Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
DaiIH Short Story
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1 He wasn't rcSentful because h'
yhad lost his job. and hc WASH {
I angry. lie was simply bcWlldcred.
! And ne was pretty miserable. TOO
! Because Ne was Ucai.zinE for lne
( first time that Ann had known aI
! along this was going to happen
( He remembered the way She
shad brought the subject up ana
(how she had tried so hard NOT 10
ihurt his feelings. lie remembered
n lot of things about that last
( Knight together up cn the rock.
! IL was a giant boulder on the
ledge Of the mountain which hung
sover the city and the only way
! Ann could get up ON II was Tor
iBarney 10 llit hcr
! They had always gone UP 10 The
. rock whenever there was any
thing serious 10 discuss.
They had gone there Barney
last night at home before he
caught the midnight train for New
York
Both of them had been nervous,
and Ann particularly had seemed
upset. II had been a tense evening.
and even the details seemed I'M
portant. Barney breaking his tiny
gold football, tor example, when
he lifted Ann
The ring that held il TO his key
chain had snapped, and they had
tried 20 kid about il when Barney
retrieved the trlnket and slipped
IL into his pocket.
TRAIN TIME NEAR
She was the one who had.
finally brought up the real prob
lem. She had broken a rather
tense silence by saying
Two more hours till train
time, Mister. How does II
sound 10 you:"
.it sounded swell until to-
night Barney said. Now I'm
beginning TO think IL sounds
plumb bad
Bad: Why"
you wouldn't understand,
sweet. You've never been III
love with you
Her hand crept into his. II was
tough leaving Ann, tougher even
than he had expected.
But is was because of Ann that
Barney had struggled so hard toI
land this New York job.
He had done well here IN hlsI
home town, but that wasn't
enough.
It'll probably be n long time
before l see you again." Ann !
said.
"Not SO long. honey. As soon
as 1 know my job is set, you'll
be in New York with me-"
GRAND PROSPECT
"Its n grand prospect, Mis-
ter"
But he could tell that she was
trying TO say something and
didn't quite know how. He smiled
and said;
Come on, kid, let's have IT,"
She didn't try 10 evade
"All right, Barney, here 1t Is.
Promise me you'll come home
again II New York doesn't work
out"
He thought il over, genuinely
puzzled. IL don't get that, Ann.
IL something did go wrong, nat
urally 1 would come back home
"You think so, Mister? 1
don't. You're forgetting that In
fernaI pride OF yours"
She hesitated.
Lets put IL this way.
You've already proved that you
can make go of the publicity /
game around here. Look at the /
way your campaign raised (
funds for the new Boys Club
building.
"And don't forget how well
YOU handled Peach Day You
got everybody so full of peaches
they still can't stand the sight
of the things"
"Well gee, honey, II that's
true, IL seems TO make il even
more certain that I'll click I'm
New York"
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT
"Not necessarily, Barney.
Things are different there"
"Of course they are, Ann, but
YOU Just don't understand pub
Iicity. II may be handled differ
emily In different places, but the
basic ideas are essentially the
same"
She was silent for a while,
looking down on the jeweled pan
Drama Of the city in the valley
below. At last she said:
"The only thing I'm afrand Of
il that you won't come home If
the New York job folds"
He put his arms around her and
tilted up her chin SO that he was
looking into her eyes.
"You're forgetting one thing"
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