Show LETTER FROM rno J CO CONDON CONDOTO DOS TO SILLY SALLY ATHERTON DEAR DEAR WOMAN I arrived In Pittsburg this morn mon morn morn- morning monIng Ing I ne never neer ne cr er realized until now how grimy and gray and altogether altogether r unlovely Pittsburg la Is I was wae mis- mis miserable miserable ml erable crable before I left leCt this place to togO togo t go to see i ou but also my visit to t you has only made me moro more enable ra ble You arc growing away from me m Sally all the time timo I really think I was happier hap when Sam I war B as I alive e for fOI at least you depended depend d on me to help you sou ou take care of I your blind husband and at times timer timi you ou au acted as though I made made life a a little easier casler a little brighter tor f or you OU At the time of Saim's Sams death you au u seemed seamed to len lean on me n a IL little and andI anI I was Inordinately ly happy perhaps happy 18 I 1 was a too happy because poor old Sam had to die to mike meso mso me lc so 80 I I thought then that maybe In time you ou au would grow to love me a little but you went back to your and work and forgot me I wired Ired you iou au twice but you did dl d not answer er You nad Had put me as a much r out 1 of ff your t our f life TifA as ft-a ft Sam Sn TM In 1 n his hia new-made new gra grate e over there In Inthe the cemetery At last dear 1 I could stand It no longer I determined to gand go and see you lou ou and put my all to the test Then I sal said t to myself that LI It 1 was as weak eak that I would not go g that thit I ought to know you t cal cite e for Cor me I steeled mise m myself self over o 0 er r and s er 0 el again to bias kisa the therod therod e rod and I 1 thought a thousand limes to stay slay away from you and you anthen then the glorious witchery of o you youtha the gleam of your our bronze bronzo gold goldhair goldhair d hair the glances which always alas B beckon on night after aftel night I used to lie In my bed and think of them i sleeping or waking I could only see the stars atari In your eyes and the scarlet flower they the call I lour our mouth As Ae I walked dally daily from the of- of office fice to tho pal Park paik k where we wa used to go when you au were here I could hear above all the noises o of the busy street the tho lisp of your our foot foot- footfalls footfalls falls beside me ma and In the dust it among the grime and dirt that Lt others had left upon the sidewalk I only saw the print of your sour our feet feel t In 8 path Do you iou OU know knon Sally Ive I've always wondered how you could stand so sauro o sure and straight upon those little feet without asking support frona from fromam fromam 1 am one to help you keep y our equilibrium equi- equi equilibrium I At last I retched a 11 point where I could only pray that once moro more I could of this aching silence the rippling laughter with which you sou au were wont to break brCak our ou understanding silences I u used ed to listen for tor the rustle of your gown and I was almost angered when other women would brush past m mand me and I caught the 8 swishing of o their skirts Then I took a sudden resolution I s swore are I 1 would come through that I would 1 auld go to you and al al- al although although though you iou OU might turn the sword swon In my side dodo I would auld pull It out ou and throw It away and come back cured for tor e evermore Cut But oh Sally Sally the woun wound Is deeper and more terrible than ever vcr Copyright 1924 NEA Service Inc TOMORROW Tiro letter Jott r contin I I |