Show FICTION THE CORNER By Patrick J. O'Brien TOMORROW is Flannagan's Kathy as she hurried up the brownstone steps leading to the apartment where she and Paddy had lived since their marriage three years this very Kathy smiled as she visualized the new spring 3 Fiction f I wear at the gath Paddy was proud of her even if he didn't say She knew he liked the way it emphasized her Of course he had complained about the you want to waste money on you should have married a But the argument about the dress was not the real reason she had The breaking point was reached when Paddy had refused to buy the darling bonnet displayed in Murphy's he How could a hat be ridiculous when every for nearly a she had stopped to look in the window and admire Reaching the apartment she turned the but the door refused to she turned the knob back and but to no She was locked Kathy blushed furiously with Then she this Oo you hear she pounding frantically on the warped not enough that I work myself to the bone so s body can have a decent home to live I must be locked out sf my own My mind I T Patrick voice vibrated through the thin it Patrick voice vibrated through the thin it And only this morning you were ready to walk out of my I get my hands on that stubborn neck of Kathy Paddy you be wanting to harm your bread and this I good Paddy your Irish temper that has the best of Kathy fine one you are to be talking of an Irish Who was it that woke the neighbors with his carrying on in the wee hours of the No was Patrick that's who it And all because I wanted the money to buy the the I couldn't O afford a week's wages for a bit of lace and you want your wife to be the best dressed lady at the wake Kathy I But could you not purchase a hat that's more reasonable in had my heart set on wearing that hat to the Kathy you love not a question of Paddy the money I'm thinking you'll not buy the hat for me Kathy pleaded a pathetic note creeping into her bo good There were sounds of movement in the Then Kathy heard a key rattle in the Swiftly she slipped a shoe off her foot and straightened up with it grasped firmly in one small She struck swiftly as the door was opened But it was so sudden that Kathy was thrown off balance and the momentum carried her to the center of the She landed unceremoniously on he bands and Brushing aside a strand of hair that was tickling the tip of her she looked up at Paddy who was standing beside the open In his hand was a bit of Kelly green and a little white veil with a pink and blue ribbon on the did buy it But you said meant to surprise you Paddy couldn't let you Have you forgotten our wedding sha |