Junt, 1919
TH£ LANDSWOMAN
h""i b.ICk 01 tha· \\hulo• thhalf J "UJJ 0- f11r All th,.lr E.Jko-..: an of that it
broke nn• hc:nt ? •
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lie \\hlncd :mclllrkcd hrr 1BI'X! And h nd . \fter a ltttle he
ro~, put n ft•w tlung lnt<> nu old ha<.e. and ~t tw.> room 10 ord<'r
" Wht'thl'r 1 ever ~0111!' hafl;: or "''' lll(.11n. ther(' "'111 MW ~
1\nythlng like thl~ llj.(,\111 ftJr tur."
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She "·rote nlono to .\nne-
" DB \R A~:-.r,-1 hnvc to go to tM.u to-dll)t'. I hor~ to Ul'!
you !!oon. Kli!8 llohh) (or nu•, Ullll v.rll ~ou look aftc-r oruar?
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'Jbl !lhl' \\OIIld ll'll\1" at tlat• I flliSf.l" • · ~lw l"'•'~'d . Sh~ P.'\t
tong, trying to writl' th• Judl(t", hut no v.ord C'.1me,soahe gave lt
up.
\'1 tlw 11111 Clluw up rt-~lllrld llr•l) out. of thl' ltkt', .,he !!>poke to
omnr, took llfJ lwr h,tl( ami ~n y;Jth A wb
she lt>~nNlJ\qaln~t the door UlHl ka d it8 \\ood. ~bE' k.-lt do\\n
and took Omnr h1 hl'r arm1.
• Don't you forllt'l 1111', old dnun," ~hP v.lli!'pt'rNl to hrm
" On ~uard, ~lr!" :~11" ordrred, and tllrt a\\a~ \\1thout looking
hack.
An hour nod I\ half luttr eh,. <'.uut" i11h1 n,{' Qllartf>r and loeJl&ll
hE't' .. earch. 'lht' r.~rly lllornin~ 1ntenOrdidr~-~ ot th<'!
ugly streets, and 1t "cc·med to lwr that •Ill' c:ould n•at tnduno it.
-thl\t t~ht' rnu'\t. f urn and go back to thf' rnuntry with 1t ""<'et
u1orning fre!lhn('~,.,.
She went flr"t. to s~Uy Water-.' old lodamll. ~nit thf' li'Olllan in
rhnrge volunte<'red the lnform.ltwn that. u~>arly all ttw t1Id~nb
of the Quarter had IJct>n to tlw lr.&ll the UJI!'ht ~fore and ll'f'TP.
probably !!till there. Cerilla thauk~d hPT and p:\IJ~d on tht>
~dt'walk OV('r her nt•:~;t mow. Would t.rron be '~ntureiOnw
cnough to npfl(.'ar ut ... o lar~ an :ltfaar. ewn d•'~l"<'rt? ::,be
ckcided that he "ould do )U't that. daw-Pid
:5hc remembered a tinu• \\hen l'll~ had coo~idercd thb l all,
mod<'lled on tht• " D·d dt•,. Qu<•rtre~ .Art;; ·• of tht Freu~h tat!n
Quartt'r, M the <'Wnt of thr Y.Jnt.-r. Thf' doorkeeptr would not
admit her, bemU.;(.' s lw "a' not In cn-;tmnf' but hr fl'n,tml~l'f'd
her and al{I'f'Nl to llnd ~carlottt aud llriug her to SJfak with
Cedlia,
WJ,lle he went on thi'> errand Cecllia lookrd on It "a" b ood
daylight, and onlv n few "t•re ~tayln~t on. but tha' ccr-tumt•• -.o
gorgt-OU'I by nl~ht , v.ere dingy ami tawdry enou!lh no". l'rt'·
'len11y the doorman came l•uck wtth flr.uloth ~h,.. jH't'<'t• d tht•
uew<'Om<'r without. the lca.,t -.how ot ~urpr1-.. .
"lirllo, Ce··illn. you're 1\ trltlt> taU> ."
" r ha vcn't come to tlw hnll. I ha H' t·on~t' to ... 't' if yon knew
11 he r!' C:iron Is."
" What do ~on 11,mt "ith hilll''"
"l wnnf to'tl.lr lain: ~oo'tt~Wf
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H" 'uu..,. n hf'r work m thf' eoru nd thl' h 1
1-rom thl' rarll"" hour 01 th<' mormn~.,
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} or th•• ounJ ot lwr boot t.rous.tl1: m trum 11 , bt• 1
\wl till' U} nt till' he ,f, _. ... t'1,.1 \\il1t t•l t. 1 .t
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'l'ht'f! {,,rwvnrd t'liJ.; \\t)lll(l :l\1 ~k"n th•• •'·'u t
Or tht deax from the r 'k• p 111 tl .. • monuu.:: •
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1 hough h<'r hour ).c.' Ions: 1111rt hohol tv• ft·".
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rhe ~artf \\J• n"\f'T (I <,•u;.~rt 11111 1)1' t f '
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111~· Dl\'11 lrt• 11'•1'1 •t<·d to \\,pP th~·Jr tt~r
I.t•st tl•• ' •· J':lU•II!" 1t up" 111 tlw mornln~!
'Ilw ~h •h ''' m n•' ver "" I'll' n J. ior ...
Th"rc are c•urta111 np.and a m:.t at t 11f' d•)l)r.
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Wht u tht l~'lntl ~1rl hn l~n Ill t1a1• UlOTilllll('
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l tournnd con1r
Wt'll l\tl\rlt'tl nnd thrn followrd him. ll<' ;n~deoda 1( ~rn n•mod~>Hed
back to an oM thH'I'·'t' "hie 1 , •; IIC:~It 1111 with him
Into o~ttu.lio qunrtors tot art :~tudl'nto; h 1 le a
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