The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-08
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onnparance Oh lho
' ,ho door for Anita and me
..a hat our ring had reused
M he'd where he had deposit
v without bothering to take
Y .lothes. At the sound OF my
nall peered out of his private
Groom, at the far end OF the
I ~ started forward; then. see
IN was accompanied. stopped
auth aiar. He had on a ragged
|,,s.iacket, a pair of shapeless old
4. sIIppers, his ordinary business
[',0st and trousers. He was wear
f'.,,her lie nor collar, and a short,
/ nine was between his fingers.
|s,d evidently caught the house
stripped OF Jugs" and sunk in
down-to.the-heel slovenliness
n L called comfort Joe was
H. with confusion, and was
/. ne free hand to stroke, alter
\. his shiny bald head and his
|, broyn mustache. He got him
|iOsether sufficiently, after a few
rds. to disappear into his den.
!, he came out again. pipe and
"A Jacket we're gone, and he
4, for US in a gorgeous velvet
\ with dark red facings, ana a
n pair of slippers.
ad to see you, Mr.. Blackjack
4 own home he always addressed
/; man as Mister, just as Mrs.
slvsys called him Mister Ball."
IA called her Mrs. Ball" before
many" Come right into the
parlor. Billy, turn on the cleo
lights"
Ita had been standing with her
down. She now looked round
shame and terror in those ex-
i've blue.gray eyes of hers; her
lte nostrils were quivering. |
med to introduce Ball to her.
impulse to fly passed; her life.
training in doing the conven-
thing asserted itself. She low
Der head again, murmured an in
lie acknowledgment of Joe's
Ing.
,ur wife is at homer" said |. II
gss at home in the evening, the
was also, and both were always
unless they were at some the
except on Sunday night. when
dlned at Sherry's, because many
Unable people did it. They had
lends and few aceuaintances. In
humber and happy days they
bad many friends. but had lost
when they moved away from
lyn and went to live, like I'M
outot-place visitors, in their
house, pretending to be what
onged to be, longing to be what
pretended to be. and as discon.
as they deserved.
, yes, Mrs. BIS at home" Joe
red 81 guess she and Alva
ABOUT to go to bed" Alya was
one child. She had been chris.
Malvina, after Joe's mother;
hen the Balls "blossomed out"
'cnamed her Alva, which they
ow had got the impression was
ter"
oes laundering confession that
males of the family were in no
ION TO receive, Anita said to me
Nv voice: Let us CO."
''ended not to hear. "Rout EN-
aid l to Joe. Then, take my
ana bring the nearest parson.
gong to be a wedding right
and ! looked round the long
WIN everything draped for the
u departure. Joe whisked the
'n one chair. his man took off
L III have the women-folk
TWO minutes" he cried. Then
man Get a move on you,
sur EN- up in the kitchen. DO
% you can about supper-and
'o' OF champagne on the ice.
'ne main thing at a wedding"
mad seated herself listlessiy
!" me uncovered chairs. The
npped back from her shoulders
Nv proud ! was OF herl Joe
ooS advantage of her not look
" slap me on the back and to
mead in enthusiastic approval.
C. 100 disappeared.
' minutes of silence, and there
'uStllng on the stairs. She
up trembling, looked round,
,eA'hg some way to escape or
'ace 10 hide. Joe was In the
y, holding aside one of the cur.
a ,ueFe entered in a beribboned
aOuhced tea-gown, a pretty, il
s'p'nary, woman of forty, with
"' oaoy face. She was trying
:, reserved and severe. She
n'anced at me before fastening
eyes on Anita.
n"li' said |, this is Miss
niiersly!" she exclaimed, her
~ e.ns' And she advanced and
Va anItas hands. Mr.. Ball is
~, she went on, with that
-, ~ aHected accent which is
~. clothes" of speech.
M catch the name, my dear"