La Junta tribune., 1908-02-22
Beulah's
Engagement.
D. Anne nEIlllAA.
Copyrighted. isr. BY P. c. E..,m.a,.

(. He had no more Idea Of the ford the
! plate contained than be bad OF ti.e
/. fropef fork to eat II With.
Tell rne your object In wanting ihis
secretaryahlp, Facksrei.'' surse.,sA
| Judge Dslmas, apparently oblivious cf
! his suest's dilemma. why you. with
almost uuiiinited wealth at your COM
mand, should desire such Q position
puzzles me-"
Am very well orr Qussied Fack-
, erei. You know money Just means
figures to n twelve dollar per week
bank clerk
you are better Oh than this young
Hohson. who. wnnts ~ secretary. He's
also q client Of mine
"whsty' exclaimed Fackersl. excited
| iy. "It--it il ,ncredible."
| The judge smiled reassnringiy.
] Though Delmas had known his old
( friends nephew bur two or three days.
I be had takes a fancy TO the boy.
I Ned Fackerrl was about twenty -hve.
well set up, broad.shouldered fellow.
7 with fresh. uniined face. which made
I him look younger than he was. He
I had n well shaped head. with steady.
7 deep set eyes and II square jaw.
( well. Judge" went on the hoy in his
deep. pleasant voice, since I've come
/ into this money the papers have been
! printing columns about me and my
! wealth. I'm besieged by reporters and
dciuged with congratulations and invi.
Z tations from people | never heard Of.
7 I'd ike TO drop ou, Of sight for awhile
Y until I learn the ropes. you know. and
] I can't travel very far because youTl
; need me to sign PAPERS now and again.
1 And I should like TO try being rich
I mans secretary 50 that ! could see
| little life from the inside.
1T VIII not do you any harm said
/ the judge. "and the experience may do
| you gooal."
Hobeon ~ar only too glad to have .
secretary recon mended by the Judge.
and MS Fackercl was quick and adapta.
BILE he had little trouble. He nccom.
panied the young millionaire TO his
| great country house. where Hobsou ex-
pected to entertain In lavish fashion.
with the assistance OF an amIsble.
( pleasure loving aunt.
One morning after nights carousal
with some congcnial friends Hobson
sent percmptory summons for his
secretary.
The Warnings are coming t"day," he
announced. Il nearly forgot all about
1t. You'li have to go TO the sta ation.
I Fackcrel. TIM hanged n feet up to
I II, and some one must meet her males.
y.''
Very well. sir replied the secre-
Z tary. rather stiifiy. iiohson's way OF
speaking OF women did not coincide
I with Fackerci's ideas. and the youth
always grew especially ruiiied at Hob
sons careless mention OF the girl he
expected to marry.
, Fackerrl had never seen Beulah War
ing. When he arrived at the station
( to find the train in and number OF
people looking about eSpectantly. he
was puzzled. He WAS making hls way
across the platform when he saw .
tall. sun Drowned girl coming toward
him As she stepped aside quickly to
/ avoid being run down by a truck load
of trunks The bag slipped from her
shoulder. and she tripped over II. fall
Ing straight Into Fackerel's outstretch-
ed arms.
'oh. | hope you aren't hurt, he ex-
claimed so feryently that she smiled
at him.
Not a bit. thank you" she replied.
Can you tell me whether Mr.. Hob
sons trap Is here:"
Il can indeed he answered. picking
up the lag. Il drove 1t over 10 meet
Miss Warning
Il am Beulah waring And your
she inquired in rather imperIous
way.
Il am Mr.. Hobson's secretary stam-
mered Fackercl.
The others are coming on a later
before luncheon, as l knew the Greers
and Denisons were already here" she
explained az Fackerel assisted her into
the trap.
The coming Of Beulah WARM. WAS
I an event In Ned Fackerei's life. With
the single mindedness OF thoroughly
sincere and unworidly man lie fell in
love with her deeply aud for all time.
Bculph was honestly unconscious Of
l IL, though she might have known Il
had she stopped to reason out his
thought tfulness for her. his gentle air
OF protection and Difference and his
deep. silent delight In her society She
was not IN any way self conscious. and
love had never touched her
/ Her dlstaste for her approaching
1 marriage was absorbing her mind to
the exclusion Of all else. liobson was
the only one who understood the situa-
ton. and be found vast amount q
quiet, cynical Amusement In 1t. He
said nothing TO Beuluh. whose engage
ment to him had been the fruition VI
. schcming mothers work. because he
expected her to allow him great latI
4 S,.slc ~, hl~ s,v.-r, al Rntr~ tF.