The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-07-18

4 AAT was half.after six when
NNN entered Martins from the
VIZ Broadway side. I chose Z
M table by the north wall and
IN sat down on the cushioned
~ y seat. ordered dinner, and
the ample proportions Of Il
completely hoodwinked the waiter
- to the condition Of my cardiac
afhiction: being. ~ was. desper.
ately and hopelessly and miserably
In love. Old owls say that . man
can not eat. when he 10 In love. He
can II he 10 mad at the way the object
Of his affections has treated him: and
I was mad. To be sure. can not re-
call what my order was. but the
amount of the walters check 10 still
vivid to my recollection.
I glanced about. At my left sat .
young man about my own age. He
was also In evening dress. At my
right q benevolent old gentleman.
whose eyeglasses balanced neatly
upon the end Of his nose. was deeply
Interested in the Law Journal and .
pint Of mineral water. A little beyond
my table was an exiled Frenchman.
and the Irritating odor Of absinthe
drifted At times across my nostrils.
With my coffee I ordered q glass Of
Dantzic. and watched the fakes OF
beaten gold waver and settle; and
presently I devoted myself entirely to
ny own particularly miserable
thoughts. To be In love and In
debt! To be with the gods one mo-
ment and hunted by 4 bill-collector
the next!
Suppose, besides. that you possessed
rich uncle who said that on the day
Of your wedding he would make over
to you fifty thousand In government
three per cents. Hard. wasn't It?
And suppose the girl was independent.
ly rich. Heigh-ho!
fnd that man needs more money
In love than he does in debt. This Is
not to say that I was ever very hard
Hpressed: but I hated to pay ten dol.
lars ION account" when the total was
only twenty.
And now It was all over!
I did not care 30 much about ny
uncle's gold-bonds, but did think .
powerful lot Of the girl. Why. when
I recall the annoyances I've put up
with from that kid brother Of hers!
Pshaw, what's the use!
His mother called him "ToddsOne
Boy" In memory Of . book she had
read long years ago. He was six years
old. and I never think OF him with
out that Jingle coming to mind:
GLiule willie choked his sister.
SRe was dead before they missed her.
x * X +. cute. s " % only ie .i.~
IN these things thought over a. !
sat at my table. Well. I would 20 up
to the club. and II I didn't get homo
ill mor-r.nins. who was there to
care?
The Frenchman had gone. and the
bsaeyelent old gentleman. The crowd
~ thinning out. The young man at
~ tsft rose and I rose also. We both
stared thoughtfully at the hat-rack.
There hung two hats: an opera hat
and . dilapidated old stovepipe. The
Young fellow reached up and, quite
naturally elected the opers hat. He
glanced into II. and Immediately .
wrinkle Of annoyance darkened his
brow. He held the hat toward me.
81. th,. vours,- he asked.
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