Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1941 — Page 26

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Today's Short Story

i ALWAYS F YOU

[ By PATRICIA SLOAN

him see your eyes. Men hate tears. Turn back and smile and say something clever. ‘That's the way. He's watching you, a little guardedly,

- unconscious of the pain lines on his

forehead. Say the right thing. But be careful. Be careful, or youll blurt it all out. “It was nice of you to come, Peter.” A flicker of a smile. “I wanted

Why did he come? To welcome you home? Old friends getting together. You were engaged to him once. You belonged to him once. It’s too late for friendship. There’s been too much between you for it to end in friendship. “Peter, I only heard it a few ‘ flays ago.” Keep your voice imper-

‘. ponal. “I just got back Thursday.

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wait for him?

And someone at the pier told me of Marion.” = . Offer him ga cigaret. Talk about the room, the ash trays you picked up in Italy. Anything to make con- _ yersation. “Peter, how did Marion die?” What an awful thing to ask! And yet, shock tactics are sometimes best. “An aceident. She was doing 70, on a country road. And a big van came along.” : Watch his hands, steady with a gigaret. Don’t- look at his face. If «there’s a certain look in his eyes . you'll be over theré beside him. : Keep watching his hands. Are they steady because he never loved her? Or because he’s been over all this $0 many times before. ~ “And how’s the baby?” Hig # 2 2 ~ “GILLY? Oh, he's fine, gears old his last birthday.” _ Gilbert Peter Murray. Written

fn Peter's hand on a card all covered with knots of blue ribbon. I'd re-

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. ceived it that rainy day in Paris.

When news had to be sent and the New York office was cabling frantically. 5 When I was supposed to be a foreign correspondent doing her job, not a woman who was still in love.

And that foolish little card lying on| |

‘my desk! . : It said, “Gilbert Peter Murray.” And it meant a crazy, midnight marriage can work and Marion's really .got him now. Stop getting Stop seeing his face before you. Because this is the finish. “Two years old. My, but he must be a big boy.” You'll have to do better than that. It sounds false and brittle, like bad dialog. : i A doesn’t he say something? What is he thinking of, way back behind that guarded aloofness? Is he remembering, as you are, that night the train left, when he tried to tell you he’d made a. mistake in his marriage, tried to ask you to

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there was a chance to get him back.|

You did Be honest. And the train wheels said “Peter, Peter.” And the

singing of the water beside the boat |:

Said it. And, as the years slid by, everything said it. Until the pain that was in Europe and the pain that was in your heart were all mixed together into a - terrible, ' broken . symphony, Until the doctors said, “Nervous exhaustion. Better g home and rest up a bit.” = ¢ : “Are you going back there?” Don’t Jump like that just because he’s ; to you. : “Possibly. And you?” Be care- - ful. Your voice is brittle again, and a little shrill. “They. can always use a good writer, you know.” - “No. I'm doing defense articles - and they keep me pretty busy. Then, there's: Gilly to think of, now.” _There’s Gilly to think of now! There's Marion's son to think of, now! Hold on to yourself. Hold on to your silly, heart-breaking pride. ~ But no use, HGet: out!” . That's ‘your voice “Cet out!” ~~

Hysterics. That's a pretty way to 2 to te on. in a i “I DIDN'T WANT to hit you. But ordered me out once before.” ) is like a kindness after

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FUNNY BUSINESS

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THIS CURIOUS WORLD

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IN STRAWBERR!L ES, THE TRUE FRUITS A THE TINY SPECKS

NEXT—Three ways to the far north.

cided ‘to marry me and too many drinks and seeing a country parson before things got back to normal again. And I was married.” “Then you didn’t learn to love Marion?” > It has to be asked. It. cries to be asked. . His voice is still quiet, but so different. . “After my head cleared there was still you. There was always you.” } He's coming over, and the look is there in his eyes. “Well, for goodness’ sake, why didn’t you say all this right away?” After you have happiness ‘in ‘your hands it’s all right to get angry. “I didn’t know ‘how you'd feel, after three years, Marcia.” He's smiling now. “And I didn’t know. if youd want a second-hand husband. Jncidentally, would you?” Men, and the way they can drive you crazy! But the most comfortable place in the world is in: their - Tomorrow: Adventure on the high seas in “Buccaneer,” by Joseph Barton. .°

| (All- events, names and characters in this

. story are fictitious)

PICKETS ‘ON VELVET’

* SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4 (U. P.). —Pickets at the Keystone Hotel yesterday were “walking on velvet.” The manager, Joe Huff, placed a

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TURKS REFUSE: PILOT FOR ITALIAN TANKER

- ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 4 (U. P). —Turkey has solved one of its most delicate diplomatic problems of the war by offering to permit an Italian oil tanker to pass through the Dardanelles but without a Turkish pilot to guide it through the thick Turkish mine fields. 5 "As the result the tanker, the 10,915 ton Tarvisio, declined the offer with thanks and started back into the Aegean Sea. fo The Tarvisio is an, Italian navy tanker mounting. four 4.7 inch guns and -two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. It has special anti-torpedo bulges. July 11 it showed up at Chanak as a “merchantman,” on its way to Constanza, Rumania, for . oil. It asked permission to pass through Turkey’s Dardanelles strait and the British protested angrily. Italy replied that the Tarvisio was now a simple merchantman, having been stricken from the naval list. : The problem was a most important one because it involved a

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