The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-31

LlVn nef pnOlOgfppn, he
IW llIttle' thought that ii was
H one Of those tribes which
E MI sornetImes go to make the
tragedies OF life.
He put 1t in his 6ocket-the thin. tired
face ofp mlddleiaged syoinan-cIose to
another which rested ighhist his heart.
That other wasaa bonny face-the face
q the gltl he loved, and he Vas quite
unconscious, as he thrust 1t away, that
the photograph Of the older woman had
taken the place Of the younger.
Well. you can tell her, Jack" said
Miss Martin, y''that / think soufe 4
lucky man. Railways liked Kitty a're.
vor knew her mother years ago. and
somehow, when | saw you together
liopesl Il Tpiild come 10 aiisA I'm
glad Of II, jack I
He turned away, whistling like a
schoolboy, for the world was pecu-
liarly happy plaeeyto him just then. /
But fate has nasty way Of playing
man a trick sometimes. and an hour
or two IateB as Jack turned into OK
ford street fate played hitD one
He came face 70 face With a man.
who stood stiI when be saw him, and
caught him by the arm.
Jack Elton, 4 $ iives' ne cried.
Jack turned and then held cut his
hand. H
Captain RaeyFi hc cried. why, 1
haven't seen yOu for years-itmugt be
FIVE or six t-f
ITS nearly six years" said the Cap
tain. fsince I went away. and l sup
pose the world has changed a bit since
then. What has happened TO youlg
Jacks hand travelled quickly TO his
breast pocket.
Everything, he said. 'Thc best that
could
He drew out Dho.ograph-the one
nearest bis heart and held It for an
instant In the palm Of his hand, and
his fingers closed round it aslif ii were
a treasure.
"Imrl'm going to be married. he
said hestatingly, 'to-to-herr'
He lifted up his hand abruptly with
the photograph lying In the palm, and
turned its face toward the Captain
without looking at IL himself. His
eyes were alIght, and II Captain Riley
Lad boxed at hinihe laIeh have been
even mere startled than he was. Il d
AS It was, be fell back sharply with
queer gasp for breath.
What he saw was a woman's thin
face, Wits wavy, dark hair parted in
the middle, WITH lips grown bitter
through CdisappolEtuie1t, witlil eyes
faded, perhaps with TOO hNnch weep
ing. 1t was the photograph Of Miss
Martini ~ 7lssfis
His bronzed fdce grew grey.
ITO marry-hcr~ he cried, huskily
"Good heaven, man, you can't mean
itrh .MW3 sA8&rh AJ& III
Jack drew back tho photograph
hastily and thrust it into his, pocket
again. N0t6 II se&fls+ -
Il mean it." he said stifHy, drand
why nots'' ii@ PIE '.4
"Well hope she'll treat You better
than she treated me- he said, bitterly,
and Jack started, ana rose to his feet.
Treated you?" he eriea, hoarsely.
"What do you meanG''
The Captain laughed, and then his
lips set.
II mean, he said, steadily "that
meant TO marry her once. and 4 thought
she meant to marry me, but It appeared
she didn't. she altered her mind-she
Tilted me, as afterward heard she. had
Tilted dozen men before me. But you
may have better luck You're better
looking than WAS. and--and---''ta' a'
Jack looked at him with his face
growing red and hard. s
"Its a llelv he burst out at last. ct
must be a llol It's impossiblel En-
gagged to you%--"iN NJ iiif
You'd better 90 and ask iieS whether
It is a lie or not he said. ASK her
why I went away six years ago! Ask
hero Heayenil Ask her IL she didn't
once swear with her arms round my
neck that I was the only man she ever
really cared for, and ask her IL a month
later she didn't Bid me 80 where l
would Ask her-ask her! suppose
she's sworn the same thing to Your
TITS llelp Jack cried. "But III ask
her. III go now. She's true as steel
I'd stake my life on her" =
jack went as ranldly as he could TO-
ward his fiancee's house; and whenshe
was shown in to her, he strobe forward
impetuously, with his heart beating
like a slcdge hammer. M
exit" he eyiea, lmskily. gI want to
ask you somethin & MS a liet Iknow-
it's almost an Insult to ask you, but
I've just seen mana Captain Riley
II met him in the street by accident,
andf he yshys-ss 4 INV o~A "