The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-13
THE DAILY
STORY
Fora Day
BY RUBY DOUGLAS.

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you know that-ent someumes
Gems e conia not stanail
'tnef minute. Y seens tas y, y
broken mental Sstate. mother
Ats moss q Us lcare tot het
81 WIN east,c o9siaeration sne
dsastosaltrlena May LINDSAY,
attelnognsW nen sac aaa been
g get down 70 sas9yhiage tea
n noun cnAhse.
Mary took her young friends
hd across the table. Dear. no
p knows better than | do what
h are going through Just now.
own dear mother was the same
y for nearly four years. and il
is almost impossible TO live with
n But amt you get away for a
Aeka You atelthin and tired and
|prn oit yourself. 1t isn't quite
lir.r
Helen shook her head. Mother
'ouldnlt let metcome down here II
be OF the neighbors hadn't been
and insisted.
Mary looked serious for a mo-
.eht. viii change places with
bu for q day
F"oh, mother wouldn't hear OF It"
.oke In Helen!
that TO me. l shall be o
pndertMl daughter to her for q
hy and @ night, and you shall go
town 20 my dear little studio
d forget thatthere is such a thing
resppnsibility
In spite or Helen's protests and
lisgtsings the arrangements were
Jade, and the following week she
und herself sitting In one OF
aryts big comfortable chairs in
ary's studio There was a table
her side with books and maya
pes. q window at her other side.
ere weresthings to eat In the tiny
lebox and an electric teal kettle
which % boil water for her tea.
1T rs too good 20 be real" Helen
I'D, stretching out In the chair
ID looking about her.
She could not read for her vivid
terest IN the things outside OF
2 window IL was spring, and a
opposite was planting seeds In
little window box. In another
hdow 4 woman was brushing out
bt Of clothes. apparently looking
moths a man inside of an un.
Fshed window sat smoking and
aiding; typewriters clicked out
the warm spring air from other
recttons,
Rne that her was most inter.
fsings she found herself being oh.
we'd by young man who sat
er q drawing board in a window
tarly opposite.
Helen blIished. Why, she knew
She had been staring, per.
p r1dely and the young man
iist have observed her.
Almost rpepnsciously she looked
ain and this time she knew that
o had seen that face before. She
led to place him but only the in.
btinct vision Of Che boys face
me between her and complete
eognition
1erals times during that day OF
I'm the quiet honey studio she
cself looking at the win
the young fellow sal.
O'clock when no
his board and replaced
mock with q coat and
Helen began to be lone
ent out for dinner and
again 70 read and go to
saw that night in her
ksness was the face
I'm the window.
norning she almost
HE dared not acknowl-
&c II since she had not yet been
q to- place him among those
ON she knew
nix about and with an uniformed
be coming TO life within her
bin, Helen reached home that
ernoon to find that her mother
5 no worse and had really enjoy.
the say companfonahip Of MARY
kdsay. :.
krll never he able To thank you
bugh, Helen said after she had
leived a report of her mother'a
.ditior. was too wonderful
be d true place-it seemed liko
airyiand She did not say any.
be- about the man across tho
III.
It's been d rest for a day any.
dearI and / believe your ewes
brightef ALREADY. We1lTtry Il
I'm vas Mary,s parting assur.
- AEENWEEfEN