El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-21

PRTI, 81 am getting over the ef-
"a fects Of that crash when the au'
"A tomobile went over, but very slow
IL The doctor says may 60 10 Ine
.fe,oe next week. but I will have 70
III with q cane Ny back Is sun
-estr and there is something the mat
60 ,-f+b nv right knee, that doesn /
tes1 as rspidly as il might II "eIs
younger man
The days 90 slowly, ana men
onIv those DAYS as worth WINE " ll9 -
- ToseDbfre I haven't seen nef LOL
over a week and am beginning 70 -
ross about It. Whenever So 80
thine she pleads that she mus ~ :.
so-g-s+ ehe has a daughter duJles, "
-,erfoTr1 and that silences me -
dav I Insisted that we get ma - -. =
once A delay, salu, Wo-l ,,-s7- for
donable II I had TO earn the llO,lSS -
> home but the money was ear ils =,
md there was no earIn14 sense .
uniting the wedding or 7o5
Besides I said i neeQ you ~ -,
49, -ir-F4 there in. that little cnalr y
my couch. every minute on lIl5 10 =, az
nv heaven. intend 10 have you
she Just laughed and SAID llS. y , lisii
q girl married a man OF my 1Iial--i--
position it would never 90 LO5 ~
CCr1e without a betting WaroFOoe.
And IL takesstine TO get lHll Iee az
she said with the prettiesI polL IN
$50 T want all the pretty things az
hri5es have. and have to make most
Of them myself"
1-sbba5 her hands TO look. 7 said
ro- sfgus OF needle pricks on ner nm
gers. but really as an excuse 10 nun
them .t5 chat vou
ever held a needle in those pretty
fingers che car
rfed a little piece OF camorlc on WlllCH
she vas embroidering a. lot OF now rs.
10 move it, II looked to me ike me
same niece saw her working on tHe
first time I ever called on her anu IL
didn't seem any nearer done e7.-,,.,5
I told her so, and her eyes liesl-g y
en- sfraueeIv at me that I Immediately
changed the subject JoseRnlhS, ny ~
dear diary, has temper but Inv
her all the better for IT.
ADrfT 81 have had most agreea-oie
afternoon. for dear old Mary Ray I5 5I
came to see me don see WY - =
her old for we are the same 50 -
am still a young man mat Is 81
called a Young man on change sup
nose in society would 1igure as oelHs
almost venerable bo
she walked. she said. because sne
-ee5ed the exercise. That Is just IKE
Mary I know she walked oecaus =
the car fare has become an lteII !.
her but she would never aQIhLI -
The exercise had made her cheeks PINK
sD6 blown a few stray hairs loose
rom the tight braided bands IN W1tC5
she always wears il, and she IooAeO
po 80 'T Won know said. 4 am goina
10 find a husband for you
But I don't want a husband, sne
said. sewing very Vigorously on -" l Il4
looked Ike pettiCoat for one OF her
7ounF nieces: Z want to be always %
I am.
Z grabbed her hand away from ner
sewing and looked at 1T critically;
Rather brown but we'll shaped ana
uerfectIv kept. There were hard ~
+Ia snofs on the inside indicating that
Mary Is a worker and there Were ~ ~
tie -urfcIys and scratches on one ing eEi
proving that she sewed a great deal
s'F7unuvr' I said. branching on from
nv dissertation on the joys she would
find IN Eatrlmony- ,-.
whats funny she said. snatching
her hands away Funny that there is
ONLY one spin in the world who prefers
TO remain a spin2 Ny dear Doy1 there
are thousands OF them
that your hand shows You sew, and
Iosephine's doesn't. and she says she
sevs almost all the time Makes no
end OF things for her brothers and
sisters. you know
A strange look in Mary's eyes, but
not a word 3,
She nodded her head, and looked al
me so strangely that somehow I felt
that vas put on the defensive I don't
know why il is but every time
mention Josephine to my friends I am
nut in the attitude Of defending her
II made me mad Well" I said
what's the matter with JOsephine?'