| Show Woman Kept Young By Her One Romance 3 t t 1 w r nit 1 I ky h q it its s h YA YAt t t F y Mrs Pescha Malko years old with her prayer book nr ny ALEXANDER IAN ITERMAN NC NJ Nr 1 5 Writer NEW YORK Nov 17 17 I I went to keep koep a rendezvous with death death- dath datha deatha a n living death But Dut Instead ln te d I found youth youth- youth eternal youth that th t hae h kept a year old woman wom n sparkling with life liCe Yet Yot now that it Is la over I won won- wonder wonder wonder der r whether they thov arent aren't the same For Por Mil Ills chi Po-chi oldest Inmate of ot the tho Homo for Cor the tho D of ot Isra Israel I rael I and one ono ot of the tho oldest persons Thing has bolS for tor- forgotten for totten gotten how to remember l s 's of ot the past are arc gone gone- cone all but lut one But that I li Is tho the mem mm mem- mem memory memory ory of ot her Irr romance romane her ono her one ro- ro romance ro romances mances mance her very life lite lit G AND LUD Sho has ha glown gaunt drawn and wrinkled In tho the many year e that have elapsed since her hus- hus husband husband hus husband band died Sixty year years yean they fay Foy fayat at the th home but no one olle on knows for tor certain Her lIer children children have h v be- be become become conr b-conr come grand parents Her Iler progeny have been be n all o cr 0 o er the tho earth arlit nut Hut for tor her Iler theta ther renu only the one on memory and memory md the th eternal w alt alte e She was sitting on her bed beel In ina Ina j n a corner ot of o tho the homo home l omo when wo 0 canto to see her bho Sho was Mas buy praying hurrying to stave oft off the tho spectre of ot death always at her hr el elbow bow Around her ter were other old O wo men tto-men men some somo of ot them ell past loo Uncommunicative at first t she sho bugan only when the chatter of ot the tho th others disturbed her These SO children oho h Bald sald How they tiro tire mel They haven t ty t y t lem leai nod nd what wh t living living- Is I It was wa hal hard d making her tear herself away from her prayer i rayer book ho pores o 0 or er It all day dllY long yet Yf t she h doesn't nee need neld the hook She Sho sh leno tenons II It by heart Its It Its It's my life liCe now she h said ald at- at tr ter after ter a 0 long wait alt My whole life Hut But It w different was Vas s when ho hon was n as alive I Tears Tear ran ron down her face toco t c There were no lashes to stay ty them thorn Silence M themI I HU HE WAS WA n it Lie was toss w so eo o handsome h nd I There must mu t havo hv been ben I a dull thuddIng nl the tho Inner I of her mind Tune Time hat had probably made thought It part lIart of ot her h r sub j There ha have haic e been nono none like hl n since And Ard what Vh what t knows known tlC tae world orld of ot such uch kindness now Another laps lapse laps I guess I was ft as still young then th then hen wo we married And what a we n nEut Cut But It U Is h I so hard hord to remember ber EO so hard hard I nr IIo he re toted loved me she sir broke rohs In knows the told tto-ld o-Iel o ot of such uch uch lovo lo today Ho v can In It tic He Helis Hela is gone cone one lis Another pause More Mor ore tear tears te r TI Tier c cc-c cc were t ors orn r-aloro r rich rich men powerful PO erCul g god culture esteemed by aI nil Lut I havo rone of ot them en D the tho greatest was MIS compared I to him Beside Besides hit l no-i no man o man would Could ever er 1111 mary marry ry again I 1 There ran an only ho he on one love lo and that lIe el dies 1 It li h leal teal It Ito D been keep ng ns mo ma allie alho call all I callI ye yep yec i ails al alia m in L Lv 1 I but bu In InI I mind I fois- fois forget foist t t I I tan un t re re ber I ber HACK CACI 10 I nOOK ch- ch Eh 1 I back to hot hOI prayer book 1001 tattered Ie ith c taus irs of ot Sone SOIl ct ot I 1 lip ices are arc torn lorn mot most ot of o Its 13 p p- p pa ed rages es are aio nut hut the chI oman Homan onI on I SIere SI ere of ot he h a 11 o a-o I e sll alive s l live Put they ihy th y are arc co GO old and h vo ve voa voW 1 a W I so much trouble Aid vAld the tb old wo iman man I could t trouble them an any Ioner longer So I came nor ner to wait wait Just just to walt ait nit Some ome of ot the other Inmates be began n One of them started Mrs flared upI up I There Th ro the they theyo go o 0 again The noIS nosy no noy sy y always 1013 IS At her o outburst th they y withdrew e w r I want lIlt to lc be left Ift alone I hl ha so 50 much to do rd Ord ard I may n not t hac the time tl-ne She Phe went ent 01 oi praying She would wouldn't aula nt bo be disturbed Suddenly the she he started up Dont you lou ou wish r rte n e a long lony life lite Don t ion Sou Oil do It t It Its s hard haid 1 luck luclI luclI T I don t tnt ant n tiny any of ot It o l But you ou take lake Tn my blessing 11 0 long but but not too loo long And nho sho went on Blessed art Thou 0 Lord Lorti no 00 |
