Show r I r A STORY OF OFA A GIRL of TODAY STARTED ST When I saId I was going to Chicago It was time that Chuck laughed You would rather go up agaInst a wicked city than me wouldn't you OU Judy When are you OU goIng May fay I ask Tomorrow morning Chuck Nell Vell It if youre you're not home borne In a month or two Ill I'll probably drop down to see It if you haven't changed your our mind Dont put yourself out Chuck I answered ca casually and you'll have havo to excuse me now because Im I'm going home to pack up I had all my packing done when Dad came home that night with a return ticket to Chicago I Thank you ou Dad I said td Im all ready for the mornIng train But Dut why did you ou spend your money so foolishly I admonish admonish- admonished ed as I 1 held the return ticket up to him Because I expect you back within a month he answered seriously Poor old Dad and Mother Mo her They hated lutted to tree Ce mo me go and to tell the Iho truth I was a bit shaky but butI butI I was determined to keep up my bluff and I knew It If I st stayed od at home they would not let rue me out or of their III eight ht At last Mother clung to me IlaY say say- saying ing Dont forget child to weal wea I your heavy boots bools If It rains an Jj wrap up warm It if you go 10 out at atI I night The evenings In Chicago are are very cold Mother was heartbroken ken but she hc had lived under Fathers Father's will for tor so long that she ha no Iden of at what out on my own would mean to me She bad noth- noth nothing In ing to advIse me ma about or or even tell tJ me except a few foolish de tails of care for my health I thought there was a tear in bl Dads Dad's eye as T J raised mY taco tace to kiss him good bye good e but his mouth was w as stern even when he spoke his last words to me b were Dont lose return ticket As I watched them from th the window before the traIn started I 1 had a little qualm I wondered It if It wouldn't bo be better to stay nt at home with them even tr it I 1 dM did I have to give up my Ideas about aboul my own way or any liberty what what- whatever I ever er Whenever t I have o children 1 said to te myself I will never ex- ex expect ex I them to go back to my way ways which are dead and gone bet t Ill I'll I Itry try to o travel tra on the new ways with them I Copyright HG NEA NC ServIce Inc Ina Tomorrow Tomorrow- |