The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 29, 1939, Image 10
m I* i r\ •ft* n WALTER BLUME \ ■ i- 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 : 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. U f Ji “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. ' ' \ H I ! 1 ' k | - « 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 }!,}■ v > •• • e' ; , , L. ' • * V i * r *Ji • 1 f j' • _ * 0 « [ I .> / 1 • • 1. j