Show F I 1 rt pr 01 FOUR FOUD FLIGHTS FLIGHT UP TO HEAVEN by F REDERICK FREDERICK LAING t 11 PHE HE landlady was smiling nt at them r alike like in red hed Riding hood i you look kinda young to 0 o be a M married couple oh we arent married marrie dyet yet peggy blurted out she felt dills fin v girs gers tighten on her arm so you better batter show us that apart 9 ment before she changes her mind he added she glanced up at him with a ner ya little smile feeling ashamed tf V wishing she lot let him read her pr i thoughts the landlady laughed and peggy y laughed louder than shed wanted to bewan we want t two roomi rooms 11 bill said 9 two rooms and a decent kitchen kitche n and not facing on the street please 4 fl av too many trucks in gree greenwich naich VII y lage to suit me 1 I acore adore the village rIl lage peggy sold said quickly the trouble was tho the words seemed to jump out ot before the he knew what she was going to say bill stared up at a long crack in t the ceiling cel ling sure we adore the village 1 she pinched inched him when the band landlady looking and ho he gave her hair a tug and everything Was was all right again They followed the landlady up the stairs she had just the thing tor thorn them she i said bald A couple of kids uko like you wo wont n t mind walking up four flights oh no 1 peggy answered then the she glanced at bill well would we DIU bill looked up at the belling again oh no she knew what he be was lb thinking Inking and anait it was true irue she want to uvo live in a place that had elevators bad enough to have him come home talking about them every hight dad enough to hideto have to answer the neighbors west questions ions with my husband oh ho he er sells elevators she could see them ahem lilting lifting their eyebrows elevators pardon me for or smiling mrs DIU dill but I 1 never knew any one had to sell elevators I 1 always thought they just happened no definitely not a place with elevators she want to be reminded minded ot of hex her hus husbands bandor business every time she went in and out ot of the house to the land ladys short bowed boived legs were loading leading them up the stairs briskly showing them how pasy easy it was to td climb tour four flights find it nIce and qui quiet ethere here im sure the gentleman who has it now has been asre three years and hes a writer A walterf wilt writer erf peggy had kind of 0 a funny feeling all of a sudden lik shed hed gone up in ih ad an elevator too last fast A writer that was wa what shed always thought shed marry some day or may maybe macbean bean an artist somebody likel like aha haf ls is intrigued they were wera walking up tip the last asi flight fight now how and some gome one upstairs opened a joor door dont lot let him be any better looking than bill she begged As it happened ho he he vas nas just JUO iii 6 pale young maneth man with glasses lie ili stood there td in his slacks and blue sh shirt irand and he looked well on second glance he looked aalf different nobody would ever take him tor for a 8 ue lle guard cuard what shod shed thought bill wis was that orlist fars time when met on the beach Come right in the young man waved something at them it turned turne d out to bo be a monkey wrench of all things dont mind me im lust just the plumber peggy laughed it was so no unexpected it made tier her feel good the gie plumber plum bey she alto said as their eyes net met Imag imagine lne some plumber the landlady SM ald gratitude he ha said look ing nt at peggy 1 I do her a favor and she makes fun ot of my plumbing 1 I think its nice it if a man knows how to fix the plumbing peggy said she glanced from the thin hands to the thin palo pale face 1 I really do d 0 ile ho looked pleased im a painter too he told her look I 1 painted this china closet what do you think of the shade it made her feel so flattered to have a writer showing oft off for her benefit its blovely aloy ely color she aha told him and then she could feel GUIs eyes on her it giu yeah dill said dryly blue peggy winced well that proved he color blind its the some same shade ni its your hit hat was saying she blushed think of a mans noticing that yeah bill said the way he said it it exactly a compliment arz 61 N 1 f d ME 1 I 1 j tank its nice it if a man knows how to fix ax the plumbing reggy peggy laid aid s she from the thin thim hando handa to the die thin pale face ace 1 I really do it you want to see the tha apartment 11 the landlady began 1 sharply then she pulled a smile mile over her f balsa falsa a ise hewl teeth this heres tho th kitchen kita f dill bill said you mean alia apartment m ent opens into the kitchen behind his glasses the young mans light blue blua eyes were looking amused oh 1011 youa got used to it and alvs your friends something ioa 16 tak lalk about 19 heri heli somo some little talker himself he ealo the landlady sald said 1 I think lies hes wonderful peggy said laughing ito certainly knew I 1 how to make a person feel perfectly at ease case then she got a look at bills facci face she began to feel miserable if only he look like that liko like a she tried to push the thought out of 0 her mind but it came right back again like a dla appointed salesman im ure sure make maka a mistake it if you dont buy our eleva tora mr kotch the tha landlady led thorn them into the living room and when peggy saw it her heart sat eat up and begged her eyes drank diona in the bookcase that covered a whole wall the original paintings on unframed canvas the tha oversized fireplace with three thice painted masks above it and there was a table with a typewriter and a lots of papers piled up in careless are stacks what darling bosta te you yow have she almost said it but she thought about bill justin lust in tho the nick of time the bedr bedrooms boms in there the landlady said she lot let peggy and bill go into the bedroom by themselves selves bills head almost bumped 1 the top of the doorway as they went in together this Is a dog house he said peggy was in such a daze sho she thought he said dolls house at t first arst it i she sold said excitedly and then his expression what A dog house he said look I 1 can almost touch the listen peggy ivo ive learned something about buil buildings dinos in the elevator bustness business do you know how old this house Is why it was ws a dump when they bu built ailt the brooklyn bridge 11 peggy gasped ile ha heard youl suddenly all the thrill was gone end and her heart felt like ilka lead her eyes were blinking as she turned end and went back into the livin living groom room bill followed behind her stooping with on an exaggerated wariness as he went through the doorway her fingers were twisting the en ga gement ring nervously round around and around one thing sure she going to io marry an elevator salesman or any other othar kind of a salesman for that matter listen honey bill said gloom lly ily it if you really like the place 11 it matteri matter nothing mattered now really just to got out to get away to got gat butof out of every everyn i thing as pain painlessly leisl y as possible 1 I gaess guess you have to be a writer or something to appreciate it she told him forcing out the words worda she glanced at the pale young man and managed to smile A writer or an artist 4 0 H 11 11 Z dont know the young man protested prot eted with ith a shrug what kind of stuff do you write writ bill asked grudgingly huh huha the young man said laid the landlady laughed him herot hes no writer lies hes my ton son and she ad added ded proudly he seua sells vacuum clea cleaners nera lt run bun out of the room boom run down the stairs she told heri herself but arm went her shoulders ders steadying lier her and mo his arm felt strong and tender my man Is a salesman too she he a said aid and she held her head up he sells sella elevators |