Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-09-24
The Turn in the
Road
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By II. OXLEY STENCIL

VI lHe room anu pulleu. IL was IL pun
up those three long flights Of stairs
without any load. She had not quite
regained her breath when there was
a knock at her door. In answer to
her invitation to come in smiling lit
tie gray-haired woman appeared in
the doorway.
Sarah just told me you'd come.
Had a nice trip, did your
take seat, Mrs. Brown" re-
turned the girl as she gave her an
affectlonate kiss. Yes, had a love
iy vacation, thank YOU"
"All fresh to go back to your work,
dearT You do look better. Nothing
like change to work wonders. You
were looking mighty pale when you
left"
and what of yourself, Mrs, Brown
Do you ever have a changeT Eliza
beth inquired.
Mrs. Brown shook her head. "I
don't need one" she smiled
Anything new since | leftf"
mo. Nothing except the second floor
front has been rented. What was that
the door bellf sent Sarah over to
the store"
Elizabeth shut the door again and
walked slowly to the window What
contrast from the view from her
windows at the seaside hotel. She
felt stlfled. Turning resolutely she set
to work unpacklng her suit case.
Her clothes all carefully put away
Elizabeth threw herself on the bed to
rest and get into better frame Of
mind before dinner What was II?
She wasn't so easily spoiled that
month Of ease could unfit her for re
turning to the city boarding house and
her work as private secretary. Part
! Of her satisfaction In her vacation had
been that she had earned it In every
sense of the word by many months Of
hard work. Yes, what had she, Eliza
beth barrow, splnster, aged thirty
orphaned since nineteen and self-sup-
| porting since twenty-expected To
loaf forever as some women did? No
She admitted she had tired of that be
fore the month had ended. Perhaps
she had dreamed any woman has a
perfect right to dream. Yes that wac
It. And she was disappointed. silly
Anyway Il was not unhcard Of and
when one has the time, few pretty
clothes, moonlight nights, water the
complete setting for romance
Elizabeth had listened to many a
man argue empha tlcally that woman's
place was in the home This thing Of
women going into business Teedjn~
on excitement What If one
even envled the Mrs Browns who
could at least bake delicious pies fog
boarders? Did It do any good? She
had hidden her true feelings and had
champiOned woman's right to a bu-i
ness career In all these arguments
mostly at Mrs. Browns dinner table
At breakfast the weather was the
chief topic of conversation. You're
business woman and that's your place
whether you like IL or not" she went
on to herself so there! Make the
best of It. Maybe your pies would be
failures anyway and your letters are
not"
She was wearing a checked ging
ham apron and rolling out biscuit In
the kitchen of the dearest little cot
tage by the sea and thinking that she
must cut some roses from the garden
for the dinner table when the dinner
hell interrupted "Oh. dear" she
sighed that was surely the very cot
tage loved SO much. II was shut up
and lonely when discovered It, At
least It was mine for n little while If
only in n dream why did | have 10
waEef'
She hurriedy prepared for dinner.
II was "a surprise to find stranger
at the tablc-a tail, dark-haired
thor"'rful looking man whose TEN
pies were tngod with gray. But #
was far greater surprise to recognize
him rs the man whom she had naSscd
time aul again whrn wandering on the
beach or down a country road durlna
her vacation Twice he had caught
her and sho NsA looking back n
NE turu ~ the re'd How she had
hurried $50 Then ';ul be- had ncvo-
com0 hor lHiol and he was a.
ways AL disappeared after
two ", BIS sa lad hc come here
then? 3, % remr.1.qrd Mrs. Brown
had said fe second story front was
rented Pc recognize her? Hu.
Mrs Brown vus Introducing him
lie sat nj her right. Mr. Hazard
his voice was soft and cultured rs h.
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