SARA by Sara Cornelius Allison Chapter I "Everybody expects me to go to the dogs now. Well— I'm not going to. I'm going to make a success of my life. And — I'll have her yet." Jim Allison, the man I didn't marry, spoke those words to his mother, Mrs. Myra Allison, immediately after the beautiful elaborate ceremony that united roy young life to handsome Andrew Parker. They had stayed away from the wedding festivities. His mother told that Jim spent the hour of the ceremony lying prone on the floor of his room. After it was over, he got up and made the above speech to her. She had spoken bitterly and it flashed like lightning through the community and among our friends in Indianapolis. It was the evening of my wedding day in 1895. Deep in my heart I knew that I had married the wrong men, but would not have acknowledged it to anyone and tried to persuade myself differently. The guests had gone, all but my two girl chums, Lucile Ballard and Mary Sloane. It was Mary who told me the choice bit of gossip. Jim and I had known each other all our lives. By Jim I mean the James A. Allison whom the world knew as a multi-millionaire and sportsman, manufacturer of Prest-0-Lite, sold to Union Carbide. The men who with Cark Fisher developed Miami Beach and promoted the Indianapolis Five Hundred Mile Motor Speedway. James A. Allison became world famous. All along
This novel is a semi-autobiographical work of fiction by Sara Cornelius Allison, wife of Indianapolis businessman and co-founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway James Allison. The work details the tumultuous relationship of the Allison family set within the the city of Indianapolis, on the Allison estate which is now owned by Marian University.
This novel is a semi-autobiographical work of fiction by Sara Cornelius Allison, wife of Indianapolis businessman and co-founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway James Allison. The work details the tumultuous relationship of the Allison family set within the the city of Indianapolis, on the Allison estate which is now owned by Marian University.
