La Junta tribune., 1912-12-28
A PLAN For
A BREAK
II Led 10 Con ,lieatioas
and . Eiases
sy JULIA D. EDAosooS

well stocked with guests. The rocs
ing chair hrigudc-as those ladies wlin
daily occupy the porch Of the vk.ude
lean hotel. each aud all plying son,
Kind OF needle ~ an nccompauiin.uJ l
,o their meludious g"ssipiiix voice
WINS iu session. Two ladies' sit,iu :
somew hat apart from the rest wrrr
engaged In earnest conversation IN a
low tone
Il sympathizc with YOU. Mrs. II
per" said the one. but don't ~. b.
| can help you Ny son Is actively en-.
casr,I In business aud cant le avn
from II at this season more than IL
dsy. at a time Could lac II. here W H
Us. say. for q fortnight | would lH
glad tn lend him in yuu for the purI,u-n
OF drawing your daughters a'tcntiHg
from this yuung iugcl.s. who yUT
fear will win her. There II anotNrr
course will suggest A young man
has just arrived who has entered h.-
nam. on the hotel register ns EdwHra
Cation. Rein. the only young fellow
Of preposSrssiug appearance ,Rupgi"-
excepted In the hotel. he Will scon .e
besiegcd by the girls. II you likr ]
will make his acquaintance. introdua-
him 10 your daughter telling him she
il the belle OF tn. placer. md she vii,
naturally he interested In taking him
away from the others. This will serve
to divert her mind from Ruxgies aHd
t...txx ka~1,r
why do you object 10 Huggies? He Is
said to hny. mn Income Of 95.OO"
MY dear Mrs Crawford. what would
5000 year b- for Gwenf"
What you wish ! presume IL simply
,o break on her affair with NugsIes
that she may bc free to marry for
tune"
Precisely. II you can accomrlish
this break hy Introducing any on. no
matter who he isl viii consider my
self under n lasting obligation TO you "
The same evening the introduc' ION
was accomplished. Gwendolen Harp-r
and Edward Cation were lnsvodu 81
md before tn. guests left the dnngIuc
hall In the evening Mr~. Craw ford
said to Mrs. Harper:
Did you ever see such 4 r~msr sbls
case of love NJ nr-t xightr' -.
Al the parties to this scheme Were
pleased except Sam Ruggl~s. no went
on to the far end Of tn. ,.randa aud
scowl.,i and smoked and supk.-i and
scowl.-i. keeping b, himself here hs
could not see his rivals Sue lest he
should make scene.
Eut on the third day after the break
had been made effective. When Mr..
Huggles WIS rending north-ru news
parcr. h. saw something that thrilled
him u WIS nn ndy.rtls.mrUf II Mrs
Edward l.. eaton for inform r.pn con.
c.rnine her husband. who h1d li,-serte''
her aud their 'hr,- children l,uggics
immediately cut the ad ou, of tue news
paper that h. alone of those nd The ho-
tel might i.os~-s> this iuform7fipn and
that h. l..ht consider plan Dos which
he could -, the greatest saf.sfaction
out of II,
Til. sam" evening an anouE nous let
ter went tn the advertiser thfr ern
il.mnn had appeared ai the \ rgiel~au
bo,,l ai -- answering t. iHa name
mentioned In til. ndN.rti-.mslr Hug
giles. who mailed the letter. UHud ma
refrain from adding that "thr fellow
wa, evidently bent on committing big
amy"
From III. tim. the DISCARDED lov~s
saw the evidence that hi, r..sI wal
sailing under fails. rolOrs b. nlangcd
his bearing toward Mis. Ilnrt~r
Where before he had made HI. Zeal
ousy evident he now assumed HH air of
superiority mingled with ,ylrg Mr
Cation had become aware that His st
icntions to Miss Harper hnd made MIR
Russles his enemy aud had npI. d the
rningunism ~ the lait.r's h.1rIpy 10
sard him whenever they met Ou,
evening while Mr.. Cation was d4nriua
with Miss Harper he unintrHripnni
fnn against I,nsglrs. who va, ais.
danrinr The look HuggIcs CAV. him
W.. luminous Later. when hptH wen,
out on the V"rludn for u tybff NJ .
cigarette. Cation stepped up ~ Rucy,..,
'nd ,pologi,.d for running against him
IN the dance
"on. who 4. sailing under f,I.. cal
'rs Is beneath my notice for an, In
suit. WIS III" reply
How did you get onto ,haty' ,.ksl
Cation with surprising imp.rturh,bliitv
y ~" II In the newspapers
u wish III. newspapers would 10, u,>
s'"b~. was 'b. "nl, r-jnind.r A.
Cation went bnck into III. dancing h,il
where Rurslr. .oon saw him uhlrlins
with Miss Harper
Now. the only real attachment in ,hl.
triangular n6nIr was between ~.
'suHgles aud Gwen Harper. and rrou
the time Rurnlc- bcrnn TO n.snm. ,i,s,
sif of snf-riorii, Gwen began IN M
troubled. xhe was too proud 10 cal
sim back. bu, she locked n. 4, an
would In willing 10 tax. him b,rk N
sc would apply for Reinstatement, ons
Day when they mel In the garden a