Show long longed 01 sd for the moon and got it the weekly short story by CYNTHIA BLAIR T I 1 1 scold 8 cold rain rainy day one finot of those day days that I 1 are hard to endure our ufa life la Is perfectly even ven when Y your satisfactory and amily eaton a life was so I to r from being befog satisfactory that it diunte diunt give her se the least bit of 0 bop hope when she left her I 1 dace at doon and faced the ars pros p act of walking through the crowded reta 1 I to the crow rant which was the best eating place see p the could afford at th that t ume she had a job not a very good dada t ir b one and one that pay very well she reminded herself quite knife frequently that she he WM was lucky to bobae have any position at all aello to an effort to appreciate it it and bhe she bad lind a bome that Is I 1 the be hal had a room in a large uncomfortable badly run rooming how house those creat t the things that really bothered her however she could have endured them the trou brou ble wae was that ehe she wanted big things she wanted to travel to EO go around the world to see ee egypt end and india and japan hawaii and singapore and the malay lalay straits I 1 she might aa as well hare longed for the moin mo in blie she told hers lf it as ehe she walked long along the he crimy grimy streets that day and tl it en the moon faced her so 0 o to peak speak in the shape of a luree large window full of booklet booklets booklets advertising trips trip to the west ivest indies to europe to panama trips tant took you clear around the world there was a it blackboard on which were written the tempera turea tures of various enchanted places that day there were pictures of people coin going in bathing playing tennis doing all the delightful turn sum mert things amily boldly opened the door beside the window and walked into if tie e travel company a office 1 I I 1 want to ask about your rc round und the world tour tours she the told the young roan man behind the nearest desk he ile was delighted to tell her all about the round the world cruise sailing from new york on january 20 or she could join the ship later la in san Francl seco if she dida t care to go through the panama canal istl Ij Tl on the ship was just like ilke being la in a wonderful hotel yes of course very comfort able ble emily agreed feeling like a it traitor U ought she he was likely to take one t those trip trips thought she had money enough and she it was deceiving dec elting him himl I 1 led nem never bare thought so if it she he baan t been wearing that suit her heir cousin bad had giren given her an expensive suit sull brolly was wits to nateL she stayed halt if an hour I 1 talking with ith him 1 wonderful wonderful ond erful I 1 tie must hare made the trip himself several timea times sin ilor be knew 0 to o much about all those enchanted place she asted A bcd lcd him finally how nay may ma y times he be bad made it then came a confession lied ile 4 never taken it at all I 1 but rm so 0 o crazy about that I 1 d rather work here for leu less money than I 1 could set get somewhere else just to be in to touch with whit what I 1 want to do he told her long lag lot for the moon that what I 1 ira m doing at present I 1 goess oh me too tool cried emily for getting that ehe she was supposed to be a oune yount j woman with money who could take a trip around the world if she wanted to do it 1 I 1 in crazy to travel 1 bat but I 1 can cant t afford it it was it short step then to the rest of her tory story they were old friends mends when emily left the mee with an armful of fascinating book lets under her arm am she hurried harried to the cheap little restaurant and was halt through luncheon hardly knowing what she ate nhen hen a friendly voice bald said do yon you mind I 1 if t I 1 sit herer herel it was the young man from the travel office she was delighted to see him lie ile lid slid into the chair across from her and they thoy began begun their com i sallon lust just where they d left off on ile walked back to her office b aul with h her and when hen he aid said g woodby b b h tad ask asked d it if be might come to see tier ber aad and 0 the he had said aid yea yes tie IN cam came that evening to the ciney rooming house and they ut at in Is the parlor and talked eagerly when he tie left ft they had decided re to join in a french clan an inexpensive one due that brally knew abou really bar bare to speak french if U you want nt cd ed to travel I 1 that wil was in december it was wa alica they discovered dUcor ered that they both wanted something else even boce than they wanted to travel tte the so methin else wa was each other lvin though they couldn coulden t altara afford to marry they could be la in lot 1 ea e a luxury richer people than they could not afford and then one day the moon fell into their laps lie ile came rushing to emily in the cheap little restaurant re tau rant what do you think thiner he be cried I 1 it I 1 s come I X in promoted they re rt coios to lend send me with one of the cruise the mediterranean one somebody Bome body alway always goes a to act as 03 head man van 1 fob for the company take charce charge of the people who go on the trip you know gee see that they have a good time on shipboard hip board that they all go 0 o ashore as 3 they about that sort of courier you know 1 II 11 be balling sailing next week 1011 oh bow how wonderful cried fm rum ily J yc tes ard the best part of it Is that III be b siren given a raise and can take my wire wife he be added come up your job and lef lets go bay buy that truck trunk we saw for ale sale yes ye berday tAi nging tor for the moon bai has brought it to us ISIL Byall cat I 1 WN U gerv arvic rv we ic I 1 |