Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-24
The Name in Her
Mirror
By RUBY DOUGLAS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


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hna nnnu ." on~n,,oe "ns "ann, sne
900 nneono '''
.p,, ,a,,,, .. ,, ,.o, % una
T., o., ,hnoa eathao, as,.oa No.
ohrn, T., tho oHoo
a., monIdn,, s,,, .o,n oant,,od
Dor,s
"And ,ho, 1roodfr, ,r,n ovor, dov.
,omen,ed tho otbor a,r,
Norris wos M, % no discouro,ad
sbe w,ntad to 20, away from the civ
wont.d to sIeen in IN. country wake
nm In Tho country have her SUNDAYS
and S,turdov oPter,oors IN tho onap
ANA 90 She had astohIisbed herself
In tho Main old countrv hoordInp
bonse that she had lived in when her
mother wos with hor and I,fe looked
rosr ond merry
No,, ,ho ,,os ,,rod n tr,ao d,scour.
ocod Of tho Ioct ~ vor,etv In her
I,eo Thara WIS a y.roncv she cou,d
No, ouita .nolvza I'M, she oscribed
n m tbe foct that she could not yet
,ccustomed IN IIvIno without her dear
mother
IN ber fire, frae Sotnrdov after.
noon sbo vondered ohopt the old vii.
loco strooto otonnino hore ana tbere
to linear under a familiar tree stoop-
,no to gothor a wovside hlossom
arm inst 90 down IN the most office
70 wait Cor tho distribntion of the
Io.o moi, y che cold 10 horsoIf 40 she
-oonod tho I;t,lo ,,ro,,,, ~ shons NJ
which one wos rho most office
:, yos nc sho rvos enterino tho nost
oEoo 400 roor Nc ,on mo, Che nod arst
coon Arcbjo O,msteod Tho Thought
a,,,,,.onoa no, hroo,h sant that
eo,I,.,, h,,nt s,.aioh, % hor boort
VII, hoa hoor,,,,o % hin9 WIN
Saa ano 80. ,oar,, sror, him.
IL -, .,,,,os ,,,o ia osI.o, hos
,oIr ,Io, ,,,ost,or ,nIv 20 ara borseI,
.,.a, s -
,n. ,,,,o, o.. ,,,r sror, tho
.,,,, T., .ho oe,oo ,,,no socro,Iv wou,d
I.,o onioyod hoino with Dor,s hut
',,. .oa;,n,od - ,n,,,,o horsott
Dor,s thr,,Iod Of rocoiyino a ,attar
- H. ho,,d,, 90 ,ho some nos,mos.
go ,,ho hod s,ood hoh,nd tho window
thnu'h,na ,ho Io,,ors Ave- roors hefore
stood hos;do tho scratched and dlsf,p.
urod wall 70 road II
As soma ono nushed apoInst her.
sho moved Sha humned her head.
60, GO sI,,,b,lv ogoinst tho CORNER
90 tho oloss.focaa wou cabinet that
Mold unclaimed letters
.,o,,, CHI, s,orod M tho on.
,alonos nos,od inside Suddenly
,sta,od Thore wos ber own name
Dnms Graham
tIos,i,, sho souoht tho westminster
and ,old him rho, tbara was n letter
In rho cnsa tbo, wos addressed to her.
r,go,hor tbay got II md Doris feor.
I'm, sonohoy IN raod n I'm the midst
80 90 nonv .yes az were unon her nj
,bis mali honr in the village. mt II
10 ,or no.
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49,, :, os ,o,tor Prom Ar
Vn''"po W" -, 80 10
'nie :" NV '1' - :. ~
'"''u o,'o Wv " 49, t., ha .,,,,5
Ie.. ,, ., 40 "ss $40 on,msoa horso,s
-, n,o,,inn hin, soII In
~" su NV. ~
WV WI"
she "ro.e ohe ,et'er VVe, .""'
week emu ~ nts",e' S"e 49, ~
en- None su''eu ner, one sou'u ~,
sew" " "nu 49," ,,.t..
MN all tilat ma oe'n III ue' .'ousn''
OF h'n'' Since ,heS IN" met 0mv "o
ue'e" "". 10
dress pe tne righ' o"e'
On MONDAY NJ me ONCE sue trieu
again, this time on her typewriter
was stupid letter She destroyed u,
II was still Hight when she arrived
In the country ''lrse June nish's "h"
she decided that she wouid ne aDle 10
pen short note 10 ArcIle II sne useu
the post office pen and ink on me Oh
shelf desk where tley had wrl'ien
each other so many tender notes 10
other days with piece OF paper 10
her bag, she went 10 the Vilaee anu
wrote to Archie. AS she STOOD LOOK
ing at the much'used DIotter on tne
shelf. her handbag open win lis MIR
rorcd back, a familiar scrawI was re-
Elected In IT,
She held the mirror over the blotteh
name. Yes-it was his name In his
handwriting. Her heart thumped