Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1935, Page 6

DAILY SHORT STORY: SPO BY FRANK KERN LEVIN, WHEN Buddy home from he found bis mother their room , and it was 3 Mother never used to get <home until 5 o'clock, and she would bring him candy or a picture book: sometimes she would throw { her arms gayly around him and + hug him ever so tightly and kiss him apain and again. Though he * doved his mother more than he could say, his being kissed by her made him feel somewhat ashamed. For what would tre fellows at schoul say if they knew? Time and again he determined to pay something very pointedly about It. “Mother,” he would say determined- 1y, “I'm not a baby any more, I'm almost 12, you know, and it makes me feel ashamed to have you kiss me the way you do. You're not supposed to kiss grown-up boys that way.” But Buddy never did develop suffi- cient courage. Lately, however, it hadn't been necessary for him to speak, for since he had been finding his mother home there were no pic- ture books, or candy, or kisses either. except at night when he went into his little room off hers, and she came in before he fell asleep. * ok % % «Mother,” Buddy asked as he looked et her, “have you been crying about daddy again?” She seemed to have got over that; it happened so long | ago, more than a year ago even, and | Buddy could hardly remember it at | all. In fact, the only picture that| Mrs. Tunger TTY milk. That's really the best thing for us with these warm days coming on. And get yourself some candy with @ the pennies that are left over,” she added, as she saw the look of disap- pointment on Buddy's face. * Gty “Yes,. mother,” Buddy said and went_out of their rooms and down the stairs. He was almost out the door when he heard Mrs. Tunger, the landlady, call him. “Is that mother of yours in her room?' she snapped. Mrs. Tun- ger never used to talk like that to him and it made his angry. “Yes, ma'am,” he said. It was when Buddy was still half a block from the grocery store that he met a schoolmate, Charley Wertz. Charley was carrying the tiniest and brightest. looking puppy in his arms that Buddy had ever seen. Buddy stopped and petted it. It was all white except for its head. which was black, and a spot right in the middle of one side which was also black, and its tail and a little place around it which was all black except for the very tip of the tail. “Would you like to buy a dog?” Charley asked. “You wouldn't really sell him?” Buddy said, unbelieving. “I've just got to. My mother says | she just won't have him.” “What would you sell him for?” “How much have you got?" “Fifteen cents.” “That isn’t very much for a dog was there. came to his mind now out of the|like this. It's a bloodhound,” Charley whole thing was when they were said, believing that bloodhounds and standing in the cemetery, and his hand | thoroughbreds were one and the same was in his mother’s, and the first ghovelful of dirt was thrown upon the coffin—and his mother's hand | trembled so violently. It was that which he remembered. | “No, darling, I mvi:n been cry- ng.” She smiled, and Brightened, and ‘ Buddy felt certain he must only have imagined he saw stams of tears on his mother's face. “How was school today?"” she asked. He told her about some of the most fmportant things that happened. A | boy in the eighth grade had offered to fight the principal and the principal had given him a spanking. A girl in the red-headed teacher'’s room had gtolen the teacher's lipstick right out of her purse, and would have to bring her mother. Somebody, no one knew who, had run all the water out of the tank with the goldfish in it, and his teacher was very angry, saying it was & despicable thing to do. It was later now, and Buddy was beginning to get hungry. They hadn't | been having anything but milk and crackers for the last few days. Buddy wondered how it was, but be didn't | say anything because he was somehow | * afraid it would hurt his mother if he did. But he did wish they'd have something else this time. “Mother,” Buddy asked, “shall I go | to the store for you?” | “Oh, ves. darling, of course.” She | picked up her purse and took a nickel | from it. She seemed to get quite ex- cited then as she searched about in her purse. Finally. as she drew out a dime, she sighed, and handed it thing. “But that's all I've got.” ~ | Charley had no choice, 15 cents was better than nothing, so he took the money, kissed the dog on the nose, and handed him over to Buddy. “Its name is Spotty,” Charley sald. Buddy hurried home with the dog It was making funny little speaking noises. He sped into his mother's room. and then stopped. Mrs. Tunger | was there, too. Her hands were folded and her lips were tight. His mother was packing their things in a suit case. “Mother,” Buddy said, unable to contain himself any longer, “look at the dog I bought. I bought it from Charley Wertz for 15 cents.” “Well!” exploded Mrs. Tunger. “You can go out and buy dogs, but you can’t pay your rent. You don’t stay here another minute.” | His mother looked over at him. Her | lips trembled, but she smiled. “It’s a very fine dog,” she said. ‘They were walking along the street | { now,* his mother going slowly because she had a suit case in one hand and a satchel in the other. Buddy carried | a package with some of his things in it, and on top of the package the dog | was curled. “Where are we going now, mother?” Buddy asked. “I—I don't know." mother said, her voice trembling. ut we'll find place. Don't worry, we'll find a place.” “Yes, mother,” Buddy assented, “we must find a place or where will we keep Spotty.” | (Copyright. 1935.) | to him. Veterans Employes Plan Trip. ‘ Members of the Veterans' Adminis- | tration Employes’ Welfare Association are planning s boat trip down the Potomac tomorrow night. The boat, the Potomac, will leave the Seventh | Street Wharves at 8:45 p.m. and re- turn 4¢ 11:45. | “We Won’t Work” Mother and the girls have declared themselves. No more cake-baking for them . . . no worrying whether the cake will “fall,” or wondering how the folks will like it. They’ their work for them and be ‘sure of success. The family will enjoy more of their company, too. “Mothers Joy” Three-Layer ake (Two P INCE 1864 we’'ve been faithfully serving Washing- tonians with the finest Mat- Springs, Beds and Studio Couches. 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