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1958
Five short stories Five short stories
Mary Merchant Jasperson The University of Montana
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fo* J§fs# JfoIt Bthol* tho librovlon* tilaMag hop*
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fentf with bor othor oloso |«09*vatlon«» howovor* the hod
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bo out of tooohlag, osoop* to wmi#r if tia.® sight
also this port of it*
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•toy oftor olfcts for b#lp ©a a ]>opop or to dloouoo a toot
ho hod ,fMIoit bo atoyoi cio loagor thoa noooooory* Am€
during olooo ho waa oo qutot oo that firot doy, ltotoaing
ovovy word* bin oyoo flsod ©a her* If ho mm obooat
oil# bin ond ot onm woadorod If bo woro bei»i with
tho olooo* ***d whos h® return*6, ahe a«'?or roquootoc! tho
Wit ton otouso,
3ho woo working #odnoodoy of tews©©** boforo Tfcoakogiviag
ot «oboel on looooa piano* with tho balldiag falot no only
o oobool San bo whon tho ohildroa loowo oorly* fa® ppngoafc
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thing of it at ftǤt#
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tha and of 'Us# long *a*dlng labia to tha Slatovjr ahalf*
ftiiddaaly tho hoard a oavftplng o^or hmtmm tha ataaka* ilk*
e®*t buttoM braahlag agalnat tha floar* Sfc# #t#pp#d to
11atan enviously. Than fbo haard si vhiapa?*
Thara'a a# aoa «NHttkd ao Jmat ralag** Sha raaogniaad
Jim iasgtiiil1® valaa*
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atartad to pound ao that all* oould haraXy think «teat to <4o«
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a MM%m i.i*gy»#nf rnr&m &«%w«a*s hap and Fbil about tha tatsm**
ship ha bad %mt In PfeilsAslphla* Without warn lag Is# piekad
mp * vase wfttsfe haa bean a wadding gift froa her
roeuata who was studflog art In Bom®# and floag It
t* th» H#©Fa Fiaaaa @f thick glass apllataiNid across tim
mm m4 relied astdar th& chair, tho table and the sofa.
Vfeil mlJeidi sw? tbs r3la.se, grinding It under Ma feat# mX'*m timd mnough af tM» mats** h» yalltd fern ths door*
hai not §»m «r h«ard fro* him agaicu B*»®n whan sha
w*«©%# Ma abaut th« baby*
8h# hoped the baby would miscarry, hoped that by aom
tmtk chasi#® it ware knowing It coaldn* t possibly
ha* Two «©nth» passad before aha allowed herself to believe
Phil had run out on her# In desperation oat aftaraooa she
want t«* tha church aha woald h#\*e been married in to pray
t# CJod with all hap aoal that the baby would be bora dead*
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mii. m »iidlt**«ig#d troit&is bohla* hor in a blaok sstrnw hat, who
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imw and «lahod resentfully oho woro able tc gife wmy 11 ko
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b@rn# He $#.&o down with hap and the nari® from tho delivery
mm »nd 11 ftod hor onto the b®<5» Whan sho rouood fro«s tho
jfog of other, h© was putting hor ohoaldor olismotly ovor ond
OVOr till nha could have screamed at Mj» mot to touch hsx*t
but ftlopt Instoad# and whon she woke again ho waa aisloop In
tli® elmir boaido tier# Tho akin About his oyo* was blaelc and
there uraro doop lines o > hi s forehead.
BOluetantly* with of fort# oho- roaiomborod the last. nt$ht«
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fcort»or, waiting for whet she believed her final Judgaont*'-
Ho "had put on her shoos for ber as she sat helplessly on tho
odgo of the bodf rooking baok and forth* Ho had Imlf-Hftod
hor down the atalra j>it to tho car, tailing -hor thoro wao
nothing tc- be of raid of, tfht lo afco aoraaaod at hiss hyatorloal*
Xy that ho dldn* t andoratand»*#ho couldn11 mtde.r«ta»4# In
tho delivery rooa tho hod hold hi8 hand tightly as long ao
they let her, draining B^gor*s atrongth to bo dollvoyod of
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lag! Bogo* tttftMt bio lM#d ovoyv ftuddoaly tlui mom *m
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4on*t* l«#*«pl0»at don1t« Sts#*i Hal##? now," log«*
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Tho wmimi lit hi® own clgmpotto oad *8®#
sir# no,* I didn't mj %h*t »t *11# 1*4 qu#«tIon *«y#Rot
myself inn, going la thor# now*
Stovono &nortodf but th» wordon oontlmsod* Noting
mmmn nom fo* eno tttl&£« Tour twill «eos# hjp# no leatgor in
wntiNrt* and tbo bo*r **• gottiag roody to Thoy'lr*
off tho *ldgo» now** It mailed roooooriagXy *% t>*ul$ wb#
*•» taking in mro*y *yXX*bXo» *Wby you oan aaoXX wiato*#"
So wtttialtd ©at tho window and polntocU *}U»ote tbaro# tsioif
iwiX*w tfeo 6Q00f0ot Xo*«l#* So atarod. out thoro likjilljr
bofoyo turning back. "Mero oo^foe?*
Stiwni Mk: Mi fooad* "ton* await#* #wo can't get
Tott*ro Fafag^Rg to let as g©fw h© proaood*
tho wardoa chuckled ssftly# *SoXX* no* I can't do
ttioi# It*« oovplotoXy ttp to you« Bat* »• lit yon* r© *«klng
for tvoufeXo* and It1# ny job to toll yon no*®
A little frown pvuslcorod Paul' ® forotoaad »» ho loe-k#d
down »t Ills sho«« and t&on up at 3tovon*» wld® wad
troflribXlng* Suddenly Stewona rotpondod to tho bey** pXo*
with unfamiliar doterm1n a11on( and ho atiffonod ag&laat hi®
ofcatr* H®ro ho eould provo MisoaXf oooo ad for «JU to Mt
son* to siroryoao, t© Marjorio too* though it wo# only tho
prlneiplo with hor now. So would ft how thow h# didn't e"siek#a
out Is tli© rough pl.ae«s* H# wouia show thorn ho couXd tak©
it# too, and h»*d bo daaaod If ho*d book down la front of
tfci* k»«fKit*Alil rodaa* It was a kiad of toot#
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paint** b# #*14 fmiistljt
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with Pnnl. th#r#« WX*1X #lgm out right ».©w# a»«i ##ir# yoa aay
«t©r« trouble** he #«ld*
fh# w#rd#«. #hnijg;g#d and i»#ach#<4 buele fur the fsul and
hinging ©a th# »mll by tb* window# flM» hm h#d
th#lr mm** and mmmmm and th® tin® that th#y «»^p#ct#4
to h# b##** is# r#«oh#d for th# nop ba had «&«••# *#ld«
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a#v#m th# jnmxi feotbridg# #*#r th# Alaasandra a f#w hands<#4
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fttlly ira«Mtd hi# .fln4#r #l#ag th# hiaoit lias watt &ii& ih#n
north* app«?#ntXy oMMMur# of th* ##ff#« #o#pl»g tftarov# tbo
p*p#r* *If I (ton' t 1mm irnm, you by 5*00 :-,•»»» of S9pt#mb#r
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wfcrd#n k«pt oxi*
im mWk%m Vb* %ml% mw%U$ this or tfe# o*«rtl*»
gaawt *lght &**•§* u»ft It* point** t# • mmxt * on th* a*p,
find a n«e# Maps It* with v*t*» in th*
If t»li mhmf as* th* sa&ll *le**d ahaXti&y tfe«r* 'during. th*
WMMMir** S* f*14*d up th* roup- ** h* »polt#*. *Ai»d yott'd
fc*tt*r te*** J0«*> ayet oat for *oo»* *nd gviftsly fc**?*} Kr»
Stowm** If yen «** en* «» th* twill* §!» hist the right
## WRf* Ktea*t Sf#«p feed ttPovtxui pw i«rfii»w H* talked %«
If h* wet* gjLwlttg *rA**B» •Btet I §s##s y*« teow thing*
im» m*t*m
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*mw***d» ttsmlng *)»ittptly to th* d6o*« *<3o«* «% h*
£®.Xi®d ®*#r hi* *hcNftid*g»» £*t** g*t ©at of h^m**
As th*y valfetd 9Ut» Faul ttmsoS ba«ft to the war-dim,,,
**t*» don* t worry abcnst «*• if f&tfe®r¥ 8 h*d lot* pf «xp«**
lex*** 'hunting and oirorffhittg in Ai«*Jc** Re know* & whole
let efewftt hiking ani too**
The w*rd*n «o*ii*d slightly end touahed th# boy* *
•tKMild** for * second* #lw* * good trip, P»ul#ft «*id*
"Y#* e«n X#*?* yea* eei* tsf III® burn," ho celled after th«sa
** they wtlk*4 <m% its* §mw>- *r«* t© th# ear.
It took longer thai* St*v*n* figured to get r-sedy aft**
they h*d drt&g** **•17thing1 out in tii® tall g***a on the
»!#* of the ***• ewey from th# cabin* btsvena felt particu
larly pleftawl with hi* *«***«• In Mtohtng th* list Field
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for •» good otaapolto#
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ma do#lt# aad F*uX Md to feoXd ttio light to Stoiroa# eould
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to ooa)c# and ovor it Is. tho dft»$ §!»««# boat tilt
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wh»n It «mM not light At first «md tbon fX«#od ®« teigfe thoy
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t@p# and Foul wmtoteott with mm&*r as tft* dohjrdratod
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