Show C CR cal IL itu 1 a t T 11 A shame not it to share imn this that good dinner with some same one a said aid L lidia th who had loved to at cook from fr the dass dais who when she baked mud it pies in ID the sun until the nights when ebl she made fudge in a chafing dish it was waa partly because it of her test taste for fill cooking and partly be cause of her distaste for boarding broa ding house life that she gladly availed her ber self elf of a suite ito I 1 in the first ficat one tenant t apartment no bouse erected in 1 her city her or living room with its ita tiny fireplace fi rela was flanked banked on me one end by a bathroom and a bed closet and on the other by a complete and compact kitchenette ki tchan lite 0 on thanksgiving g do day lydia flitted flirted from room me to room singing nagi 9 gay any snatches label of song her trial little fig anre was sees lott lost in the a 1 long 19 9 sleeved white maris apron with which barfor her for mer landlady had endowed eco loved her when she Is set at out a on this till housekeeping IS len ture her auburn alburn hair was soft about her flushed face and her be blue eyes eye were ware bright with enthusiasm as she concoct ed ad tempting dishes tor for her thanksgiving dinner dl r the plump chicken browning in 1 the tiny ny oven even was as small and the quivering of cranberry pity etly just turned mt jut was we ill yet there was much fruch more of each th than alm LYLE alone 1 0 a coald old pat lot healthy and hansfor as she was ind thought came to her as she he was 1 I arranging roman piece of toast for a ampara sp r gus gas and ad with the ike thought mine come a be hoa pitiable longing to share lisea her good 9 ild din dil net ler with some amne one a else who b a was a healthy and hungry the girls who were her co corkers in the public library either had bad homes in the city or had bad gone to their hare homes outside the he city for thanksgiving holiday and buddee them she had made taw few acquaintances 1 q quain tance h in th the elty t so a she ile could a of no one to invite im she reflected aoam that there than abdat be many lonely prall people avith in 1 that city who would gladly share with her the dainty meal that was one now almost ready to serve a then the she thought of the young mula man a who a lived alone in the suite hom across the hall from he hers and it of whom she had caught occasional glimpses th through ang his bis open door as he be bent beat spec ner t I 1 ay eyes low law were over a board based she found flood herself wondering dimi d imi as she had bad beveral se varell almea thee before whether her IS az I 1 shia she Cem concocted mated T tempting liti 2 disks dishes studious neighbor ins waa sm an 1 artist I at she thought he looked too businesslike suit and practical for far that clydla lyd welled smiled and blushed ma as she ae recalled tied the episode th the moo evening lual before been I 1 when hop her spilled cranberries bad crunched under the good sized feet of I 1 this his aiming iming man who had co come sir atrid it t ing g r from his s apartment pa r t ent ZU while she a was stooping s tw p jam g la in ane afie narrow u a corridor r d or to replace the scattered berries berriel I 1 in the pa per par b bog g that bad turned burned turtle when she in inserted arted her latch autel key the there had been ban terig stammering apologia apolo glea from be both and although the a 1 young I on man III I 1 had it ball helped ped to recover the berries battles he had re be intend entered hla his apartment BO 10 abruptly t that let clydla was pul puzzled imite to know irrow cheth e er he be wag lisp displeased eased or embarrassed b by t the incident just I 1 ahm h clydl S 9 chicken reached a tile the rb right degree gree of f brownness brown broun nesa ness the m oung man in the 8 suite u team across th the hall ball completed the ilk inking g of the last lines line in the plans plana he was to enter in the prize competition for or a design tor for a new public pill b building iding his deep sieh of fied relief at the finished task was followed ld almost immediately by the I 1 thought ache that he was very hungry inner he h too had a fame fancy for cooking and bud taken the apartment that he might h have s ve in addition to uninterrupted ti op a I 1 for or staily the privilege of preparing coffee and eggs just to nit buit eaarl ing bl chiq be breakfast aft tests taste A cold drizzling ram min made the out it doors ao an uninviting that the young man an decided to have base a limited broiled been bacon sandwich and ad coffee and ad cheese alone nt 1 horne instead d ol at going out lor far a lure lone unite dinner in a role cafe Us he opened the door deal of the tech icebox and shut it with a slam alam for far he be found that he had no cromen cream and ad he liked a lot let of a cream 1 ID his bis coffee now new a I 1 lonely ly man or a harry man an will frequently go far from con can Y john parker was both lonely and hungry his supply of cream exhausts aas n as exhausted a and a it the grocery stores etere closed it tor fee the holiday besides al a bread cast upon the waters she said smilingly rain ft mas as pouring outside and ad the girl across the hall ball let tantalizing odors odor escape her doorway illo virly suddenly he a determined to ask her bar for cream to go with his coffee As 1 he be went 1 swinging through his bis doorway he be almost altion st collided with ladis who stood just outside blush angly offering him a tray containing a generous share sham of her good go it dinner bread cast upon the waters I 1 she ahe said mid smilingly and the cranberries you yen cast t bade back late into the bell bag have returned turned to you I 1 just oular couldn t bear not net to share my thanksgiving dinner alth ath some one there was a I 1 ions catch I 1 in her ber voice mile band and you yen seemed to be a as alone IS as 1 I will you hike this timidly you are unspeakably kind said mid the be young an man an as he a took the a tray and a wonderful ilk cook bal besides lles label ing agthe the odor of the tempting food 1 I was 1 coming 19 a over to ilk ask you yen for far some imas cream on the chance that you d be neighborly orly but I 1 dream of such a nea t a Is as this lyd lydda a caught t the yearning naming glance 1 in hla his eyes aa a he looked through her open doorway at the daintily set table and ad as aa she returned to t that at table there them were way tears fear of gratitude I 1 in her own eyes eye at the thought of if h having mg at least hared so bome in a of her thanksgiving with another other A As for the young man a across the hall he be dill did some hard thinking as he ha ate his lonely dinner the drift fhi thinking was discernible afterward 1 in his nort muttered teral remarks remark as he stood food with his hi hard hands in his pockets packets and ad stared shared out at through the rain ripened window at the tha reflection of the lights light in the shiny wet street below li line way to a mans imm heart may be ba through his stomach he said aid im not sure of that but the way to I 1 cure a team taste for lone one living is to try it when you have a neighbor as charm ing as mine I 1 in thankful I 1 tried it b but I 1 m quite convinced land of its fill tolly ly duft and ad now lor to convince my neighbor I 1 and subsequently subsequently he succeeded in ng IS be her via mcclure newspaper Newa paper syndicate mo |