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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

Thoughtful Thomas

declared table,"

"This

The second Rosalind. a few antique shops. Pringle, "has about completed its use one he visited revealed exactly what fulness, as far as I'm concerned. It's he wanted. It was one table in a almost thirty years old, and quite million. Different! Individual! ready to fall apart. Just look at Distinctive! None of your modernis- antique. this scar! To-morrow I shall, get rid tic designs.. Nor yet too of it. Thomas, are you listening?" Rather, a happy medium, with digni- Thomas Pringle looked up from the fled lines and a shaded colour scheme har- book he was reading and smiled un- that Thomas was sure would derstandingly.

monize with the general atmosphere "Listening? Of course, darling. of their living-room. Rosalind, be You were speaking of the chair, or was sure, would be delighted. was it the table? At any rate, I "There's not another like it in the agree absolutely. It looks nice." city," the clerk told him. "It just "Furthermore,' went on Rosalind, came in this morning, fresh from the "the day after to-morrow is our an- paint shop." And then he named a niversary. I'd love it, Thomas, if figure that somewhat staggered you'd buy me a new table."

Thomas, but which he said, trying to "Why, sure," said Thomas vaguely, assume the air of a man who this time without looking up, "Just making a sensible investment. the thing. Glad you thought of it, dear."

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'Congratulating himself on the selec- tion, confident that the gift would more Thomas went on with his reading. than make up for his heretofore lack Mrs. Pringle sighed and began re of attentiveness to Rosalind, Thomas moving hooks and magazines from the ordered the table delivered that very table. Her mind was set. - The old evening and hurried home. He made table

the was going, whether Thomas no mention of his purchase, nor bought her a new one or not.

fact that he remembered their anni-

and The next morning, en route to his versary

secretly smiled office, Thomas had a vague recollec- Rosalind's obvious concern over tion that Rosalind had asked him to thoughtlessness. He wanted the suṛ- get something. For the life of him prise to be complete.

By Karl Grayson

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his

he couldn't remember what it Was. It was. About 7:80 the doorbell This was annoying. Of late Rosalind rang and a man from the antique shop had been complaining about his absent- delivered the table. Thomas pulled mindedness, He'd have to do better off the wrappings with a good deal in the future.

of ceremony and waited for. the in- At noon Thomas went out to lunch evitable squeals of delight from. and saw a sign in the window of a Rosalind. furniture store which said something Rosalind stared at the gift as if about anniversaries. Thomas snapped too overcome for words. Then she his fingers and grinned. That was it. turned and ran into Thomas' arms, Their anniversary! To-morrow! It "It's darling, Tommiel It's won-

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was that about which Rosalind had derful! You're so sweet and thought- spoken to him. But what was it that ful” She kissed him and stood back Rosalind had asked him to get? to admire her present. Thomas Thomas frowned. He hadn't the arranged the table in the approximate slightest iden

location of the old one. It fitted Thomas pondered over the thing a nicely, good deal during the afternoon.

He

Rosalind dashed out of the room to hated to go home and confess to get a table runner. Once beyond the Rosalind that he couldn't remember. proud glance of Thomas her expres- She'd think he was becoming more sion changed. She sat down heavily, thoughtless than ever,

not knowing whether to cry, laugh or But heavy concentration didn't look angry. The table, Thomas' care- bring the object of Rosalind's request ful selection, bore a poorly patched-up to mind. He walked home that night scar that was identical to the old one. with a feeling akin to chagrin, He'd The day before Rosalind had paid a have to ask her again, after all.

that Junk man two dollars to take Rosalind greeted him at the door. very same table away from her house! She seemed in such good spirits that (Copyright, 1988, by. The Associated Thomas postponed asking her about Newspapers.) the anniversary present. Then he noticed something oddly out of place in the living-room. At first he couldn't put his finger on it, but when he went looking for his book he dis- covered that the table was missing.

Thomas didn't say anything to Rosalind about his discovery. He know now what it was that she had suggested for an anniversary present, and he felt pretty good about it.

HEAVY FIGHTING ROUND TEHAN

Nanchang, To-day.

Heavy fighting continues in the

The next day Thomas left the office hilly regions around. Tehan. early and went looking for tables. The Japanese have been unable He would, he decided, surprise to make further appreciable pro- Rosalind by buying a table a little bit better than the ordinary thing they had been using.

gress due partly to strong Chinese resistance and partly to the difficult One furniture store after another terrain.

failed to produce dxactly what he In the last few days, fighting has

wanted. All the tables they showed

him were too modernistic; there was been raging back and forth

at

a. sameness about them that he didn't Ifengshan, Kaoling, Peiyangtan and Likes:

At length Thomas gave up calling Chiszeyen, hills around Tehan. at furnitura stores and decided to try Central News, Lo