El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-19
By Mabel Herbert Urner

take care OF her-she1I be up In a
moment
Jennie was one Of Mrs Stevens
maids, a young French girl, devoted
70 children, VINO had taken care OF
Winifred on several occasions. So
Helen had no fear of leaving her
wonderful outr'
It took Helen only few moments to
dress and get into her wraps, and
Wnen she had given some final in
structlons to Jennie about Winifred,
Lney hurried down to the car. Mr..
Stevens greeted her cordially.
We thought il was too fine a day
Ior any one TO stay indoors" as he
helped her into the car and tucked the
rugs about her.
Now, John. drive out the road.
ne directed, as they started off
Helen leaned back in the wide leath-
er chair Everywhere were signs OF
spring Bareheaded children, barking
dogs and farther out IN the country
the smell OF earth and growing rhine-s
Helen breathed 1t ali in huneTflv. Ii
had been so long since she had been
out IN the real country, and now reso-
lutely she put from her all anxious
worrying thoughts and gave herself
up TO the JOY Of the ride
A chicken sCampered across the road
IN 'front.' OF them or dog ran out
barking at the car. Here and there a
horse bearing the cars of weekday
Sunday rest in field or BARNARD ca
ing cows looked up with mild inquiry
as they flew past.
Pleasant Scenes.
A country church with a few peopIe
lingering around the dOor-probably
the close Of some afternoon service.
Then cemetery with fresh cut flow
ers on several mounds, and a young
couple planting rose bush on a tiny
grave. Ihen came small village with
its closed shops and sleepy SUNDAY
streets.
slow up here. John" called out
ar, stevens There's railroad cross
ing just ahead"
The bars We're down and the flag
man stood there waving his red flag
as freight train pUffed slowly by.
Inc sunlight fell on the giistening
coal with which the cars were Ioade5
and lit up the grimy faces of fbe
DrakeInen And when the last car
mad rumbled by. the steel tracks shone
IN long glittering line around the
curve Helen sazed at them dream
lhgly- me sun shining on the steel
rails recalled some vague frnDressfo-'
OF childhood. And just now there vvos
faint odor Of burning leaves-thaf
ZOO seemed part Of the picture
But the bars were raised and they
crossed the track and on down the
road before she could place the meu,-
Dry On and on they sped, the soft
air blowing back their wells and
---NA-- Val leu OQQrs OF woods
and fields and fresh plowed ground
It was after 5 o'clock when fbev
stopped at little roadhouse for din
ner ana II was quite dusk before thew
started back. But the ride hack
through the dark was to Helen as mn
OF cnarm as II had been through the
bright sunlight Of the afternoon
1t was growing cooler and Mr. Stew
ems wrapped the rugs about her more
Closely The night air of the country /
has a sweetness Of its own, and the
and tree frogs made a muir
murous background
Return From the Drive
II was almost with regret that Hal
en- saw the glimmer Of distant lights
Whlch meant the approach Of the civ
AZ mao oeen wonderful drive She I
hao succeeded in putting aside every l
thought but the pleasure of the mo- I
some one say:
II only we could learn to take orr
pleasures In moments. Life gives us 7
many or them-not consecutiveIv and 4
not perhaps the way we would like
most to have them. And yet. hovever fl
dreary our lot, we all have moments +
enough TO make life Iiveable' ii only 4