Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-01-07

'fWiai's t.pt2 5fs
playing t.e tan.a az tsia ti+,ltaf
hour? II mcst ho tke s sr ,a.
he's playing 'AfN~cr rt as
right near here. On. tC3gsEs, ! can't
stand that scrgl I've lesfii ito uany
times when ! haven't hctl aloAc. uad
mines an eyebrow te'id,s. pllyiag lie
banjo too. Isa't IL stranger wonder
who he &c? Mario, Masie, please 70
knock az that mans uccr ind ak If he
would mirG ROB PLAYING aaF mere this
evening. In vory tiIed aud can't sleep.
What cid he sayt''
"Ho jass spoke through tie door
like"
"Thauk you, Marie. Goto bed now"
Edith didn't wake CD till very late
in the day, brit when cho did &c was
with that peculiar cousoiousncss Of an
other person in the room, aad there was
but oniy Mario eha gtocd nld stared
and gaped nt Edith, a Llle idiotic, half
frightened siailo Of her wondering
oountcnarce.
"What arc ycu staring ct, you imbe-
ctlei Goodwin stairs. I'll dross myself. "
For nearly Il week Edith staid in
her room, being particularly occupied
picking something OF the Goor or doz-
ing with tho newspaper over her face
when the servants Can't IN. She didn't
hear the banjo any no~e aud oomplete-
" forgot the li;t,o incident. Her rest
less spirit revolted, however, at the SOL
itary confinement aud she resolved to
break it.
"Who cares for a lovesick man who
probably wouldn't notice whether ] had
any eyes at ali or not? I'm going out.
Marie, my hat anl veil"
She STATED OF, and before long had
gone farther tiian sho imagined. She
sat down for rest and meditation. These,
however, vera soon GistgrAed by Il
cracking tv,ig and a foctstep voTy cl5se.
OF course she turned round, but was
hardly prepared for the eyes that re-
turned her as:onlshed gaze,
"Whcre did you conc frcn!'' was
tho simultaneous exclamation.
"BoaTdsleyl'
edith"
Eyes, EGith."
edith, what arc you doiu3 in this
out Of the WY place? [ thoueh5 yuu
were il New York"
After yorr telegram? Loo,."
"And you did rtisy'i
Cooks like it, doesn't *? That's
what I'm doing kere-Waitilg for il
to grow. We'll, il ! never believed in
fatal.sm before I do now. Isn't it the
funniest thing yon ever heard Of? What
are you doinR bere yourGelf?"
"Just thinking Of q year ago. Do you
know, Edith, it's just a yegr ago today
you went away? There's another
coincidence. But l must { stay here.
regret seeing yea morotban I can tell
regret it. Dent lcck at ne that
way. neau it. every word OF IL. Fer
4 year now my lie has Lecn-woll, Il
my work poor, my ambition
gone. And for what? Because the WON
an I loved 10 the limit of rlysolf, nnd
who professed 10 love nc sig mouths
after we had been parted, WAS married
TO another. That's why 1 regret. Do
you understand? Tell me, Edith, did
you ever really imagine yOl lo7cl nc,
or were you just killing time while ycu
woro waiting 10 60 away"
"Beardsicy, bow can you? / married,
yes. And no nan could love mo moro OF
be kinder to me than Jack. / feel wick
ed and guilty sometimes that I ia not
love him more, but he knows it, and'i-
$50 you married without loyira him?
this Is worse than / thought. I
l must leave here tonight. ! for
give you, yes-and God bless you, lits!e
woman. I hope yoa Will DO Larry.
Gcodby," And before Edith ccald
speak she was alone.
"Ge didn't give re a chance to eay a
word, - she said TO herself.
She walked lack to the hotel feeling
quite light and queer in the head. Shu
went up stairs and alopt. She woke up
q few hours later in q high fever. sbo
grew delirious. Jack WIS Gent for. lie
was a little puzzled az somo Of Edith'a
rawlings and her smooth shaven bow,
to which she alluded constantly, but ly
tho time she was we'll enough to talk
the eyebrow had nearly grown. JACK
spoke Of it once.
"Just TO watch it grow. I used to do
It all the time" About her sudden de-
p%arture; "Just a whim, Jack. p
Then she had an awful pain in her head
and had to lie down.
She came back to New York agoin
and was just as popular as over, only
ger friends Imagined che had grown
older and more digniaed. $50 mar
lied, " one girl said.-Eew York Sun.
The Dog and the Bicycle.
The bicycle has come to stay, and we