La Junta tribune., 1907-01-05
Love
Is enough
Ey O. R FHELPS
Hy o. R. FHELPS
c.plrs=t.i. %. sy G H saieiins

you a st8Ey.~ Aluyn commanded 1t
Le-la. a. stories ought always 10 i=a
s,in. once ui,,a time -
Dear me, know I sh1n'f like H.
Thos. once dI.oa a time things hare
grown 10 b.. saca a bore" Lolita nur-
n.urei piaintively. bur without In TIE
least checking. the story teller
IL. ran on. his eyes fixed high aboEe
her head. "A foolish fellow. fooiishsr
than the common. set himself to hate
VISION. whose other name Is won
an
lie got his coneuppanee. Of cours-s
They always do in stories. never o1t
Of them Lolita interJeeted dlspassion-
ately
This time Alwyn laughed who
other name is womln-woman." be
repeated with all the emphasis Of car
tails. But you're dead wrong. He 60
no .sOne-uppa nee. IL was rather his u
luck 10 CON. down very h1rd-so hart
be srovel.-d In the dust whea one par-
ticrilar woman looked him over witt
out seeing him That has happensd
let me see. about three times day for
full six weeks Result
NoIle ana 75AA
els. IL your figures can lie trusted !
Doubt il. I doubt. indeed. II there Is
anything Trustworthy about you" 10
iita flashed at him, with smile -
cuyly engaging II took all the stin-
from her speech "Suppose you stop
being tiresome,' she went on Il don't
ask you TO he sensible. I'm 30 far from
sensible myself But let's get away
from the eternal me. There must be
such lots Of things better worth while
What will you have; Shall ] dis
course on .shlps and shoes and sealing
war and cabbage. and kingsr" Al
wyn asked. his voice sub0Lsslve
enough, but dancing rebellion In bis
eyes.
Lolita smiled demur~iy. u think"
sh~ aid. with an air Of grave senec'
ton. IF you don't mind. hsA rather
hear things about Gordon Fleming.
There. nothing I eau tell you-he's
20 openly. ~ extensively. 10 diagus,-
ingiy rich-and 30 patiently In ssve with
you.s Alwyn burst our.
Lolita gave him a .idewise look- Are
you sur~y" she murmurd. "Doot you
80 ] NOuio efu<t W tAP~sssAtss 80
with my credulityf
As cruel ss your expertmenfs with
my sHectionr" Aiwyn nung hack at
her, trying to speak tragscsny. but
laughing In spite Of himself Whit
rogue she Was 10 play with him ~. She
loved him simost NJ he loved hsr. IL
had beeu instantaneous had
HARDLY nore than buoked at each o,hes
Whea eye spoke 10 eye. hesr TO 01Bt.
But she had noute<i him dainiilyf al
along. thereby making him more 0han
ever captive. And he In turn hsd
tease<i and vexed her. nov with exag-
wcnted and open devotion. now with
rcproofs for wholly imaginary fauitA
Really he did not think she could own
a fault-she seemed to him perfect and
altogether lovely. but In spite OF his
overcoming. he had Wit enough 10 see
that tame and abject devotion would
never suit ber-he must show himself
a man OF spirit and temper else he
would be no man for her.
II was ten days since they had cofne
together at the Glenwoid house rarty.
ten bllssfui days OF Lolita and love.
Incidentally there had been walks.
rides. drives. Collin; and moonlit
maundcrings Mrs. Arkiow. Glen
woods chstelaine. had looked on In
smiling approval Lolita had but q
scans fortune. and Alwyn. though not
overrich. was clearly Mt the beginning
Of great career. Were not the FIem-
lng-. father and .on. behind him. the
Fiemlngs who had millions In land
and the potentiaiIty OF other millions
In their mere approvaif Gordon lem
ing. the son. was well In the middle
age. he had married very early-as had
his fathcr before him-byt II ho1u
surnsd osN veSy tsAly. II . year fisS66a
had been a SEPARATION. later the threut
Of divorce. but fate stepped In TO save
the family pride. The wife sailed way
ou a ship that went down at sea. She
had not be~n heard OF In the fifteen
years since. 80 II was safely assumed
that she was among the lost None of
the few survivors had any knowledge
of her: she was. moreover. so light
aud frail she could hardly have nvesj
through the terror
Morally and legally her husband was
free-to love. To woc. TO marry. II he
chose. SO far be had not chosen. In
deed. until Lolita came in his way wo-
rneIf had been ia bifn a. shadow -
shadows which must he well and ten
derry used. but given no further
thought Her freshness. her un~ppiIed
fairness. her simple nattHal charm. had
swept him on his feet as completely ~
they had BOWED over Alwyn- AZ arsf
he had seemed to sec how the land lay
between the pair and coutentesi himself
with standing aside ~ watch their de
light in each other but for three days
past he had shown a disposition to en-
ter the H~fs--s s'i>f&r<isisu which roused