The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-08

Shippers had been replaced by boots,
ana they're just right for her" said
ava who was following my glance,
though I'm not so tail as She.
bu' what amazed me most. and de-
nghted me, was that she seemed to
De almost In good spirits II was
evident she had formed with Joe's
uaughter one of those sudden friend.
sIips so great and so vivid that they
rarely lived long after the passing OF
! .lie neat of the emergency that bred
ulem hrs. Bali saw It also, and was
s'ralshtway giddied into sort of
ecstasy. You can imagine the Wis.
ions 1t conjured. I've no doubt she
'alAed house on the east side of the
PARK to Joe that very night, before
she let him sleep. However, Anita's
FACE was serious enough when we
LOOK our places before the minister,
with his little. blackboard book open.
| ana as he read in n voice that was
genuinely impressive those words
mat no voice could make unlmpres-
slVe' | saw her paleness blanch in.
10 pallor. saw the dusk creep round
her eyes until they were like stars
waning somberly before the gray face
oil dawn. When they closed and her
mead began to sway | steadied her
with my arm. And so we stood.
with my arm round her she leaning
lightly against my shoulder Her an.
swers were mere movements of the
lips.
AT the end, when kissed her cheek
she said; rs it over?"
Yes McCabe answered-she was
looking at him. And | wish you all
happiness. Mrs. Blackjack"
At that name, her new name, she
stared at him with great wondering
eyes, then her form relaxed. car.
ried her to a chair. Joe came with
a glass of champagne: she drank
some of it, and 1t brought life back
to her face, and some color. With
a naturalness that deceived even me
for the moment, she smiled up at
Joe as she handed him the glass. rs
1t bad luck" she asked. for me to be
the first to drink my own health?'
And she stood. looking TRANQUILITY at
| every one-except me.
| took McCabe into the hall and
paid him off.
When we came back, said; Now
we must be going"
"Oh, but surely you'll stay for sup
peri" cried Joes wife.
No." replied /, in a tone that made
1t impossible to insist. I'VE appre-
ciate your kindness, but we've i'm
posed on 1t enough" And / shook
hands with her and with Allie and the
minister, and, linking Joe's arm In
mine, made for the door gave the
necessary directions to my chauffeur
while we were waiting for Anita to
come down the steps. Joe's daugh
ter was close beside her. and they
kissed each other good-by, Alva on the
verge of tears, Anita not suggest
ing any emotion of any sort. ITO
morrow--sure," Anita said to her
And she answered: Yes, indeed. --ae
soon as you telephone me-" And SC
we were off shower Of rice rat
Ting on the roof of the brougham--
the slatternly man-servant had thrown
1t from the midst of the group OF
servants.
Neither of us spoke. I watched
her face without seeming to do so
and by the light of occasional street
lamps saw her studying me f,irtively
At last she said: Il wish to go tc
my uncle's now"
I'VE are going home" said l.
But the house will be shut up
said she, land every one will be IL
bed It's nearly midnight. Besides
they might not" She came to {
full stop.
1--WE are going home" repeated
ITO the Willoughby"
She gave me look that was mean
to scorch--and 1t did But showed
at the surface no sign of how / wa!
wincing and shrinking.
She drew farther into her corner
and out of it's darkness came, in a low
voice: How ! hate you'll" like tn,
whisper of a bullet.
kept silent until had control o
myself. Then, as If talking of mat
ter that had been finally and annie
ably settled, began: "The apart
ment isn't exactly ready for US. blu
Joe's Just about now telephoning m,
man that we are coming. and tele
phoning your people to send you
maid down there"
Il wish to go to my uncle's." sh'
repeated
MY wife will go with me-" said
quietly and gently. Il am considerat
of her, not of her unwise impulses.
A long pause, then from her, in ic,
calmness: 81 am in your powe
, just now. But | warn you that, l
you do not take me to my uncle
you will wish you had never seel
me-"
i've wished that many times a
ready" said sadly. I've wished
from the bottom of my heart thi
whole evening, when step by ste
fate has been forcing me on to d
thinPa that are even more hateful