El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-20
The Parable OF the Woman Who Loved
By ADA PATTERSON.

moped for the affection that was not
hers And he, looking critically on
saw the frOwn on her brow and
] thought she was i'll tempered, when
she was only despairing; that she was
/ selfish. when she had no thought save
Z thoughts for him, about him, concern
ing him and compromising him. Be
I cause she mOped she lost her fine fresh
color, the brightness Of the brilliant
eyes he had admired, and the quickness
I OF the birdlke movements he had
I thought, so WinsOme
she looked down instead Of up and
! the downward pose Of her head was
unbending. Her face seemed to take
I on dropping lines and, acquire shadow
/ filled hOllows. The figure that he had
! admired for its youthful erectness
/ dropped Her voice lost its youthful
I JOY note and Became a whine.
Because she deemed herself neglected
her temper that had been sweet became
uncertain The man said: Why waste
my time about sallOw vixenc I shall
hunt more agreeable company" And
being Of the selfish sex he carried out
this manlike resolve.
He found a saccharine little pink
and white person and fancying sha
was more agreeable, danced interested
attendance upon her The woman,
looking on, was first a candidate for a
lunatic asylum, then changed her mind
and headed straight for the grave b. [
OF Charlotte Temple and came to be- |
ieve that the face of every woman she /
saw bore the marks OF the owners hay ]
ing been Tilted. The world took on q /
saffron hue and she matched II. When 4
she saw the man she did not burst
into one glorious flame-like rage OF
Jealousy, by whose light he could see
how attractive she was even when {
angry. Instead, she sulked, kept her
head down and her eyes averted, and
the only thought he gave her was a
vast wonder that he could ever have
admired one who looked so old and was
50 sullen.
Then she resolved to turn, as wo-
men who are jealous always turn, q
another man. His attentions were
salve TO her hurt pride. She paraded
him before her friends as a victorious
army swings its banners to the breeze.
hid her hurt She pretended she loved
him. and played at hating the other
man.
Meanwhile the other mans oscillating /
heart began its return beat 1t swuns
back from the pink and white sacchar-
Inc young person, who was so sweet
that she was a bit tiresome. His ca
PRECIOUS palate began to long for
spice, and when he thought OF spite he
rememb ered the woman he had thought
old and salloW and sullen. Certainly
she never cloyed. She was always en-
tertaining. And she had glorious eyes
that had trick Of opening wide and
sending pleasant chills down q fellows
backbone. After all she had interested
him more than any woman he had ever
known She was a capital CONVERSE
tiOnalist, and when a chap looks at II I
straight. life IS no silly flirta ton with
a simpering girl, but one long CONVEX
sation. Better choose a good talker.
Staring at the future through cigar
smoke IN which the pink and white face
OF the sugar maiden seemed TO melt
away and the vivid countenance OF the ! ,
other seemed to burn into his soul I (
he tossed the cigar out the window,
smoothed his hair, Strengthened his tie /
brushed the collar Of his coat, shrugged ]