Show in a penitent mood by liy CORONA REMINGTON WWW GLORIA G LORIA the folk folks at home would not hove recognized her by that name paine for there she he we was known to a glay glatys briscoe but the then n neither wo ild they have ber her with the extreme boyish boh lob that she wai was sporting and nd tile carmine lip lips and the big nat got pearl earring earrings that covered the 11 hoy al lower lobe of her much exposed ears earl the blase blare wall walk was wa r ersy too sort of a bored languid stoll when gloria had renamed herself she he had hall overlooked the frailty frailly of human nature to nickname and me and nickname to 10 she wai was slightly ellel itly taken back when ell ill the men down at the tile office began to call her glory 11 it bounded sounded like an exclamation not exactly of approval in fact by A certain inflection 0 of f lie tile V voice ice there could be it little derision put into it thus glory BI sometimes ehe she wondered whether he she wai put ting ling the he ultra tuff stuff across or cheth er there were still till little ear arks a of tie me country girl peeping oat out around the edge of her camouflage hut but anyhow the she wae was enjoying hr her freedom and the b big ag life and the occasional cigarette that made her head ache hut but added the finishing tench to this thi new gloriano Glori ato to this thi butterfly to whom gladys had been only the grubby worm it was with gnawing impatience that the united for ter first vacation vocation when she tile might go back home and dazzle her tier girlhood friends this new apparition at which the gladys of a beir before had not even a promise it was alrig it ili august when she finally got away from the hot acrel terin city jack desmond her steady had promised to run down for a week end at least and she was speeding home abbati of him to put the place in order and instruct her family as to what hat to dochat to say what to near ear what to eat end and how to do say wear ear r en n I 1 eat it I 1 it was a trying time for od old min briscoe and his wife mrs bris coe was not permitted to wear her comy old gingham dresses even in the kitchen in the tile mornings morril rim every time she ild with plen tant inter est wen wel I 1 do know I 1 she was glared at by her daughter the old mans easy chair on the he front porch the one that sagged oj oi one side and had the cowgil cowhide ld seat in ishad it had been whisked away and his field weary limbs were forced to seek repose in strange unfitting chaira chairs that refused to yield to Us contour nut but the thing that neatly killed gloria was that her parents could not or would not remember not to call her gladys seems like you tou been gledys so long I 1 can t get accustom to nothing else mrs abrl 1 ecoe trad rid apologize mopping her flushed cashed face on her apron gloria sighed in de gilr it was hopeless maybe she bad had better wire jack not to come make up some excuse and keep him away somehow after they were mar ried lt if they ever did marryie marry he could adjust himself to the crudeness of his parents in law as Is best he could anyway ono married he be get away so go easily but nt now why they even in ku it v be too great a risk to have him hira see them now yet somehow because che she loved him so much she could not bring herself to forego the pleasure of seeing him so he be arrived as they bad planned on the 6 10 saturday afternoon bring bringing to with him a hose hue box of candy and nd greeting floii gloria with a smile that made her heart jump for joy together they walked the short abort dl distance tance from the station to the inviting old country home in the cool quiet of a perfect summer evening As they approached L stopped and faced the girl glory I 1 dont don I 1 know how to do the square thing he te hesitatingly 1 I 1 like ille you just a lot lotin in fact 11 II love you but im never going to ask you to mar marry ry me I 1 ln w we coul coulden couldn in t be happy together my folks folls are just plain country people and toad be ashamed of cm em and t stand for that a minute youre so different I 1 had no business letien letting myself fall for you up to the last minute I 1 fought for the courage to call this visit off bat but I 1 wanted to come so badly I 1 suddenly he raised ills head ns ai if it r load had dropped from his shoulders 1 I feel better now we understand hp be said after a moment then gloria put a band hand on his arm and swallowed ed I 1 ler er pride us as she jack lack im only veneer it iery thick at tit that it be sard hard io to scrape off you 11 II feel better yon you see dad in his old blue ilc shirt with hie his suspenders hold ilg him together as he puts lt it so weve both got parents that area arent t too stylish then jack did something that quite shocked the neighbors were all discreetly pepping peeping out their windows to see new city beau he lie swept her lender itle little figure into his arms and kissed the bob and the peal earrings een eien the carmine lips yes tea he be did right then and then hut but im a hateful little minx jack it waa was I 1 who nho was aso s so afraid of what think of my parents and I 1 forgot my loy toy olty alty to them and was almont a to here you see them and so fine too I 1 ought to be k mila kit kut but jack did not agree with her he ile only thought that she the was ven lovelier than ever eier when in u k penitent mood one in which ho hi had never seen her before copyright |