Discovery at Aspen

by SOPHIE RUSKAY
A WONDERFUL WORLD BOOK
NEW YORK: A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY, INC. LONDON: THOMAS YOSELOFF LTD.
Illustrated by JANET D’AMATO
Copyright © 1960 by A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-10204 Printed in the United States of America All Rights Reserved
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To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends.
Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor. The room was a mess, even by her easy standards. But the box containing her last summer’s meager wardrobe had been thoroughly gone over and everything that could be salvaged was in piles ready for the family trunk. The empty battered suitcase and the books, she decided, could wait, since it was still five days before she and her parents, Minna and John Lurie, were to leave for the summer holiday.
“So you’re going to Aspen!” a familiar voice ejaculated. “How wonderful for you and John!”
Preoccupied as Judy was, the voices from the living room reached her dimly at first. Her room, a tiny alcove separated from the living room by heavy chintz draperies, frequently had its disadvantages. But there were compensations, too. You could hear and see and yet be delightfully invisible.
“I wish I were able to go to Colorado!” another voice remarked with a shade of envy. “How wonderful for you and John.... By the way, where is John? Is he trying to hide from us?”