The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-10-29

Seems ter me I'd have the decency
ter show some shame" grimly avowed
Sarah Jane.
Abe could not help 1t. lie sputtered.
Even Miss Abigail's. "Yew we're "A
stranger an We took yew In" did not
sober him.
Ell any n o. my husbands had
acted the way you've acted. Abe
Rose" began Mrs. Holman.
Poor leetle Angy." broke In the
gentle Miss Ellie pityingly. She must
a lost six pounds"
Abraham's mobile face clouded over.
"Angy?" he faltered. "Yew don't
mean that Angy-" Silence again fell
on the group. while every glance was
fastened on Abraham. See here" he
flashed his faded blue eye. "Ansy's
got more sense than that"
No II answered, but there was a
significant Struggling of shoulders and
lifting OF eyebrows. Abraham was
distressed and concerned enough now.
Rising from his place he besought the
sisters
"Yew don't think Angy's feelin's
have been hurt-dew yew. gals"
Their faces softened. their figures
relaxed, the tide OF feeling changed in
A%braham's favor. Miss Ellie spoke
very softly:
"Yew know that even tho Lord thy
God is a Jealous Cod"
Abraham grasped the back OF HE
chair for support. his figure growing
limp with establishment. Mother.
Jealous OF me-" he whispered to hun.
self. the memory Of all the years and
all the great happenings OF all the
years coming back e him. Mother
Jealous OF me-" he remembered how
he had once been tormented by
jealousy In the long. the ever.so.long
ago, and OF a sudden he fastened into
the hall and went half.running up the
stairs. He took hold OF the latch OF his
bedroom door. II did not open. The
door was locked.
"Angy!" he called. q fear OF he knew
not what gripping at his heart.
"Angy!" he repeated as she did not
answer
The little old wife had locked her.
self In out OF very shame OF the rare
tears which had been brought TO the
surface by the sisters cruel treatment
OF Abraham. When she heard hts call
she fastened to the blue wash.basin
and began hurriedly to dab her eyes.
lie would be alarmed II he saw the
traces OF her weeping. Whatever had
happened to him. for his sake she must
face II valiantly. He called again.
Again she did not answer. knowing
that her voice would be full OF the tell.
tale tears. Abe waited. He heard the
tramp OF feet passing out OF the din.
ing o into the hall. He heard
Blossy emerge from her room at the
end OF the passage and 20 tripping
h stairs. The time to Angy,
guilty bathing her face. was short:
the time to her anxious husband unac.
countably long. The sound OF wheels
driving up to the front door came 70
Abe's ears. Still Angy made him no
response.
"Angy!" he raised his voice 10 pite-
Gus pleading. What mattered II the
sisters gathered in the lower hall
heard him? What mattered II the
chance guest who had just arrived
heard him also? He had his peace to
make with his wife and he would
make II. "Angy!"
She fiunC the door open hastily. The
signs OF the tears had not been obllter.
ated, and her face was drawn and old.
Straightway she put her hand on his
arm and searched his face inquiringly.
What did the gals say ter yew?"
she whispered Abe, yew made a mis-.
take when yew picked out BIZ"
Poor leetle mother" he inter.
rupted. Poor leetle mother" a world
OF remorseful pity in his tone. 80
yew been Jealous of yer ole NAM"
Angelina, astonished and indignant.
withdrew her hand sharply. demand
Ing 10 know II he had lost his senses
but the blinded old gentleman slipped
his arm around her and. bending,
brushed his lips against her cheek.
Thar, thar he murmured sooth.
ingly, Il didn't mea no harm. | can't
help It ef all the gals git stuck on
me-"
Before Angy could make any reply.
Blossy called TO the couple softly but
insistently from the foot OF the stairs;
and Angy. wrenching herself free,
FASTENED down the steps, for once in
her life glad to get away from Abe.
He lost no time In following. No mat.
ter where Angy went, he would follow
until all was we'll between her and him
again.
Blu what was this? Al the landing.
Angy halted and so did Abe, for In the
center Of the sisters stood Blossy with
her Sunday bonnet perched on her sill.
yer-gold hair and her white India
shawl over her shoulders. and beside
Blossy stood Capt. Samuel Darby with
a c-ountenance exceedingly radiant.
mis- hand clasped fast In that OF the
aged beauty.
"Oh, hurry, Sister Angy and
nrnthap AhniU paIIad nlna., .uy-