The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-09

F 7s WI hgsrd 'at aMofk, eager ioi
lIic ali fresh from the sea
Aid ii NAs licre thar ior ihr
hr-i iie % her lie man
s, ss''--'' : 4 N iptistd hsr lie stood lose
lssxiir her The InsI nts'a he vas aware
~ Ills pressure. u, asi5n.liA plancing down
At htri~ she ltahed ii.lhe rail hacking
ile and ,iown liis bag ,l,4ngled wiIh a
n,niiJn ikhis, She lrltids Srttiny' 1nn She
thllgF.t he lNppd ihcr "a aeeideai After
taaf i,avsstr. Sht noticed tl,.si lr sought her
ont IA <taAJ l.rsir hsr N ln>i she was
frsS,leoed <l,r frivd u asoid l,ia biill&,er she
sfln,nsts h hrrs Il ftlte1anil,, that she had
<yanr IL isNk III ~ tlpA,t him ON nights
wilrn a. dil sna tpiir shc wondered 4 little
v&gytls Z M Ssrs III il ANYTHING had hap
ren-d.
'1Aea .eafn II, Night he Sp'd.e 10 her merely
s&tfagss Nir tsrhiliY ~ something OF The
Saffylnch SnI,l,r lil hn hear. With far'ing
ra4eks sAs qQtsl, iemrd sway The next
sss,fuioe ne sanr 70 her aeain and seemed
x~ii I, g,s,s AMI sssdin eIbowihS her way
s'fsalyira gt.sia thr sfoNd she eydded him
HURRIED 4 Fsss the Rastery and zap along
fst.enyi iS:ls street u the place where she
ssfs-i x s,H Mhpesste hsfd~sk house
little IA, Sc $ ,adercd il s'e were glad she
wi escaped l,is.. il j, wo.,ld not have been
= .g1io .hssr snowed hin te speak to her,
7sa.sn x bui n any times ~ be her friend il
" !. srl f.t- lad 50 few
S1z nsdl-a good morning 10 her Office
e>has ,i.,.s, rras bookkeeper and the
tal t,ol hcr scat al the desk ready
fssi l,.r Nirx writing bills, checking costs
..sf..1.1riag up profis For i've years she
A.iils.,s- Al ibis desk, six DAYS week,
e,sttsh ,Nrs each day, doing, the same dead
s.f4:d wors grown As familiar and unnter-
estilg as the enamelcd cloth surface OF the
4 II .l.ss lriere her Many times, shrink
i,aelv 81. s',',atrdlP the number OF months,
ofiags even OF minutes, that she had spent
here arning ju<l enough TO keep herself and
h-fsnalIhroil,rr. f3s
This morning thr work vas piled high
axsi,iag her letters, bills, memorandum,
i,it she ,opld nl,t ~em 10 gel started. She
sased o,li ai me window. 1t was raining
sissy hut She DID nal n"Iiee she was think
lis oi The man. wondering. hoping. i.
III ssy eey tic thought of him was with
;,fE And uiiarnls, resolution, which 1T
hal Shnwn hui lmid hand, st,,oJ mp
N aud procIaimrd It's strength. II was
il,is.
sllr moiI sprss toihc man, she was lonely,
s.1 She Would lrs 10 MAKE him her friend;
4 Il a.
ground. seeking thai mhi,b all her life had
hrta drnird her, seeking iur She knew not
nast
Wnen J, ams i,n,e 10 40 home the rain had
ceased and II mad lurncsi cold twas bitiei
On Inc oIltsiir ,lrt vi il,e fefryluat Few
pcoIae bratr. il, pfriernng ll,e Warm, stuhy
tsI,lns sophie naish,sd i"r The iigure she
kses =, veil Her mitsenrd hand held hel
hr4ys.b bat nat osrt warm toat ,lose around
her u ~ wrii. sindrsii. She knrm his figure
ST., sAnId .Iosr hrr yves and ser him clearl,
in every detail Why even his hands, hi,
large spsble hands she knew hon the blacL
hair isg against the brown skin; she ooulc
remember how The hoAyy thumb, probably
injured in s,fnc forgotten accident, bent il
grotesqntv; Nh<fe eSeh yrin, rose
long breath e. sl,rd her; he had come oa
sp,u the meas deck opposite. He wa
ena<ins, but when the cigar was finished h,
tossed it'oyfr the sids, its spark marking
thin. htry iine Until Il Felt into the waite
ethind them. esIit wasicrok-ing over towarc
her.
Sophit throat iItd 50 ihatt hurt her. b,
sfood elote beside her now She wanted e
sg,rak. hat sbP c5hId n6tsshe had the will bu
nal lht p5wxt She wssrtaityed oflhe neces
city abruptly for he put his hand over hers A
4 iar ontht rad ~ 21ff
1tll s6pn 1t 100 cid forsouso stand ou
Kea, ! hxskias. His voice was heavy and mas
Sopha bSatsted % long she WAS afraid h
w6H|d aink sht ass not soine 10 reply; sh
VA ximdtxwn her hand iron henesth hi.
finally slW sord Yes, was all she coul
minus
stnxn laeahed easily, and there va
fzsl Si1a1k lal!lb :{,s plared one hah
q EIybg((l "a 4 ssnl 10 ~ 'v6nr trIehd,, 'Sh
l'k6r' know YOU better
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