El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-30
The Diary Of A Bachelor
The Mysterious MAX" Finds Himself
Being Drawn Further and
Further Into the Net.
THE architect has been here two

IT. HE architect has been here two
DAYS. and, of course, it was just
my luck to draw a young man
who looks at every woman he meets
as if anxious to learn why she has Iald
Mrs. Allen began making his kind
of pie before he had removed the IIa .,t
ards-that I should live to know such
treason-lOOlzs at him as If she had
forgotten how old she is.
And when woman. Diary, DeSlhS
to look at man as if she had for
gotten how old she is, 1t IS time 10
view with alarm
As for the nurse; You forget,
said to her reprOachfully, that d.
mansions, drainage pipes, sanitary con-
ditiOns, etc, of a house are not IN your
line Your training is to apply all such
architectural knowledge to the human
"JeaIous2" little maliciously.
No, 1 was not jealous. I was Just for
saken. that's all Even Manette hOvers
around this nice young man, the Pup
alone being true to me.
When 1 went for my daily walk to
the turn of the lonesome little path
into the darkness of the forest this
morning, / went alone, The experience
Of starting off without Manette run
ming to catch I'D with me- OF Richards
looking anxiOusly, after me- or the
nurse saying some quarreIsome good
len calling from the dining room win
dow that I certainly am making rapid
Improvement, was entirely new, and
trifle unpleasant
They have all forgotten me- I was
thinking chiIdishly when I felt some
thing cold pOked into my hand 1t was
the pups nose,
when I get back to town. 7 said.
sitting on a big log that stretched
along the side of the path. and address,
ing His Dogship, 7 am going TO found
a home for dogs, and we won't let
woman inside the gate"
Shall we go away I said to him,
to some lonely spot in the woods, and
die together"
He pressed his paw a little heavier
on my knee and gave a low whimper-
He was quite resigned to die, and so
was Then We turned back toward
the house and found Manette in tears
because the plans for the new house
didn't include room for the archi-
tecti
I'VE will carry out our mournfuI
plans tomorrow" I said in an aside to
the pup, and he brushed closer to me
to show that he understood
But after dinner. his consisting Of
a plateful of chicken bones and a
trout. deliciOusly cooked vegetables
creamy biscuits. and an excellent pud-
ding, the tie of sympathy between US
did not seem so strong.
1t takes suffering to nurture a spirit
of fellowship The pup no longer SUI
fered, and, I. with Manette on my lap,
the pretty nurse in a low chair near
by, Richards with her mendlng on the
other side Of the lamp. and the archi-
tect gone for a stroll over to the hotel
alone, felt quite recOnciled to life
But we won't forget the way we
were treated" I said aloud to the pup,
who was lying in front of the crate
fire He lazily blinked one eye, and
began to snOre-
Manette and Richards wanted to
know what I meant The pretty nurse
only laughed.
He means she answered for me.
that he and the pup have found
new place to bury bones"
A respectful way to speak Of the
man who employs her, and so I told
her late that night when I was in bed.
and she was trying to rub q stub born
pain out of nv shoulder.
T once had a dog myself was her
reply, ''and every time I felt abused I
cried my wrongs out on his neck. ANY
human being and dog can work I'D
sympathy for each other that reaches
the highest pitch. ANY one who has a
feeling that the world isn't treating
him right has only to look into the
sympathetic eyes of his dog, and his
suspicion that he is the worst treated
person on earth is confirmed. That's
why men like dogs; dogs always look
so sorry for man, and that is what
every man wants"
Regrets Hasty Speech.
you know so much about the weak
ness of my sex" I grumbled. that
will be glad when I am well and can
let you go"
Her reply that she was ready to go
any time I met by throwing one arm
round ner neck and holding her till
she promised to stay, as long as I
wanted her to stay
"I sometimes think I said a little
warmly. that that viii mean you are
to stay forever"
used to complain that my pretty
nurse was too mechanical in her at
tentiOn to me. There are moments now
when. in my returning vigOr and vi
tality. she is not mechanical enough for
her own safety.
(This Is one of the regular features
CT The FL PaSO Eerald.)