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16 SEMINARIA IQ43 Tuqether UPPER CLASS PRIZE STORY Everyone seemed to be in a friendly, smiling humor that july afternoon in the park. Perhaps the place itself had something to do with the mood of its inhabitants. It was cool and shady, offering wel' come relief to those less heedless of the glaring sun than Jerry and Rick. These two wandered aim' lessly, hand in hand, while the less hardy smiled on them from beneath the silent, drooping trees, watching with pleasure the journey of the couple as they made the circuit of the zoo and its occupants. The sight of them together was a joy to more than one onflooker, for even alone each would have been the reason for a second look. From her golden bangs to her plain white blouse, cotton plaid skirt, and silly, openftoed sandals, jerry was her cus' tomary picture of coolness and childflike simplicity. Her bangs were the crown for a shoulderflength bob with just a suggestion of turning under and for a square face animated by a wide, friendly mouth, a turnfup nose, and laughing, crinkly eyes, that often led to jokes on jerry because of their shortcomings. Her white, openftoed sandals were the pedestals for two tanned, bare legs, swinging easily from beneath the full, pleated skirt. The young man at her side presented a notftoofcomplex appearance himself. Rick was a sturdilyfbuilt blonde, with great, blue eyes, a pug nose, and a grin for everyone. His love of red was evident as usual, this time in a crimson blazer, trailing from his left hand, his patriotism was complete in his white jersey and navy blue slacks. It had been a month since jerry and Rick had last roamed the park and the entertaining zoo, their favorite places for just walking. Distance was not the reason, though, for they lived so near that Thomas O'Toole, the redffaced police' man on the corner near the entrance, seemed rather a friend than a peacefkeeper. jerry, worried over Sandy, had kept putting Rick off, until Hnally she had ref solved to spend a day with him, doing her utmost to concentrate on his endless overflow of words and to keep her mind from wandering to more serious thoughts. Her smiling, friendly exterior seemed to indicate that she was succeeding in her resolve, while the repeated sound of her slow, husky voice attested to all observers that her thoughts were indeed intent on her companion and his conversation. Yet deep within, Jerry was miles away on a distant battlefield with Sandy, won' dering how he was and why he did not write. I sure hope they'll take me in the marines. D'you think they will? Rick turned to her with so anxious a face that Jerry could not help replying,
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SEMINARIA 1943 17 I don't see how in the world you expect to be accepted. The marines're always handsome and strong, so that sort of lets you out. At this answer, Rick began a lecture on all his fine points-a lecture which became increasingly vehement as jerry became increasingly amused. Her merri' ment had grown from a smile to a giggle and was fast becoming a fullfgrown laugh, when Mr. O'Toole, passing through the park on his way to direct the sparse traffic at the comer, and walking with halffopened eyes to shut out the blazing sun, was brought to an abrupt stop by a collision with the two pref occupied arguers. jerry, diverted for the moment from thoughts of Sandy, was jokingly answering Rick's attempts to make her take back what she had said. She was so engrossed in the friendly quarrel that her shortfsighted eyes failed to recognize the friendly Irishman. Rick, however, immediately seized the police' man's hand, enlisting him on his side of the battle of words. With a twinkle in his eye and amusement in his voice, Thofnas O'Toole stayed long enough to help the young man defeat his unconvinced opponent. Then he hurried on, leaving a triumphant Rick and a merrily bewildered jerry. Soon, however, jerry's bewilderment changed a ain to worry about Sandy, since Rick, watching and commenting on the flight 0? a balloon escaped from some wailing youngster, failed to notice her absorption in things other than his conf versation. Her thoughts were ones she had had often during the past three weeks. Was Sandy safe and well? Was he wounded or perhaps missing in actionn? She would not let them go further in that direction. Had he received her package? her letters? Why didn't he write at least to his family? The news had been ominous. Perhaps he had been captured. But there again she stopped. Then suddenly she realized the unfairness of such thinking. She had resolved to conf centrate on Rick, yet there she was thinking heart and soul of Sandy. With a switch as sudden as the changing of a radio station, she again became aware of Rick, at the very instant he was noticing her preoccupation. But, since the balf loon's escape and Jerry's thoughts had filled only a few brief moments, since Rick almost immediately found a new topic of interest, they continued as though they had never been miles apart in thought. Rick's new interest was a huge brown and white dog, wagged by a bushy, plume'like tail. Since no particular breed dominated, the two decided that he was just dog. With his fpedigree decided upon-agreement for a change-they went on to pick a name or him, meanwhile shaking hands with him and lovingly scratching his ears. The fact that he was a strange dog never bothered themg in fact, it made the procedure more mysterious, since they went through the same ritual with every dog they happened to encounter, whether known or unknown. Rick suggested Wags, jerry countered with Wrinkles, he came back with Bruce, and she had just pronounced Robin, when WagsfWrinklesfBruce' Robin bounded off in answer to a whistle and shouts of Here, Dash. Laughing at themselves and the dog as he galloped awkwardly away, they would have proceeded on their wanderings, except that they felt that there was a new, oppressive heat in the air caused by something other than the sun, which they had ignored. They looked upward just in time to see the last bit of yellow
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