El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-18

] t---@ -e-soA HEEA mas bIEAA
1 most surprising series Of uneX-
l pected events that I have ever
known. And at the end Of it find
! myself honestly in love with-''the
I girl I left behind me" No, 1 don't
mean the girl left behind me on
I American shores, for the ocean blue
/ lies ahead again and the coast OF
/ France is somewhere off in the blue
/ distance and I find myself the oluest
( thing ever-in the middle distance!
\ week ago I left Kathleen Greenlck
al the hotel Drei KOniCen IN Basic on
the Rhine and went down into deeper
switzerland TO rescue sally Spencer
! from the penniless condition Of the
. american in Europe who didn't nap
pen to be travelling around with little
gold mine in his pocket
When 1 arrived at Geneva found
SaLly sitting, on the terrace OF the
Beau R1Yage. One OF her trunks was
acting as her chair. She pluckily in
formed me that the view OF Mont
Blanc was making her vigil a pleas
ant one and that she was mighty glad
the hotel had not closed its doors until
/ arrivel, as It might have been cold
sitting out on the edge Of Lac Leman
all night
But after I had found a cabby and
had helped him pile her trunks and
bags on his ramshackle vehicle and
AAdu PAAOAE4 lEE 10 A4E S-4-N+A-A anu
into a compartment that We shared
with several excited Frenchmen, she
collapsed and gave herself up whole
heartedly to weeping on my shoulder.
Now when a woman does that
man generally feels called upon TO
comfort her with the strength OF his
arms. But I only found a clean
pocket handkerchief and used II as
a pad to soak up some Of her tears.
The thought of Kathleen Greentck
made me a little cold TO Sally But II
was quite evident that the fat French
men thought they scented a romance.
We got back to Basic easily enough
and there We Joined the GreenicSs,
who had secured a car and several
cans OF petrol with which to motor
to Havre and thence across TO
Southampton, and there take ship for
home.
A TantaIizinE Situation.
The business Of motoring through
a country where rapidly mobilizins
armies are scurrying up and down
the roads and requisi1oning every
thing available as they come, IS one
that makes heavy drafts on mans
nerves and vitality. But when in ad-
dition, he has in the car with him a
woman who is violently emotional
and entirely dependent on him for
encouragement and protection and also
a girl with whose serene manner and [
beautiful nature he is rapidly falling
in love, you complicate the situation
But to make my position parucu- !
1arlv uncomfortable, Sally, with whom ]
had once had a strong desire to I
break all relations, sentimental and ]
otherwise, had no one 70 depend on /
but me-and Kathleen Greenick was I
under her fathers care A tantaliz- !
ing situation for a lOver-truly and IN I
We managed TO get through some /
hovv-but every detail Of Tat ride I
will stay with me through life /
no We elrTIEad hack d
roads. We fairly begged for FOOD at /
little out OF the way inns-and the Z
food we got was always Of Inferior I
quality and q bit short on supply. !
and sometimes we snatched those brief J
respites while the car was whirling US .
on to the sea and safety
Kathleen was very gentle ana Alno
to Sally-as. indeed, she is 10 every /
one But sally was variable in mood
There were moments when 1 even
SUSPECTED her Of trying to tlirt with
Jared B. Greenicll, esquire And IN
the midst OF all our difficulties /
found myself laughing az the vision
Of sally as my mOtherinlaw, II / were
ever so lucky as TO win pretty Aath-
leen- -
LONE davs when I was tortured by
the tenderness I wanted TO snow
Kathleen and did not dare express, q
grave disappointment awaited US.
.rrRnn1rk awaited q E-1E----A- ------
ralIed him back to Paris to protect i'm
oortant interests there Then at last
some OF my feelings forced themselves
MO expression. I begged Kathleen TO
come over TO England with me and
run IN to London under Sallys chap I
s-onaFe. where we might get a special
license and be married al once.
"Only trust yourself 10 me, dear,
ND 7 will take YOU back to America
and safety begged 7 must go,
Kathleen Navourneen, and can't bear
r. Thought OF YOU over here facing
heaven knows what .priyations and
vou trust your happiness TO ne and
Gomez
Far Frenehman Appears.
'sNax-vou must see that my place
z with nv father. I am all he has,
you know. and If he has to face dan
zer-why I must, too. You see that
surely" - ,---
Ter peopIe and her world often TO
'oi1oV me man she loves And with I
mans demanding passion, / insisted
.,I r. YOU cared you would come"