NE} meminifihwrl rhinitis. "ever as
lightlyuthe chorus offlln may“: ‘Wlth
her lipelicrewed up ~‘de‘viliéhly ’ '7 '
sparklingmerfiiy. » -, ,V . “
Oliver McNabb hadn’t {fie
first" morning-enm- the second. '01:: the
third morning. however-Ca bulging"
morning, a ‘zlimpse of'her'black
sputter of freckles!“ she brushed by, had
caused him to single her cute, -' 7
.Her lacy ivhite waist, picked-no {or fifty- ‘
mne rents somewhere, but which he re—
gardedms a creation of
patent-leather shoes, criminally oh‘t'ofvstyle
but which appealed to hi itndlher
independent nose. 7
properly Smlepemie
In its per-ti:
not Snobliinh.) b‘
m~—-lhese were. all no-
ilmul in their turnyt‘rom-the'eountry pet"
lunzé. " a I
l
Mehnbb was from the country; but more ,
than two yo i .
are. in the city
had given him no'little‘h
perspiraelty.
tended to mul:
's howling min-t
rhnne ease and
He was twenty-five and in-
e something of. himself. ' He
Was employed in a pipe-organ facial-y.
To \vliateveréheights Oliver’s. Vtea’drill
of aspirationrmry have climbed, he had'to‘
punch the time-clock at the ehop entrance
rty every“ morning
. way. to, work he ,
passed daily through the square in front.
of the city hall. To arrive at *the factory
on tune, he had ‘learned from experience
that it was necessary to leave the park by
seven. ' - V
At this hour men
On his
. y were hurrying to their
Vul‘lOllS places of employment. Suddenly
the girl had floated into the strean ; Others
of he:- sex who ruined by at this hour
tended to be bent and hardened. Her
wholesome freshness‘ stood out; did her
appearance in the'eame place every morn-
ing naturally impressed an impressionable
young man. ’ : e
she walked rapidly and looked straight
ahead. llut young McNubb. there is no use
denying. was more [leboxialr than the others. -
Youth is susceptible and the girl was not
vial. Thus. at the end of a few weeks, she
nodded slightly when he raised his hat.
Na harm in flat, surely.
Sometimes one would he a trifle late and
their paths would cross at one ”side of the
will: or the other. Usually, however, the
first hem-y thud of seven would sound from
the city hall clock when they passed at the
ornate fuuntain_w,hiclx marked the very
enmcr otjthe square. Both recognized that
to mom at this exact spot was a mark of
pnnvriliousness. Once, when MeNahb was
almost out of the park (and he walked
tluwly fearing she might not; come. at all).
he met her almost running at the edge of
the square farthest from her destination1
He~ suppleméii't‘t!d”‘3the ruining ’eEhfie’h-ré
with :1 remark":
“Late luday. aren‘t you?" . »
She laughed geninlly. “You 51M wait-
l‘ll make mi for'it tomorrow," were the
words he caught.
So an the next mull 1'97 deny”!
purposely and let her mut'him just a he
enter-oil‘the situate. ‘ , ' . .
She raised a iiuger in good-nut re-
irl'ui'ul. : “There, didn't I toll‘you?" she
chided him. ,
VAS s utter that. Now and then.
1Tb; would‘zfild a scrap to his knowledge
at her. She said her name was Sum—Sam «
Hatch. Yes. from the country, and proud
nl‘ it. 'Where did she work? 011, very well.
If he had to know—in a laundry office.
Helped to keep books and took in package-
.
filler "eyes '
liked her: he. V l
utr {just 4
) He. didn’t 9er be
S as already rum-”filing. cq'
was difl'erent nodal-fins
eaught .the humor gnh‘dépecnlia
. If ' '
But-Willis relation,”
like all ' others ' ’
~ never“ stationary.
bare to: be 110de
relentless godof
Oliver taol: on a. striped he
were many,
loiletiet‘tlz
this i'rfiendsnlnl' gm
Spun}; ' he
ahead: routing
perpetual engage,
w tie.
, things «which ere "
m. might _liave“been can:
out aneriliifing respeetn‘liilitx.’ ‘ V
Grndunlly.
‘nriee, which the .sogihistieated‘flliv " ‘L
' , 91' re
garded new}; at arse come to he :2 thing.
at, his life. He fluctuauy tonne himself
looking forwurcltrom one mo
next. .He believed that"the big things in».
-~life are gained by inking1chhh'é‘é’sflsdflhé’
.. garnbled' one morning wh '
en the ‘
fountain y m“ {It the
“would you Come a few. m' _r .
,tomorroxyj'r * .- Amutesyearly »
She came!
Vlt was u’summer‘
brightness. They sat a
to the wall: opposite
morning .0: splishin;
n a green bench close
the fountain.
, The
had never sat togetlie‘ before. It three:
them into n difi'ereut relation. They be:
rune aware that they were sitting here in
the park, (-hntting‘co
mmonplocel; at a ri-'
.. for ,theeole and ob-
of enJoying the company of
diculously early hour,
\‘ious‘ purpose
euehotber.
SARA fives no blusher,
self fighting a blush And the blue]: I
. , on
nil"?! odds. MoNahb didn't notice. how-
ever; his own‘ nervous ecstasy demanded
loomneh attention. If he had held her
panting in his arms on n palmed balcony
hy inconlight. he could not hare experienced
a V.Wll(lel‘ delight than he did experiefiee in.
this boundless license of boring herjhe're
on the some green..seat' with him—hunch
fumed freshnesa— —black, black- hair-s
sink--
The clock Doomed the first stroke 0!-
seven. “Fallow!” » ”r
They hurried away.
fit was more-natural the. next morning.
The netur'uluess increased. ,It. became a
happy little creed.'_'€ The fountain was the
shrine, seven the hour. He tried to wring.
from her permission to see her at night. '
Dance ‘9.-. No? [She liked shows, didn’t’ she? ,
Her eagerness was ohvious..hut her re-
rfufiiafil w*ai§l§riiietzmpromisin¢. A morning If‘
thir, Sllf.‘ decreed. He compliedgrneiouely.
Someliniesvthe: had but a/few second! to-
gether, sometimes :1 few minutes. occasion-
ally :: gunner of an hour—never longer
than Hm. . , ,
lt iron past seven when they leftihe
purl: on a few mornings, raking them both
hale. Perhaps that m“ the ransom! Peru ..
hops it was the fiendish ogre. hard times,
which laughed an impiah laugh into the
laundry and pipe-organ businesseb Whntr
«wot i: “‘33. (River McNulnh suddenly found
his 3731; hanging nu :llllll'l‘ull. The threndv
didn't hold. All in u «322:: he‘wns whisked
from (implofirzl tn mzvmgilnmwl. "
Sam flair-fl emu :1 ;'-.>oil olllce ’girl.
She was :15 aunt-e54”! :35 any one the
. . . I
laundry ever had ”I L‘Ulfi'lllclllz n ilusteml »
gentleman who Wolfe size sixteen collars
in flint .Slicll'(fixing;t :1er '
ess nun ies; .
2115' byline
quietly, Athis ' seventhghour ea.
min; to' the. .
but ahe .found her- , .
» saw fit to‘_ reduce 'i
, how
that he could easily adopt [his neck to the
,fo‘urteen’ and-3,,half size which came in 'lnl
'pichue; ~Nevertheless. in Lthe latter apart.
01 the summer. the. laundry management
‘ in office force. fiat-a). had
‘taso! :‘ ' .
The girl’s tragedy occurred a week follow.
ingl'Olirer’s. During. thatnwck he comm;-
» tied to make his mornin’t-‘tripe at the usuel
time withoutnppriaing.snra of his din-
eharge. He assumed that another job would
be iii-nimble immediate-lynx. At the end '0! I ‘
Week, however. the} gravity-of the urinatio-
. dawned. npim- him. - ‘
They were "baths duly 'Serious" “he“: the!
met at the fountain at ten minutes to seven.
Beth had been job-hunting. , 7
“Are all of {hone people ‘0th DIS/obi?”
ehe asked. fimliimllng the prostrate tome
of wrotehes seatiei'ed about beneath; the
park‘s maples; Smile had slept there I“
night and presented weird contortions.
Others lay. flirt with arms ofutatretchfll
like the groaning wounded otfin battlefield.
Some were getting up lamely and crawling
away to sufler the heat of August in our
other place. , -
“All out-of jobs,” he assuredzher.‘ ». .
‘McNebb had «one hum!" in a_ coat poo!!!
and twisted his finger about a newepgp’er
clipping which called for a “strong. bright.
earnest, willing; aisle-bodied young man will);
good habits. who cnuhl illny a trombone.’.
w work in n paint shop." Tile} muld>¢§l¥
.. slew miles from :i-lmz-nmnica. but: W98
HH'H limit :1 li'umbnm) was beyondhiln. 3' _
"Um: lllihi have. expvel‘iew‘e to'zet‘n job,
I summse." size plutilmiluized. ,1
"A?” (aquarium-c to get a job.” M “I’-
Lplied. ' .
‘ .
: been is)
.y huge tmd’
. "Shenfihréd it little scream.
VSaru fussed with her handbag. which con-
= mined fa "xix-Hit '31! 'climying asking for a
woman will! llfirtydalgltt bust meashredo
net. nsVa hemonfitrumr. Sum was-hue:
liairtysix. No, is with; never-hegdone.
‘A The duel: struck seven. {
SlleJiflilst hurry, she hold. 311'. Gwen»
{elder mmldn’t stand it lo have hil em-
- pluses. late. ,:. Discharged axirl’in’the mu-
V‘xling department legacies! for that *very
thing. Levels manflioflvor‘k for. but such
.a temper sometimes! . I. ' . .
. He must hurryfloo. “Mr. Himmel-_
liloue-w" I W '
But ‘she was away. . ' , T .
‘She went. two « Fifi". Weld ti. pork
and circled. back to he“: rowingfihee; >31»
‘ lay {lotion her bitch on the “33111390: And
heard ogre; Riley yell across the alloy to ,
egeighb‘or that she was saint. to he. eel»,
insofar-dinner. “ ‘ _ - " . " V ,
' ' Oliver also detonred. . He'boughtn news-
paper and salt on theft-out porch of/iil
rooming house studying it until ‘the' old
my some out to .sernb' and drove; him
away. ‘It was‘iusr theincentire he needed.
Vermeer: Whoa-mung.“
.. ; “’63, maybe it Wes true.
WAXTED—na'rtlea minis: man will
I: load
1 {romance {or sellianmw be e hustler;
me. . .
~ no.
.1va
Gus irons.) ”
WANTEDWLISRH .m
. mm the
the wm-ld‘needlv-m
or: barber
_ It ofi'orexl‘ not‘ ixm‘ne’rliateffifemuilél'ifion.
Anyway. it didn’t appear]; ‘ ' ‘
WANTEIL—Rrieht young man u I bread-hm:
driver: must tweak three unwise-v
He passed this~ onerup at £139 stint: :80»
(tied ilwmfflll, day after day. hem
were six romaine}?! “$ituxtions Winfedfi’
and n ‘ half‘eolumn of “Help
'bsrhsr's (redo: ,
seminal};
‘Wnnmdé—Yi'lalm? ”there was. a whim
list in tlw few easee' where'he might qual-
, ify. _ , - ‘ - 7 ‘
“Nollie. and nddtess. please. You'll be
fmiitied when ymxrium comes.
preiinImag list.” ’ith that; an oficioun
lecretm-y” Would well 4.1»: interview to" I
; Dbl‘efllgnnryt‘oneluslon. " ' » V
S
ARA ’5'" (his :
fences were similar; I; won.
illifll‘?“fii‘lg
tween Q‘Eallflh, "and Sixteenth;
‘33} “)0 I k I
71 hot] :i
3
non, but . not heltt
Ami she needed 'lrelyl'i
if she had only '
, lad genial .
widow, or a? name ‘
n {allot n"? if all :
mph _
on retili'iabl Psi
, Siam? rev
.“And you, 3 tong—you4you—you—”
Oh; 188.3 seemed, somehow.
to read“: hit}. on aigretterhad
:1 no
«oil “ v
.
v-u
.i.
young man waiting 339 "you, .Wili," i!
heard her say “skewed through the
.next room. , . ‘
The «door opening intavthth'ont room
from the hallway weaning-.113”. were
two voices—a men’s and] girl’s.
Man: “No, it innit larcegbutyoueonm
never manage. And it would bmlonuom
for you. I wouldn’tv‘feel right if I 10‘!
you have it.” , . . . ,
Girl: "‘But I am willing, sin: I love
(hatrkind of work and: here'slwu’s done
it}. I know. I could «moss as well u I
man.” .. ‘
, 'Oli‘rer thought hereeognixed the‘touet.
'His eyes wide with portinl understanding.
he leaned 'fomrlrb<uteh every ”noble.
Masculine Video's negstive to the nfl’l
plea was firm.
- The door opened.
“Sara!” - .
She uttered a littlescresm. "And you.
too—you—you—r" ’
They both saw that politenm-ohonld o
' precede dramatics. McNIbb told]!!! to wait
for him outside. She mated.
Nor were Oliver‘s frons‘ers
possible seate of preservation.
It; was the/11:15:; of August.
middleof September. It was the latter
out of September, The days grew alerm- .
ingly short.‘ People linflieilmore rapidly.
The stores were showing overcoats and fun.
Thanksgiving was suggested and Christine!
A was intimated. ‘Ei‘ery .duy the "family of
the unemployed tool: in more members. j
Now and then. Oliver-31nd the girl would
get a job fin: a day or 'two. but when
October stared from the calendar, Oliver’s
savings had dwindled to a few dollar-:7
and Sara could pay~room mm: for but one
.week- more. “The, city whieh had thrilled
her sickened ,nml frightened her as the
"mercury \genhxlow‘iz. V'Dliyer had 3 121101131“:
Cor two 61‘- the eountry hiinself. A: 1 last 7
resort he would so back.
in. the best
It 'was the
I’llWAS examining}! penetrating chill.
one of ‘those {all mornings. on which r‘ain
,would have heenrcolder than snow. A wmd
caught uo‘some cleric-um from the dull 'lIcSabbr went immune front room viii
brown lawn of the park and scraped them the man. When he came out art!!! and
dress- H-cmment Walkrwilem some stuck of in few minutes. .he m.milins'4 an
in in rift. hi the edge of ihe‘ fountain. “ayes” were blue. ,
‘7' People1 scurried niong with their heads bent. “I believe you can mm‘e, My, Mc-
I‘én’ were overeoots. 'They leaked worried. » Nob u (said the man. “If you win man
They were ' worried. MeNabb came live tomorrow—fl...“ this me time, let 11!
minutes Early. 1133' half intendedrto cons “y, we can arrange .the details. nit. ‘
fess this morning that he had beencomin: fine place and 1 think yet will like it.
at seven. all (if. this time just. for her? I ‘was may for your young friend, but
'He knew that she would admire him for it goum have been a great .1931 too much
it. ‘He wondered just-rho‘”? 3319 would ‘1' , for the (bild. Good morning. 311'. —Me-
press her sentiments when eshe learned thlt Nab ’3’ 7 .
he ”had been. making 'ucrifices all ,alonx- She wns waiting-a: the foot of them
He would tell 11¢!“th ‘78! 80318 ‘IWRI—W 7 Item. , They said nothing until ihey pound
the country-Aha herwould remember her- the hedge and were in the street.
that sometimes perhlps— It “rack “'03- Sara held her handkerchief to .her feet.
The. lent ounce of the serenth’fntmks eup- “I didn't mean afiything “you: whom I
“or-atom. 3116?. WE! Sin? Had 1'30 lost lied that. way every morning.” she managed
her. position? __ f , to “say. “But you *were the Only friend
Thurs!" down the walk,r’h,e saw her can. I had, and I did so hate to lose you. It
int. As She cameeaneu‘er and mm it wan-all a lie, the promotion and everything;
that rho lavas chanted- - 1—4 have notrehnd a'job for seven weeks 2"
He hadn‘t noticed}; so much until now. She removed her handkerchief. Her eyes
Hefrecalled how the looked1those_ sprint. and none were a bit red. , ~ ~
mornings. Mar-She was "steeped or FBut I lied. too,“ he was saying.“ “I ,
smaller, or something. VPoor girl! she ought 2 haven’t had 1 job either; and I wanted t
not. to work inn liquors. The morning .see you. All of- the time I, kept» thinking
“350' ‘gt‘arzand .he was, solhnddled“ that". .I Would get another place. » I othoughte
‘tslleididgk uofieemiyy refirst. Several feet, well, let’s forget that .now use new I. ‘
' owns Vhewrould soothe” intensevpaleness 0: have ‘5' place. I insegoton ck there.”
her face. the {nee‘oneesefresh and freegled.
‘ .gs Beneath“ heir eyes intensified
reels. « z; _ ' ‘
‘ med when? §he~ sax? him.
'you waited
' ops on wanton.
53‘0“ " late
Shelooked in engagement, 7 . ,.
'V'Iolr—got—that-l-place? You mean you
Eire—'3' 'Her’eyes grew bright am] angry:
, and'drx. ' {That spoilsat so. Ya» 4-
‘fz‘air ‘u‘ith me or with«_herl‘1 ,
-' He laughed. “Listen. You don’t unner-
Klfi’taznd’. I lied to that imam. I :m not
twin: you think I’ gin—nah yet. «But I
hope to The. .7 And Mine-Em, :it‘;
.ulhup to you."r > "
v ' Anger surrendered to: confusion“
“OB"
. $0",ng I thought, per!"= “
51 hope I haven’t made'
Sheggkinée‘d up :at‘ the eloek. ,
nitérfsefen. isn‘t 3?... Iii-cu
:mimi.' I? ' ‘ ‘ " ., 'qu,
..'.
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