The Meeker herald., 1923-01-06
John and Eleanor,s
Dream
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1hsiF dream had, come ,trvs. at last.
Jshn and Eleanor looked At each ether
With, startled seyss. a II unable ~ ~
lisve It. After two years Of city ilfs--.
an apartment. modest. but in quite .
sies -district-they had their country
eettaee.t
The cotts0s they had always
drsaned Of. II was John who had
found It. 1t was q little. old.fashioned
place with abest half m acrs a0 gar
dsa, Just within the committing region,
yet untouched BY modesnity. There
was not even q bathroom when thsy
rented It John had had that put IN.
The .Whoao thing had been q surprise
to Eleanor.
She stood among the holiyhocks
with shining eyes. 1T seems too good
to b trus."h she said. The dearest
placsl John, won't We be happy!"
They were. Eleanor revelled in her
garden. John moved the lawn In the
evenings. They had NO cares, no one
to bother them. In the evenings Flea
nor oswed. o. read, While John. when
he was not detained At the smce. -
frequently happened. went through his
accounts and corrsspondencs.
"WeI save all the sxpeasss Of Q
holiday now. dearest. said John. Il
shall simply knock on work for .
couple Of weeks and stay here with
you."
That event happeped 4 few weeks
after they had moved In. It was the
latter part Of August. scorchins hot
John sat IN his shiresleevss all day
under the big naples. going through
letters and Wishing that he had his
stenosrapher with him.
"JoAn., dearest" said Eleanor. bend
ing over him, "don't you think you
susht to get . little exercise now that
you're freer
.rvs thought Of that" answered
John. smoothing down his waistcoat
"Tt0ublsp 4, there are 10 ,solf links
anywhere for miles aroand. vish
some eos would start some"
But dearest. hsw absut thoss nies
country walks We plannedr
"Nothing against EN-" answered
John. except that we've worn sut the
esuatry."
worn It sutr' queried Eleanor.
Yep, that's what I said" John an.
swsred ibriskly. We knew all The
reads ,r0uod thers. We know Farmer
Giles Aiack COW and Farmer Hen
dnek's blue sos. We know the pretty
cottage with the jasmins and honsy.
suehle At the bend Of the road. We
know-Oh, everything that's knew.
able, inciudins Mrs. Aiiler's bleareyed
kid'th makes faces At u.s."
"Oh. I know. I know" said Eleanse
missluDay. Jshn Vas getting tired Of
their Arsam, ,thst & WAS the trssb's
That was why be brought all his work
home. YJoh0 was DspanE.
.fhs clear. starry skies, the wsodse
Of the dawn, the sound Of singing
birds, the music IN each rill Of water-
thess were not for John. Eleanor
wsslA b glad, for Johns sake. when
his holiday came to m end.
Something seened to Be coming b.
tween them .thas autumn. The old,
swsst -coaAAeace seemed gone. Some
tinoas Eleanor would detect her bus.
band sitting in his chair, staraas
moodily at her. At such times her
heart would beat faster. and she
wsslA wonder:
"Can there Be any one elser'
One night she could bear II no
lsAeer. "John, won't you tell me
what has come between Us Of later
she beSyed A'Is these-ls there some
one slser'
Jshn hlssed her sadly, "No, darling.
just business troubles" he answered.
Gould she believe hint Eleanor
looked At him doubtfully. After that
the shadow that had fallen between
them grew blaeker and blacker.
"DeaE. what'd you say to 4 little
jaunt = town this evenIngr' John
asked. lust to keep IN touch With
things.. We mustn'st become back
numberA even II We do live in the
country. must wer'
Eleanor agreed without enthusiasm.
The spell Of country life had taken
hold Of her. But for Johns sake
1t was strange being at the theater
again. They watched each other. each
afraid Of seeming too appreclattvA
They .dined at . fashionabie restau.
rant.
'It IL nice in q way, isn't 1t, Flea
norl' said John. "But 1t doesn't come
up 70 the glories sf sunset and dawn,
and the hum sf the tree.toads. docs
III"
'N.no," said Eleanor.
Sheowae 20 absorbed In her thoughts
that she did not realize where they
were going until John helped her out
Of the taxi.
She stared abeut her. "Why, its our
old apartment house!' she exclaimed.
without 4 word John led the way
Into their old apartment on the ground
noor. Eleanor sasped. 1t was all fur
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