| Show THE CHANGE 1 I would not be solas going if ft it for or nora patsy said bald with a toss togs of 0 her head she stood before the bureau in the little front bedroom ot of the flat pinning a band of black velvet around her hair as a final touch ot of artistry and the family admired and marveled likewise nota single st patricks day dance had patsy gone to J in three years ears some said it was on a account of terry 01 fore terry bad been born two years 3 previous to the time when patsy herself had arrived the mothers of both had hung over friendly iron rai failings railings lings and chatted back and forth of a summer evening tending their wee ones and later the two had gone to th the e i same same public school and had da danced n ce d around street corners to the same tunes but as he grew older terry developed a roving disposition at seventeen he shipped on a coast steamer I 1 and plied piled up and down as a cabin 1 boy I 1 go on with you terry she told him ill not bo be having you jaunt this way and that it if youve a mind to keep along steady with me you can go your own way and id not be marrying a girl that tha t be proud of my seeing the world said terry valiantly but patsy had felt hurt and sik sick at I 1 heart she was twenty now and her neighborhood wondered why terry i and she marry and settle down I 1 so there had come a st patricks i day and he was to have taken her to i a dance that evening during the t whole day she had waited tor for him to show up then when evening came and it was too late she had laughed and gone to the dance with big danny sullivan patsy never forgot terrys face when he be oame came into the hall and saw her in dannys arms fox trotting the next day he enlisted tor for three years in the army and went away without a word to her his best girl for five I 1 years she had heard of him from his s slater luez he was sent to the Philipp philippines sometimes molly told her they had bad received a box of things from him he never sent anything to her once at a 11 halloween alloween party he had found a silver ring in his slice of cake and had slipped it on her finger behind the ito hall door as they were all going home patsy got it out and put it on OIL but bul tonight it really was tor for noras sake that she was going up to the dance nora was only seventeen and wanted to go and she be letting a girl like that trip off alone and who was the man fit to escort I 1 nor they were a little late but still in time tor for the grand march someone on the reception committee caught nora away to introduce her and patsy found herself handed over to a sw swift it ly procured partner here you are terry my boy said genial old donovan the floor chairman take your places now quick over there the hand that terry took was cold it seemed a year before the ma march rc h was wag over and he had her by herself and wont you say a word to to me patsy he be asked arent aren yo you glad to see me it if id been walting waiting with a welcome for you all this time it might have grown a bit cold by now said patsy with the old toss of her head and flash of her eyes at him did you like the climate mr terry groaned in spirit and a bit audibly too ile he leaned one hand on the wall lust just above her and put the other on his hip ive thought of you and dreamed of 0 you every day for three years he said fervently and you changed a bit patsy my heart dropped in my boots and flew up to the stars when I 1 saw you come into the hall i its quite lively it laughed patsy have you brought it back in pieces you should be knowing patsy I 1 left left it with you you break it I 1 yourself dancing with that walleyed wall eyed dan sullivan right under my nose in fit this very hall he ha tell me ma himself hed marry you in a month and I 1 he knew have him you tell him I 1 was a rolling stone eyes twinkled at the memory r 1 I did she said happily and more of it but he never harriod me in a month or a year either dont you think noras a beauty im not looking her way just now said terry ive served my time and am in the reserves now and im going to settle down ive had enough seeing things find me changed patsy im a quiet family man now sure ill go back to the colors any time they need me and you way may be drawing a widows pension on my bones yet patsy darling it if you say the word patsy looked down at her hands and she turned the little ring around her finger couples were going back to the hall to tle tl e next dance but they two lingered patsy treasure cant you say something kind to your boy terry urged oh go along with you terry she laughed cant you see im wearing your ring copyright 1916 by mcclure I 1 per S syndicate |
