Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-09-04

thoughts from straying back to that
Kentucky town and to the little wo-
man In brown.
1t became such . bother to him at
last that after he had been year
away. on the fourteenth of February,
he sent Miss Timmons letter. telling
her all about II. II the letter was SEN
umental for man nearly 40. what
did 1t matter, for after Al age has
very little to do with tire heart. He
had told her II she did mt care for
him. TO spare herself the pain OF an
swering-he would know by her
silence that there was no hope for hira,
but while he lived he must think Of
her and be her friend.
And so two years went by.
Miss Timmons. in her quiet Ken.
lucky home, lived as she had lived be-
fore John Newman came into her life.
Her days were full of usefulness. aud
she had but little time to indulge in
idle dreams of what life might have
been
Sometimes she would think Of John
Newman with half sigh, which she
was scarcely conscious Of herself
The letter, she had never gotten,
and so life went on, with little to
break the monotony for two years,
and then a great event occurred, the
greatest the town had ever known.
Miss Thompson was married; that,
in itself, was not wonderful, for che
was a very pretty and very attractive
girl; but she married a man much
older than herself, and there were
marvellous stories of his wealth.
The wedding was the grandest az
fair that the county had ever known,
and the happy husband invited the
wedding party to accompany them on
their journey to Santa Fe and back.
Mrs. Thompson was not very well
pleased with this arrangement, as
both Alice and Jack were in the
party; in fact. she only consented on
the one condition that Miss Timmons
could be induced to join them.
Miss Timmons was invited, persuad-
ed against her judgment to accept,
and almost before she knew 1t, found
herself one OF a gay and happy party,
being whirled over scenes so new and
beautiful to her, that each day seemed
too short to enjoy all the pleasure
that it brought.
The dining room OF the Las Vegas
hotel was nearly full, but one table.
almost in the center of the room, still
waited, with tipped chairs and an ex.
pectant expression, from the stiff nap.
kins and snowy cloth, to the big bowl
of roses In the middle.
Johns head was turned and so he
did not see the party till they were
seated, but there could be no mistake,
he knew them at once. His heart beat
so rapidly that he knew almost the
cross man next must hear It.
Miss Timmons sat with her back to
him, but he knew that slender, grace
full form, In its quiet dress Of brown
cloth.
Miss Thompson sat on the other
side, then two young people he did
not know, then Jack and Alice. What
gay time they were having. He
could see her face now and then. az
she spoke to the groom. Surely he had
forgotten what a sweet and noble face
1t was
Then Jack saw him, and he knew
that his plan to slip out unobserved
by them must be given up; he must
go through an introduction. Well. Il
was best to have 1t over after ALL
Then the party rose and John rose
also and joined them as in a dream.
and still In a dream he felt Jack grasp
his hand and heard him say:
$50 glad to see you, mighty for.
tunate-want you to meet my new
brother-in-law"
Then be was being introduced and
had shaken hands all around. and
walked out on the broad veranda with
them, and 1t was only then. when the
sweet morning air touched his face.
that he came out OF the daze and knew
that Miss Thompson was the bridel
He had not even thought of that!
He found himself presently at the
farther end of the wide veranda with
Miss Timmons, where he had taken
her TO show her n better view OF the
mountains, against which the hotel
rests, but now that they were in full
command OF that good view" he
seemed to have forgotten II.
81 hoped you would write" he said,
looking at her with sad eyes.
Her heart fluttered strangely; she
looked up wonderingly.
81 said for you not to answer the
letter unless you could answer as I
wished-but / hoped you could, Miss
Timmons"
Her gaze was full OF wonder now.
Il don't understand" she said, II never
had a letter from you in my bfe. Mr..
Newman"
Then he told her eagerly OF the let
ter he had written her, and finished by
saying: 'If you had gotten it. would
you have answered."
He dared not take her hand for