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Unfinished Business
"And to the heart-broken young man first job will be to take a trip around brought himself a one-way ticket to the world and write copy. from your South Africa, where he drove thoughts observations for travel literature. Fifty of Alice from his mind by indulging dollars'n week and all ́expenses. You'll all of his almost forgotten playboy in have to decide now.” stincts. Before many weeks had pass ed he had shaped a new life for him- self, a life in which Alice played no Then he met lovely Gloria Barrington. A month later they were married and lived happily ever after. The End."
part..
Emmon hurled the magazine into the farthest corner of his third floor back bedroom and swore in utter disgust.
Emmon steadied himself against the iron railing of the bed. Dear heaven! It was a miracle! He hadn't heard right. This couldn't be happening to him! Only a fiction writer could think up, something like this. Around the world! Lord! That was better, So very much better than a more trip to South Africa with nothing to do but
think..
"Well?" said the stranger. "Does the job appeal to you?”
"Isn't that swell. Isn't that just dandy! So the heart-broken young man bought himself a one-way ticket Emmon took an cager step forward, to South Africa. My, my! Now that words of acceptance and graditude little junket must have set him back ready to burst from his lips. He stop- about $180. I wonder what the dear ped: Between him and the stranger a boy would have done if he only had a barrier, had reared itself, Elena. Leav- buck and a quarter between himself ing Elena behind. Running away from and next week's thirty-dollar pay all this that had happened, Running check ?"
away from a situation that had licked him, from the kidding he would be Emmon swung himself from the bed, bound to get at the office, from his love crossed to the window and stood, hands for the girl. Making a coward of him- deep-thrust in his trouser's pockets, self. Admitting defeat, admitting that
By Barbara Ann
Ann Benedict
staring moodily down onto the alley he couldn't stay here and lick the thing with its ash cans and cobble stones and that had almost licked him. unpainted···board fences. “ Magazine
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writers, he thought, didn't know a great Suddenly he knew, he couldn't do it. deal about real life. Either that or "No," he said dully. "No, I can't ac- they ducked issues and made things cept the job-now. I've some unfinish- easy for themselves by refusing to ed business to attend to.". offer explanations to implausible situa-
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tions. Their heroes, for example, Emmon walked into a restaurant. never had to worry about money. When He didn't notice that his customary a chap got jilted by a girl he merely table was occupied until he had seated bought himself a ticket to South Africa himself,
and chased half way around the world to forget.
“Emmon.”
But suppose he was just a thirty- He looked up at the girl and all the dollar a weekvertising copy-writer. dull pain and torture, all that he had How then would these smart fiction suffered in the past week was mirrored writers solve the problem? Emmon's in his eyes. He had time to conceal mouth screwed Itself into a bitter smile. none of it. ・
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He'd like to ask them. He'd like to tell "Elena! What are you doing in this them about his own situation. He'd miserable little restaurant? Why aren't like to explain about Elena and him- you- self. He's like to say: "Look here, Mr.
"Hush! I came because I wanted to Writer, I didn't know that Elena was the daughter of a millionaire when I "Emmon, why didn't you take the tra see you," She looked at him steadily. fell in love with her. I thought she velling job?" was just an ordinary girl. She said
she loved me and I believed her. Then "So you know about that, eh? How?" I found out who she was and I knew “I arranged it. "Oh, don't look so what a jackass I'd made of myself. A about how things turned out so con- shocked. You were always ranting girl with her dough couldn't love a guy veniently in story books. I wanted you making thirty bucks a week. A chap to have a story book opportunity. But has his pride The thing for me to do
was fade out of the picture. I ought you didn't take it. You didn't go away to do like the heart broken young man
and forget. Why? Why, Emmon?" did: buy myself a one-way ticket to at all. Well, you've won all the way "So that's how it was. No miracle South Africa. Yes, that's it.An I lack is the dough. How about it, Mr through. You might as well know the Writer, where do I get that dough?"
payoff. : 1; didn't go: because I'm in love with you and it seemed like a coward's way of trying to beat the racket #
**Darling!” There were tears in 2
Footsteps sounded on the uncarpeted stairs. One flight? Two Three, A knock sounded on Emmons door. It eyes. "Oh, my darling, that's what I opened. A many a stringer, stepped, wanted to hear When you left me a
inside.
week ago I wasn't sure. “I had to know that your love was run).? And now I do. Can't you see that what you are won't make any love each other the
"Are you Emmon Neathersola "That's right,” said Emman. Which I am or one of my creditord want to mend me diff to jail this time?"
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writer's contest 'didn't w but it attracted the atten
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