The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-22
WHERE HAROLD FAILED
~ GRACE lElrcH.


She had golden hair and a penslve
expression and she ate her cafe par
fait with the cir Of one performing
q great selfsacrihoe.
Mercy" criod the girl with the
o color spring hat. az abe swept
up to the table and deposited her ell
YER purse with . chatter. WHY 10
dolefulf Quarreiod with HArold3"
The young woman with the golden
hair gave her = sd look. mo" she
said. Harold and ! are good friends.
That's the trouble. Sometimes you
can be such good friends with e mas
that he's perfectly happy and salts
fed and doesn't trouble 20 want 20 be
anything more. However. there's no
telling bow thoroughly engaged we
might bs this very minute " II hadn't
been for the cat"
"Yoa ara beyond me-" calculated
her friend with the new hat. Harold
is . brave man. He isn't afraid even
OF wild animals or any kind OF Zero
cious creature. Why. be shot q
prairie chicken oncel"
We'll" said the golden haired
young woman Indignantly. he didn't
shoot one that wal brimful OF cleo
tricity, and, a. Il happened. that cat
was."
She's q gray cat" proceeded the
young woman, and she made such
q lovely contrast 10 my lavender
crepe gown that I was holding her
last evening. think. anyhow, that
Il looks 30 domestic 20 be fond OF ami.
mails. don't your After awhile ] let
her 60 because Harold. who was call
ing. got To talking most Interestingly
Of his prospects OF an increase In
salary and that kind OF talk seemed so
significant"
"oh. yes" agreed her friend with
the new hat, excitedly. 1T certainly
did. When q man speaks Of money
it's always serious. whether Il lie a
bill or the prospect OF matrimonyl
Well. djd heY"
You have to have an atmosphere
OF tolerable calm for a proposal. you
know. No man would dream Of ask
Ing q Girl In the midst Of a hurricane
to Join hands with him for life. Do
yon know what that foolish cat didf
She crawled up on the table. tipped
owe an electric lamp and got herself
all tangled up In the cord. Then che
bit the cord In her wrath and indig-
nation"
Il don't see why II should be a
tragedy 10 have lost a little electric
wiring" remarked her friend.
MY goodneasl" cried the golssn
haired girl. Don't you kne~ any
thing about electricity at Mf She bit
through the insulAtion 1Ad got to a
live wire and short circuited some
thing. Anyhow. she began doing pin
wheels. while perfect streaks Of IRE
shot from her mouth. Naturally
was hOTror-struck. IL ts upsetting TO
see q member of the family with
lightning shooting from her mouth,
aud ! am really much attached 10 the
cat.
Save herr Save heri' ! shrieked
10 HArold-and Harold grabbed the
catl"
'Wen?"
'Then Harold began doing PIN
wheels. That added 20 my fright. |
cried for him to stop II, but he paid
not the least attention to me, and
I never saw such actions. Il Is a
great trial 70 ones affections to zee
the object OF them attempt 20 climb
tho wall paper or drape himself over
the chandelier. and that's what Har.
old did. l screamed-and grabbed
Harold"
"Well?"
1T makes me ~shudder." declared
the golden haired girl. II don't like
20 think about II.
Il have n daEed memory Of mil
hons OF pins and needles darting
through me and then ! began doing
p~inwheels. too. Each OF us-the cat,
Harold aud seemed trying madly
70 Guido the others. and ! don't know
who won. l remember that things
began smashing and tipping W In
the room and my soprano screams
and HArold's deep grOwls were min
gled. And the cat pervsded every
thing.
We might Be dancing yet 10 my
twelveyear-old brother. hearing the
~commotion. hadn't dashed in. tooh q
look and then with great presence Of
mind turned oG the electric light
switch. Thereupon Harold let so OF
the cat and let so Of Harold and the
cat ana ] hung limp over a chair
back Just like my fur neckpiece.
Gee said my brother. but yOa're
two loonies, Why didn't you turn n
on y~oarsolvesF
Somehow Two been thinking since
then that maybe Harold wouldn't b.
exactly the person 10 lean upon In
great emergancies."
There may be- something In that
agreed The frisnd.