San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-31
Nora Lee By Elenore Meher1n

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tious, hard working and worthy
young man"
. He grinned: MAY we go to the
dinner them"
Certainly, Since you wish it,"
Get something new, Nora Lee
get something better than you've evei
had. Don't skimp on the price"
Don't worry that l shall It's fol
your pleasure, my worthy companion
fifty. / saw the model the other day
when i was seeking something chic
for sixty-nine and half
In spite of her momentary displeas.
ure. she was in a flame of excited
suspense. This vas one time when
she'd not consider price, nor values,
northe shame of reckless extrava-
gance. She would look more beautiful
than she'd ever appeared in all her
life.
Yet in the morning she pushed
many dresses back and forth on the
long pole. in her closet. She thought
holly Il do nothing but buy and buy.
If that gown is gone, may not find
what want"
Her thoughts sauntered on aimless-
ly. She saw herself travelling from
shop to shop. She saw dozens of Nora
Lees travelling down years and years
in those endless visits. And the last
Nora Lee was a little, shriveled old
lady, but her hair was still black and
her eyes n flashing blue and her heart
as avariciously thrilled by the color
and delicate fabric as it was today.
WAY OF LIFE.
She murmured with heat: a life
time of it, That's the way life is 60
ing," She tried to fight off this mood
Of restless, chatting discomfort. She
upbraided herself stormily: What's
the matter with you, anyway! You're
a perfect fool! You've got everything
on the earth. What more do yol
want? What are you kicking about"
The little boy, now a year and q
half. had been sitting on the floor,
playing with trains. But he had, some
how. climbed to a chair and dragged
down one of Danes neckties and o
collar that lay on the bureau. He pnt
the collar on his neck and twisted the
tie about it.
He came over and pulled Nora Les
hand. He had his head cooked to one
side. His hair was a mass Of shiny
black ringlets and the blue eyes were
filled with roguish triumph.
He rubbed one foot up and down the
other shin and said to her gleefully
Me. daddy now. You fink sou
She dropped on her knees, wrapping
her arms about him. Then she made
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large handkerchief TO stuff in his
pocket. Her eyes filled with tears.
The little fellow saw them ana
poked his fingers in her lashes, say
ing: Crying? What for crying,
THE GREAT QUESTION.
She laughed. And later sighed, try
ing to answer the question for her
self. She had everything TO make
her happy-this was true.
Yet she was so easily unnerved-
20 very often plugged into moods OF
furious discomfort. At these times
she would recall the almost divine
peace that had been hers for five or
six months after the baby was born.
She said now: II wonder if we're
,nly fit TO have one child after an
other. Is there nothing else in life
for a woman? Suppose I'd never
had any? Suppose / couldn't have
my. I'd have to live"
Then she wondered if all the women
in the world were vaguely unsettled
{ that was the reason they were some
lines so shrilly excited; why il was
always so easy to irritate a group OF
women. Men are not to readily in
famed.
She had put her hand once on the
mighty pulse of life; had felt the ire
nendous stir and breath OF it. She I
lad come near TO sweet and tender {
Tearning and terrible things-the be- /
ginning of life-the approach Of death. {
And all this was dynamic and vital. !
/ had gripped her TO the inmost soul.
1t had untitled her for the shallow
Of the surface. And this
vas all she did now. All she really
wanted TO do for a while.
She closed the door on the costly
wardrobe. The world is the world
he couldn't make it over. She
couldn't abolish clothes and compel
men and women TO go about in sacks,
ould che:
The face Of Natalie, vivid and sad.
launted her. She said to it with
tote of challenge. "I'll show you" +
The model gown that she had COW ,
ted and admired wasn't sold. She
ooked at the tag indiffcrently- /;
9S.JO-and thought: Its worth :
t."
She bought it with the odd. child.
sh feeling that she was equippinG !
herself for a great and not alto /,
ether unwelcome battle.
CONTINUED Tomorrow q
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