The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-07-25

.' wv lI''H 'uN'ullE bll WIS torture
hook found that out On me aud stopped
" the very FIRST thing on page three
The command Is to sleep rs little H.
POSSIBLE To- keep the nerves In a good
condition eight hours At tie most
ana seven would be- better What
earthly good would u seven hour nap
me- want ten hours TO sleep aud
twelve II | get a good tired start II"
see INC s'ngger out ~ my perfectly
nice hcd az . o'clock every morning
now would wiring the StcrucSt heart
with COMPASSION aud admiration at my
tu%ithfulueSs to whom
Yes o. was the day after poor Mr.
Carriers funeral that Aunt Ndeliu,
moved no here into my house aud SET
tied herself In the big south room
across TIE hall from mine Her furni
turr WEIGHS u ton each piece. aud Aunt
Ad"iiuc Is not light herself IN dtsposi
ton The next morning when | Went
I'm to breakfast she sat in the vacant
chair" 10 "a way that made ne see
that She was obviously trying 20 al the
vacancy am sorry she worried her
self about that Anyway. IL made me
take u resolve After breakfast ] went
into the kitchen to speak TO Judy
Judy said. looking past her
head, my health Is not very good. and
you can bring my breakfast To me in
bed after this" Poor Mr. Carter al
ways wanted breakfast on the stroke
OF : aud me at the same time. though
he rarely got me Judy has two dead
husbands and she likes a ginger col
orcd barber down town Also her
mother Is our washerwoman and In.
ilueuced by Aunt Adeline Judy under
stands everything | say t. her After
! had closed the door ! heard a laugh
that sounded like a war whoop. and
smiled 10 myself But that wac before
my martyrdom to this book had be
gun. ! get up now
But the day after ! came from the
city | lay In bed just as long as
wanted 10 and ignored the thought 81
the exercises and deep breathing and
the icy, unsympathetic tub ! couldn't
even take very much interest IN the
lonely egg on the lonely slice OF airy
toast | was thinking about things.
Hillsboro is a very peculiar little
speck on the universe: even nor, pc
culihr than being like a hen II Is One
OF the oldest 10 WINS In Tennessee, and
the moss on II IL 40 thick that II cant
be scratched % except In spots. hui
1t has a lot Of race horse and distillery
money in It. and when It gets poked
up by anything unusual IL takes a gulp
~ its own alcoholic atmosphere and
runs away on its own track at a 2OS
gait, shedding moss as II goes. II
hasn't had II real JOY race for 4 long
time, and | felt that IL needed Il. ]
rolled over and laughed into my pil
low.
The subject OF the conduct Of widows
Is a serious u OF all the things old
tradition Is most set about II Is that
and what was decided To- be the proper
thing a million years ago this town
still dictates shall be done aud spends
a good deal Of It's time seeing It's d.
the funeral they forget about the poor
bereaved. and when they do remember
her they speak 10 and ~ her IN the
same tones NJ voice they used at the
~obSequics Then sooner or IHter some
urlghbur - sure 10 see some man walk
home FROM church with her or hear
some old bachelors voice on her front
porch Mr. cain 'ook Mrs Caruther's
little J"~,i" mp In his buggy aud helped
her ont az her mothers gate Just be
fore last Christmas. and Il the poor
widow hadn't acted quick the town
would have noticed them To- death he
fore he proposed 10 her They were
she lost lots OF good friends because
she didn't give them more time 10 ta!k
about II.
don't intend 10 run any risk II los
Ing my friends that way. aud want
them 60 have all the good time they
eau get out ~ Il. I'm going To- serve
out mint juleps Of excitement until IA,
dear Old place Il running rs II did
when It wa, a two-year old Why gel
mad when people are Interested ~
YOU It's "A compliment, after all, AND
just gives them more 10 think about
! remembered the two trunks across
the hall aud Rugged my knees up un
der my chin with pleasure ut N,
thought ~ the town talk they con
tanned.
Then Just as | had got the nrst plaT
well going and was deciding whether
"a wear the mauve meteor or the white
chiffon with the rosebud embroidery u,
a first julep for my friends II sweet
ness came I'm through my window tina
took my breath away, and lHy still
with my hand over my heart aud lis
tened II was Billy singing right mn
der my window, and I've neyer hear
him do II before In all his tive years
IL was the dearest old fashioned tun
ever written, and Billy sang the word
rs distinctly as IL he had been II bO.
chorlster doing a difirult recitHtivt
My heart beat so IL shuuk The lnce Ol
my breast like a breeze from hea We
as he took the high note aud then h
Il 20 on the last few words
"If you love me. Molly darI!os