The Coolidge examiner., 1935-03-01

NHe rtf
lrom the pautry doorway.
The girl cluiched the door-nob
% steady her trembling nnsers.
Oh-jssi out
-Nhere1' Mrs pcinncy's voice
was a tribe shrilL
-Oh. ma. I'm over tuelyc." re
Piled her daughter.
Yes. rvIolued her mother.
YOU'RE twenty one. That's why
sou ought to show some ssuse. And
lct me tell sou once aud Tor all
yunnE lady you've Eot O. stop
meeting this su.aky fellow
We'll Z wont burst out the
g.rL passlouateiy @l'm old enough
90 take care - myself And
The hospitals aud marsucs ure
FUN ot girls aho thought the same
thlr- interrupted ber mother.
And FrrmoEt sawyer is q gen
uemau.- continued the girl
.Thvg preserve me from gentle
man uho won't come tp girls
house and lets her out % an auto
mobile on The corner.
Tcr,-sa flushed q s1amed red. The
SHAFT bad struck.
what ~ uF- she brayed the -
sue q suppose if bis name was
Su.uyan or O-roole or Mccarthy
b.tf 80 wonderful ~
FresIaus experience should have
taught Teresa that she could not
out scarc her mother ln crushing
rclo.udprs.
My bpE friends are Mrs Nc
Grcxor and Mrs Udlisky next
door" said the mother heavily
aud two nucr women don't lise.
Uui. I teil ynu this. Trssle oll and
vater don't scratch. bot they doat
nIlx. either And when & comes 20
marriage
~Wbo said anything about mar
rinrcY qneried Tess.e with forced
jauuiluess
well then. what's he about :"
Numbered Mrs Delaney And then
the pent.up anxiety - tie past
months hnrst forth In n tempcs'uous
torrcnt ~ srathing. bitter words
An right cried Teresa. angrily.
Il can ioak ont Tor myself
work
Yes. you'u so far" shifted Mrs
Delaney
Every bi, - Teresa's fair Office
SALARY went for clothes and sew.
saws 90 adoru her pretty self
~NoW. see here. Tessle---
~TesHei can't you cali me Te-
resa1 -
VERY well. Teresa but yon don't
stir oui Of thls house to meet that
road snake. There are plenty %
amuscmenis right here In town
withou, needing to crnss over 20
reach -forsaken places-aud I
mean a. I'm going "a settle this
affair. once and Tor all
Il don, wonder that girls leave
home ragged Teresa.
"Aw. say. Tess. cut the rough
stuT. INTERCEPTED a husky. boyish
voice.
A coppery haired lad Of fifteen
sauntered into the room
Passing his mother. he put
Erimy hand on her shoulder. and
said. want 10 80 see Wallace
Beery. MAJ You know he always
hands you a laugh"
Ills boylsh subterfuse was 50
transparent that Mrs. Delaney sud-
denly bowed her head Strangled
sobs escaped her.
Teresa and Charlie stood aghast.
Mrs. Delaney was not person
given 90 surface emotions.
Teresa's heart pounded painfully.
She wanted 10 ding her young
arms around her mother and say.
Ma. don't cry Ike that Honestly.
love you
Unfortunately. members % faml-
lies are shy Al expressing affection
Tor one another.
Yet the tense situation Nigh,
have cleared somehow had not
Charlie dispelled that golden chance
by his ensuing Indignant words:
"You certainly are a dat tire
and SOS that ham-and-egger you
travel with"
Teresa wrenched the door open.
Maybe you1l be glad II we travel
50 far that I'll never come back"
Mrs Delaney rose. her usual polse
fully restored
go, Teresa she directed. grave
Is; "and may the grace OF God be
with YOU"
Teresa. awe-stricken and shlver-
ing. ran down the gloomy stairway.
once on the sidewalk. in the
golden sunshine. her ranking
thoughts cleared magically.
She looked at her enameled
wrist-watch-her mothers gift to
her on her twenty-frst birthday.
Mrs. Delaney wore Teresa's dis
carded one.
Teresa hesitated. But a vls-
ion % n tall young man fioated be-
fore her.
A young man OF mysterious eyes.
mysterious charms. mysterious en-
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