The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-18
ALLIES ASPIRATIONS
Ccopyrlght BY Daily story Pub. co..
BY ANNA HELLMAN

naturedly; her sister Henrietta said;
You will get over it in a few months,
wait until Bob Hobson comes out OF
the west The girls were perfectly
wild about him last year"
Robert Hobson was not a man who
was easily daunted, and he had not
weathered two strikes in Cripple
Greek without learning a little diplo-
macy But the training Of four years
was not to be broken up in few days,
nor weeks. as he discovered And the
next month he went back to Colorado
alone, in anything but a cheerful
frame Of mind.
Allies father expostulated mildly
once or twice and her sister Henri.
eta lectured her soundly, for she
knew that it was not every day that
the right man falls in love with a girl.
Henrietta's handsome young hus-
band had closed his eyes forever on
this world during the springtime Of
their lives, and although electing to
travel life's journey henceforth alone,
she desired for her sister the happl-
ness that had been hers for SO brief
a period.
After Roberts departure Allie did
not appear to find the usual pleasure
in her various fads. Somehow they
seemed less important than formerly,
and her plans for remodellng the
world were in danger Of falling
through, when one day as she returned
from delivering a lecture on Higher
Ethics before the Ladies Aid society
her father entered the room with a
newspaper in his hand and asked her
ii she could be brave.
Instinctively her thoughts flew to
Robert and she held out shaking
hand for the paper,
1t contained a short article with
glaring headlines, telling that the
mining camp Of Cripple Greek, COL
had been almost entirely destroyed by
fire. Several lives had been lost and
many lay at the point Of death.
The fire department had proved in
adequate to contend with the flames
and the miners had turned out bravely
to help. One, the superintendent OF
the Anaconda mine, by the name OF
Robert Hobson, while trying to rescue
some children from the second story
Of the Palace hotel, had fallen through
and was carried out almost lifeless.
my God, save him and forget me-
gasped the girl. sinking to the floor
and burying her face in the couch.
A moment later she was on her
feet again; her eyes heavy, miserable
but resolute
Father | am going to start for Col
orado tonight If you caLnot go with
me, Henrietta will"
And Henrietta did. In a few hours
they were in a Pullman on a west
bound train They left it for stage
at picturesque Manitou on the morn
ing Of the third day, but Allie had nc
eyes for the grandeur of the noun
talns; the long journey was tragedy
to her
All day long the stage, going at Z
moderate pace, befitting the severe
grades of the primitive road, literall,
climbed into the recesses Of the Rock
les; trayersed deep canyons. anC
clung to narrow shelves cut on the
side of the rocky barrier Toward
evening It dashed noisily down th'
] side Of a steep mountain and ROLLED
! into a charred. blackened, smoldering
forsaken-looking place. with only
few isolated cabins left to mark thu
once fourishlng town Of Crippl'
Creek.
In the tent which served for thl
stage Office, the sisters learned wher'
the invallds were being cared for. ant
thither they went. When the.
reached the entrance Of the shack Al
lie sank down on the rough step 60
cannot go another step Henrietta,
she said
It was not necessary. for just a
that moment the door opened. and oi
the threshold stood a tall young ma
with a bandage across his forehead.
scar on one cheek. and his, right arr
in sling-a pitiful-looking obiec
f truly.
Allie sprang to her feet Bob!
she cried
Henrietta strolled away to inspec
the ruins.
Dearest" Hobson said, when cart
and heaven had once more assume
their proper relationship, your asp
rations will be realized after all
am badly IN need of a nurse, and a
soon as I'm able TO travel we wi
take Henrietta with as and visit II
Philippines-on our wedding trip, 20
know