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man |«^d hear
^ fro in and let
t my futitir* wa
Mtj tUM old wnmmn tell me ho a
rdjMMr beliered la the—J
| $ha had a
out ca*da. Sht
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about my firl
aym^at
a lot t# learn
ihe future.** . . . Just for fun,'1( thought. I'd
wonderful
*hey always
the rest of
grand and
l told you. you I ad a girl and would live happil
f- your life or so me ^ich bunk. But I was feelir
did not mind h< a ring *0' little bunk.
little t*o -by four joint and
looked aa they all do—raggec
eyes, a peaked nose. She was diff
IMfl
Sh«* told me t at L would finish school in uhi aual ctrcam-
stances and tk t success waited for me. That wi a fine; whalt
Squinting at me she assumed
fretid, “Hy
you sre young ; et snd have
shout tik r ways of women. Befoi r much time
b passes there w<ill come between you snd your 1 rirl a differ-
^ ence in feeling, You w^ll be the cause of it. Y >u two shall
ne^ei- ^mrry.” Laughaagly, I paid her and tn(d her to go
; stick hgr head n some (a*g.
It was fuhny, ludicrously so. Yet the wtjrds she had
I ■ttarai Mmamrd seared hi my mind and bad dreams ensued
l All my nfr I Imre had to work hard in order ic go to school
and many are the times that golden opportunities had been
snatched out i*f my hands. Thinking back, 1 remembered
‘j how my fnenis were sOch pessimists. They had laughed
* when 1 said I was in love. They would say, fNo girl will
i ever »**it that long for s man.’* .
to hur that night, sittiag there in tl e park. I U] • 1* ’ T i ^
nading |j, Tw+t night sitting there in the park, she fel
a look- armal jlt’a no | use describing her. Any man
dirty' worn
black hai^.
ent though.
pose of a
asleep in my
you, then in two, perhaps three years, all will be w bH/* i** 1 If** P*|>hably knew
Yeah*—that’s what 1 used to think and nevei doubted chair,
that all tgouid come true as we had planned . . . G > on back
hell for two more years- -get that ;
1 ir v ^ _ __PPBL . pill tell you
d, who > wh at she.laekkl like if he’s been a loper. To l man in love
there it no coihjmrison; hfts woman is the one sipreme.
1 prp
It was a black night with noisea only from the leaves
t>y an occasional breeze. She looked at me with
that Mothers give to a too impatient or unwise ch
wishes to do things he is not yet ready for.
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“Tommie,’’ she had said In a quiet voice, “we m ist wait | 11 ^ * know it that when I looked
Until you finish school and get a job for both of to live dow n igtD her^face, 1 did not want anything to come between
on. If we get married now, you’ll never finish and tomeday us * * fhggfchlr it would be wonderful to die together and
you will hate me for K . . . Just think. Tommie Shelton.! n<?ver he separated. Without seeming to realise if-
chemical engineer. Tommie, darling. I do love you acs^-hut we ! P«*het hrife lay open in my hand. I ttol a kiss fro in
her and then plunged that dull knife blade in » her breast.
With a smile m her fate the opened her eyes a id then closed
them again. ( od—Oh, Ood! What had 1 done -madness had
left roe and 1 tary reality came . , . Perhaps jit was not too
late, I ran fo a doctor.
must think of our future and perhaps someone else.
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I knew it would be that way and to make it eve 1 worse,
I knew that she was right. That she lowed me wap a cer
tainty—as certain as grass is green.
Have you ever loved someone so much that yo4r whole Doctors, doctors, doctors, all the doctoral in the world
inside felt like a thousand little demons trying to mi their I could Hot base saved her. Those I had brough to her stated
way out but were always being pushed back by sock ty*s con- (* that she had died almost instantly. Seeming to know what
ventkms? Have you ever seen one of those strong men break my intention^ had been they looked at me as if to sky, “You
a belt by expanding his chest? My heart felt in prisoned : y.llow liver* I dog—got scared and backed oil of it.”
in a steel clamp and for all it’a incessant bestir gs could J <
not break it. Love! Bah. men can’t put it into wordi —H eats * . not b*®* 1 *^ r **d to die. I’m nel afraid to die
you up alifcre. I could never bear the thought of livinj the rest * now • * • Five, ten. fifteen yegte thgf seems like a
of my life without her. But you say, “She will wait for | ■hov^jphpe when you have the rest of your
That hak
corregponder ce.
to school and work like , . —
fheepskin and then < . . go from office to office town to | corrripiMkdei ce I took up writing. Peg-nev r seen any
town, and maybe eotpebody would give me a job. If I were ' my ^' t ~ Broadwmy anils hem a
lucky. I’d make enough so we could get married. That’s all l V° u tf 1 ®till believe in fortune teljere? Well, you
I wanted out of life^-a job, a wife, a little home, and per
haps la tag one
k
Damn that woman. WTiy did I ever have to
ry f ^ ii| 1 a
I’d just made my third payment on an
Walking joyfully down the street, I wanted to alop every- |
one and shout out that I was in love. Then Ui »f wretch
seeing ate rasped oat, “Come in here for a mugite young
. APRIL, II
that thik would be
MMmI
can judge fur yoilrialf. Here is a news pa p^ clipping that
I have had
for almost fouit-en years.
ife to stay in
rorse than the
right here
fi
c is warned not to be Uken in l^y spiritual-
me tellers, palm readers, and die. As tt is*
fact that their work is 4% psychology.,
research study, and t4 r > guess wik. If your
:uae should be told correctly, you 1 *e one la a
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