The Coolidge examiner., 1935-06-28
"DUFFERENCE"
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By EDYTHE s. DRAPER
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they were on the gay house. small.
quite alone BY the sea in the yei-
low sand.
Blue. gray stones piled IN two
pyramids In the tao green reCian.
giles of lawn we're eniwlned by a
thousand orange and yellow and
flame bright nasturtiumS Geranl.
ums. dccp-crimson. scarlet, salmon
and rose-plnk. stood straight and
stlT and splendid In pots along the
stone embrasurcS OF the porch.
The house WAS painted an lncred
ible exquisite pink. Shells. pink and
white. set one against the other.
outlined the gravel path from the
pink gate Ia the pink fence TO the
pink house. And the ocean was
blue the woman knew though she
did not turn her eyes from the
house And the sky was blue. Gay.
gay. sky and sea and flower and
house. The woman felt little gay
ughtness in hcr. She felt able
20 venture.
Il viii have this house" the WON
an murmurcd 4 wiil 90 In now
aud take II. The doctors. they are
wrong Six mnnthsl No Forever.
In this house
I She opened the gate II was low
/ she could almost have stepped over
a. II wns a toy fence. n toy house.
toy flowers. all for good child
She was Il. that good child She
Wuuld. with much. much money,
Z make the people know that
Il viii have this house. she said
again firmly.
/ who could lee living hcre7
Far from boarding house and ho-
Z ici and palace coitage1
In such rash gayety7 Did they
+ not know that the gods are Jealous
81 the very happy1 People very
young and brave. hellke. these were
loving color and breeze. and each
other.
She had used TO come to this
piece Of sand Yes. away up here.
with Angus. Angus
when ln years now had she
thought of August Angus the sail.
orr lie was dead perhaps In some
/ far city. low In some silll green sea-
Bu,. no. Too stubborn Angus to
die. old stubborn Angus Old
scotch. stubborn Angus. "You can't
talk Engilsh." she had scoffed "Duf-
+ fereneei Can; you say difIsreneeT''
Hey :" be had roared. Il don't
see any difference between duffer.
ence and durerence :" Very well.
then. Mr. Angus Good-by."
She had laughed and gone.
She knocked
ANYBODY In the house wanting 60
analyze the sound Of those white
knuckles on the tiny door would
have said II was the knocking Of
some woman getting In always
where she wanted to get In. having
always what she wanted when she
got In. but yet not often glad.
Perhaps one In this house was
discussing with himself this knock.
coming perhaps 70 some conclusion
about n. For the door remained
closed. The woman stood before Il
and n flush came np into her cheeks.
making them young.
She knocked again hard. The
door remained closed A third time
she knocked and tears were In her
eyes as she turned away.
Then the door opened.
man. robust and vital and com
pellIng, stood smiling at the woman.
he wore a velveteen coat He had a
white beard. A pink rose half-blown
/ was In his buttonhole. He had a
cork leg. He was no one she had
ever seen. the woman said 20 her
self. His eyes were very blue. his
cheeks pink. Gay and content
seemed he.
Good morning.. Come inl" He
stood aside n little and the woman
entered the pink toy house.
Sunshine filed the house coming
In through the windows
The sunshine had gay rainbow
sheen because II came in by so
many green leaves and flowers In
4 the house. II gllnted on a clear large
bowl OF goldfish. II sparkledNp the
feathers of greenlsh birds differing
among orange trees and ferns and
oleanders.
The inside walls OF the house, the
walls where no windows could be
were like a museum Puacques
were on them from China, kake-
mono from Japan. fat gods from
India. and a lovely Tai Mahal; ivory
and ruby-lncrusted scImitars from
Turkey. monkeys and parrots.
stuffed, lIfelIke. grotesque, from AZ
rica; small. unglazed, richly earth
colored pottery from Central Amer
let. silk fans from Malaysia. On
small mirroring mahogany tables
bits OF porcelain and coral and In
trIcate inlaid fragrant boxes hold
ing treasure. The woman's eyes
sparkled. her cheeks were deeply
flushed. She felt young. not III.
II viii take your house." she said
breathtlessly.
The mans eyes sparkled, too. The