La Junta tribune., 1911-09-02

pe CONSIDERED hI..>ef no Uetter OH
than when ne had lost her IN the
crowd De questioned II he was no'
worse off II. was IN the position o!
one who had snd-avorrd TO force an
acquaIDtance upon girl and had re
ceived a rebuke
Fortune favored him again He was
al an evening function aud suddenly
came upon the object OF supreme IN
terest TO him She was .lriiug alone
How could one who WIS 80 charming
20 him be "wIilfower:' he huu,.d
for some one 10 lntroducp him TO her.
but found no one He applied 10 The
host. who replied. IAN my guests ure
supposed TO know one another when
under my roof Introduce no one
Considering Egglcston's sensitive CON
dliion. be WAS cowad IL. went back
10 the place where be had left the
giri. resolved on an attempt TO placate
her. aud saw her walk on, OF the
room. She went 10 the library. and he
followed ter She took book from
u shelf and opened IL Eggics,on stood
few feet behind hrt
III yon don't forgive me-" be blurt-
ed. Il shall commit suicide
! He waited for a reply. but received
none Presently the cirl turned and
looked AT him Then she turned again
TO her book without a word
This .proni rebuff took away all the
courage There WIS In Egglesion Again
h. siuuI au,v rHg- fIn,.. MT .tIv ,,Itb
pain hut bitterness, Ia his heart
In some fe~is-'I~ our minds are
merely human .nachines. as our bodic~
are. aud prone Ike machinery, TO get
Into conditions where they will not
work properly Eggl@sion's mind WIS
at this time Ike a runaway auto The
power couldn't he turned Oh and there
was danger OF smash lie had fallen
IN love with 4 cirl at sight had at
tempted to make her acquaintance
wltio',' IN Introduction. been rebuned.
had asked forgiveness been ignored.
and was now iu desperate. condition
In other words. he was running away
with himself
He NJ ono. 'eft the house where he
tad met with this second rebuff. wen;
- his room aud walked the feor TIL
mo-LIng He MS sure he hid seen a
loot OF contempt un the girls face. He
WAS not sure lui THAI there was min
ricd with this look a threat meaning
III you force yourself on me again
shall surely tu'n you over 20 the po.
lice" Neverthe 'ess an this merely add
cd 20 that wildly sensational condition
which VIII h"gri more of the passion
OF love IN q given tune than any other
cause one momrnt he would calm
himself down 70 realization OF the
fact isai be- was in an abnormal -cuudi-
ton the next another paroSysm would
sweep over him and b. would consider
the proprieiy Of blowing out his brains
This may seem pver,lraw wn. but We
must remember the many actual sui
ciies by youn; men or girls as result
81 this vcry love frenzy.
Rni he survived. Gradually b. came
down 10 condition where be could
take thought upon the matter aud lay
plan Tor fuiurr procedure. He would
'NAhfAh'fl W kNAAA wv Nfl NfAFN W ~ AANtb
person. through whom he might gain
forgiveness from the woman who con
siderri herself lnsuicd The only per
son he knew who was surely acqualnt.
ID with the rirl was Charlie Rlckets.
al whore house he had met her. lie
wrote Ricketts, note asking for a pri.
vate Interview lIIs request was grant.
ed. anl Esgicsion told him the whole
story, lie had not gone far before
Ricketts, sndcavored 10 put In word,
but EgEieston Insisted on telling Il all
before rrceiviug any comment
when the story was finished Rlckets
offered TO Introduce bis friend to the
young l1dy. guaranteeing that she
would listen 10 nn explanation aud the
lover would h. treated with consldem
tlon. lie added that {, would bc better
for Egglesiou 10 b. bis own defender.
ana glckets would not enter upon the
subject with the Eirl,
A few days later Rickets wro;. ks,
1leston. saying that he had arranged
with the young lady tina, the latter
should call on her ou a certain evening
Al the time appointed Eggl.ston call
ed and sent In his card with u wildly
beating heart lie was ushcr,j into
cory reception room. whcf- he found
the indy of his love She ni~e ~ b. .n
tered with r,asSurins smile. but said
no word Of welcome Inviting Egrl..
ston 10 seat. she took up au ear
[ trumpet lying on n table and. adjus,
Ing the small .nd TO her ear. waited
for him 10 talk into the other end
There may b. such u thing ns too
sudden n relief iik. u dash II oc.
I CURED 10 Eeglcs'on that on neither
of III" two occAsions he had addressed
her had she hrnrd him lie had come
To her TO explain what bee supposed
she considered an insult Ills in'-n
. sln, 20 tall n.r fr.altx tt.s Hla