The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-08-08

ing mo how"rs and Toms sitting ou
my front steps night and day. I'm
not strong enough to carry him IVA
and murder him ! I'm perfectly N ,
ernble. md Fun
Now. thntH do. Molly; just hush for
q nalf minute and lot me talk IT, YOU
said DIR John ~ he took my hand in
his and drew me near him. mo won.
der your henrt hurts II II has got ell
that load ~ trouble on II and well
just got q littl" OF hat scare on You
put yourself In ms hands. and you are
TO do Just NJ I tell you. and | %say-for.
get ~ Come with mo while ! make a
call n IL u long drive, and Tm-lin
lonesome sometimes myself"
saw the worst was over. and
brea.hcd freely again, but ! had talked
30 much truth In that Action that felt
Just ns said did, which u n slightly
unnatural feeling for q There
was nothing FOR II but TO go with him,
and | wanted 10 most awfully
TO my diving day I'll never forget
that little house, way out on the Cane
Run pike. he took me 60 In his shabby
little car Just two uny rooms, but
they were clean and quiet. and n girl
with the sweetest face | ever snw lay
in the bed with her eyes bright with
pride aud u tiny. tiny little bundle close
beside her The young farmer was red
with embarrassment and anxiety
she's all right today. but she wor
hes because she don't think eau tend
to the baby right" ne said, aud he did
look helpless. Her mother had 10 20
home for two days, but Is coming 30
morrow dasn't undrcss ana wash
the %youngster myself. II won't hurt
bin 10 stay bundled up until granny
comes. viii Il. Doc?'
Not n bit" answered Or John In
his big comforting voice
But | looked al the girl, and under.
stood her She wanted that baby clean
and fresh even Il II was just ~" days
old. and | felt all OF Il sudden terribly
capable picked up the bundle ana
vent into the other room win II
where n Kettle was boiling on th'
stove and q large bucket 10y the door
found things by just a glau"" IRON
her, aud the hour spent Win ina
small baby was one OF the most dn
Iicious u al my life. | never was LEFT
entirely to myself with u before, ant
did all wanted 20 this one, guided
by instinct aud desire lie slept righ
through AMI was the d%arlingcst thing
ever saw when I laid hiIu back on th'
bed hv her never looked In Dr
As. .ig..,,g.., .g..a thntuh Tel
him all IA" time
But Oh the way home ! gave mysel
the surprise ~ my NE. suddenly
turned nv face against his sleeve an
cried a. never had before. Tel
safe. for IL Is a cliff road and he had I
drive carefully. However. he manap
ed 10 press that one arm against III
cheek IN II way that comfortrd me I'M
stopping when | saws We were npa
town | got out OF the car 1T the gai
age and walked away through the gai
den home without looking In his dire
ton At all never seem to be able I
y lOok AZ him as | do at other people
A We hadn't spoken two words since "
had left the little house in the wood
WIN lhu htlls ~ - ."
o more sense than just "a man
y II was almost dusk. and ] stopped
\ the garden a minute TO pull the dir
closer around some Of the bachelor
buttons that had popped the groun
some weeks ago Thinking abou theI
made me regain my spirits. and ! wen
z on IN the house 10 be scOlded for wha'
Il ever Aunt Adeline had thought u
y white | was gone TO do II 10 me abou
I Judy told me with her broadest gri
that she had gone down TO her sisteI
d in.law's for supper. and | sat down %
+ the steps with II sigh Of relief.
Some days are like tin cocoanut gra
y ers that everybody uses To crate 30
against. and this was one for me, FL
= an hour ! sat and grated my ownse
d against A!fred's letter that had come l
the morning realized that | woul
u just hnve 10 come to some sort Of III
cisiOn about what was going TO d.
for he wrote that he vas to sail In
~ day or two. and ships do travel 80 Ia
these days
| love him aud always have OF that
am sure He offers me the most wOI
! derful life ia the world, aud no womu
u could help being proud 10 accept IT,
Z" am lonely, more lonely than | was eve
" Wiling 20 confess TO Or. John | can
20 on living this way any longer. Rut
W Chester has made the see that II ! wal
=, Alfred II will be now or never and
quick. now know that she loves hin
and she ought to have her show II
:" don't want him, The way she idolize
- and idealizes him Is a marvel OF won
- AMY stupidity
" Some women like 10 collect men
= hcarts and hide them away from othe
" women on cold storage, and the hell
y, less things can't help themselves
-, have contempt for that sort {
butcher. aud | love Ruth
81, It's my duty To look the matter
the face before / look In Alfred's AN