The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-28

<,.l ns "Oh. dear" said
~, ID s4) Mrs. Potter, lit
sys'-s~zsA4-- tie impatiently
How dreadful
Here is Mr. Curtis and the only seat
left is beside Mrs. Curtis. | did not
sxpect you. sir. and had arranged that
seat for Baron Sternhold. Now you ap
pear unexpectedly and / this moment
receive a note from the baron that he
Is Unexpectedly detained. ! was sure
Mrs Cu-is said you would not be
here. Well Of all things-that man
md bis wife should be seated visa
Wis at a box party"
AMI there was a ripple Of laughter
as Nr Curtis grayely seated himself
besids his wife. Her fan trembled
list re.cseslbly and the eyes still scan
alng tho u2eionce were unseeing eyes
'I.~sGiach as we are on dress pa,
rade aaa in full public view" he said
lcs.i-g over and whispering in heI
ear, II might be best 10 act ii out
and diAoaae enough decent interest In.
each othsr 50 as not to crafty the
fierce lanR'1g for scandal which per
yades tho kird hearts about US
You a. qrite right" she replied
coldly Il dsd not expect you.
thought you started for Mexico to
day"
= deci1ed to defer it until tomor
row,e he replied IF II were possible
tor you to smile pleasantly-no at
me. you know. but at somebody in the
audience, It might serve to lessen the
interest OF the dear friends about
u.s.
III you could think Of some subject
for sustained conversation it might be
aasiar. she said.
! viii. he answered sharply, turn
ing toward her Il will tell you the
story OF a great love and its unhappy
end.
The hero was but an uniformed
boy. thrown into the realities Of life
early because be happened to have
been born into the hothouse atmos
phere Of money and society He
thought he was mature. experienced
and even blaze, when really he was
more Ignorant himself than the com.
monest clod
"Well. this pathetically unequipped
hero fell in love with the heroine. OF
course. Yes. he truly fell IN love. He
hardly knew 1t at the time, for he was
a selfish young animal and little un
derstood what love really meant Per.
haps it was more desire than love.
Anyway be won the heroine.
"And then. you see. trouble began.
lie was a primitive sort OF animal and
his real civilization only began to be
loreshadowed when he married the
heroine. He demanded everything
gave little, and thought less. And all
the timo he knew that she loved him.
And he loved her, too. more blindly
and passionately every moment that
be did the very things to XIII her love
"Of course the end was bound 70
come. There were chickering's and
scenes and there was brutal indiffer-
ence and exasperating Sights.
And finally the crash came The
bitter things she said in answer to
the bitter things he said ranked in
his heart until be no longer could
stand it. and he determined to &c
away and forget. So the hero and the
heroine agreed to disagree and the
hero was to have left for Mexico to
day-and never trouble the heroine
more"
And why did he not go?" asked the
woman.
"He went to the train and boarded
it, the man replied, regarding her
steadily, but the flood gates Of his
memory opened and the tide of his
great love swept over him and the
knowledge that there was TO be this
box party came to him. and he knew
she would be here-and the hunger Of
his heart drove him to leave the
train to come here and see her once
more. If only from a distance. And
he is a boy no longer, but a man who
has put away boyish things forever.
THE heroine" said the woman very
softly. was also very young and had
never been taught many things she
should have known. She never knew
about tact and-and-that sort OF
thing. She also had great love which
grew with the years, but did not know
how to express it.
Don't you think the hero might
have another chance-that they
might start over again?" he said Gag
erly
The smile she turned toward him
was so soft and womanly that the face
OF the woman was transformed.