Show The 4 m Mh MB t m GARDEN SEQUENCE By Fiction Fid Richard H. H Wilkinson Corner DREAMED a dream BRYANT He lIe was in a garden A beautiful beau beau- beautiful girl sat on a B white marble bench and smiled at him across a pond filled with goldfish and pond lilies Bright sunshine filtered down through shade trees tree and reflected re- re reflected reflected re re- the gold goldin in the girls girl's hair Minute Bryant k knew new 3 Fiction that according to all good dreams he was supposed to do something something possibly possibly to walk around the pool and bow gallantly before the rho girl I He began to wonder if it he didn't look somewhat like an idiot standIng standing stand stand- Ing there It was then that he be heard footsteps footsteps footsteps foot foot- steps on the flagstone path that connected the garden with the wide screened screened-ln porch of the house He looked up to find Laura his sister coming Into the garden He lIe was glad that Laura had come For Laura knew all about dreams and could tell him what to do exclaimed Bryant Laura stopping on the pools pool's edge edre and looking from him to the girl whatever In the world are you yon ou standing here bere for forT Why youre you're positively rude Doris Dorl must think m my brother brotherIs Is stupid Oh yes that was it It was all working out fine now Laura had asked her er college roommate Doris LaPlante down for the weekend week Of course that was she How flow stupid stu ItU stupid stu- stu pid of at him So Bryant walked around the pool and was introduced lIe He looked deep into the twin black pools that were Doris Doris' eyes and apologized Ins His voice sounded odd but that of course was because he ho was thinking thinking think think- ing that here was the girl he had bad been waiting for Then he almost groaned aloud Doris Doria had looked up end and said it was quite all right and she really should have bave introduced herself but be added so 10 much to the scene Icene ri r A 1 d 4 t rte I Bryant Ilow slowly put his arm about her ber slim shoulders standing over there 10 so straight and silent It was the sound of her hervol vol voice that made Pry Bryant ant groan croan for tor he tie remembered that It was wu all aU a adream adream adream dream and that Doris Doria would soon loon loone be e gone one Then suddenly it was night eight and they were once more in the garden There was a full moon and a gentle breeze and music drifting down on the still air from somewhere back backof of the marble bench A week two weeks had gone by Bryant by-Bryant Bryant wasn't sure which since the first meeting in the garden lie He had a dim recollection lion tion that they were glorious weeks of riding and golf golfing ng and swimming and dancing dancing all all with Doris IT TT WAS ONLY OCCASIONALLY now that Bryant remembered it was all a dream The dread of waking up didn't affect him quite so poignantly That Is to say it didn't affect hire him until this night when they were alone In the gar gar- garden den Then he be was seized with a Iud sudden den panicky sensation And so quite abruptly Bryant turned and said without preliminaries preliminaries aries Doris darling I love you I know this is all a dream therefore therefore there there- fore Im I'm telling you now before I wake up Ive I've waited all my life lite for such a girl as you It seems cruel that you'd come to me only in a dream And Doris turned up her face lace to his with the moon making shadows shadows shadows shad shad- of her eyes and said I love you too Bryant and Im I'm glad you waited for me I hardly know what I would have done had I discovered discovered dis covered you belonged to some one else Bryant thought this over and decided decided de de- that the dream had turned out Just lust the way he be would have bave ordered Hed He'd better wake himself up he thought before he did something to spoil spall it But before he could pinch himself which was the conventional way of waking oneself from a dream Doris laid her head on his bis shoulder Bryant looked down at the golden gold gold- en head Doris he be said brokenly this is all a dream and in a minute minute min ute you'll youn be gone and Ill I'll find myself my self alone Youre You're not real reat But Doris laughed softly and snuggled closer Bryant slowly put his arm about her slim ders She was there close against him Her lips Ups were upturned and andas andas andas as Bryant bent to kiss kis them he knew that when again he opened his eyes shed she'd still be there there and and would always alway be there |