La Junta tribune., 1906-12-22

II AIlciAS =
II Home 60. -.
Il Coming +.
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1t isa't even - n 20 assAsA - -
this. Aiiraa-- - EsaAal ~ his
woke 10 Q essl aRU0soanslvo ssas
nat naAs - ~ hsesss - sfiu
oore in1A0naaa.
-whs aso 30 aAat yss sAsaAA As<t1s
vhethse sss1 - - saythiaG At sMr
che blassA inAl0nAatiy.
i an yens 0Ancs. aaA-- - vas -
9inning vAes - inessvupesA hin-
IF that b ysae sxeuss ess ssrA -
1sst intssfeesoes vtsA ny viaAes. !
can at beast rsiisvs yss % yssr duay-
And she placed ber eugaoemeat ring
on the tah,e betueea them. The young
man glanced at h witAoat seeming 70
see it, Ma - hasks1 sharply ~ ths
angry giri Who was drawn to hss full
height.
/ Alicia. hs said ssntiy. you are too
angry to rsaltss What yoa are doing.
Put the Fsss o. yoasr anser asaia.
You don't meas shis-''
"Parioa me. % a<aa IT, saiA ths
girl Iciiy.
. The yonns man's face Whitesssd. aaA
hurt loOh speaAg into his steady
brown eyes rhrs be straiehtesed up
and squared his sAoskless and set his
strong chin FIRMLY. Whea he spoks
there was q note oe hardness In his
voice which The sisi had never heard
from him heeose and fro@ which she
shrank meataily.
Alicia. do y0a rsalise what y0u are
doing? We wsrs to b. married In May.
Your trousssau y bsgun. I know. Ab1
you've given ~ svesy Feas0a to b.
lieve you carsA ~ - - nuch - -
for you. And noW. because ] ask yea
20 do this oas tAis6-for your sake -
well ~ oiss-you sss going IN give sn
this up
The girl turned saAdsnly asd wsat
| 20 the window. whers she stood hook
ing out Into the dripping garden. ne
| felt her lips Quivering. and she must
not let Bob see.
Bob looked at the crown Of dark rcd
hair against the deep green Of the
window drsperies. and his voice sof-
tened.
This 10 all I've ever asked Of you.
Alicia. I've been too confident Of your
love for me after you confessed Il:
I've believed in you too utterly ever to
be jealous OF your nirtations. as many
another man would have been md
rightly too I've submitted cheerfuliy
10 being 'trA;;eT In public because Il
| was you who did the trailing"
Alicia turned and faced him again.
her foot tapping ~ aoos impstientiy.
.Ss ~ NJ - yesr vistuss . lsag
''mA saer' - sske1.
/ II shah net na0s thso all" he an
swseed calmly. '-rhs oaiy thing I've
svsr Insisted upon yeuf deing 10 this
eoo we're talking about. Give up this
| s11ly concert tour. I've never sald .
vsed wAsa yes'vs suag fer sweet char
iey'o sake o. fer aay sse1ety a9ais.
svsa whsa tAs po6lleity - ths svsats
~ sftss oaAs - vseshs. TA1s tine
yso havsa't say rsal rsosso. Yss as0
~ II sssA q ososy. - yes'rs ~
| 1e1qG- u. Sse .eAaG11y., u lsa't evea ths
uscsssesy aoeetlss' - ths pssfsssssaai
b via Q highse Daees fse hsrseif. You
vt11 ~ aattssy frso tAs esftics who
| - ~ thiak Il wogth ths e9oet -
| spooA real csttieis0 On eocisty anna
tsugs. II tAsy shsald esiticiss you
hsasseiy-ths way thsy Do proeessi0a-
! al, to who0 Il means besal and but
tse-you'd Sc the point I'm trying to
nake. appreciate the charm of 700
anl your voice a. no one else who
leeks and listens to you possibly can.
ard, Alicia FairAll. don't want to see
yeu damned with faint praise OF hu-
Inflated by any conscieutious critic.
Can't you see that
sWhen ZOO are Quits through." intsr-
rupted Alicia. you can doubtless md
yeur way out. I must ask you to ex-
cuse me-" And she swept from the
room. pausing once In the curtained
doorway as II to speak.
Uncousciously she assumed n theat-
sical attitude. Her face was turned back
over her shoulder. and her lips were
parted little. With her glowing head
and her soft green dress between the
heavier green Of the curtains she look
ed like a tall. beautiful dahiia. and Bob
involuntarily started forward. Hut she
closed her lips to q thin red line and
vent on dropping the curtains behind
her. Presently be heard the tapping Of
~ slippers upon the stairs and then
| ~ bang Of q door.
He did not leave the house at oncs.
bot stood at the window where Alicia
- stood and licked out into the gray
twi1lght Il was early sprins. A. -
bssAsd weafsiy at tAs spasrows % ~
ooakod hvu Dob felt his throat tigheeo