Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-21

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And be SO, ,bora u.,,;na Co.. !,
Ue tboucht ha was 80 90,
thing Rnt inst tho r..y sha s,,o,,., his
name startled oIuos, fr;ch.onad h;n,
she said n co ,r,a,,,, co ,anaa-,,
.Uoddv- sba soid .y r.o,, 80, 30
come over here and r;ss mo and tho,
co bock and si, down in tho, chair
again"
He went n little nale nj thu, The
swing Of his foot wos Arrested sud.
denly. Bur for n moment he made no
mova-ius, Locked wopdoriryIy into
her great. grave eves
.Some,bin,,s ,oin,, 60 ,,,. :. ,h,
went ON. "nrd bofnra i,,s ovar I'm
and me. And want the kiss for rs
To remember So tb.t w.r, olr,vs
know. whatever hannens artervard
that we loved each ctb.r" She hold
out har arms .n him .yvon,, van
Gomez"
He came-a man bewlldared. bent
down over her. and found her Ilns. Int
almost absently. ont of a doze
"No. not like that" sh, murrnured
"In the old way"
There wos a Ion, .,ch-ooa
81 don't he,iava IA bova ,ha oorro,.
IN do n sbn saia .gf :. - ,us, ~
Eu, ,bere,s somao,. olsarro ,,,aa
sorneona n nromisa 7 co,,t toll ,,,,
about thar Now n,eosa 90 hock and
sit over th.re where Won wara where
we can toIk ouIe,Iv oh Poddv Iove
you so,-No n,e,se ro b.ct oId man,
And-and light your nine on don't
tremble like that, II isn't n tragedy.
Its-for us. IT'S the greatest hone in
the world"
He went back IN his chair He evan
lighted his pine as She asked him TO
and waited as ste,diIv as no couId for
her to begin.
do you remember she no.
gan. and II was remarkable how opiet
and s,aodv b.r voice wos Tba-a u.s
even tho trace ~ a smile about bar
wonderfu, month .Do vo,, ramanh.r
tbo, afternoon ~ ours N. very 6rst
Of .beu whom Won hrorcbt home my
potehoo,.s and forn, m. osIea, ON Tho
couch in our oIJ h,cl. norIor, no ror
remember how Won ,o,d mo tbot ona.s
desiros VIC n. o,1y ,,o.iva no,o-
no nod, wou !, u.oso T,,r,v ,bing
n GOT 70 WONDERING af,crword yha-
nv dosJ-as va-a o,a 8, saa,od 7
bodn,t onv Fvcrr.bIr,b. sorohoy.
como IN mo horora tnew ,ron,ad :,
rvarvtbing in tho wo-,a .rar yor-
love Tor mo come III. ,bo,
.Du, rva 90, rossion po,
rra hoa :, -
desire CON-, sa,,s,,, T.a .,,. =
80, ona 49, 1t, :, =,
wn,,sn., cira 20 90, - n.n, rarr
+-;and.hir passn .ta.,, 80
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pos,or s., a., s.s =. -
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min, - sat, 20, a, .S,.
t,,a,,,,,o
tya - ..a,,,,, -, - a.
room hy row 49, 60. nv go "a,
lii, ha o,.;os ou. aI,.s .-a.a..a
,,o,.,.a-sio, 90 ,ha ro,.. o. -,
ha,a,,..
Sb. smiled a, him os che sboor h.-
head. eve snont too NAM rnon,hs
irving 70 get il and saeing myself foi,
oh. so ridjcuIousIv N tnow
wbat I'm talking about Dodav-
And than sin s,o;l;ng -o.bo- sos,,-
shn told him vbo. some o< rho axn.r;.
m.nts had been-soma of bsr attamnts
10 breok into the life he kent locked
away from her. 81 was angry at ars,
when I found Won keapinr me ont,
She said. "angry and hurt. used to
cry about il. And then saw II wasn't
your fault. That's how / discovered
friendship had to be earned"
But her power 10 maintain that atti-
tude of grave detachment was about
spent. The passion mounted in her
voice and in her eyes as she went on.
You thought my mind had got full Of
wild ideas-the wild idea was pulling
you down from something free and fine
that you had been, TO something that
you despised yourself for being and
had TO try to deny you were. You
were wrong about that, Roddy.
Il did have an obsession, but 1t