Show A A ent Kind of h ii v Y t PATI ATI ENCE EDEN PS PS she was a bit S bitS t bitt y selfish Just a l trifle Anyhow she was as extremely bored Par Parties Parties Q ties tics where there was no ono one she cared about 1 I Bridge prizes the che he loathed and gale eave go e to the cook next ned morning I Late hours at night and nothIng to do when she got up at noon but decide which of the seven ceven dance Invitations she would accept accepts I Tons of flowers fio ers she never neler wore ore and seldom took the trouble to arrange even en In vases about the house And nt at Christmas It was worse than thon ever She seriously considered running away She d II like n a new set of Something more rugged near nearer er the tile true vitality of U ln living She would come cb b b ick wih a lot of amus In lug stories to regale the crowd crowll with Two days before Christmas Cynthia thin orris I told her maid and amI cook they could have base n a vacation Lock LocI up the apartment III I II let you know now when Ihen I am nor coming back I 1 m going away for forthe forthe the hollola holidays s She scurried Into n a taxi with a new feeling of excitement the tho best port part ot of the whole hole thing being a n sense ense of something entirely untried She hid h no Idea where she was going She Shed J select some sonic queer person In the Cro crossd 11 at the terminal follow her liei to the I ii J Uti tiel et ct window and buy bay a n ticket for fortl fortl fortl tl e a same place Then C Cynthia refused to think further But she did dill not select a woman to follow She saw a rather thin man with a nice smile who was burdened with bundles They Tiley bulged In every ever pocket and he be had bad difficulty In lu doing anything at all aU competent with them while he lie was as buying a n ticket In fact three fell tell to the floor and n a fourth hit hita hita hita a child on the head during the process Cynthia watched this young man with growIng Interest Why hy In the tho world orl was as lie he permitting elt nil all this trouble Surely It a n t necessary The man apologized to the child gathered up his fallen packages and went undisturbed to towards his train C Cynthia Impulsively ely bought a n ticket for tor the town the lie had hind mentioned to the theman theman theroan man behind the window and oud followed She was ns excited already She hall had no Idea where she was going and she C care That was as the fun of ot It t She sat In the common coach conch and sins J obliged to share her seat eat with wIlh a om on who ho wore a n shawl wl over her head and had n a sad sail fN Igo looking face The Tho man was ns three seats scats ahead ot of her completely burled under his Ills 11 1 It was ns n a four tour hour ride Peo pIe c nue and went C Cynthia tried to remember how funny tunny they all ull were She would Imitate tho the way oy they tall tali ed cd and entertain thos tho's the king hang ng later This was the way to get g t n II kick Uck out ot of 11 hung hung-do living llo Ing-llo do something different r At the tho young man leape from his scat Jammed on his hr hit t tand and plunged out of the door CynthIa stumbled over oer the feet teet of the woman oman with the shawl and jumped down frost the train steps Just two seconds to te fore It began moving again A dreary wooden station with a faInt flicker of a lantern hanging a hook hool A few snowflakes began tillIng fell fellIn In ing There was no one about For a mom moment nt Cynthia suffered a n ran ot of loneliness But Dut even elen this was W a n new sensation so BO she accepted it It flow ever eer she could not stay here nil all nig it and she had n a bag She heard tho the explosions ex explosions of a n car about to start Hurriedly she ran In the direction of ot the th i 1 noise She could dimly see sec a n machine wIth a driver Could you tell me It Ir there Is fa a hotel here where I could stay asked Cynthia a little breathlessly Im rm rm afraid I la I a bit shy on hotels hotel hotels replied a man mans s voice nut But it If you 11 Jump In I III 11 take tale you to one OM on possible boarding house Cynthia flung In her bag ba and climbed eagerly to the sent seat The car gave e n a deafening roar and shot oil oft SI-i SI without warning Into dari ness It 1 was wasa wa waa as asa a rough road roid and aud the driver pall lall pal 1 lit littie Ue the attention either cither to ruts or his Ills corn com panion Cynthia ventured a n question or two about the village and was vas an answered answered with polite brevity This was not the tho way ny In which she he was vas III n to being treated and It piqued her I I live at this boarding bo house hous finally admitted the drivel drIel I Im I m e a prInter on a ne newspaper paper In the next to town n I could 11 live va where here my worl Is but I like this little village ge no I Inon Inona a lot of ot l lids 1 Ids here and have hale a great l time at ot Christmas s Got Cot a lot of ot for them today Oh Oh said sold Cynthia and smiled In Inthe inthe Inthe the dark I noticed YOU OU were having ha some difficulty parking your packages while you vou ou bought your ticket This Tills gave her companion something to think about but he said nothing Tho The girl made a decision SI e a would relate In full her exit fro frou u Sew cw ew York and ond why This the she proceeded ed to do The man chuckled once or twice but mn made e no comment Lie ITo was a n very iY s If poi pu young man Finally l after a 11 along along long silence he lie said casually Goo no I Lol Lord d I chucked the whole works three years agol ago I Couldn t stand It Too darn boring Same Some old the a aSame Same old crowd crowll Same old i i I bolted Got Cot a n Job on this newspaper pr Ken about It Get nearer the mfr m rocs ro roof of things someway I full fel f el tree free os as a 0 bird and don dont t give gl a hoot what hat anyone think thinks It Its s great grent Oh Oh said s Cynthia again agnin Want to come round with Ith me Christmas eve demanded the ex cx man Looks as os If It sin 0 might have ho snow I take a dress up In a silly Santa Claus Cinus costume cos costume tome tume waggle n a white beard and nul d de iii Ih liver er gifts to the kids kId In town ton tow to a n Id I d 11 love to tol I breathed the girt girl girllie lie I le iso ico let me On On one condition you yon isms on t go bock back and Hud male make vaudeville nude c a it of our village I I i h romise said laid ald C Cy Cynthia IS A ls N r ol l ni 41 niJ J |