El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01

A UGUST 1S.-Manette. with al
n her royal retinue, including the
4 = Jack Spencers. Miss Hill and
Richards, the nurse. viii arrive home
tomorrow.
Il want to tell my mother" she said,
"of our engagement"
But" l protested, there Is no en-
gagement. Really, my dear girl II Is
time to put an end to this joke.
You are just like all men, she
said, with an adoring look that almost
man who denied his engagement when
ne had the marriage license IN ms
pocket. Ny perfect understanding OF
YOU is one of the many reasons nave
for knowing we will be, on, so happy
together.
sT can be ready. dear" more coax
incly, whenever you say.
Then 1 changed the subject
But am glad she will be gone when
nv home-makers return Surely with
their presence to fortify me can ina
a way out of this labyrinth that winds
up to the altar.
A Memory.
August 90 could not write In mere
last night. Diary. The ordeal OF meet
ing Manette made me realize more
keenly than ever the loss of my other
little girl and l was all broken up
When Manette tore away from Jack
Spencer's arms and came flying to me
across the depot platform 1 couidn'
see her plainly fer the b'ffr in my eyes
The last time had met ner at train
there had been two-two little glrIs
fat and round and all In white. Two
little pairs Of arms around my neck at
once, and I think 1 was happier that
day than ever before in my life.
[ tried to remember when hugging
Manette of the many who haven't
even one child to love and to be CRATE
full but Diary, it was hard.
had the SpencerS over for dinner.
I thought it would be easier for all
of us, and that we would miss Eliza
beth less but we only missed her the
more And that is the way always
when little child is taken. All the
brave subterfuges behind which we
seek to hide and temporarily forget
fall away and desolation, the truth
is more apparent because of the at
tempt to deceive ourselves.
The Picture.
All went seemingly well at dinner
for A time. We kept up running
talk. fearing the gaps in the CONVEX
sation Just as child fears the lonely
places in a road, and making a brave
show of cheerfulness, when Manette,
with the recklessness of childhood,
stood up in her chair and, turning.
saw on the wall behind her picture
I had hoped she would not see At
least, not just yet
Elizabeth had had way OF perching
on the gate post every night when it
was time for me to come home. She
would sit there with her little legs
swinging for an hour at time, never
taking her eyes from the corner where
the car stops. She always had a visit
full. appealing look in her eyes.
Children with that look" Tompkins
once said, never stay with US very
long"
She was sitting there one day, bend
ing forward to see if 1 might be among
a lot of passengers just alighting,
when one of the neighbors took a
snapshot of her. 1t was wonderfully
good and after she left us I had it
done in oil by the best artist in New
York.
Manette's Appeal.
It is a perfect picture. The head
bent a little forward, with eyes look
ing directly at you, and with the
sweetest, most wistful. appealing look
in them; she is holding fast to the
fence post with a hand on each side,
and her little white skirts stick out
stiffly- Her little bare legs. in half
hose. with white slippers on her feet,