The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-06-29

myself, and if worse came 10
worse, ! could move over 20
Brooklyn and forget the whole af-
fair-and, il ever met him again,
deny / had ever seen him, and
even give him my right name and
stand on my dignity. II resem-
bled Alice Graham so closely, be
could have no assurance as TO
which woman h. had lunched
with, anyway.
AS soon as could do so grace
fully, / excused myself and rushed
pell-mell up town, where ] found
with JOY the card in the window
of the house the number Of which
/ had given him. rented the
room at once, gave my name as
Alice Graham; then hurried to
the place | had been visiting, gave
up my room. and before evening
was redOmiciled under a name l
had never heard prior to that day.
Finding his name proved very
simple after all, as | found when
a card was brought to me Thurs
day evening reading STANLEY
WOOdard." / knew no other man
in the city. OF course, how sim
pie. ! went to the receptiOn-roOm,
and sure enough here was my
handsome gentleman awaiting
me. He was more than cordial.
The next few weeks proved the
most interesting and exciting ]
ever spent. Stanley Woodard
sought my company constantly,
and il kept my wits on the jump
not TO betray myself. We went
everywhere togetber-to the the
ater, TO the beach, driving, auto
mobiling, to all sorts of entertain
ments-snd gradually i lost my
fears and entered thoroughly into
the enjoyment Of all these things.
Besides as the days passed we
found plenty TO talk Of in the pres
ent, and the conversation lost its
reminiscent character.
Mr.. Woodard soon renewed his
character as a suitor, and his at
tentions became most ardent. The
strange thing about il was that
/ resented them bitterly, and this
was not because they were not
most grateful to me, but because
they were meant for somebody
else. To confess the truth, l had
fallen desperately in love with
Stanley Woodard and became fu-
riously jealous Of the real Alice
Graham. Soon il was that every
day became an increasing pain to
me, and ii became intolerable.
So | determined to 90 back
home, and announced to Stanley
that circumstances compelled me
to leave at once. This precipitated
most violent protest and fierce
plea that | remain and marry
him.
"You love me-" he said, in his
compelling way. 81 know you do
from your eyes, from your whole
attitude TO me. You dare not deny
it. Why make us both unhappy
by your obstinacy? Stay here,
marry me. to-morrow-to-night. I
have means and am Of a good fam
lily. What do you care? There
is nothing else in the world to
weigh in the balance with 1--we"
He clasped me in his strcng
arms aud nearly crushed me. I
came near swooning as / realized
that could not gainsay his words,
and could only explain with the
truth.
And l told him the truth-the
whole pitiful tale. in humiliation
and contrition. with my eyes on
the floor.
A great laugh startled me into
raising them. He stood before
me his legs apart and hands be-
hind him laughing at me, ap-
parently with great JOY. could
feel the hot blood surge to my tenn
pies.
You little goose" he replied.
Don't you suppose l knew it. /
knew it before luncheon was over
the day | met You. / thought !
would 90 along with the affair a.
a lark. And it is not Alice Gra-
ham l want to marry, but Mabel
Lacey.v