The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-23
6RLYSON'S FOR
GOTTEN PROMISE.



drinking IN The landseaF@ EiIh Al
ezgrFness * Lad noI kE8wn fol
I many yezrs- T1e delights q tn
: rkezrer and The opera. III s-nsz
tion q travel eFrA The 6-ree COZ
test q rhe steck e1ehznge- lad AL
9 peIlesd upon hin Jaded and rired
from contact WlEh rhe uozld. he
E4s o. his E4y hack 70 Ihe cd
: hone IN the quiet hills 70 see i
they Nere really a. refreshing a.
they seemed 70 him a. y looked
baek 70 then during brief Fauses
in he feTerish life.
II really seemed 10 hin as
though they Eers as he sal look
ing 0uf 0f the window and recog-
niE<d the familiar landmarks. He
Ess getting closer and closer
ever mOmenr-EOW Eas scarcely
twenty miles from the old home
station and The landscape grew
more familiar each moment He
could scarcely believe there could
have been 90 little change In 80
bong a time. After all how long
was il! Only fen years Bet
what an age seemed 10 have been
inclBded il that decade.
Since he had gone forth 20 WOO
fame and fortune il seemed as
though cons Of time had passed.
Well be had not been 50 unsuc-
oessful He certainly had won
the money be had set ont 10 get.
Yes, b. vas a rich man, and they
listened on change when be spoke.
As 70 fame-Eell, what il fame
anyway De was known wher-
ever great affairs of finance were
conducted, and was that not as
much fame a. 10 drone about in
legislative halls?
The fact remained, however,
that be was desperately tired Of
Il sll-tired and worn out and il
seemed 10 him II only he could
get into his old jeans and hike
across the hills 10 stillsOn's pond
with hook and line in bis pocket,
cut pole from one Of Kyle's
trees without getting caught BY
the dog, and spend the day stand
ing knee deep in the water and !
land a good mess Of fish and then
carry them back 10 Aunt Hannah I
and coax her TO cook them the 4
way she used to-that he would
b. supremely happy. 4
While be was thinking these
things the train stopped at a
junction and a rouBg woman got
on. He noticed her casually and
returned to his thoughts and then
tried TO count the telegraph poles
as be used 20 do in the old days
and laughed when be failed even
as he used 10 fail His eyes wan
dered back to the young woman
who had entered at the last sta
tion. There vas something
strangely familiar about the side
face which pnzzled him. Present
~ be looked at her again and noted
that she was regarding him out
Of the corner Of her eye.
After time their eyes met and
both flashed recognition. She half
rose and exclaimed:
"Paul-surely il is Paul Gray
son."
He was at her side before she
had completed the sentence.
"Nina," he cried. "As / live,
Nina Horton"
He sat down beside her and
noted with exquisite pleasure the
soft flush which grew in her cheek.
He had nearly forgotten Nina:
how careless Of him. His old
sweetheart with whom be had
roamed the countryside and taken
to the spelling bees, and fought
the other boys about and pledged
eternal fidelity to and kissed in
the moonlight and to whom, when
be went away he had pledged his
heart. There was a distinct thrill
in meeting her again. II made /.
him feel quite young again-and /,
70 handsome and rudy and well
poised, too. He scarcely could ,
believe it was the callow maiden ,
In short dresses he had left. And
she evidently was as greatly
moved as he at the meeting. His i