The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-11

are always IKE tnat-and / mink they
are amusing. Walt till you see what
good actress / can be-"
They both laughed together. and shs
laid the coat carefully across her bed.
anu kept watch around that cross
street. running 70 the door every few
minutes % see II he were coming. He
Was not due Tor three hours yet. but
he was really coming and was almost
there when Uncle Eph, who had en-
tered into the play like child saw
him and called out 70 her.
'Yond be comes" he shouted. and
then. bent busily over his work But
De watched ont Of the corner o. his
eyes
She was In The kitchen when he
called bat quick as fash she was
across abe hail. and just as ne opened
The door she threw herself down upon
the bed. with her face buried in his
coat He stood In the door. his face
white. She did not see that
Oh. Frank. Frank. how could your
she moaned her form shaken with
sobs - have found that letter. How
could yoa-oh. how could you treat
me SOP"
Re leaned back against the door and
something rose in his throat and
choked him. ln a moment be sank
into a chair. ana sat there dropping
She pressed ber face closer into the
folds of the coat. that he might not
See that she vas shaking with laugh
ter
"MHiiei" ne said presently His lips
were dry Ills head was on bis hand.
and his eyes. suddenly bloodshot with
agony. had dropped 10 the aocr
"Minie" he said again in that
strange dry voice. Il diint mean for
sou To find il out-~I rushed home as
soon as I missed the letter. OF course
IL win only serve 10 make you un-
happy
sac was not shaken with laughter
now. She lay very suli Tncve was
a letter IN one of her hands. lie could
iust see the tiny corner Of it. pceping
out from under the sunny brown hair.
nOf course I am sorry I ever got
mixed up with that woman" he
eroaned. II might have known I'd get
the worst of H. ! don't know bow /
came to 40 it-how 40 men get drawn
into those things. / wonder2 ! sup
pose I'm just a plain fool. like the rest
OF my kind and she was pretty. every
body must acknowledge that and 30
young and SO lonely 1t was enough
TO make a fool Of a man. I'm sorry
/ concealed it now. ought TO have
told you an about 1t ia the beginning
and then you wouldn't feel Sc hard
toward me. But We viii az least not
dwell upon the affair Come now
give me the letter and let me burn
10. and that will be the end Of it TN
awluIy sorry 70 have made you un-
happy-but you mustn't take it too
seriously. I'm not the FIRST man who
has made such mistakes.
She did not raise her head. but one
hand slipped out with the letter in it
He took Il and glanced al the address
as be was about 20 tear it upi and
turned whittier
she lay there 90 stili that she might
have been dead. Her face rsas turned
away from him. In an hef look and
attitude ere was no hint oi forgive
ness. After awhile he vent out q INC
room aud out Of the house. walking
like a man in q dream.
Uncle Eph stood on tipioe. and peep
ed IN at the window. She lay still
face downward on the bed. IN few
minutes he Rent back and looked
again
Then he Knocked on the door eng
crept into tho room. and touched Ae'
with q trembling hand
"Did Sc act 1t out honey be aaAe
OaVefinely. and she raised her Nnil'
face AID smiled az him.
i acted It oct. she saii' and ioi
the sake of the daughter uho bad slip
ped out 81 bis life 80 long ago p.
chafed fhe cold little hand ana whis