The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-01-10

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Dick Norval. a young friend of mine
of twenty A girl with her skirts al
the tops of her boots passed US and
bowed 10 Dick. her face lighting up
With Il smile.
Il had to take that kid" said Dick,
home from church last night. Her
ratiier stayed TO help count the contri-
button"
There was something in the sweet
smile that the girl gave him to makA
n,e feel us If I would ike to punch his
:,ead. Stiil. I was very fond of him.
.Eoazh he MAS very ..kiddish" himself.
Who is he? 1 asked.
"Grace Lincoln"
Eleven years passed. Dick Norval
al sic.lt tie greater part OF the pc
iSl ont Of my life. teen came back IN
} it again. lie was dining with me
,ne evening. Il ] asked him why ne
sad not married. We were over our.
-o.Tee ami cigars at the time. Dick
blew Il s;,sokts ring and looked through
I III il m!eltac.i ,ly way into vacancy.
"iIau ii dis ppointment:' ask ed.
Tell ne absut it,
Il don't mind.' lie said and gave me
he story.
"a good many years ago. before L
eft this region. | used to mo a very
xoung girl of tie uaIne of Grace Lin
soln."
had not thought of the kid" for
Gears. hui remembered her and prick
ed up my ears.
When | first knew her | was twenty
md SIC was scarcely fifteen and alto
gether too voting for me. She Went
iway to school and to college and when
iie anne back was twenty-three. while
WAS twenty-eight. There WIS a lot
IF difference in her. though not Il great
zeal il me. In one respect | remained
precisely the same. still considered!
Il girl fro@I twenty to sweitr-fiNe about
great deal viii Grace Lincoln. and we
became fast f.ieIrl<. Her father hat
grown very rich. and she cou.d h;lNt
shone i'll society. bat size preferred to
devote herself to IN object. She un-
Jertook the d~ispensation of the amount
her fathe set aside each year for char
ity. and. since she investigated every
caSe thoroughly. Ia work o all her
line. Society tried hard to get hold of
her, but she said she had no time to
give to it. She was a very intellectual.
girl. and WAS never better entertained
than when i'll her company.
".As years ven on | grew more and
- - n,A lf an ON
forts. and in thinking of d woman to
preside over my household. be my life
companion and all that l was not long
in coming to tile conclusion that the
only woman l wanted was Grace Lin
soin. If | couldn't get her. nome Ire
could not he for me. The more my
mind dwelt on this view of the ques
me. | | had loved the girl
for some time without knowing il
Had any man stepped in between her
aud me | should have known it nj
But something else than 4 NAL
had come to keep US apart.
After bea ting about for a time with
out getting any encouragement | dnal
~ determined to tell her what | had
on my mind anyway She istened to
what | had to say without appearing
10 be in the least moved Icy ii. then
cold me that she had determined to
devote her life to the work in which
She was engaged. | replied that She
aus have given her heart to some
one she had lost, w~hereupon b ad
that she had and would tell me
it.
when l was between fourteen and
ifteen.' she said. 1 met a young mali
Of twenty who captivated my unso-
ohisticated little heart completely. /
One night at church he saw
ne home and / was the most delighted |
girl III TIE world. / ran in to my
and exclaimed that | had HAD
grownup young man TO see nee home
But the grownup young man evil
iently was Obliyious to having caught
At any rate, he didn't want me.
was not much of a conquest for him.
| was but little more than a child. |
He never paid me any attention. and
| vas thrown with him, though
exerted myself to entertain him, he
always seemed bored. | went away to
school ~treasuring his image In my
cart. but By the time | had been grad
from college it had largely pass
ID away from NE. If be had recipro
doubtless | should now be a
wife n mother. taking care of my
,wn children instead of those who need
ne in much larger numbers. As II is,
am in owe with my work and h
lever marry.
And w.lO.' l asked, is his stupid
is. this natural born fool this drib-
hing idiot. WHO permitted ,Dur heart
young and lender to slip through
us un~appreciatfve fingers.
"She looked mp with q smile n re
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