The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

.GTON MORNING A v
Tarrant is in the living room"
Sam! Alison felt a galvanic
shock. Sam in the living
room. Sam, whom Teresa had
divorced when Suzy vas a
baby. The only explanation Ali
son and Kitty had had was that
fragment Teresa had written,
Sam and I are completely in
compatible and l am getting
a divorce. Naturally Suzy stays
with me. It is all so painful to
me that I don't ever wish to
discuss it." Now Sam was in
the living room.
Though she had been antici-
pating the interior of Teresa's
house, the news of Sans being
here so astonished her that she
glanced about only specifically
as she left the hall with the
brightly colored wallpaper and
entered the living room.
1t was beautiful, Of course.
New things blending with old
things. The two pale green love
seats faced one another before
the fireplace and the gray rug
was velvety under her feet.
Heavy yellow silk curtins
closed out the harshness of the
sun, but permitted enough sun
light so that the room had a
warm golden glow.
AS the little French clock
softly chimed the hour of four,
Sam arose to meet her.
"Why, Alison, you're all
grown up"
"Hello, Sam"
He took her hand and held il
and looked into her face.
"How long has it been? But
hold it. Don't tell me. There
was a war between. But it has
been a long time"
/ have not seen you, she
thought, since the night you and
Teresa were married. But in
the years between, the wal
years, you left something with
me that remained alive, Sam
|. that confused enchantment
whenever I thought Of you and
wondered where you were and
what had happened to you.
"Won't you sit DOWN." he
asked. because until you do,
II can't"
They laughed together anc
when they were facing one an
other across the low table be-
tween the love seats, he asked.
"How is your mother?"
"She died ten weeks ago.
His chin came up quickly
"I'm sorry. I liked her very
much. I always wanted to know
her better"
When he gve her a long,
penetrating, thoughtful glance
she had the opportunity to see
him quite clearly. He was still
tall and broadshouldered, with
a reserved, ascetic face. H
black hair still grew from 8
peak in the middle Of his fore
head and his eyes were still
dark and warm and bright. She
had not known before that he
had a fine humorous mouth,
Yet like all of the young men
of his time he looked older when
you looked directly into his eyes
and there was greater tautness
in the muscles of his face. -Four
years ago she had thought him
the handsomest, most mascu-
line person she had ever known.
That impression, she thought
now, still remained.
Were he and Teresa in love
again? It would be wonderful,
she supposed, if they would re
marry. Four years ago she nd
thought that the color of Teresa
would dye all Of a mans days
and all of his nights.
$50 you've come to visit Tere'
sa," he said.
Alison shook her. "No, I've
come to stay. I'm going to live
with Teresa. I'm going te
work."
"With Teresa?"
ooh, 1 couldn't. I don't know
anything about her work. I've
had two years of college," Ac'
complished by Kitty's selling
the silver and the few gooo
pieces of antique furniture and
by convincing the local jeweler
that her odd pieces of jewelry
were worth more than they &C
tually were. "I'n probbly take
a business course first"
II wish you luck"
Their eyes met almost init
mately.
"Thanks."
(To Be Continued)