The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-09-04
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LIE WONDERED if she still cared
~ he had gone west ten years age
because he was too poor to offer bel
anything he thought it worth a
womans while to accept. He had
learned TO live without a thought OF
her. Now he was at home on business
lie had run down to the beach for o
breath Of sweet salt air.
He was watching her as she. all un-
conscious Of his presence. quietly ate
her supper in a corner OF the dining
room farthest from him. II had been
long time since he had thought OF
her yet she came back naturally
enough 10 her place now that he sat
there looking at her.
There was a bowl of loose. freshly
cut roses and gardenias on her table.
Inc sea breeze brought him little
whiffs OF their fragrance. He re-
membered her love for them. Three
other women sat at the table with her.
He knew they were there, but he only
saw her
She laughed now and then, and he
watched for the sparkle in her eyes. the
dimple in her cheek, and the CLEAN of
her milk-white teeth. Each OF her
many charms We're intensified. She
had ripenod up beautifully. He missed
a certain soft, pretty shyness that used
TO fold her away from him as its messy
calyx screens a rosebud Ii was this
little barricade OF reserve that had kept
him silent and at a distance in the
days of old. 1t was gone now. He felt
that she would understand at once how
IL was with him. He was not afraid
of the air Of womanly pride that had
come TO her.
She fed herself daintily as a bird.
She seemed wonderfully at her ease
and altogether sweet and wholesome
Her blne eyes were clear and steadfas,.
IL rested him TO look al her. She was
the one woman in all the world. IL
was curious that he had rather lost
sight OF that, lately. Now her person.
aiity stood out clear and sweet from
the shadows Of his forgetfulness lik,
a star when there is a rift in the
clouds.
The simple old life had been good
for her. he thought. While he had been
toiling and delying. wasting his youth.
almost losing his soul. she had been
living Quietly at home in the old house
up in the city. coming out in the old
way each summer for a month by the
sea He felt resentful and ill-used.
For he might have been with her. In
stead OF the gold he had been heaping
up he might have had her
The dainty supper cooled before
him. The waiter behind his chair
fdgeted and asked questions. anxiously.
People glanced curiously at the big.
sunbnint. queermannered man from
the west A party of young people be-
hind him laughed and talked merrily.
The four women at the table in the
corner chatted pleasantly. There was
all the cheerful hotel dining-room
clatter. But he saw only one face, with
its crown of dusky hair and eyes of
blue; heard only one low. clear voice
He felt injured when he saw how
quietly content she was. There was
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line of grief on her face. She must !
feel very sure of him. certainly; very I
positive that he would come for her |
some day, And yet he had said no
word of all this when he went away. \
He thought that she ought to know \
intuitively that he was near her. He \
had heard such things But she \
smiled brightly into the face of one 4
of the other women.
He got up and went out OF doors \
He was used to plenty of air. The 4
place was sitting. He wondered what
she would say when she saw him. He
ought to have written. of course. Bur
then-why. well. he hadn't written.
His sunburnt face flushed holly. Never
mind, she'd be glad enough to see him.
anyhow.
The sun was setting. The lilac walk
was quite dim now. Ii lay under the
dining room windows and her tabla
hat way. lie could hear her laughing.
How pretfily she did II. He remem-
bered that most women laugh shrilly.
Now he could see her. She was stand
ng up. the bowl of flowers in her hand.
4 think ! shall give each Of you part
" my flowers. Charlie sent them out
o me. He must love me very dearly,
ion't you think" And again she
aughed softly.
A friendly handicap on ms shoulder
'oused him. Dick Allen. home from
Ia west, as nvei l thought knew