| Show THE TURRI TURN OF THE ROA D by pierro decombe Du combe b biord I 1 oril pub co the dust lq li in thi uncle ii wreaths in IB ahr ro road adaa nai the woman tired feet dragged through til th in n filling the hot air with a fino fine pi nitrating powder th the walk flout the town was nas long longer than slip she hid thought and abo abbie c lier her he heil t I 1 a sm slin ejai ed bioni i in n arc of tempered steel she aa flis vers ven unhappy and very much alone the river sparkled through the billows 0 on it her light like sunshine upon passing lanea there ltd a lit lie he path through the intervening mead avs to the v edge edga arid and luither on oil rose an oil red house in a walled garden deep lit in tc cozily guiltily her house then the people that wear leather shoes nia ma w N ilk through glass follow ng a tramp along a lusty road 0 to o the betterman bet termen of thur condition rendition rondi tion those worn wom it wh are sei sensible isible and d wear blacking leither leather boots are u ddenny apt to feel fools on such a day d ay she looked at al hel hei feet and was dissatisfied she was a quite pili ifer her drab hair was wall the ord pait p ait of her person that did not show allow the dust iler her short fig aro was bowed unnecessarily cess arlly and she could not afford to lose the inch which she w was as now carelessly ing it had been a fibak a whim un like her usual conventionality coria to be at luncheon time as to how bow she was waa going to spend one of her briel brief holiday afternoons to start lit in the blazing sun sua at two 0 clock so as aa to la e back in time tor for tea and to walk out from the river town to the tha river village where lived the tha woman bs had not seen een but george loved the tha woman george ill who h hd had d once e sail lie he loved her and that was ai enough because she h 0 loved george she knew new ilow how do women knowd she loved geoage the towing path rn rin r n like ilka a stater slater snake beside the solemn stream it was dust but bu riot not so dusty as the high road the ivied porch of the rd house gave gava upon the sh she wanted to 9 go up arid and hold on to the quaint iron gite gate with both hands bcd d press her face between the liars bars anil and dooh 1001 and link and look into the garden 0 of the other woman heang neither a town nor a countr child slip could not do tilli this she paused and glanced fi resolutely at her dusty reet feet A gold thing on the path 91 heart with a old embossed and enameled at attached achEd to a brolien broken chain she picked it up all her childhood it had been her dearest then had coma com geoage and the heart hid had pa bcd L th her own into georges george s keeping arid and lie he had given it au aft ay I 1 and she had lost him N as hilele quy iny thin tiling fl her au aa thing in the orld 11 i ahe non gates swing sw ws apart aej tamo ditto out oi 01 the girden iceie was wab the of i a 1 print ri nl gown but suh sub a runt gown and a wisht i ht laugh sounded 1 that of i woman man who hia ht haugli laughed rd r d to please men all her life heavy bi blick ick hair lit in masses bove above an all oval pice face hair halt a shade I 1 leas blick bick than the velvet lashes hilt esal a L shade ade blacket than the ue ees ebe I 1 ile hey Y two looked at al each other 1 I 1 be aco pardon said the woman who 0 boned in ed the llie heidt to lo the oman who lid hid owned it iou eu I 1 ac found my lily locket I 1 think oh thank ou so much chi I 1 mi kiseil sed it and came out to see it if it had fallen antii about liere here sho she too took it from froia the other with al Olo getic grace im awfully obliged to you it is I 1 much too pretty to lose isn t it if she looked again at the good blila face with ita ils stead ste idi e ees es and thought poor drar dear soul I 1 dont don t suppose silo sha err e clr had a locket in her life it I 1 is cha charming in the iho first woman I 1 had one exacts like it once and I 1 lost it pity said the raiel taie esaly lessly this was as given ms me uy by a man and I 1 don doll t L want t lf lr 1 t it babau a I 1 arm am to ani sen I 1 it back bacic to mm she ailed iio la Is the only friend my husband has 1 always sa sal hilt but now h ho has hag mada mad 3 up ills mind to be married this la J 0 all veo ani amusing using for or you I 1 the apple took the laughter and echoed it 11 fill adb I 1 iM married ameil to lo a ionian aholo whoso name 13 3 on oil the snatched sial ched very fine und and rither bull lie he nele noticed it but I 1 did jane iancy a ife annid jino nil n d now he has a go lilt file to one NN li afore this goes I 1 back d there here ini int thine liinE now in the horld orli lert left to wish for only that geoage had not been a rack caa but thit that never to her bLe bf ause she wa was a good worn in may alay I 1 take it I 1 said george a future wife I 1 will give five it to him M name Is jane |
