Show taking good care of malcolm the weekly short story by JANE OSBORN 8 A boy malcolm hid bid the lie youn est me raie in abis il tet set to tobe be allowed s latch key mor the dal he we was gitein he wa was kim ghen a small a runabout end and permit x anis lion to 10 get a to drle in ill ills mite suite of wo we room rooms or the third hoof door of 1113 hout in tintcy he lie was DP rallied altmai to dl dis pense e hospit hospitality a illy to fiby of the be bos tie be those it t seemed 1 W friends ft As if it he wa was ctr telsa let tacky lucky la in living there till two to milden aulden aunts and to most f A the grown tilis la in the neighborhood it fee seemed nicil as if it those fame same maiden olden tri aunts othild undoubtedly rein rule their chaoju ith their indulgence mill coin colia on leabig lea 1 college bad had put some ot his in a certain ell established contra con frattin itin cun con cero ID to s lifford a booming ity an hoves leonra ride from tinton binton and wa was as its the neighbor neighbors said sold getting etting a ou on splendidly lint malcolm alcolm ll suffered sulT ered a id bed had suffered a deep and irritation lie his aunts kind kinduers neRs he regarded thea them with ret affection lot but on rainy moning a gs or when even a single cloud il ared in the lie sky aunt susan woud eay say SI alcolm dear remember your nib bera thi this nalle fille he at eating cating breakfast and lest iest be he might alp away them aunt clara would be stand 1 ing ln in the hall ready with mal list coin rubbers and iraln coat cost too if the sky ky dripped or as really overcast over catt balcolm Ital tore lore it became really there wae was nollan colli tn cite else to do it wa wai during an banel I 1 ell wet april that alcice 0 o b con mn elusion that heu hed fi to lire life by him film kelt sell la in Af funt lied glie 1 as i his excuse that bu rues ness now reful red tits residence there here but fqy reny in to ill his he he lie kt krc itma he aiss ii go ina a so that lie could to 0 rubber les leis and end naco hen be chose so go malcolm colin Ire elty set rt ill arelt ip jp la in bachelor apartments la in jil ford pt line he grew nw lonely lie could eap i lq to iund holl boll days sith his aunt aunts ho vitro cow now idling their tide it tie in italy arouth or south ern em france having milivay been used to he the moitt hoin 4 end the society of 1 0 o bonien who were in almost utmost ill re expects 0 so o sree able malcolm felt his loneliness keenly then along fame came dora hilton whom malcolm alcolm 11 met a at a it dance in 0 eforo end and all at once it flashed throe gh h Nal folin colins mind that this varr eyed young lad yand the alow could ill all the void vold in a I 1 linel neej heart p by till his aunt aul til absence it nai as in april and malcolm nod dora dom were ere sitting la in a ertI pot on the eranda of new country c malcolm aniie the usual prelim inalle about having something th that t was ery hr d to bay say yet comet something h ang that to him blin wai was very ye ry important and the tarry starry eyed kiri giri filide the th a cual usual hot but not quite truthful about not hiving having an idea what it could be then Mi Alcolm proposed and acra str looking pensive knit find very pretty for full two so that it might apar appear that the he was w cor considering sideling a that had niter entered ber head before and if 1 I en she pouted just a little a M kim 0 provoking pont it vas aasand sad g ild ibe she thought shed k crept that night wrote to 10 his aunts and told them the lie glad new news giving perus doms addama on n lint that might write to ber her ind tied any the polite a little things hing ills that good goa form demanded under the the next morning the lie air ir as filled alth a dailly mitt mist that rain in nut but stale malcolm olm wm was too JOYOUS even to nolle colica the wither weather mar MA the I 1 ha his old colored housekeeper had break brea fM lift woj fur blin ai as usual at ight eight and nt at half halt just be h would leave for the office omm juit t ate after eight 11 the telephone eIrp Sione rant malcolm feied the re celver and recognized doraa voice for a it terrifying second or so 10 be was wa afraid that thit nhe she wanted to tell him that ahe she had what khe had bad lie ii uw night before and that after all he had b ater not get et the ins ring rin he lie had bad spoken about but then came hie the voice malcolm alcolm dear I 1 know it very conventional to call yoo YOU at our ap a so curly early la in the mom morning I 1 ng but malcolm Malco tn d dear ear it 1 looks 0 ok s like k e ti n n I 1 wanted afi abiol t to 0 r remind e 1 n d y you 0 u timid to w wea e your rub bem ber you know now that were I 1 ca ea I 1 in going to take each such good care ol 01 3 aiu ju 1 toa rou darll ig breathed malcolm over the telephone A month later the letter from malcolms out reached dora vom olt it va as cuch such a it imely letter dora dom told td of ulm him as ilo sio sat lot benidt him in the little rood roa istel stet that be old dora he had bought for hemsell AS no en casement present and those dar line aunts asked ue tie for their sakes to be aure sure and eee see that yoa you carried your umbrella Yella when it rained and that you wore your rub bera bers even when it ilat 40 4 r asb 1 4 it ano ground was da do ip and I 1 was so to pleased 1 id aready aade made up ny iny hit I 1 was won going to tuce good care of you cewa |