The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-11

move Heaven and earth TO locate him
and make matters right between him
and his wife, who, it appears, left him
because Of this thing"
Russell shifted his gaze transiently
70 his wife's face. From pale, it had
grown all at once bloodless, and she
was leaning forward with parted lips
and wide, tense eyes. a remark from
her dinner partner recalled her to her.
self, and sent tho crimson to her
checks. She made some hurried re-
Spouse, laughing in a half.hysterical
little way to conceal her agitation.
Then she looked back a. Hurlbut
he had stopped talking, and
Russell almost jumped at the sound
of his wifc's clear. controlled tones.
DO tell us all about II, Mr.. Hurl.
but, she was saying, "a romance like
that is too rare not to be interesting"
There isn't really much more to
tell" he answered, smiling, that's
where the trouble comes in. Evans
was always nor or less gloomy. al
most acknowledgements at times;
then he was unpleasantly hilarious.
One day, he got confidential and told
me all about his trouble, but withhold
ing the names Of the parties. A
month later. he was stricken with a
FEVER, and they sent for me at his re.
quest, In Ome way, he made it
known to me that | must look up
these people and make things right,
now that he was going. But he was
too far gone to talk distinctly, and [
neve could get at the m The
story, in brief, however, is this:
He was staying with some friends
III town two weeks prior 10 his we'd
ding. A young lady was there, at The
house, and Observation-Disclosures
himself making love to her in spite Of
himself. One night, he kissed her in
the ~rose-garden. In some way, it has
never been discovered how, the fact
came to the ears of his ~fiancee. She
wrote al immediate letter, d~issolving
their relationship. Evans replied, as.
Severating his innocence. He could
not do otherwise. But the girl refused
TO bulge. He confided in his friend,
who, like n brave Don QuiXote, took
the affair into his own hands and
went to see the girl, and, in order to
prove to her that Evans was innocent,
himself took the blame of the whole
thing. and swore that he it was who
kissed the young lady III the rose gar
den. And in turn, the young lady who
was kissed. betrayed the man to his
wife. and the wife took French leave"
But did the glrl-the one who a
~kissed-did she uphold the husband in
his deception, to protect the other
girls fiancee?"
Just exactly"
Then | should have thought that
the husband would have explained
everything TO his wife,
He tried to-'pleadings were
vain"
Il don't much blame her, do you?"
we'll hardly know"
"a mans reply. Were there any
children?'
II don't think So"
THAT was lucky. SO many women
have to end@rc a continual fiagellation
of their souls if there are children"
DuI lHG lldu-lullh " Hlm' IlS
loved his VIE; he must have suffered
terribly when she turned on him.
IF he losed her so much, why did
he place her IN such a positions"
"He thought he could explain:
thought t1at she would trust and be-
lieve him. And he loved his friend,
and couldn't bear to sec his life
wrecked all on account of a little non.
sense"
Mrs. Russell laughed then, the ten.
sion had to give way somewhere, md
when she looked up again, her eyes
were calm, with a new light in them
quite "A little drama" she remarked,
and so it has fallen to your lot to ar.
range "A climax
In - way, Il has"