The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-01-25

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q - r wharf. Don't neglect t,
51eE keep me advised on all til,
news, and / rely on yol
TO take care of Eve. Drop in to Sc,
her as often as you can, and don't lei
the poor girl fret for me-"
"All right. You may depend on me
Carl. Goodbye
| hastily crossed the deck of the
steamer, and Toms broad shoulders
disappeared among the noisy crowd OH
the wharf.
Tom and were natives of the same
village, had been playmates in infancy,
schoolmates in boyhood, college chums
In more mature years, and for the last
year partners in a fourishing business
In New York. What is of still more
importance-in my story--we had both
IN the aforementioned school and col
lege periods, been in love with the
same girl, rosy, round-limbed, laughing
Eve Mallory. Why Eve should have
preferred me- plain, blunt-spoken, jeal-
GUS as iiend, to handsome, debonair
Tom Burroughs, is. of course, mys-
terry. But so she did, and Tom, like
the honorable fellow he was. retired
from the field and after the usual, or
rather an unusual amount of counting
for Eve was something of coquette--
Eve and l became formally engaged.
thought it rather hard lines that
after brief two months of lovers par
adlse, should be compelled to make
a voyage of very uncertain length to
South America. But business was i'm
perative. so babe my mother an af-
fectionate good-by and kissed away
the tears from sister Nell's cheeks, and
took an agonized farewell of Eve. The
agony was apparently all on my side,
however. For though l could see that
Eve trembled, there We're no signs of
tears in her bright eyes. She blushed
furiously when kissed her, and strug-
gled free from my farewell embrace.
But 1t was like her to fight shy of all
demonstrations OF affection. / had
never yet succeeded in obtaining n
willing kiss from her. and / suppose
that was one reason why I set so high
a value on them.
"Good-by. Eve, darling" said, as we
stood together at the gate. l know my
face looked white and woeful enough
"Be true TO me-"
"Good-by, Carl she said, smoothing
back her curly, golden locks. Just see
how you've rumpled my hair. or
course I'll be true to you, unless some
fellow like better comes along" and
she turned hastily and ran up the mar
row path and disappeared within the
porch.
Her parting words rang in my ears.
oh, what would l not have given to
know that our separation grieved her
as sorely as it did me.
OF course l wrote soon to Eve; and,
her fancy for feathered
pets, / bought-though l had always
detested that species of bird, myself
a gorgeous and highly accomplished
native parrot, and sent it on as an adj
dition to her collection.
In few weeks letters reached me
from home. One from Eve, quiet,
friendly; but 1 knew her too well TO
look for any demonstrative endear-
ments, or lover-like rhapsodles. she
the arrival of the rare
Bird" and was full of thanks for what
she was pleased to call my "unselfish
of her taste" There was
also a letter from Nell.
Eve is quiet and sad-for her. But
she bears the parting bravely. Tom
called here last night, and we went
over there together.
AT first l could see that II cost her
IN effort to be cheerful, but before
we left she was quite her old self. She
vas dressed very simply in fine white
muslin dress, and you can imagine how
ovely she looked.
what would | not give for that |
rose and lily complexion of |
aers, and that slim. soft, round shape. |
rom was proyokingly silent when l |
went into raptures over her, on our |
way home, but | noticed that his eyes
never left her for Il moment all the |
evening""
All of which ought TO have been very
TO fond lover, but some
low it left a sting behind. If it had |
oeen anyone but Tom-good, honest
rom, whom trusted as did my own
;oul, should have been madly jealous
but, of course, 1t was all right. Had
not asked him TO look after her2
Still, there was that little sting.
AS for Tom. he was strangely silent
bout home affairs. All matters of
business were regularly transmitted,
)ut | do not think that Ewes name,
II that of sister Nell, was ever once
1t was fully six months before could
wind up my business satisfactorily, and