Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1947 — Page 13

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By MARY NELSON “LJAPPY new year!” ■*■ * The cry echoed and re-echoed down the street aa Penny made her way toward the bua atop. Everywhere about her people were lighthearted and gay and busily wiahing their friends good fortune for the coming year. She buttoned her coat at the neck and turned up the collar. It was a bitterly cold day and she told herself ahe would be happy to reach home and atay in for the night. Let those with pioneer blood go out and atand in the raw wind down at Dayton Circle just to blow a silly horn at midnight ostensibly to usher in the new year. Penny had always been known at home as a sensible girl with good common sense. She was proud of that reputation and now that she lived in the city alone she was more determined than ever to live up to it. She didn’t want to become a sophisticated, worldly wise city girl. Thus, she summed up mentally, it was just as well she didn’t "Going out tonight, Penny! ” The words interrupted her thoughts and she turned to greet Ruby, a fellow worker who was always going out with someone she called "Beanie.” You could always tell the status of Ruby’s romance by her mood: if she was exuberant to the point of being giddy, she was going to see Beanie that night; if she was quiet and petulant, she hadn't heard from him, and if she was downright rude with a sarcastic twist to every remark she made, then they had quarreled. Penny smiled. “No, I’m not, Ruby,’’ she replied. Odd that she should feel such emptiness within her as she said the words. She noted Ruby’s quick glance of sympathy and it irritated her. “I don’t know \ / ■ * a 1 | 11 “But her foot missed and came down on a sheet of ice.” anyone here,” she defended herself. Then added curtly, "And anyway, I wouldn't dream of going out in such ghastly weather.” Ruby shrugged. "Oh, well, if you feel that way about it . . . happy new year. Penny.” She hurried away before the wretched girl could make any response. “Now why did I act so nasty?” she asked under her breath. Ruby hadn’t meant any offense—she was simply so wrapped up in her own little world that she felt sorry for anyone who had no Beanie to which to cling. She was essentially a generous person and now Penny had deliberately hurt her. A S SHE stood in the middle of the ** sidewalk, angry and discouraged, she saw her bus speeding recklessly down the street and without another thought to anything else she hurried toward the corner. “Wait, oh, wait!” she called, running breathlessly. No one else was waiting, however, and he careened sharply off the curb, hurrying on his way. “Oh, dear!” She burst into tears at this new disappointinent and reached blindly for the curb. But her foot missed and came down on a sheet of ice sending her into an astonished heap in the street. For a moment she was too stunned to move. She heard footsteps hurrying toward her and managed to sit up dazedly. A man knelt down beside her but his face was a blur of features. "Take it easy,” he admonished, placing an arm across her back. She tried to focus her eyes upon him and hadn’t quite succeeded when he cried, "Penny! Why, Penny Lindsay! What in the world are you doing out here?” And then everything cleared and she saw the handsome, blond features of a former school friend. “Oh, Adan!” Tears tumbled over each other in hasty exit. He helped her to her feet. "Gee, it’s good to see someone from the old home town. I've been so doggone lonely," he told her, manipulating the handkerchief skillfully around her nose and eyes. “I’m lonely, too,” she gasped. “I’ve only been here a month.” "Say! What are you doing tonight? Anything?” "N-nothing." Her heart skipped a beat in anticipation. "Then why don’t we go somewhere and talk over old timee? Gee, I'm dying to hear some gossip about the Turners and the Mitchells and all jie rest. Will you, Penny?” And Penny smiled happily this time. “Yes, Alan. Even this ghastly weather couldn’t stop me from talking over old tinys with you.” |

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