El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-02
By VIRGINIA :

~ IND and conciliatory as the let
tiers were. and much as Con-
~ stance was touched by them,
she let them fall to the floor with
sharp pang Of disappointment They
did not contain a word about Tom
Morton
She knew that he had left the hospi-
tai But that was all She did not
dare telephone TO his office for fear
she might hear the voice she lOnged,
yet dreaded to hear. Nor would she
call up his apartment for the same
reason. She reminded herself otten
that he might he here in New OK, ana
as she realized that, were this true
she might stand in his presence IN an
hours time II she wished TO, the Dloou
would rush TO her CHEEKS 1heu
would follow the swift remembrance
that he might be far away, might nave
regain strength after his lllness. ana
with this thought New York seemed
a very empty. desolate place
Ever since she had leaEned from the
hospital that the injured man had been
dfscharg ed-"weak but cured the at
Uendant said-she had been pursued by
the desire to see him, coupled with the
fear Of meeting him. For how could
she face him If he suspected the part
she had taken IN all the happenings
that had come so close to tragedy
Now that she had read the news
contained in her uncIe's letter she
wanted to know more. Why had
Ralph Morton gone away had ne
been suspected? At times she told
herself that the catastrophe which had
so nearly cost Tom his life might, a1ter
all. have been only an accident; that
Palph had not. perhaps, been near that
part Of the road when the car had skid
ded and crashed down into the stream
But she knew in her heart Of hearts
that Ralph had been guilty-if not IN
deed, then in desire.
Too OverUrOught to Answer Uncle.
So overweight was she this eve
ming that she could not reply TO her
uncle's letter. She wanted to think
II over" she told Mrs. Blair. The
next day she sent John Hale a brief
note, accompanying II with no hint as
to her address, thanking him for his
kind appreciation Of her affection,
asking him TO try to forgive her for
I having made him and her aunt IN
happy, but saying that she felt she
ought to think long and seriously be
fore changing her present mode Of
life She sent her love TO her aunt,
and enclosed. a itt>e note to Edith,
CunEratulating her on her engagement
and wishing her all happiness
Tor some days she received no reply
| to this communication, nor did she
write again Then another letter
came from her uncle. urging her 10 set
aside her pride and wounded feeling
and grant an interview to the man
who loved her best
Pardon me, my dear" he wrote. IF
an old man makes this plea very
I strong. But as I am an old man, viii
YOU not grant it, VIII you not tell
me where you can be seen for just
a few minutes? Your aunt and I beg
this Of you Is il not very little TO
ask you to grant for loves sakeZ
Longs to Know a Little About Tom.
It was hardly fair, the girl unused,
for him to put IL in this way. Still.
what he said was true. It was very
( little for her TO grant TO her only rela-
Uives and for the sake OF their love. It
was still very painfully true that her
uncle was the man who loved her
best"-in fact the only man who
I loved her at all. She smiled sadly as
she thought how straight home he had