The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06

studies nights so I thought it
would be better to have her come
down than for me to go up"
She might have said something
about it, Waters grumbled, pull
ing down his vest and jerking his
tie straight. The door button
buzzed and he hurried to answer
II.
Candace Thane, ushered pom
derously into the living room,
looked like a doll in contrast
with the thick outlines of her
host. The girl had to thread her
way through an eddy of low ia
bles and chairs, to reach Mrs.
Waters limp, extended hand.
''Nice of you to come. King,
get chair-not that one, some
thing lower. I guess you don't
know my husband, Mrs. Thane."
"Only by sight" Candace smil-
ed. my husband and Mr.. Waters
are fellow bus commuters"
"What I wanted to ask you,"
said Emma Waters, els whether
you'd be willing to let me have
the laundry and yard this Thurs
day." Her laundress, she ex-
planned, usually came on We'd
nesday but this week had served
notice that her home affairs re-
quired her attention that day.
Wednesday was as convenient
as any other day for her. Can
dace submitted cheerfully. eve
send out the big things every
other week and I can do
our small laundry almost any
time. If Mrs. Daffodil doesn't
care"
"Yaws, she never interferes
with the tenants arrangements.
It'll be only for this week and
thanks lot, Mrs. Thane. King,
aren't you ever going to settle
DOWN."
King Waters said, 'I'm on my
way out. You folks like it here,
Mrs. Thane? Beginning to feel
settled?"
cts lovely" The girls bright
serenity suddenly sparkled. eve
are crazy about the apartment
and we're looking forward to the
Summer when that grand big
lawn out back will be green"
Her host chewed reflectively on
his frayed cigar. Cant look very
far ahead, I'm afraid. A lot of
things can happen between now
and next summer"
She looked at him intently, the
glow in her large eyes faded.
I'm afraid most of you young
people are going to come face to
face with reality before many
months are over. The news from
across the pond isn't getting any
better, you know"
sandy won't claim exemption"
Candace spoke gently, her smooth
forehead unruffled.
I don't suppose you and Mr..
Thane would be interested in a
couple of tickets for the Ameri-
can Legion bazaar and fair? Lots
of prizes and a bang-up supper,
Friday and Saturday nights next
week. My wife's talking of dona-
ting one of the fancy spreads she
makes to be ratified off" He held
up two orange-colored slips. "Pro-
ceeds 60 to help the disabled vet
Grams at the Memorial Hospital"
They couldn't go, their week
ends were always planned ahead,
Candace regretfully declined. She
would, however, take the two
tickets. "We're always glad to do
what we can for the disabled vet
Grams, Mr. Waters. I can dispose
Of more tickets, if you'd like me
to II can sell them to friends at
the office"
"How many tickets you think
you can sell-at seventy-five
cents apiece? A dozen - swell!"
She was, he told her, a swell per-
son and an example others might
well follow. ''People would COM
pletely forget those boys in the
hospital, if we didn't prod then" "
" Il wish knew where could
get a woman with car" said
Toni Fits into the telephone.
She and her husband occupied
2-B, across the hall from the Wa
tiers, but the two families could
not be called neighborly. Toni
possessed a nervous, driving en-
ergy that found expression in a
dozen channels and kept her con-
stantly and actively occupied.
She was a thin, tall woman with
a hard, bright manner and a will
to power that netted her chair
manships almost automatically.
Efficiency was her fetish and ev-
erything about her, from her Sc