The evening world., 1914-04-22

murmured to each other something
OF their thoughts and feelings, each
hating admission furnishing . frssh
thrill.
"Tu estas mi querida!" Ben looked
at her in ecstacy. you are sweet
you are beautiful! never saw . 6iri
like YOU"
'rime to 70 to bed!" Mrs. Gala
ghcr's prosaic interruption from the
Montejo doorstep At the far end Of
the dobe came to remind them that
the evening had passed.
you will como again soonr' Nan
whispered softly.
"soon." ne replied.
Nan sat with her chin In her palm
watching horse and rider disappear
In tho moonlight. Tho glamor OF the
hour and his ardent. II awkward.
love making was still upon her. but
with his going there began the per-
slstent. disauietins voice OF con.
gcience inquiring: where are you
drifting? When 10 this TO end. and
how? Are you In earnest. and IL you
are not, arc you fair to Benz"
Nan had long since como TO sec
that she and Ben were apart In their
Instincts and their standards. They
seldom held tho same opinions OF
people or things. because his reason
ing was faulty and his logic askew:
but she excused and palliated as she
did his frequent slips In English. his
omission Of tho small courtesies. his
amazing ignorance Of any world but
his own.
II was q significant fact that a.
Nan became less and less conscious Of
his deficiencies. moro tolerant Of his
SHORTCOMINGS, she proportionately ex-
allied those qualities which she excess
siveiy admired-namely. his physical
courage and his recognized skill along
his own line.
Al she sat In the doorway the FAM
ily seemed to rise before her like
startled ghosts, and the small, insist
emit voice with It's pertinent questions
contributed to her uneasy feeling OF
wrongdoins.
"Oh, seuorita!"
Nan turned TO So q small figure In
q tattered shawl standing irresolutely
at the corner Of the house.
"Roaariof" Any interruption was
welcome at the moment
Rosario Richards crept 10 her side
like q beaten little dog. Rosario
Richards, whose Mexican mother had
married ono of the hated gringoa. and
for whom her mothers people. with
whom she lived. had no love because
Of her grinRo blood.
Rosario, the sensitive little half
breed, who shyly brought Nan Offer
inEs Of horned toads. queer lizards
and soap root so that her hair might
shine like the hair Of the Senorita
Perfecta Torres. She leaned her fore
head against Mans arm and began
to cry softly:
~ haf 20 YER, YER many troubles.
senorita. that I cannot sleep"
Nan laid her arm about her shoul-
ders and drew her closer.
'"Tell mo some Of them. Rosario"
mi madre!" she walled softly-"ii
haf not mi madre"
yves, that II a trouble"
mi padre! II only hat mi padre
He was kill In the street when n
fight In FL Paso. MI madre she di'
of the smallpox"
Yves, those are troubles. And they
are not good to you, Rosarto-th(
Fuentes-your mothers peopler'
Like the dogs. ] get what 10 left.
"Do they whip you. Rosariof"
"si, 81. but It 10 not that"
What, then?"
"I have no tunica-what you cal
dress--to wear. and to- morrow IL the
las day OF school,"
And that IL very important
day."
grew big with the Importance Of II
IAN the people como 20 hear the les
} sons and to SEQ US speak the piece
. from the platform. Every n!no veal
his bes' clothes.
} II have been YER good. J worl
hart. l wash all the clothes. ! sweey
all tho floor and do the dishes vsf
. careful. so maybe they give no tn
new dress for the las day Of school.
Tonight they laugh at mo an.
say: The old dress Is good enough
for a gringo!' I haf learn the lonees
tho platform. but when the teacher
call Rosario Richards must shake
my head, for I will not stand up be
fore them all In tho oil shoes o.
Sonora Fuentes and the OIL dress"
, Tho child threw aside her shaw
to show her rags and thrust out thu
v woman's shoe tied on with Irvine
IL haf nothing but tfNs-nada! NADIA
She buried her face in her shawl.
II had no idea that you had % yer,
many troubles. Rosario"
"Ver', YER many troubles, senortta.
What color do you like best--th'
very best Of all?"
Rosario considered.
II lax ret-and I LOT yellow"
Good. Rosario! So do I. Listen,
Nan began to smile as her though
e grew. III there In time to make II yo'
shall have the most beautiful dres
in Las Rubertas for the last day o
:, school"
Rosario's eyes were round with a.
constituent. and perhaps q nttl'
doubt; of course the senorita wa
wonderful. but she had not seen al
the beautiful dresses In Las RUBBER
tas.
Therefore Rosario's eyes outshon'
the candle In her hand when the!
went inside and Nan brought up from
= the bottommost depths of her trunl
such n silk dress as Las Ruberta
= never had dreamed. How II shin
mered! How II shone' How soft
u was'
''Oh. senorita!" breathed Rosario
: and Nan laughed gleefully at he
shining. astonished eyes.
Q ''If you can help me we'll rip II 4
pieces tonight"
"Oh. I can help" declared Rosari
y with such earnestness that Ma
laughed aloud.
Carefully. so carefully. Rosari
70 ripped her seam by the dim candle
light. stopping only. now and then
= to rub her palm In ecstasy over tn
= glossy surface.