The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-10

! f~ff N"F~t 4" N~t Nttrf4 N9A Al cAA nAt
pathetlc-looking He was a kind and
gentle man." she told AIRS. Kelly. ant
Il was the nearest 20 a confidence she
ever came Az In former days. when
her first romance had died. no one
seemed able 70 ihaw the Ice on her
sweet reserve.
Her manner Of life underwent q rad
ical change after her husbands desfh
The hard work she had courted
seemed % lose Iis fascination for her
She stilI kept her little home neat and
attractive but now In the long after.
moons she would lie ior hours 10 the
hammock gazing dreamiiy az tho
leaves OF The crooked old apple tree.
or cnddled up IN the huge willow rock.
er on the Yine-shaded porch. pass the
hours in reading magazines and books
And nature responded gladly 10 the
ease and coddling Unconscious her.
sell Of the benefit she was acquiring
from the mnchneeded relaxation ana
rest Evamay's color again daintily
tinted her cheeks. the light dawned
again Ia her eyes and once she caught
herself humning blithe lille college
afr.
She's just like the girl she used TO
be when she went with Tom Norton. -
affirmed Mrs Kelly to the reading
club. She worked 100 hard and
'twasn't as If she had %. She was a
good wife to Herman she averred
Justly, but ! never did know what
to make Of her. ! guess it's her high.
er education
II was along Ia the holiday season
that the town was given the shock OF
Its existence BY the news that Tom
Norton, now wealthy stock ana bond
broker, was at the town hotel.
IA millionaire as he is come 10
spend the holidays In his old home
town" cried old Mrs. Kelly when She
heard the announcement why. il
Was only yesterday see in The city
papers that he had the market in a
corner and was pounding the bears"
Mrs. Kelly prided herself ON a certain
Of frenzied hnance.
Well, twas me wiped the tears of
his little face when his father ana
mother died a week apart she said.
ler own eyes wet and soft. ~and ia
axe him on my knee the same now II !
ne wasn't too big entirely" In her
'est bonnet and cape, selected from
he city store catalogue. she repaired
without delay to the hotel.
He's that grand and handsome
'ou'd never know him, she dubbed 4
hat afternoon to the reading club,
but he kissed me as glad as a child"
Ind the whole town staggered and
Ield its head high. IN the cosy sit
ing room OF her little home Evamay
eclined like a dreaming child. her
yes fixed wide and far-seeing on the
flames OF the CRATE logs It
Vas her dreamtime. as she called 1t.
then she lived in another world FAR
part and alien to reality. Her pretty
fhite house gown. with its touches Of
lack at neck and throat proelaiming
er second year Of widowhood. made
er look as young and girlish as when
be had come home years ago from
nat happy irresponsible year at col.
'ge. in the cracking flames she CON
lred up again all the sweet. alluring
nomises and hopes oF those days. the
resent faded away with It's sadness
nd regret. and Evamay was happy.
The loud call OF the kn0cker on the
ont door startled her fronl the trance
ID she went 10 the door With the
'eam light still IN her eyes. A low
y Of fear, uncertainty, broke nom
sr as the tai. frankfaced man nith
rling brown hair stepped eagerly
to The room. She looked At him
rain, and then buried her face in her
lnds.
'Eyamay" he said gently, brokenIv.
ont greet me that wsy AFTER All
ese years. MasterfuIly he drew her
nds from her face and compelled her
es
I'm frightened she half-sobbed
"a q child. I've been dreaming bv
fife-and-oh, It can't be you, Tom.
can't be yon. I'm siill BY The
ate"
she swayed and he gathered hu
,se III his arms.
Didn't YOU know. dear. didn't yon
ow would come-some time. some.
" We would be together again II
s been my faith. my hope. my re-
ion. all these years"
4 warp gladness caTAe into Eva.
Iy's eyes and face sTnen il il true
whispered. the crate fFe told me
no one has ever known. she toid
when they were sitting close be-
2 the fire. Herman gave hack fhe
rtgage. deed to father the day We
re married, and neither father nor
ther. nor even Herman himself -
sed the price I was paving TO make 4
parents last years happy. he was
Z % me and worked tafiousiv
q morning in nlehr % keen from II
ng mad -
Don't talk q e, darling he lola lsl
tendefiy ITS Al in the past As d.
lld r0u then ia nav daer4sr 4. -,.