Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-11-09

faced man without replying TO his jo-
cose remarks OH the heat
Becker came up and, leaning against
the counter and pairing his nails, said:
so you want to get off for dinner
and an evening down at Coney, l sup
pose. Eli, Judei'
Judith felt Ter throat grow dry. mo.
Mr.. Becker" she said.
The proprietor tapped his knife Oh
the desk in front of her Look here,
Jude. want to tell you plainly that
you're too glum lately. | wish you'd
get that graveyard look off your face.
OF course it's all right for you not to
run around with the married men, but
look at all the swell fellows you've
turned down. Grant Lauderdale and
Dick Tracy are good enough for any
girl Now. don't be Il clam any longer,
for, on the level. | can't stand for so
much falling off i'll looks. 1t looks as
If | didn't feed you"
That night. alone in her little room.
Judith reviewed the situation She felt
as If one year in New York had cost
her her youth and all her happiness.
With her father dead and her little
fortune swept away, she had to keep
the wolf from the door. Poverty snap
ned at hex heels like Il hungry cur
whenever her strength faltered, and
she felt as If she could scarcely go on
so. "Oh, Gordon. Gordon She cried
in agony until, falling asleep from
sheer exhaustion, she dreamed, and in
her dreams Gordon Russell came to
her, held her in his arms and kissed
her.
When she awakened 1t was later than
usual. She dressed in fear and trem-
bling and FASTENED to the restaurant,
determined TO retrieve herself with the
proprietor
All day she nerved herself and sue
ceeded brayely until, in the last dull
half hour before supper, Grant Lauder
dale came in with another man. Ju
dith's head swan. Why was he there?
Would he see her? Presently they
came toward the desk Judiths eyes
were fastened on one face. He did not
look at her, being accosted by another
man Grant I.auderGalc. for the first
time, laid the exact change for the
check on the desk before her, and the
two men passed out Neither had look
ed ut her
When she became conscious i'll the
little cage Becker and two of the girls
We're looking at her curiously. They
We're tanning her and holding smelling
salts to ber nose. She looked around
wildly. Becker pressed an envelope in
to her hand.
You'd better not come back tomor
row." he said
Judith heard the wolf Am dis
charged?' she asked.
well, no, not exactly. But we won't
need so many girls for awhile, and
you'd better take a rest
1t was an hour before she was able
to go; then, refusing offers of COM
pany, she started out alone. Every
thing was ii blank. She walked along
unseeing. Then suddenly trucks, ears
stood still. started forward, swerved
and fell.
Again she dreamed the same beauti-
full impossible dream, and Gordon was
holding her hand and saying: 1T has
been so long, darling Ii | only had
known! All this time l have been
looking for you. | got no word, knew
nothing. heard nothing, until an hour
after | left the restaurant this after
noon, and Grant Lauderdale mentioned
your name, and ! went back to look
for you"
judith sat up and looked around.
where am II" she asked
'In the hospital, dear, but you won't
have to stay here long
"Gordon Gordon. Oh, am dream
ing AGAIN.
Sweetheart, this is no dream. l
have found you at last!'