El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

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] lar, auntie, dear"
Aunt Lueie smiled knowingly. She
/ pushed her spectacIes up on her fore
l head. took her snuff box and tapped
/ its golden lid, as she said:
"Oh, nonsense, YvonneI When a per-
/ son says nothing In particular it gen
I orally means something very import
But 7 assure you, auntie-'
! That is all very well, YvOnne, but
I Just look at me"
! Yyonne slowly raised her head.
! That IS as plain as day, 70 uhave
! some secret sorrow which you don't
| want to tell me about; your eyes are
/ full of tears
-Oh, auntie. dearr"
! YyOnne threw her arms around the
/ old lady's neck, buried her face at her
| bosom and burst into tears.
Then You are quite sure your father
/ VIII never permit you to marry Charles
grown little more calm
Yes, auntie. dear"
Then I think I had better take
nand IN this natter said Aunt Tucfe
/ determinedly. Because nv brother
has a quarrel with DeIord. it is NOT
necessary for him to ruin his daugh-
. Ter s happiness for life and make two
young people act like Romeo and .Ju-
! let He IS a most sympathetic young
fellow"
..Yes-isnt he auntie?'
HE is a lawyer with a GROWING, prac-
tIce and it is the most natural thine in
the world that he should want a wife
Does he love your
yes, auntie, dear"
well, then you shall have him. Wilma
4 away yoIr tears. darling. Your name
VIII De the Nine Charles Delord as
sure as L am your aunt Lucie."
HVonne smiled through her tears and
kissed the old woman heartily.
Aunt Lucie had always been roman
IlcalIy inclined. and life had done ev-.
efyIhlng to develop this tendency. Her
husband mad elOped with her. causing
a great scandal, but aunt Isucie's con-
SCIENCE ala not trouble her and she
was very fond of talking about her Old
love affair. Heavily yelled she had
stolen out Of the garden one dark eve
nlng and had entered a carriage in
Hnlcn ner lover was waiting for her
As fast as the horses could Gallon +bev
sped through the sleeping country tn
small inn were she had silent alone in
room Wnlle he stood guard outside
her door The following day her par
ents had given their consent and then
there was a wedding
since that day Aunt Lucie had lived
IN perfect happiness until her husband
died many years later. She still lived
IN the same old house and she was
Just the same as when she was 20 and
mated all modern invention reIenhouaS
missed the old stage coaches which
the railroads had done away with.
she was interested only in love az
Ialrs and often said with a sigh, Love
has become out Of fashion The young
people nowadays don't know how 10
love as we did in my time
Now, however, she decided to make
YvOnne happy She went to her brother
and tried TO persuade him TO give in.
but in vain.
Then she sent for Charles and had a
Listen to me. darling" she said to
4FOnne the next day 4 have tried
everything in vain There is only one
way nOw-yOu must elOpe as I did,
But, auntie-''-
But. but-nensense Do you love
him or not? 30 you want to marry
YOU know I do. auntie."
It was a beautiful, calm evening
without moonlight At the garden gate
Luc1e felt so years younger, her heart
was beating violently against her silk
shawl. the same one she wore when
she elOped and which she wrapped
around YvOnne's shoulders. She was
listening at the slightest noise from
the road
Soon he viii come, the tall handsome
lover. wrapped in an elegant black
mantle his face pale with emotion and
MS lips Trem bling under the dark mus
tache. The horses will snort and prance
his beloved into the carriage. Such
was her dream
A vehicle stopped It is he He
knocked twice at the gate Aunt Lucie
opened it and stepped back. Mortified
Is that the romantic lover, who
stands there in the glare Of the search
nights OF the big touring car, big and
Shapeless in his leather coat with
enormous goggles and a flat cap? And
the chariot of love, an automobile
No. no. groaned Aunt Lucie. you
get too FAR away in those awful
monsters you never know if you come
back again
And she slammed the gate in his face,
but YvOnne quickly opened IL again
and jumped into the car which diSap-
peared with a dreadful roar while Aunt
Lucie sank down on a bench and sighed
in a tone of despair
oh, mercy me, what have young
people come to nowadays
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