Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-02

nina the oar or drew a uanKaru or ale rcx
Ben Hoskins, the carter, who winked his
eye in un-Romeolike fashion as the cool
home brewed went down his dusty throat.
"But," as she shrewdly remarked, ~ am
not such a fool as to throw up the Farm
ers' for an uncertainty. / am waiting for
a chance"
"Bow Bells" 'Bow Bells" Hetty
Many a one has, like you, longed and
hoped for the fairy who is ''going to
change all that" and waited, waited until
at last there comes not the good fairy, for
she is away in other folks concerns, but a
wrinkle here, a gray hair there and stern
reality to obliterate the rosy dreams of
youth.
Not long after this l left S--bury
through causes which do not concern us
now and saw no more of Hetty Price.
Our farewell was tender. At the time
I thought it the bitterest pang of my life.
Once only l heard from her, long years
after, when / was no longer amenable to
school discipline, and as her letter makes
much plain / do not hesitate to produce it
in full. I have it still by me somewhere.
1t ran:
DEAR MIR. WooDBURN-You will doubtless
be surprised to hear from me after all these
years, but I thought you might like to know
how things are going on. There is also anoth.
er reason, as the inclosed will show.
Well, l remained at the Farmers for a long
tim after you left-much regretted-waiting
for the chance which was SO lon. in coming,
but it came at last. l answered an advertise
ment and left the monotony of the Farmers
for the wider stage of a travelling company, by
which means l hoped to reach the heights of
fame.
Eighteen months passed by, but, alas! the
fame was as far off as ever and the ~discomforts
present, and, while at one time l envied those
behind the footlishts, l now grew to envy
those in front, until at last l wished myself
back again.
The chance came, and, as you see, l am here
once again, not in my old capacity, however,
for / have entered into a permanent engage
ment, having, under conditions, a theater Of
my own now, being manageress and part own
er thereof.
In this business l am associated with anoth-
er, whose name may be seen on the playbin
over the door-to wit, Joseph Maddox, once
miller's foreman, now landlord of the Farm
ers'.
Now, if ever you come to S. again, per-
haps you will come and have tea with us, il
you have luFIltu ltdtOlaler, OF u glass OF Deer,
if you have not, and l will draw it myself for
the sake Of old times-that is, of course, if
you forgive Joseph, who, | fancy, has some
thing to say. From yours, with kindest re.
membrance,
HETTy MADDOX (onco Hetty PRICE,.
Heigho! So Hetty Price had married
Joe Maddox. This, then, was the end of
her ambitions. Lord, how jealous l used
to be of Joe, and Joe doubtless of me-!
How mad, too, l should once have been If
I knew that Joe would marry Hetty! But
somehow now l felt that it was only as it
ought to have been in the fitness Of things.
Anyhow all is fair in love and war, I
suppose. Good luck to them both, and
long may the Farmers Arms flourish!
And l sent them a present, and at dinner
that night l drank to the success of the
Farmers Arms and the health of it's land
lady, once Hetty Price-merry, laughing,
mischief loving Hetty-my first love-
Englishwoman.