Cañon City record., 1905-08-03

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worse than run down from mental over
work and neglect of physical exercise. but
all our relatives and DR.. Simpson seem to
see a danger to the very shadow Of which
/ will not expose you.
So I am on to my Aunt Eunics. II
would be brutally unfair to hold your
heart to pledge / may never be able
honorably to redeem. Therefore. dearest,
I set you free. Try to be happy and for
get 1 have promised your father not 10
write. 1t seems best, though you know it
breaks my heart. You know. too. that l
would let no obstacle but this come be-
tween US. / wish It was decent to ask
you TO wait till / find whether may not
yet be in shape to make a home for you,
but It is not.
1t u hard not to kiss you goodby. and
never loved you as 1 do now in giving
you up. Yours always.
JOHN BARRY.
But all Rosellan said to herself was:
He does not love me or he could not
leave me-" .
That one wakeful night that follow
ed seemed to change Rosellan utterly.
She forbade her parents to mention
Johns name and seemed suddenly TO
have grown from girl to woman. She
accepted Invitations everywhere and
was welcomed as an acquisition at So
cial functions, but beneath the bios
soming brilliance lay an undoubted
hardness. She hated 1t all. Gilbert
Crane she ignored SO absolutely that
sheer self respect obliged him to with
draw his wooing. Even her father saw
there was no hope for his cherished
plan. But this was not the worst
Three or four months after Johns de
parture RoseIlan began a marked fir
tation with Steve Golden, a wealthy,
dissipated man of forty He was evil
IDENTIFY infatuated with the girl. and she
let him follow her about till her father
demonstrated.
Father, you put your hand ON my
affairs once. warn you not to do II
again" And somehow he dared not
Rosellan kept even her mother at
distance and was In a contiSual whirl
Of parties and dances. the gayest Of the
gay. and Golden, confident and dash
ing. was always In her wake. He had
bought and was refurnishing one Of the
handsomest houses In town. which fur
ther alarmed her parents.
One January afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard returned from an afternoon
function to find their daughter stand
ing In the hall In her travelling suit
What is itr' they both asked in the
same breath. She handed them a tele-
gram:
Los Angeles. Cal
Miss Rosellan Howard. Dss Mofnes. Ia!
Doctors have given me up. II you want
10 see me. come. JOHN BARRY.
"You need not say anything" she an
nounced, though neither of them had
spoken, "and IL you want to help me.
mother. will you see that a few of my
things are packed? I shall start this
evening"
The train seemed to crawl; minutes
seemed hours and hours days. Plain
or mountain, stream or lake, the land
scape seemed dull and dreary. The girl
lived years on the trip, and ~ she read
and reread Johns farewell lstter,
which she had kept, her resentment
and distrust died away, her girlish
faith in him returned, and she saw only
the real love and the self abnegating
honor of the man.
As the train pulled into Los Angeles
she remembered suddenly that she did
not know bis aunt's street address.
be too later Dazed and weary. she
emerged from the car into the bril-
liant California sunshine and stepped
down, half blinded, Into a crowd of
strangers-and John Barry's arms. He
was brown. vigorous and smiling
Quite unabashed, he kissed her, and
they seemed suddenly to be all alone.
what does It meanr' abe gasped
He laughed
''The doctors have given me up-dis-
charged me-cured, of what / never
had. and I wanted you'll
You might have written and not
not frightened me So" She choked
back the tears. You knew cared or
I wouldn't have come"
81 know, sweetheart We will have
wedding this afternoon. I had to tel
egraph for fear you would have one
without me-" She turned and looked
at him In astonishment.
'I didn't want Golden to get you,-
he explained.
did you think he ever wouldT' she
asked Indignantly. "I simply wanted
to bring father to his senses"
Well" John answered slowly. you
succeeded. Just look at this" He
handed her a crumpled telegram:
Des Moines, Ia
John Barry. Los Angeles, Cal:
II you want to marry Rosellan. for
heavens sake do II before Steve Golden
does.
They both laughed.
you see." he said, 'if had started
to go to you. you might have taken
him before / reached you, so / called
you across the continent. and Aunt Eu-
nice has divided up with me. She says
she would like TO be worth at least
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