Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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In Retrospect . They sat in an alcove at the Student Union playing double solitaire. Spring rain beat down on the roof overhead and bounced off the sidewalk outside big plate glass windows, setting up a con- tinuous drone. He played a card on the board. Hey, she said, that's a black king showing. You've got to have a red queen to play theref' Oh, sorry, he said. I didn't notice. He took back the offending black queen and added it to the discard stack X in front of him. And you missed another play there. The duece of hearts y fs... -411 Hey, tlzafs cz black king slzowing. YOll,1'C' got to have ci red queen to play there. goes over on the ace, she said, tossing him a card. You act as though your minds a million miles away tonight. i'Well, it isnt, he said. lt's right around here someplace. But l was thinking. VVhat about?'i she asked. Oh, a lot of things, he answered. For one thing, commencement next week. Sure hope this rain doesnt keep up 'til then. That'd be a mess. lt sure would, she said. And l've bought a brand new dress for that night. I'd hate to get it wet the very first time I wear it.', VVhat's it look likeP', he asked. Not one of those horrible new Dior things, l hope. And whats wrong with those dresses?', she asked. They,re very stylish. Besides, youive never said you don't like them before. And it is

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French designer ends CI card game and starts Cl long reverie one of 'those horrible things, anyway-I got it when I was in St. Louis last Saturday. Uh, I guess they donit look so bad, he said. It's just that they look so-well, so -unnaturalfl Ile looked up at her with a twinkle in his eye and said pointedly, Can you wear it?H She blushed and said, As a matter of fact, the first time I put it on I eouldn't fasten the zipper. Une of the girls at the house is letting it out a little for me. .I He laughed and said, Thais by what I mean-they're unnatural. I l my Uh, you re impossible, she said, throwing down her cards. Lets I I go watch television. I'm not going to talk to you anymore tonight. She got to her feet and gathered up the cards. Here, go turn these in and get my activity cardf' He smiled and returned the cards and they settled down on a couch in the TV room. But, somehow he couldn't give his attention to the screen. He looked down at the girl curled up next to him and his mind drifted to the night they met. He had been at the library hunting information for a term paper. She was at the magazine index, and heid come up to use it too, and stepped on her toes. Heid apologized, and then asked her to go out on the steps for a coke and cigarette. She'd accepted, and he'd asked her for their first date. Old Wheeler' library had seemed sort of special ever sinee. It was going to seem strange to see people using that big place on Chautauqua.