Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27

" and came again And Honey
"A sat in their midst and smiled
4 her vague, far-away smile and
folded her empty hands in her
lap. And sometimes, when Harvey
Metz laughed loudly, Honey WINGED
and then looked around quickly, con-
tritely, as though begging everybody's
pardon for minding.
They talked about her painting
about the war, about everything In the
world but Dabs.
One night she leaned forward and
said, in small voice, Have you for
gotten him?"
Daisy Wells upset a glass. For
gotten who, precious child?" she
asked.
Forgotten Dabs!" In the quiet that
had fallen upon the room her voice
had a ghostly echo. She looked quick
" over her shoulder. A wild wistful-
ness and hope lit her eyes.
.. No one moved. No one spoke. And
presently she brought her disappoint'
ed glance back TO her guests.
why don't you ever talk of him?''
she asked.
Betty Lord was the only one with
courage enough to answer. we
| thought 1t might hurt your she said
frankly. 1--WE thought ii better not
to remind you of him.
He's in my mind all the time.
Honey said, and a sort OF scorer
triumph touched her smile.
And then the talk broke out. DO
you remember when he did this?
think the night Dabs said silence
might be golden but 1t was also
g,lInny was one Of the best times we
ever had with him, don't your On
and on, streams Of talk, like water
| over a broken dam.
| JUDY. sitting back on the edge OF
the group. was comforted by the TAIN
| of Dabs. It seemed somehow to prlng
him closer. to make the tiny cruel
paper announcing his deatn an II
| fusion. Why almost any minute no"
he might open the door and walk IN
1IDon them, And what cheer would
90 up! How glad they would be 70
| see him, Her own heart gave little
anttcipatory leap. He would come IN
head up, staggering little as ne
ALWAYS did. His eyes would seek FIRST
| Honey. then herself. Oh, DADS
Dabs darling! III.
Tears pressed UP under Judy's Ids
He would never come In again
staggering, smiling! He was deau
Dead, Oh, Dabs! Not that! Never
that! No, somewhere beyond the stars
Dabs was sleeping, waiting Tor 6ofey
smile on his face, his long lashe !
| fallen over his shining, eager eyes. A
little how. fallen asleep at his play!
| After the guests had all gone Honey
| came up to Judy softly, touched mel
arm Her face was troubled, chilo
/ ;cbI.y DIckerAd
"Do they have TO come here any
r,ore - those people?" she asked
.'Thev--they trouble me! / can't bear
tharn not TO talk Of Dabs. And when
thew do talk of him they hurt me so:
she made a little swift gesture 10
her throat, poignant, touching. Ihey
didn't any of them know him as
did, -.
gently. ..v ,a-
raaIIv knew him." she said only
love can make one person really know
another. That's why you can't under
stand how am grieving. You're out
side all that, Judy. You've never oeeh
IN love. If you'd ever loved anybody
with all your heart you'd know What
n was like. I've-I've lost everything
T,dai Everything, | don't even want
~ go on lvingv' The last words
came out on a little faint urea
INDY gathered the tiny figure into
her arms. Don't talk like that! she
begged. And quiet against her
shoulder Honey said no more.
But day after day the memory OF
that faint cry lay in the o@ck VI
.Tudy's mind. How terribly fragile
Honey was getting! Did people ever
tr,,1v waste away? How could she
helm Honey? How could she MAKE
her want to go on living? she
couldn't bear 1t to lose Honey Never!
Nevcr' There must be some way out.
Perhaps II she had ever loved as
rJonev loved she would know now 70
helm her, But she had never loved
IiIxa that. Or-hnd she? What or the
fairy prince? An. but he was sun
alive, She couldn't even think whaI
II would he like to be alive In a "orlo
that contained no fairy prince Inc
thought of death did not so much as
shadow him. How could she hope to
understand Honey's love ana gfleI
when her own heart was just one gar
day Of shy dreams and hopes? Just
garden back of that small secret door
with the latch which Tommy hao
never been able 10 lift.
Tommy, Her thoughts came back
70 him. swiftly. How had she forgot.
ton Tommy? He was the shadow OF
loss across her garden of dreams! she
could not keep both Tommy and the
fairy prince, And Tommy - she be-
Ionged to Tommy. She was engaged
to Tommy! His little notes were ousi-
nesslike, but they always ended.
much love from your Tommy! Her
Tommy!
see him on the battlefields. in the
darkness of the trenches. But ne
was nothing TO her. A shadow that
kept off the sunlight. If only he had
cared for Cecily!
Sometimes she saw Cecily, although
Dabs' death had ended all lessons Tor
Cecily.
"Do you ever hear from your
friend?" Cecily would ask.
sometimes" Judy would tell ner
and give her bits of news.
once Cecily said to her, Il suppose
those letters in the papers are meant
for you. aren't they?" She asked IL
straight Tipped.
what ietters?" Judy was truly be-
wildered.
"Haven't you seen them? They are
called Letters TO the Girl Back Home
and they're signed Tommy Of the
US-ocobas 7 called I'M and found out