The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-05

Shave ana uIeSS up ana SORT OF walt
around for you to come in. You didn't
come.
Then went and asked your sister-I'd
been too proud to do it at first. She opened
my eyes-she showed me what they all
thought and felt about me especially your
mother.
"Then went out and got drunk in
carnest-I'm telling you all OF it, Glory.
! lost my job; then one day sat down to
look the thing square in the face. said to
myself, You're nice one, you are! No
wonder your wife left you'll Do you blame
herr Suppose it'd been the other way,
you'd have been plumb disguised, wouldn't
your What makes you think you could do
anything and she ought to stand for it7 that
she aooaAd stand for it?
wWhat makes you think that7' said
to myself. Now 1 said, what are you
going to do? Are you going to quit decency
altogether and just be a hog7 Are you going
to show everybody that she was rightP or
are you going to be man? You let on to
her in the beginning that you were real
man and she believed you. You better
prove it, hadn't YOU'D Do you think you
could prove it, you damned fool?' I said.
Honey, by some God-sent chance you'd
hit on the right way to wake me up. You
showed me what it was to lose the thing
you do care for for the thing you don't care
for. For year 1 looked for you and
couldn't find you, because you see hadn't
any idea where to look; and began to find
out what an almighty big country this is.
Then stopped to take stock of things.
II wasn't making much, of course, and
saw / wouldn't have anything to give you
if did find you. Well, / fell in with fellow
named Bryson who was going out to Cali
fornia to grow oranges. He had some
money and didn't, but he wanted me to
go in with him, and I did. We got some
groves and, Lord, how we did work! He
wanted to marry rich girl, and he was
proud and wanted to show 'em, and-you
know what wanted. Say, we just had
to make goodl All the time was trying
every way could think of to find trace
of you. even put advertisements in the
papers. ] suppose you didn't happen to see
any of emp" wistfully.
"No," said Glory in vuy low voice,
"I didn't see any of them"
Cline went on" he resumed, "and
things began to come our Wayne began
to have money in our pockets. But all the
same was feeling pretty blue. didn't
know what you'd done. You might have
got divorce and married some other fellow
in all that time say, honey, you didn't,
did your"
"No," she whispered.
He wiped his forehead.
IT didn't know, you see. So one day /
started out again. / was going to find out
if it took every bean had. | couldn't tell
you all Of it, but one day got to talking
to a travelling man in San Francisco. While
we were standing there, a woman passed,
and kind of looked around to see her good.
"I'd sort of got into the habit of looking
at all the light-haired women to see if it
was you. Interested in blondes2' he asked.
And I said, Well, kind Of and he said,
We'll, up in Seattle at Hathaway & Eaton's,
they've got peach! Not one of your fly
ones-believe me, she's real lady. For
looks and style and intelligence, she's got
all the society danes beat a city block.
~ asked what her name was, and he
says, Miss Mackan.' / guess I looked
kind of funny, for he grabbed me by the
shoulder and yelled, What's the matter,
man? are you sick?' 1 said, Say, you're
going to have all the oranges you can
eat the rest of your life, but can't
tell you about it now-I got to catch a
trainH"
He laughed little.
"Think of CHANGING on it that way after
all that searching"
She had sat almost motionless during
his recital, not looking at him; her fingers
still turning the pencil she had held at his
entrance.
"Are you going to try me again, Glory7
I've got home down there in the sunshine
waiting for you. The oranges are ripe now
and the peoples are just flaming across the
fields. That country always made me think
of you'll guess that's why like it SO well
the sky and the oranges and the sunshine
all blue and gold and dreamy. And
honest to God, l haven't touched drop
since that day quit for good.
She did not speak, but she rose as he did
and stood before him. He did not try tc
touch her
81 don't know whether you could evel
feel the same, but I'd sure try to make you
And, Glory-why, Glory, I've often thought
if could just take you in my arms like
used tot would lust haze to come back tx
you"
Miss Mackan looked straight and deeI
into her husbands eyes.
"You better try it, Tim, and see," Sh