The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-01-10
Copyright By A C. hcciurs Co., is.

lose what he had himself put luto II,
SO anxious was he TO escape from Bel
mont in search of that magical flower,
heart s-ease
Having made up his mind. Wright
went TO bed, bur not to sleep. The few
remaining hours of darkness he rolled
and tossed II was not the bruises he
had received in the fight at Noonan's s
that kept him awake. annoying as they
were. 1t was always the one thought
| Gloria, Gloria. Gloria.
Morning brought diversions which
/ slightly relieved the tension There
/ were two editorials 10 be written upon
the political situation. This was fol
| lowed by conferences with men on
| the paper, and then came the letter to
| the newspaper broker announcing
that the News was for sale He did
not dictate this to his secretary. but
wrote il out laboriously in long hand
| The morning was more than half
over when he began to pack. II was
| Wright's intention to leave Belmont
/ that night. ostensibly on vacation
! for the purpose OF recuperation after
he hard campaign. The owner Of the
| News felt, however, that he would nev
| or return
+ The many steps necessitated in
! packing taught him how weak he was.
and after lunch he called in Patty, the
little daughter of his landiady, to help
! him. They had always been the best
| friends. and her sorrow when she
learned he was going away on long
vacation was genuine. The child was
| OF much assistance. bringing all the
smaller things from the living room
] into the bedroom where the real work
of packing was being done.
When the packing was about com
! pleted the little girl remembered that
she had brought a doll with her. In
searching for it in pile of clothing
beside Wright's trunk she felt some
| thing hard To satisfy her curiosity
she drew it forth, to discover. instead
of her doll, that It was a framed pic
ture OF young woman. It was d pic
ture OF Gloria which had appeared in
a weekly society paper
Patty had helped wrap the framed
pictures in old newspapers, and as she
brought Glora's picture. she exclaimed
triumphantly, Here's another picture.
Mr.. Joey"
Wright had put it aside surrepti-
tiously when packing the things he
had planned to take with him for i'm
! mediate use. For the fraction Of a
, minute there had been debate in his
mind as to whether or not he would
be weak enough to carry her picture
with him He had finally placed ii un-
der a pile of clothing beside his
steamer trunk.
It's extremely good of you to find
that picture" the man remarked with
the gravity he sometimes assumed in
treating Patty as one of equal years
and understanding; Il doubt If |
should have found it."
Il was hunting for my dolly, and
looked under pile of things and
found the pretty picture lady" She
gazed at the picture of Gloria admir-
! ingly.
Really. Patty, you astonish me,
| Your perspicacity is exceeded only by
your perseverance. | don't think
should ever have found II t picture
Just leave it on the table there. and
dont-if you love me--lose your dolly
any more, please, at least not until
all my things are securely packed"
Patty was Just on the point of ask
ing the name of the young woman who
had so taken her fancy, when the door.
! bell rang With the announcement
that no one was at home and she had
to answer the bell, she scampered off
Wright picked UP the picture and
gazed at 1t intently. He was sacrific
ing all for her. Was the sacrifice
worth while? The question would
have been an idle one. He loved her
had never loved anyone else and never
would love anyone else. No sacrifice
was too great which would mean any
increased happiness for her. The
sound OF some one being brought tc
his rooms by Patty caused him to pu,
the picture hastily face downward or
the table. The door opened to aomit
DR. Hayes.
Good afternoon, Mr.. Wright" he ex
claimed cordially as he came forwarc
with hand outstretched. Il hope you'll
let an opponent drop in to congratu
late you on winning the election"
The editors face lit up with pleas
ure as they clasped hands.
Thank you. old man. It's awfully
good OF you to stop by before I start
ed on little vacation The News wor
its fight but of course we can't expec
this to be the end of the contest, car
we?"
The coroner shook his head dole
fully.