Her aunt 's influence and her mother 's fame helped her much . She missed the hard experiences that come to the unassisted beginner . But her own genius must have won in any case . She had all her mother 's gifts , deepened by her inheritance of Morgan intensity and sincerity ... much , too , of the Morgan firmness of will . When Joscelyn Morgan was twenty-two she was famous over two continents . When Cyrus Morgan returned home on the evening after his granddaughter 's departure he told his wife that she was never to mention the girl 's name in his hearing again . Deborah obeyed . She thought her husband was right , albeit she might in her own heart deplore the necessity of such a decree . Joscelyn had disgraced them ; could that be forgiven ? Nevertheless both the old people missed her terribly . The house seemed to have lost its soul with that vivid , ripely tinted young life . They got their married daughter 's oldest girl , Pauline , to come and stay with them . Pauline was a quiet , docile maiden , industrious and commonplace -- just such a girl as they had vainly striven to make of Joscelyn , to whom Pauline had always been held up as a model . Yet neither Cyrus nor Deborah took to her , and they let her go unregretfully when they found that she wished to return home . `` She has n't any of Josie 's gimp , '' was old Cyrus 's unspoken fault . Deborah spoke , but all she said was , `` Polly 's a good girl , Father , only she has n't any snap . '' Joscelyn wrote to Deborah occasionally , telling her freely of her plans and doings . If it hurt the girl that no notice was ever taken of her letters she still wrote them . Deborah read the letters grimly and then left them in Cyrus 's way . Cyrus would not read them at first ; later on he read them stealthily when Deborah was out of the house .
When Joscelyn began to succeed she sent to the old farmhouse papers and magazines containing her photographs and criticisms XXXXX her plays and acting .
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