The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-28

from the enormous bunch Of lilies Of
the valley which she lifted from the
box
Nothing from >am-not tluwer.'
she sighed. Last wear he sent me a
blS pink aZaIia" shaking her head so,
EMMY
she crossed the room and seated her
sell before an ornate rocco desk and
picked NJ the photograph Of j man.
Leaning forward on her elbows. she
commenced 10 talk to it.
II supi'"s" You are right about it."
>iIc said But ia rather have Sam
burns. i'd rather receive merely Il
Wi'hcrcd. dried up flower from YOU
IMAM All the lilies. he roses the orchids
an" thil-& III New York from the rest
Oh them. oh sam. why didn't you
come OF write or
\ sudden choke came into her voice
Unable 70 Restrain the tears longer. her
mead went Gown on her arms. and sh,
burst nut crying. She sul,ped out LOUD
so auditly. i'll fact that her fal!cr had
entered The r"r.n and was lifting her
up to him before she was aware tina,
he was near
IVY hats all this about = he asked
tcnd"rlv brushing back the silky. dark
curlS trcm her forehead.
linen his gaze caught the pl"tugra III
now all blstcrcd with tears
Say. iit:lc girl. exclaimed John At
f..t, Of
held her tighter and rocked her to and
fro rs he used to do when she was /:
baby. 'y"u-you just go on and cry.
Cry it out. Cry as hard as you want
to. It'll q" YOU good" His face So,
tied into lowering fruWn.
When the tempest cleared her father
led her t" Il divan and drew her dow,
beside him
$50. he said. looking steadily at her
its sam. after all
Yes she wcr"I drSpon,icntl,
But what's the use? It's all over
BOW"
WHY"
why" she repeated Why? Re
| cause it's too late. with III" wott.;i.;.
arranged for Wednesday, and and
he way sam has acted
What has he done that is so repre-
| henSihi": | always regarded him a.
a pretty decent sort of fellow
After mother talked to him the way
She did he never came to the house
| again-lseNcr even SO much lis wrote
me-!
What did your mother say to him !
''Oh. so many distressing things.
she replied vaguely And when Sam
suggested writing t" you she told him
it was absolutely useless; tina: yo"
agreed with her completely on tbs
| matter.
''SlIe did. did She:"
Then, of course, Sam felt hurt. Oh
father
And who rang in this Tichcnor Il
man as old as | ann l wish had
come home sooner
oh" resienedly, mother manaGe;i
it,
why didn't you mention some Of
these things to me in your letters"
II couldn't. father. l simply couldn'i
| trouble you with my affairs when YOU
| were in the midst of all that worr..
about the mines. 1t was good of Mr.
Tichenor TO help you out with money
wasn't it,"
"Help-me-Out-wi tll-money! roar
ed John Abbott. jumping to his fee:
with more alacrity than be had exhibit
ed for many years, Money! What
i'm He checked himself from Ut
tering a strong mining camp explcttve
| well. What do you mean:"
Didn't Mr. Tichenor lend you :.
large sum Of money to tide over finan-
cial difficulties this winter?' she aske:!
In wide eyed amazement ut her fl
theirs perturbation, Mother said he
did"
"G1od Lord, nor he shouted. strid
ing about the room as red faced and
angry as Katherine had ever seen him
Its a liza COMPOUNDED. inhuman liec
he went on stormily. looking and act
ing very much like a very large vol