Show roses and window curtains W the weekly short story BY AMY DUNN aman RAT AY was it young man nho he haj had come to hew york and maide good OOL of rall frail physique be hid had until ills his health suffered buffered to such an AD extent that his til iran kave gave him six sit months leave of absence to recuperate cu 6 where are fu too off to raj bay the p don n Ingul inquired red the morning hay bay went in to shake hands dont know yet let chief ran jut just h ethos the roadster with caa gas and starting if it I 1 cio COD find some crooked back country road in connecticut with aroe some sort ott of shark and a well ul grab rab IL 71 aleo en try to lea learn rn how to dileep and eat and III 1 II 11 fool foot with a roses RAY chinned cri nned after several daja days of exploring eipl oring the bill counted coun tid bay found jut just what he lit wa tiled an on old fashioned cottage high on a hill near the fork of two country roads ahn iab the arrival of june apere ere wai WAS a cared for look about the place color and health had improved and on both aides sides of the orderly froot path 0 0 the dior viere a two round bedi beds of rose roses coming into boom wm ile ills cne ene acquaintance lo 10 the new environment aa fib elderly man who ho apparently lived alone in to a house slightly down the road from hay jay confided that he had onre once been a professor of horticulture in a nest est era elm college tills this nian inan teemed in te rested in ray ed their dully daily be apps of comer sallon end and offered many helpful but regarding room at al the post office one mo INT ll 11 found a package end and 0 cordial letter from his emil iyer file letter explained hie the package a pa ica creed greed prize new rose which the chief had bought for him at A be e icca rose show bome grain again bay found the pro tenor standing over one of his beds with a critical air look l ook look here tere air naj ray wits actually excited ai he held out be the prize robe u it prim 1 winner from lie tle bow show any 07 boss ent sent it I 1 the elder mins man es expression widened with pleasure ar a he examined u the th specimen and noted the explanatory dialler matter written on oil a card loosely tied to the item stem I lovely lovely old the professor softly then in determined tones water it at once ard put it in n the stade slade of that tree dont transplant it today I 1 rant want at n to bring it to the house in to he the I 1 have a for you surprise how comel ray smiled inlall alt and seel hay imy noticed the lie professors gaze fastened on the aak it henr curtains la in his front windows admiring rose curl curtains I 1 know ive ile tried ciery way any to male em eat drape as its if they belonged its it a no bf cant be done by mere ma I 1 lou ou aust t to marry din rry eon son thea your out curtains ni would bang right aud said you too war wear ili that a solitary eoll lary look ever think of that queer bird thil this professor mused ray I 1 bat had marriage and tur ur islas in common commini the elderly maa rusa started doun the bill in his Ws slow precise an also manner turning his bead to call 6 dont forge 1 to biln bring the rose over in the morning roy ray sprawled fp raffled in mi his deck chair on the lawn that evdolia ev polia the professors fro ressor query kept recur n ng lo 10 ray marriage lagel I 1 it surely would be blissful to lisle some one beside him as a he eat get there some one who cared and understood silence as 01 well as etla lie ile must lisle A fling at the social ilde side of life be derided decided when hen he returned to town early nett day hay ROY sought the tile professors pallor plating the prize nee rise on a browd window bill where tie iun sun cau causlin the copper glints of 0 the now bursting bud now for the ei at oprise professor coset 1 11 wt ont you jou come in 1 called the elder one coming Conil ng ihde andl musical tones to des fro ii the kitchan A charming charni girl entered daintily and groomed mr chalmers my daughter terl 1 just home from col lege and I 1 want went her to see bee your rose her specialty spec lally all three bent oer the rose on the sill the girl caught her breath quickly is she he examined the bud and the card attached why why mr ir chalmers Ch Pal almera mers this Is my entry w ry la in the hose rose show how I 1 raised it in our te last lost u i inter I 1 ire lie alth new varl varieties ell e 3 and colos s for lo tao 10 years yeam oh you too must let lel 0 me litle you too transplant it and care fur for it the father watching their eager faces benevolently r remarked emar ked lie will itolle and by the nay wily n ay bile toure you re oer there fussing around liny ray 3 flo flowerie W weri er 1 go in R and nd 0 alx 1 ills lil curtains pro propero proper perl lj abey need IV |