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THE DAILY SHORT STORY
Brief Romance
would be gone, and
Paul
T was one of those mad summer ro- Deborah
mances. There was a moon-flooded would return to his own routine exis- terrace, soft music, a gentle breeze. tente. Things to stir the emotions; a night when romance rode rough-shod.
But now that the end, was here ho found himself feeling guilty and She hurt. was ashamed. Deborah couldn't bear thoughts of not seeing him again. His lack of enthusiasm at She her question must have stung. was thinking that he had played with The orchestra was playing one of her, won her love only to discard it summer TO- those dreamy waltzes. Paul and De- labelled "just another borah had solled out on to the ter- mancé."
The dance was the last of the sea- son. To-morrow the resort would be, closed. People would return home, to work. Play-day would be over.
of
race. They found an empty hammock "I'm sorry," he heard himself say- I didn't intend beneath a lilac bush, and sat down. ing. "Mighty sonry. There was dim 'light there. Faintly that it should be more than one they could hear the music, soft, those harmless. summer flirtations-- dreamy.
like a hundred others.
over
They sat silent, staring out the shimmering lake. Their fingers were entwined; their shoulders touch- ing. Couples strolled along the path beyond, intent on the company they were in. No one gave them a glance. No one cared....
Paul stirred at last, turned his head so that he could see the outline of the girl's profile, finely etched against the distant lights of the ballroom.
"You needn't apologize," Deborah repeated. Her voice was low. She still stared out over the lake.
Even
Paul felt she expected him to say something more, expected an explana- tion. It was only fair. He must tell her, explain why it must end. if it hurt. It would hurt, he knew, and pity was mingled with his feeling of shame and guilt.
He waited, hoping that she would He watched her a moment, half ex- give him some opening. But Deborah
By Richard Hill Wilkinson
pecting that she would turn her face remained silent. Her thoughts must to his. But she continued to stare be bitter. out over the lake, as if unaware of his gaze.
And so at last Paul turned and said, "Deborah, I must tell you, must ex- He said- at last: "It's been a glor- plain why we can never see each other ious two weeks, Deborah. I'll miss again. I know you'll think me a cad. not seeing you every day. [
He broke off, and the girl turned. "I'll miss not seeing you, Paul. Do you suppose we'll ever see each other again
Her voice had a catch in it, as if she dreaded his reply. Paul stirred uncom- fortably:
He waited a moment. Then: "These summer romances can't last. The ecs tasy of the moment passes quickly. A man and a woman forget easily once they are back in their world of practi
and routine
cal things-work, and tence.!!
exis
Deborah nodded: "I know. People
on vacation ... seem to feel they-, have the right to carry on, harmless flirta tions, indulge in romances that they put aside when the summer is over."? She hesitated, looked back toward the lako. "I understand, Paul. You needn't apologize."
Paul felt that he had hurt her; he admired her spirit in trying to make him think she didn't care. A sense of loyalty stirred in him. He felt audi denly guilty. It had all been so harm- less, so delightful.
But
He paused, and she turned quickly." "Yes, Paul?”
"Deborah, I'm married!"
He blurted the words, felt her body quiver, then turned away his face so that he could not see the shock in her
eyes.
::
He felt her hand on his arm, turned to look into her face, saw that she was smiling and relieved.
"I know. I understand, Paul. For, you see, I'm married, too. I've been ashamed, afraid that I had let you trying to tell you all evening." think too much of me. I—I have been
(Copyright, 1988, By The Associated Newspapers),
IF BABY
IS CROSS
FIND OUT WHY
And now the end had come. Jt must be the end He couldn't go on, it
HEALTHY BABIES are not cross. wasn't in the cards, nor was it fair to Your baby should not be cross.. If he Deborah.
is, then something in his little. system He found himself faced with a pro- is "out of order". Probably Baby's Own blem. Somehow he must let her know, Tablets can promptly “put it right". without appearing too hard, too cruel.l Mrs. B. Barnet, of: Toronto, had this He mustn't let her go on believing, experience: "My baby was terribly hoping.
cross, I tried different remedies but
It had started two short weeks ago; nothing seemed to help. A neighbour They had arrived at the hotel on the suggested trying Baby's Own Tablets. samo day. They had met, at a dance I did and the baby slept nights and we that night. It was a quick, mad rash got, our sleep. He was good in the of romance. Harmless, yet dangerous. Į daytime. I cannot recommend Baby's Deborah was pretty and charmingly Own Tablets too, highly... alluring The time was short, too Harmless, awost-tunting and easy to short. Paul had exercised every re- take. Promptly effective in clearing source of his own charmi } He knew up simple fevers, diaurhoss) Colda, con- that she was fascinated; she know that stipation, simple croup, colic, testhin that fascination had developed to a troubles and other minor, ills of bab point, bordering on devotion.. The 'ex, hood. Free from oplates and stupefying aitement, the thrill of it had urged druga") Analyst's certificate în every thimóntiurithis,
Get package. Of: chemists» iThat, had been the Never be without –– Baby's
ften strikes, in
thought. But he knew Tablets. Sickness BO
103 in two short weeks, the night.