Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-31

unhappy. put me-beside myself. It is not an excuse: 1t is a weak eE' planation. I wfl not forget myself again"
 He was as abject as any one could have wished. It was my minute ot triumph. but I can not pretend that l was happy. Evidently 1t had been only a passing impulse. If he had really cared. now that he knew I was free, he would have forgotten him self again at once. Then new ex- plsnation occurred to me. Suppose 1t had been Bella all the time. and the real shock had been to find that she had been marriedl
 ''The fault of the situation was real ly nine" l said magnanimously; T quite blame myself. Only, you must believe one thing. You never fur { nished us any amusement" l looked at him sidewise. The discovery that Bella and Jim were once married must have been a great shock k.
 Tt vas a surprise" he replied even ly. Ills voice and his eyes were in- sorutahle. He returned my glance steadily. It was infuriating to have gone halfway to meet him, as I had. and then to find him intrenched in his self-sufl ciency again. got up. "It is unfortunate that our acquain- tanee has begun so unfavorahly." re marked. preparing to pass him. ''Un- der other circumstances we might have been friends"
 There is only one solace." he .aid. When we do not have friends. we can not lose them"
 He opened the door to let me pass out, and as our eyes met. all the cold ness died out of his. He held out his hand, but l was hurt l refused to see 1t
 "Kit," he said unsteadily. I'm an obstinate. pig-hearted brute. l am sorry. Can't we be friends. after sn?"
 "'When we do not have friends we can not lose them." l replied with cool malice. And the next instant the door closed behind me.
 It was that night that the really serious event of the quarantine oc- ! cured.
 We were gathered in the library. and everybody was deadly dull. Aunt Selma said she had been reared to a strict observance of the Sabbath. and she refused to go to bed early. The cards and card-tables were put away and every one sat around and quar- | reled and was generally nasty. except | Bella and Jim, who had gone into the { den just after dinner and firmly closed | the door.
 I think 1t was just after Max pro i posed to me. Yes. he proposed to me again that night He said that Jim's 1 illness had decided him: that any Of | us might take sick and die, shut in i that contaminated atmosphere. and | that fl he did he wanted 1t all settled. | And whether l took him or not he i wanted me to remember him kindly if 1 anything happened 1 really hated to ! refuse him-he was in such deadly [ earnest. But 1t was quite unnecessary f for him to have blamed his refusal. as he did. on Mir. Harbison. am sure I had refused him plenty of times ! before had ever heard of the man. 1 Yes. it vas just after he proposed to me that Flarnigan came to the door and called MT. Harbison our into the i hall
 1 Flannigan-lfke most of the people In the house-always went 10 Mir. Harbison when there was anything to be done. He openly sdored him, and-what was more-he did what MT. Harbison ordered without a word, while the rest of us had to get down on our knees and beg.
 Mir Harbison went out, muttering something about a storm coming up.
 and seeing that the tent was secure.
 Betty Mercer went with him She had
 been at his heels all evening. and
 called him rom" on every possible
 occasion. Indeed. she made nv secret
 of f.: she said that she was mad about
 him, and that she would love to live
 in South America, and have an Indian
 squaw for a lsdy's maid. and sit out
 on the yeranda in the evenings and
 watch the Southern Cross shooting
 across the sky. and eating tropical
 food from the quaint Indian pottery.
 Sne was not even uauutcG when Ddl
 told her the Southern Cross did not
 shoot, and that the food was probably
 canned corn on tin dishes.
 So Betty went with him. She wore
 a pale yellow dinner gown. with just
 a sophisticated touch of black here
 and there. and cut modestly square fin the neck Her shoulders are
 Ecrawny And after they were gone
 not her shoulders; Mir. Harbison and
 Ehe-Aunt Sellna announced that the next day was Monday. that she had only a weeks supply of clothing with her. and that no policeman who ever swung a mace should wash her undergarments for her.
 (Continued tomorrow.)