if he might take
the Buick for a long hard drive like that, etc.
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