Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-11-29
what the deuce" yelled the

young gentleman, VINO tnen mauo usc
of stronger word ''Come in here
What are you doing with q woman
out there? Come in and shut the door
she's made mistake. She's look
ing for another man. I don't know
her."
mo. you don't shut the door," the
woman screamed; mo you don't Mr.
Lorrimer I'm your wife. and 1 won't
be thrown out oh! I've had hard
enough time to find you these two
years I've worked my way across
the continent to find you oh. yes!
it's easy to marry poor girl out in
the wild ountains of the west and
then get tired of her and desert her
when her twin babies are only q
month old. SO she can't follow you.
Oh, yes Will Lorrimer-"
MIR. Lorrimer gave hoarse shrek
and fell back on his folding-bed SO
heavily that 1t nearly closed up with
him. Chris, having heard the wild
cry, banged the door shut in the furi.
GUS woman's face and came in, look
ing scared
MY. Mr.. Lorrimer. but she's got
'em bad! Wouldn't blame any man
for leaving her. Golly, but she's
madr"
"Oh. Christ" returned the gentle
man, family. IL swear don't re-
member any woman out west There
was q girl, but 1 didn't look at her
much. But she-she seems to know
my name and the time 1 went out
there and came back Oh! don't know
what does she mean-what does she
look likep Quick, tell me; she's kick
ing the door in. The people down
stairs will be up in minute What
shall do?'
Precipitation was on his forehead.
She amt bad looking" said Chris.
she's kind of short and thick. She's
got yellow hair cut short and curly
and seems like she touched up her
cheeks with paint Looks kind o.
tough"
Lorrimer groaned
She's yelling again. Go there,
Chria, go and save the door Hear
her. She says she's got the twins
down stairs Oh, what will 1 do II
tho squalling brats come up here.
She's telling the names of tho fellows
1 was with-see that-Cros sby-Ruttan
I'll, DAG hho"o "h0S
II I did it when was drunk-married
that slangy, horrid thing? She had
yellow hair that curled-she might
have cut it-what il did this dread
full thing-and had twins and deserted
them-oh. but that couldn't be.
wasn't drunk for year, though
might have been for night Chris,
90 out -and-aud-question her
Say I'm sick and ask her all about it.
Tell her l never did anything SO
wicked-and all the circumstances
have slipped my memory Get the
particulars.
Chris flew out and shut the door be-
hind him At that instant the street
bell began to ring again. Lorrimer
buried his face in the pillow and
stopped his ears with the bath-robe
It was the twins perhaps He forgot
that two yoars old is young to reach
. bell-button.
The next he knew Chris had re-
turned, letting himself and another in
with the latch key. Lorrimer felt
hand ON his shoulder and heard the
voice of former college chum and in
innate friend.
hbZ6Eo9 AC BAsPoo' 40 sAos w.
"Whats the row9' asked his friend.
'Oh, Hazard, that woman-you saw
her; what shall do? What will peo-
ple think?"
We'll" said his friend, judicially,
~ ou know it might seem queer to see
. young blonde female at the door OF
. straight laced fellow like yourself
at this time of day. It's quite too
early. my boy, or else it's quite too
late. You ought to manage better"
81 think you might leave out your
joke and help me . little. " said Lorri-
mer. scrambling to his feet in ft of
desperation. won't you, for heavens
sake, go out and send her away? It's
easy to say I'm sick-say I've got
smallpox or whooping cough or any
thing horrible, beg of you Offer
her any thing to go away. Tell her 1
don't remember the least thing about
it"
'rl do my best, old man." said
Hazard, bravely. and hurried out
Lorrimer held his breath and crept
near the door. Hazard was succeed
ing it seemed He had reduced the
conversation to whispers, broken now
and then by some thing like q sob