The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-27
KITTY'S LUCKY DAY
BY cLAUD


SHE dolibcralcd over the hastily writ
ten note which hr had brought her.
Considering the heat Of the stugy
little hotel bedroom, the invitation
II contained was doubly alluring
Don't YOU want u breath Of coun-
Try air. il read. If know whore We
can get lots Of it and a good country
dinner, too. Please come, won't Won!
Yours most hopefully, Jimmie Du-
lin"
The ucllboy was moving about un-
easily. Tie had been standing at
least five minutes now and II seemed
to him that the pretty Young girl
with the very black hair and the very
blue eyes was slow Of decision. Sud-
denly, however, she spoke.
you can tell MIR. Dulin that III
be down in the hotel Office in a quar-
ter of an hour" she said. and then
she fairly showed the small mcssrn-
ger out VI the room for fear that
che would change her mind.
For she couldn't help owning that
what she was about tu do was a
rather unconventional thing, this go
ing for a jaunt into III" country With
a man To whom she had never been
formally introduced. And the fact
that she had been in vaudeville for
some four years and had never he
fore dreamed Of accepting an lnvl-
tation from n travelling man sh" did
not know did not make it any the
easier.
She argued with herself all the
time that she was arranging her
hair and hat. II was different this
time. Jimmie Dublin had been max
.ng' the same towns with her Tor
over six months nov. Again and
again she had seen him on the
streets run across him in hotel Of
fees. In fact. she had even picked
him out in various audiences when
the thcatcr was sufficiently empty tC
allow Of easy recognition OF friends
Ne was standing 10y the desk wait
ing for her and he held out his hanc
n cordial greeting.
Pm awfully glad that vou''
ONE" he said. II thought ut lunch
ION YOU looked NJ though II taste o
Tine country would agree with yor
i nightly. But it took mt some hour
10 get my nerve to the asking point
Kitty laughed happily, and re-
81 armed boz, confidence promptly.
Same here, Mr.. Duln. 1t too
mc some minutes to set my nerve
30 the accepting point, But wa
So drcadfully lonesome that IN
scruplcs just seemed to vanish away
N Jimmie Dulin nodded understand
,l ingly. II know how YOU feel, an
. lonc,omcncss isn't any fun. TIL
is queer part of it is that YOU don
a get over it with tn" years. How Ion
have YOU been trouping IT. b
10 asked.
IN about four wears. went mi
TX the work because singing and dan,
ic ing were the cnsiest things that
did. and ! have stayed in it becaui
NJ they are the only things that ! ca
Il. make any money At. or course, II
IS worse some times than others. Oft,
kc | have friends playing IN the san
bill with me, or, again, there are MI
lo people with whom | get acquaintc
a. For the last four weeks. though, II
IS been just dreadful.
at They talked on, one subject lea
ing naturally enough TO anothC
lis Jimmie Dulin seemed in a most 60
iidential frame Of mind, and Kit
was an absorbed listener.
"You know am not going
. keep at this sort Of wandering mu
longer. At the end Of this year [
ne through with il all, and it's the gu
u" business life in some small town
''' me"
what are YOU going to do?'
They had come to a small cottl
now. 1t was all white and green a
stool back from the walk.
no. why, | am going to build so
a,. such place as this and run a rel
store in some such town M this"
on. stopped short. This is where
,rc. are going to get that home-cooI
rnuntrv dinner nromised you