Show THE FICTION I 1 NEW NE W NEIGHBORS CORNER by richard H wilkinson Wi kinson THE HE whitney living room faced ton on a court across the court merethe we rethe eithe windows window of another apartment ment occasionally paul whitney relaxed on h hs S p couch could see people eople moving around there after a day orico he decided that fhe occupants were a young childless minute couple who spent vj 3 clotio n a good s deal bf time ht home 0 id like act to get to knowl them paul confided to his wife 1 I mrs whitney sighed 1 I would t too weve been here a month now and meta met a soul do you suppose ose fought to go over and call paul shook his head doubtfully 1 i I not without some good excuse I 1 you know pow how apartment dwellers are they might think we ve were werd imposing he glanced across the court whey they have aluch a much better apart apartment rhent than ours better 1 why its itis obviously their living room we re can biow into inton and if notice thre there are win windows doys on both sides mrs writney followed her bus husbands bands gaze without yit hout dekort she ahe could look 1616 into their neighbors living jiving room llna and see the window on on the wall opposite so she admitted mrs into the kitchen an and paul rose and strolled 4 idly toward the window of his own living room or air the chance of being observed V A he pretended to io examine a patted plant on the sill surreptitiously he glanced across the ofle court and was shocked to see sea the head and shoulders ot of a oman man framed in the window on the far side of their neighbors living roam he calleo called his wife D land and standing W well ell back so as not to be abse observed T ved they peered across the court bui but 7 I 1 k youre positive 1 you saw someone meone Bo asked the figure in ii ilief the window on the tar far side gide and vanished a youre positive you saw someone mrs whitney asked paul at firmed affirmed ll 11 ought we to notify the police 11 1 I aou ant whoever it Is 18 la 13 jane gane 1 and perhaps th the e p police 0 aul wul ani believe I 1 us wed iP appear ridiculous 11 1 TWO evenings later paul again saw the peeping tom me he was standing ln in the f ame position and sight of the man mad alithe at the window of their neighbors apartment gave him the same unexpected shock im going to do something about it sooner or later ater the chap cha p wll will co conjure n jure enough courage to break brea k his way in paul said sald v lets L ets go over there and wom warn the people tell them what we saw and then let them do as they like alke about 4 she hesitated perhaps 3 we astrike cs can strike up an acquaintance ill BYI CROSSED to the neighboring apartment and knocked A pleasant faced woman opened the ahe door are you mrs Phel pst mrs whitney ity iskel asked 1 the woman nodded and mrs whitney said wre were mr ind and mrs mis whitney from arz across acres a t tho e court we came right ini frank and I 1 were thinking of calling ci on lyou you the WhIt whitneys entered and were greeted cordially by mr phelps Ilma im afraid frold said paul that we came on rather an unpleasant mission slona and he be explained what they hanseen had seen air mr phelba looked puzzled theres therea something wrong hero here would you mind stepping into the living toom roonie they followed oi him in and ana he pointed injen I 1 toward the far w wall all you top see wei we have no moi windows on that wll he broke off as mrs whitney gasped why av it a window tit at ALI it was that mirror you aee it hangs 1 where a window window might be and faces our apartment paul whitney it was your own reflection you awl standing ne near arthe the floy flower ver pot you saw yourself in the mirror and it appeared that some one else was peering in 14 a at the phelphs Phel pcs pauls jaw dropped he lowed grinned and looked sheepish but the Phelp sea ses thought it was a grand joke and urged their 1461 baw neighbors to spend the evening |