Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
IN TWO PARTs-PART oNr

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IN TWO PARTS-PART ONE
etNEAY l TAKE my toys?. said Il
NVI little boy. "AlI of themp"
: added a~nxiously. The lit
boys mother looked up from the trln
that she was packing. She was putin
hnen IN the trunk-smoothly folde
sheets. embroidered towels. monogram
med pillow slips.
Your toys?" she said. in q vao,,
tone, quite as if the little boys cues
ton hadn't made any sense. you
toys?' Suddenly she gave herself a tin
Fshake, and the color came pouring int
her White cheeks.
@A4hat was II you said. dfrare. sfl
questioned. What was it Richard
Mother wasn't paying attention. Sh
was thinking of something else.
II little boy repeated his Question
Much more loudly this time.
May take my toys? he asked, and
miracle OF miracles, his voice was YER
steady. May I take my toys when "
go away from this house? May / tax,
all of them?a
The little boys mother sat. hack :,
ller heeis, III front OF the opened trunk
- was an Old fashioned, deep trunk
y haant drawers and hangers like thu
ones N which ladies hang their prett,
ifoeks' She looked like a small pirI
Win an Old, ~beWildered. bruised exnres.
sion III her eyes.
why, Richard she said. why. dear
! hadn't thought much about them
U toys. 1t isn't she was STRUGGLING
LOT words with which to explain II
,sii = as Il we were going to another big
iiodse' hke this one-you understand
ehat, don't you, Richard? We're illst
gong to have two little rooms Thara
won't be much space for ANYTHING thai
isn't entirely 80
Toys said the little boy. on the
usreilslVe at once, are necessaryt.
@liie.HttIe boys mother looked at him
ana the bewilderment in her ewes haa
ton. Aoeiei eiilo-
1ss' DEAR she said gently. II SIM
pose you're right. We must have ar,
piaythlngs. That's life. Butt she uas
bending over the trunk again. ~b,,t vnn
siase so many toys. A huge plavroom
iui OF them. Why. u whole apartment
81 going to be much larger than vn,,r
playroomls l4ai youi
swiftly the little boy had crossed j.
his mothers side. He stood thara ~
iief. IN front of the trunk.
mummy he said, Mummy dar-
ing why must we go away from hereo
~ lh,ls = . flce house-We've always liked
eIus mouse, Why must we 90 10 the
lity-to q nasty, wee place. where there
Won't be q playroom?a
me little boys mother didn't ansmar
spf q moment. Her head was benf 81
at over the trunk that her hair fail
lolWafu, across her forehead. like !
oahg. Inc little boy, standing beside
IIlef' was acutely conscious of the round
mole, like a button. on the hacL
u her neck. Acting on an imn,,lsaN
: strange, amusing impulse-he laid III
lillger softly on the mole.
lhat's daddy's kissing spot!n he said
alhu langned. Il had always been d ifka
mole. ouo0l-nke
bul mother, with a sudden swift
had whirled around from
ne trunk. Her head was thrown haai
y tilaI the hair was quite off her fore
iead. Inc bewilderment in her eves had
'oihpletely changed now to the othar
4i .sa. Inc other emotion was pain
loI heavens sake, Richard. sha t
alu, n her voice sounded-sn,,ndad
Tor PHYS sake, don,tl aWhva
ler ups were quiyering, .whv must w.,
~ me tfls Way2 Can't you see that
~ Iaay-aia worried? Can't you see
,iat ! don't want to answer ouestionso
81 you-' all at once she had hl1r-
ier lace IN her hands. All AT onca
e SENDER shoulders were shaking with
~ ne SORT OF racking sobs that h11r-
ilrough her as the wind. in an
ilI1n' Wnlrls through a tired tree
ne Hbtle boy, standing beside bar
90 LOT Q moment inarticulate Ha
iuilt understand, that was all ua |
ASKED any more questions than |
sual' NED asked fewer question than I
suai, IN TACT. And about the mnIa~
Ten e touched it with his finpa,. !
mere wasn't any reason for the NOV Z
a. iis mother acted. The little bow {
80 ! uiioefsband-but that didn't keen {
= owil eyes from filling with tears. # a
VI Keep his w lips from culver +
s. ~ didnt keep his from dissolving /
iilosG as MS mother had dissolved ;
70 sudden grief. =
iouTe SO funny, he sobbed. .svo,,,ra d
awful funny. You act like vol, don,t !
INT me to love you. You act the y
ps rose up, and engulfed him. After d
aae little boy was only six! He a
oucned down on the floor beside bic y
1elef-crouched down like some for 9,
"a, lost little animal-and CAV wav 81
implicitly, to his grief. :,
don't want me to love Won > !,
snrllled, you don't love me o.
y must be the end of the worvd r
must be-except that mothers arms b
re holding him very tight. Excent "
mothers lips were pressed apainpt d.
damp cheek. II
m such a darn failure" her voica ii
. saying, and it still held thar W
aiige' rusty note, such a failure BE-
a as q motherlo despite the pres 10
$ Oh her lips against his cheek. the of
ae poy knew that she wasn't speak
70 hlm). I'm such q total Iossip !,
4 changed. soice CO
buck Up, Richard, : she said, and p,