Downed

(Lyndon 20)
[In 1938] one morning quite early, about 7  --  I think we were living on the hill in Richland Center and Daddy was on one of his trips to Milwaukee  --  the phone rang and it was my father.  "Well," he said, so weary, "Lyndon is drowned."  My heart sank.

Interim

(Lyndon 19)
You can see there was no good stabilizing influence in his life.  I think he worked different places, like factories, for a short spell.

Graceless

(Lyndon 18)
Much later Lyndon and Grace broke up.  He said her mother and their priest were against him because he was not Roman Catholic and kept hectoring her until she gave in.  I got the impression the marriage was annulled.  He felt bad about that.

Grace

(Lyndon 17)
Life went on....  On afternoon when we lived on Beaumont Avenue in Milwaukee [in 1930s] he drove up with a pretty nice tall dark haired girl, Grace [Egan].  Did he introduce her as his wife?  Maybe.  I could see they cared for each other.

Blank

(Lyndon 16)
I have been trying to think whether Lyndon came out to Green Lake when we did get married, but I can't remember him there at all.

What to do?

(Lyndon 15)
I recall a conversation we had alone one late afternoon.  He said, "Well, I suppose you are going to marry Sir Kay?"  I said yes, I supposed so.  And asked what he was going to do.  He spoke very sadly.  Said he didn't know.  He had no prospects, no talents, no education, no expectations.  I remember feeling very sorry, and helpless.

Bumming

(Lyndon 14)
Sometimes he would go on long trips with friends out West, bumming their way.  My father was always so worried.  But he always came back with lots to tell.  And no money.