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FROW their many stum qua makeroduced an in-
ROM their living-room window Mary travel stuff sure makes good reading." Phoenix "From Merton, coming up the walk. It was ful of newspapers. Saturday, and the noonday sun was and Denver and Salt Lake and other bright, the air clear and sweet to the western cities," she laughed. "I rather nostrils. Merton walked briskly. At thought we'd be thinking of a trans- the gate he stopped to whiff the first continental trip this summer, and I rosebud on the vine that grew there. knew you'd want to read about the A smile played about his lips. He way people and events in the places we wore ed cheerily to Henry, Black, a neigh going to so I sent for them." bour.
"Marvelous!' Merton cried enthu- Mary sighed. She knew the signs, siastically. 'Mary, you think of every- She knew what to expect. She was thing!". ready for it.
He spent the evening poring over the She met Merton at the door. He newspapers. Sunday morning he was kissed her and patted her cheek. up early and reading some more. Mary "Darling, you look lovely... What a looked at him expectantly when - he day! Did you ever feel better in your came out to breakfast. Her pulse life? And get this: To-day I start my quickened a little. annual two-weeks vacation. Made år- "How do you find things in the rangements with the boss this morning. western cities?" she asked, pouring his Cram everything we own into a bag, coffee.
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while I get the car into shape. We're "Well, Mary, the fact is, that, ac- off for a fortnight of freedom, with cording to those newspapers, things in never: a care in the world!”
Phoenix and Denver and Salt Lake are
Mary smiled. Inwardly she sighed. For two years it had been like this? Last year and the year before Merton
BY
had arranged with his boss for his un- RICHARD HILL
anual two weeks when the first real day of summer appeared on the scene. Wanderlust to Merton was like a drug: When he developed itchy feet he forgot 5 everything else.
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pretty much the same as they are in He forget for example, that three Boston, New York and Chicago. I years ago they had decided on a real mean, about the same things happen vacation to be enjoyed four years and the same kind of people are there." hence. They would let their annual Merton drank his orange juice. Con- fortnight accumulate until they had ditions are worse, if anything." He two months in the kitty. They would stirred his coffee. And you know, lay aside each summer the money they tually feel as though I'd already taken after reading that travel stuff, I ac- would have
ve spent, until they had enough to go abroad on a good steam the trip we had planned." er under the very best of conditions.
Mary cracked open a soft boiled egg. That was Mary's dream, a dreams “It might be smart if we stayed around that Merton agreed to wholeheartedly here and rested this summer, saved our He would co-operate to the very best money and took a trip abroad next year. of his ability. The only trouble was
where things are really different.". that when the second summer came Say!" Merton stopped chewing his around Merton forgot all about their think of it, isn't that what we planned toast. "That's a good idea. Come to plans, and had to the reminded. And
when the third summer came along, it to de
was the same. Wanderlust was in Mary smiled. "Darling, that's exact- Merton's blood. It was worse than ay, what we planned to do. There's only. -drug. It was an effective inducement one change I want to make in our for amnesia a fact that Mary had dis- plans. When next summer comes cavered to her distraction....
around, let's no read a single solitary
But Mary was bright, To-day she travel folder or newspaper that will kissed Merton and smiled at him and tell anything about where we plan to her eyes sparkled "Marvelous!" the 80s exclaimed, "Oh, Merton, you do think Merton swallowed his toast and took. of the most exciting things! Come in and suspicious expression in his eyes
another bite. There was a doubtful. the living-room and we'll lay out an as he looked at his wife. But he smil itinerary.
ed; and felt that all was, actually, well (Copyright, 1988, By The Associated Newspapers.)
Merton was excited. He pored over the maps that Mary produced from the drawer beneath the bookcase. Fascin- ated, he read through the travel litera- ture and National Park folders,
We'll go to Yellowstone!" he ex- claimed. Two thousand miles. Why.
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that's an easy drive for two week's dam114,0) TEE JOVENIAN BRETE We can have darn near a week in the park and to visit interesting sights) along the way.”
"I wish," said Mary wistfully, "that we could go to the Grand Canyon."
FOR ANTIPODES?
Hague, To-day.
Following the conferences be-
We can!" Merton cried. "And visit" Phoenix and Denver and Salt Lake and tween the Australian Minister, Sir all those big western cities. I've want Earle Page and Netherlands ed to see what they were like."
“You map us out a route," Mary told
authorities with
view
him, "and I'll get things ready! Mers the promotion of Dutch tom got out pencil and paper and check-gration to Australia," the Net ed and rechecked and compared and lands, Government has decided recompared. By the time he had read appoint an agricultural expert. through all the folders it was dinner, time.
He will sho
oceed ldn't get started to-day if we tralia and will report to the Hague
respect to emigrat
for Dutch armers
and
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