Show longed for die the moon and got it the weekly short story by CYNTHIA BLAIR IT T VAS a it mid old day one of 1 those days that arc are hard to en ell duro dure uca cien when your life 84 8 i 4 per pet factly satisfactory and bailly life was si far from be being ng faCtOry fiat it dian didn it ghe tier lifer the least bit of hope hen she site left her ter at coon noon end and faced the he prospect of through the lie rain to the naify crowded rant which was thi thil best eating place flie she could afford ot at that timp time slie she had a it job not a very good one and one that pity her very well ell she reminded herself quite frequently that as lucky to have any position at all in an e effort affo rt to appreciate it and elie all had a home that Is she had a room in a large uncomfortable badly run rooming house tho thole terent tho the things that really bothered her lioA eier she could ha hae e endured them the brou trou ble hie was that she wanted big things she site wanted to tra travel to go around the world to see egypt and india and japan hawaii and singapore and the malay straits 1 she might as well have longed for the mow monn she site told herself as she walked along the grimy streets that day and then the noon faced her so to speak in the bince of a large window full of travel booklets booklets advertising trips to the west indies to Europ to to panama trips that took you cliar around the u world orld tl TI ere was wits a blackboard on which were written the temperatures of various enchanted places that day there were pictures of people going in bathing playing tennis doing all the delightful sum mertlyne rne things emily boldly opened the door beside the window and walked into the travel office 11 I II 1 want to fisk about your round the world tours 1 she site told the young roan man behind the nearest desk lie ile was ana delighted to tell her all about the round the world cruise sailing from new york on january 10 19 or she could join the ship later in san franco if she did dian didn t c care are to go through the tile panama canal living on the ship was just like being la in a wonderful hotel yes of course very comfortable emily agreed feeling like a traitor lie ile thought ithe vins likely to take one of those tripi trips thought ehe she had money enough atu she was deceit ing illila till I 1 hed niver hai liae e thought so tf if she lie haan t beer beep barlag 1 a that suit her couill had find alieu her an expensive suit alt chilly was fascinated she Slie stayed half an I 1 lour our talking will with him wonderful 1 I he alst hav havi made the irp himself selie edural rall times rince do ile knew so much about ull all those en she site asked him film finally auw many times he lie had tunde it then came a confession ile lied d neier taken it at atolls lint im so crazy about travel that fiat id rather stork here for tees less money than I 1 could set get somewhere else just to be in touch with what I 1 want to do he lie told her longing for the moon what I 1 in doing at tit present pr ellent I 1 guess oh oil me tool cried emily forgetting that slie she was supposed to be a j oung woman with aneney who coald could take a trip around the lie world if sh shit wanceil to do it 1 I in crazy to travel but I 1 can cant t afford it it was a short step stop then to the rest of lier her story they were old friends when emily left the om office ome e with an armful of fascinating booklets under her arm site hurried hurtled to the cheap little restaurant and was half through luncheon hardly knowing nhat ehe site ate lien a f friendly voice said I 1 do ion on mind if I 1 sit here it was the young man from the travel office she site uns ns delighted to see him he slid into the chair a from ter and they began their conversation just where left off oft 11 lie walked back to her office ice building wath her and niico lien lie mid cool good liy by lie had find ed if it lie might inight come to so 0 her and hie 11 e it a d sal I 1 yes he lie came come hint that cloning to the tile dill alny y rooming house and tl eat in lit the parlor and talked eairly 1 hen lien lie left they had to jan a french class an ont that family emily knew about ou really lime to speak french if ant fd td to tra ea I 1 that was in december it was lebr february uary aen tile discarded dis corded that tirey both bantel something else eien more than thy they atiteo to travel the something tlde aas each other vea ven though they couldn coulden t afford te to marry they could bo be in loe loie a ft luxury richer than they could not afford and then one day the lie mo moon on fell into their laps lie cunie carne rushing to IY anly ay iy la in the cheap little re tau caurant ont rant do you think thiril 11 be he cried I 1 it a e come I 1 LI promoted The going to send lie fill one of the cruises the tile one somebody abaya goes to act as n head roan man for the tile tale charge of the people alio iio go on the trip aou ou know see that they liae a good time on shipboard that ther all go ashore as they should al all that sort of courier you know I 1 II 11 be sailing next week oil how bow wonderful cried cm lly 1 I lea es and the lie best part of it is that III be given a raise and can call take my wife lie added come up your job and let lets 9 go buy that trunk vie e saw for sale yes berday longing for the moon his brought it to us 04 1931 mccau is Now solver as service |