Show r 0 U 7 A domms WO S E EYES 7 y J JEAN I 1 E N NEWTON F W TON 0 by me ih bell rodl nf too ino she he be bothered 1 I cant be b the woman who said it had said it often in fact the remark might be regarded as typical of her in her youth the she be bothered with children later on everyone thought she hind realized tier her mistake and that she would grasp the opportunity port unity to adopt the child 0 of f a slater sister who died hut but the she be bothered she had a family of course r brother with children child pen and an old aunt but she be bothered spending much time with them she be bothered with friends either eithe r friends arg almost as a bad as a family in making demands on one and she phe be bothered so instead of friends she had mere companions of the moments pleasure she wanted her time and h her er thoughts tree free to wear beautiful clothes and see gee everything and do everything that went on to travel and be up on the latest kind of shoe buckle and the newest dance steps she married a much older man who go gk ve e her plenty of money and plenty of leisure to indulge la in all these pleasures and who did not tie her down at all she I 1 had her freedom in this beautiful world full of beautiful and the wherewithal to satisfy every desire so each year she grew more bisin to be bothered with anything that was not in the pursuit of pleasure and more dependent for her hap aptness on the enjoyment of the ino moment then came the day when her youth was gone and with it the energy to pursue the willo will o th ewi called pleasure her husband had bad died and her only human tie was a paid companion she had traveled all over the world seen everything done everything had everything that thai money could buy but everything palled life was empty and without reason she felt dhe had to live for on meeting a dutant relative a beloved mother and grandmother a woman who was wa responsible for or a fin fine e charity and who had also the accomplishment ment of a successful career in the work oil ah had chosen the woman who be bothered said to tier lier 1 I envy you you have everything and nd I 1 have nothing why should this be I 1 yet luw how 11 il lous was the answer they were getting each just juat what she deserved reaping us as they had bowed sowed the woman who be bothered with anything but enjoyment who had spent her life in seeking pleasures while they lasted and in I 1 later life reaped I 1 the he emptiness which comes of haviar given nothing tile void which la Is albo heritage of those ohp have pleated planted no seed from which might bloom the flower of love of gratitude of accomplishment she had given nothing and life now returned nothing to the oilier woman growing old meant riot emptiness and the end of things but the richness of fulfillment the luxurious harvest of a blessed reaping time why she had bowed sowed she had loved not pleasures but humans she had given herself freely the devotion of children the clinging caress now in her old age of new baby arms she had earned I 1 |