La Junta tribune., 1914-01-17
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| Jane vSat 70 Ne ssAtSeo UJto o.
o,lsss 70 tell hin goodbye. 49, -
sIvays . brave iistIs thias. asDe1e1a6
vAa,svsr life brought vtthsAs 0osA
ourmur. And life saAst eeea 1astaA
With gifts at The iiitie brown AeooA
SO hat 10 the last Of tAs 0Fsys n
Grey's Crossing" said the Dea. vAse
the train hAd swisehed 'rosa1 ~
curve. Wonder hos Ioss II wtil ~
hssore the name changes: ! sAesl1
think Rod might have been setssf 81
right here"
we always thought you And Ro1.
uey would make = match Of II. Jane. :"
the women added. especially since
YOU we're both ief, alone, 20"
i suppose us know each other too
yell to be very sentimental s0aSo1
Jane. But she slipped her has1 into
her pocket and Grssped the Key 70 he
little Grey cottage TO be sure she vas
DOT having AT unhappy dream.
But Jane did no, have much tire
to mourn the absence OF Rodney
Grey from Grey's Crossing She bad
to keep the hens laying and the gar
den and the berry patch productive 10
ensure food and clothing for the com.
ing winter
People said Jane looked over-work-
ed. and that she musi have 4 hard
time OF II making hying Cd her liz
tie place Seems 10 me they AlwAys
ended, tina, nice little thing like
Jane bas always been. ought to md
good husband somewhere. They did
no; know about the hours she spent
In loving care of that cottage ACROSS
III. road "Mrs. Grey would have felt
so dreadful to have had II neglected.
she told herself ~ II some excuse
we're demanded for her own selfesti-
nation
At rare intervals letters came from
queer, outlaudish place. once Rod
ney Srcte asking h.r to rent the place
II she could get anything for IT You
desery. something for The care you
have gwen IL all this time. he said
Once be sent a check that took JaDe's
breath. In answer to her statement
that the roo, needed patching. DO
shat fixing .s necessary 10 keep the
old place from falling to pieces h.
wrote. and keep h. rest for your
self And when she returned that
money. after paving The local carpen
ter for repairs. saying that shs coulc
not think OF accepting 20 large \ sum
the longest letter OF all arrived
You bee, I've prosper.d out here,
Jane. 1t said 4 had TO ii, do~I
and think how that cheek would hsv.
looked 10 IN. IN Greys Crossing. nol
to be- really offended with you for re
turning II
SO Jane began p,ctorinE Rodney IL
the place q! the MillioLalres atcv,
whom she resd-kcdney riding hbou,
In q private car. Rodney in TN. raj
ment smiled upon by beautiful women
She could scarcely conceal r~sentmenl
when the neighbors wondered -hou
Rod ~a getting OF. anyway" Each
fresh picture Of glory which she proud
ly yet reluctantly drew seemed to ~
did not e1periesce despair until ths
night she heard Of the petition 10,
changing the name OF The Gr~y's Cruss
ing postoffice to Paterson There,
no Greys here any more" slpiai . ID
the circular OF the petiiion. and The
Pstsrsons have done = 10, for The
town. II don't seem more than fair
Jane took the pei b. held ready toi
her and bent Abov. the paper IL
can't do II. she gssped ''iiu 4,
through without my signature. | r.cs
on. Maybe I'm oid.i.shioncd, bot
never can agree to have that nam.
changed
4 suppose II viii make n ,irht OF
talk II Jay tells ~hat ! said. I'll. aa
mitted 10 herself. and the thought s.pi
her awake At AL unusual hour 4
don't know what possessed m., any
way. never did like changes a. sop.
folks do Tn. Grey hous. ~ her. YET
whether any of IN, family H. or not
And she lifted her head from bsl
troubled pillow to look across u
where ,hs knew the dark bulk OF III,
house would be showing In III. sia-
light trish, light vac shiuia.
from the kitchen window
Although Jane had lived slon. =,
long. she ~As = umid little cr.atar,
after n charming feminine fashion
but brave as loo In the face OF dut,
I've got to 70 over there" She ukis
pered I've go, to Zee Who IL IN thu,
house"
Feeling about In the darkness Al.
dressed with all haste. and stol. nol,.
lsssl, from her oSn door She had al
most reached the center Of ,h. Gre,
yard ~hsn the kitchen door "a, fus,
suddeniy back and Rodney Gre, ,too,
revealed In the opening
"Jsns. be cried. ~ the light shon.
on her white. scared face. Il n.,.,
thought Of this thought you ~,,,