The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-05-09
Inexpected Game


BY a NINA CRAWFoRD

AANNNNWNU
Liefnfy rress)
stone cottage and the glow from the
log nrea within made the windows
bright crimson IN the early twilight
"Yea. I'm going to hailoo ike Fritz
does when he brings eggs 70 the hotel
TO sell. want Miss Anne 20 see my
new horse, laughed Kitty.
mo. you don't n Miss Anne Is such
q desirable beauty. rll Just walt until
/ clean up before j meet her. My valei
and guide have gone N ahead with my
traps"
"Oh, yes. they anne IN an automo-
bile this morning and took awful
'spenDivo rooms. mother said. Iguess
you're rich"
Turning Va curve IN the road, the
young hunter and bis charge came to
the entrance OF the cottage. A woman
in gray With soft silver fox under her
throat. stood on the top step looking
on over the valley where q deep orange
burned in the sky above the fringe Of
dark cedar trees,
The man stopped suddenly.
Miss Anne" called Kitty, "here's
the man that's going to stop at the.
hotel"
Anne turned nlowly. and the quiet
look Of peace In her face gave place TO
establishment
rs Il really you, Lauriei" she ask
ed wonderingly.
Eyes" said the man, whiting Kitty
down and handing the nuts to her,
yes, it's l.. OF course you understand
this Is an accident l supposed you
we're abroad"
Anne came down the steps holding
out her hand. Wont you Say that you
are glad to see me, Anyway she ask
ed, TREMENDOUSLY.
mo" said Laurie, "for the sight Of
YOU has opened the old wound"
Here's your leaves for the love
shrine, Miss Anne, and the hickory
nuts for the cake. III have to run ON
now. Mother'1l be looking, for me.
Much obliged to you for carrying me.
1T was most polite Of you,X added
Kitty, with ali the grown-up dignity
she could summon 90 her sera
Come la, Laurie, for a minute, +"
urged the girl Hospitality. i have
wanted to see you again
He held D the door for her with
his old time Difference and charm,
then went in after her, leaving his
game sack and gun on the porch.
Tho little living room was warm
with bright rugs and hangings, and the
big fire Of blackjack wood sent out
a welcoming cheer. Laurie's quick
eyes looked for the shrine. on a
small inlaid ebony table stood O pic
ture in a silver frame, but in the dim
light, the face OF the man was not
clearly seen. A bowl Of galax leaves
was on one side, and q tiny incense
jar Of curious design stood on the
other. A volume Of Mrs, Brownlng's
poems was there, too, and Laurie
thought instantly Of the night he had
carried that same little leather book
to Anne. She had stood behind his
chair reading to him and he remember.
GU NunN WAEn BIG A0EEANgAf 4 wv
thee to the level Of every days most
quiet need, by sun and candle light
she had leaned over and kissed him
softly on the forehead. But that, he
recalled, was before she had come
into her Aunt Patricia's vast es.
tate.
Won't you sit down. Laurie?"
49,. Ito -rn. lon oud r,srofool onT
played on the mans heart strings like
magic.
mo, Anne" The quietness OF his
own voice startled him. Il came here
on a hunting trip. III move on in the
morning, The game is pretty well kill
ed out"
He ives trying to talk Of common
+ place things, and keep his eyes from
seeing the picture Of the man Anne
! loved.
] yes. the natives hunt a grea.
. deal"
She lighted a tall standing lamp anC
e Laurie watched the fame flicker anC
Y then burn steadily. He looked agar
toward the shrine. The picture il
! the silver frame was his own.
Anne, what does that mean2 TIL
4 child out there said that you kept
e shrine to the memory OF SOM
Q man yoa loved. Anne. what does
mean?'
2 "You left me because somebody toll
" you that Aunt Patricia had left me he
fortune, together with her godson
r Lord Dunsford. You believed and
and
Your cousin Tom, your own law
3 yer, told me. ] thought you didn'
care, Anne. whom do you love?'
K Anne threw the yellowed gala.
leaves into the fire where they burr
ed sputteringly. then replaced then
r. with the fresh ones Kitty had gather
e ed on the mountain She turned bac.
il then to the figure "a brown corduroy
+ did you think III could forget 70.
" for al the money and lords IN Ga
L worldY' she sobbed.
r II came looking for game" be SAID
q a. or,,n about hor annT houl