The Lamar register., 1906-04-18

gested The Girl. to Johns great relief
Don't yoh want to smoke? | saw yoh
rollin' cigarettes tn othah day. Give
me youah papahs an tobacco. an I'll
show yoh how tn Mexicans make
| EN-"
The slim brown fingers manipulated
the paper dexterously for a minute. and
then The Girl extended ta.tened roll
to him.
"They don't make big fat ones" she
said; these is noah delicate. You
must like it," she commanded, as he
lighted the roll.
How could do otheTwise?" he
asked, leaning forward and bowling
with a great show of gallantry
That's it," she said. You make
a good Mexican: so p'lite an so lazy.
You ought to say. 'Voy each sus
pies; that's tumble at my feet an
vehy p'lite in Mexican"
rs that what they say when the
senoritas roll their cigarettes Tor
them?"
'Oh, no. that's fob any time. IT'S
jes' talk. An tn senoritas don't much
roll the men'2 cigarettes-'less it's his
dulce."
Ills what" interjected John.
"Yoh don't know dulce?" she
laughed. That's dulce coraZon: dulce
s sweet, an corazon's heaht; sabe?"
"Ah, | see! Now. if we were in Mex
leo" he commenced.
oh! oh, I'm scaiht of you," cried
The Girl. jumping up and throwing the
dark curls from before her eyes. I'm
agoin' to find pa. Sides" she OBJ
served. its time to go to bed. | al
ways go eahly; I'm usto dom that
way. It's ten o'c!ock"-loo<ing at
tiny watch. "Shockin' mos shockia'
in Boston.
Then she vanished. leaving John
alone with his thoughts.
There came night when she was
not down to dinner. He wondered
why he missed her So and. dinner
done. he removed TO a corner of the
piazza.
He heard cab come up the drive:
then rustic of skirts. and he recog-
nized her quick, dancing step along the
veranda.
She was just turning in the door
when. in the dim twilight. she caught
sight of him.
ID yoh think l was LOST" she in
quired. going over to where he sat and
leaning against one of the pillars of
the piazza with her hands clasped be-
hind her.
81 missed you" he confessed. v>ry
readily.
Kind o. quiet, not so noisy, !
s'pose.' she remarked.
well, pa an went to Los Angeles
this evenin. an We stayed theah to
dinnah; an pa met some men It he
knew. an they all went off fob a time,
so that we web late home"
What did you do?" he asked, Curl
ously.
While they was gone? oh. waited
at tn hotel. What you'll ben a-doin'?"
she asked.
Nothing, as usual. I've been sitting
here thinking. since dinner"
''Thinkin',' she cried, comically
My. but yoh suah need help. yoh have
so much thinkin' to do. Amt it bad
fob yoh?"
He laughed: she laughed gaily, and
turned to 30 away.
You going to leave me?" he in
CURED mournfully.
Il reck'n. But I'll come back in a
minute, eff yoh say So
DO" he urged. IT'S a lovely
night"
What a woman she was, What a
woman she would be after a year or
two in the world.
Again the rustic of skirts. and with
little sigh she sank into the low
chair which he had pulled up by his
own.
Tired" he said. as he heard the
sigh.
No: Jest contented. fob tn fust time
to-day" she replied.
He felt that for some reason this in
genuous reply pleased him greatly,
He tossed his cigar over the rail.
What foh'd yoh do that?" she said.
I'm usto men smokin'. an sides | like
it; mos wish sometimes t |
smoked"
We'll. perhaps I'll have cigarette
in little while" he said; for the
present we can do without"
1t was considerably later in the eve
ming when he said. You make me a
Mexican cigarette; l think them bet
ter"
"Youah lazy" she asserted: como
un burro. "Yoh most always look soht
o. lazy" she observed. turning and
looking sharply into his face. What
makes yoh do it?"
why, suppose because am lazy"
he replied. smiling at her earnestness.
No yoh amt" she contradicted
both him and herself. "Yoh amt law.
yoh jes' seem to want to look lazy.
Youah like my pinto pony, Pedro-soht
o sleepy on tn outside an wide awake
on tn inside"
She reached over and took the tobac-
co and papers from his hands. As she
did so her brown fingers just touched
his for an instant. and a strange thrill
ran through his whole body. As she
leaned back. she glanced again at III.
face. then said: "Theah, yoh don't look
it now; youah suah live fob minute
VERY MAN