La Junta tribune., 1915-07-31
WRATH AT
RISING 'ATER
A Wei Merited Puaisllnsal
. ". Essoa sanTn
coeyr.sh. BY Frank a Asnssy 9

Ju.t above where the Rio aanta ~
runs Iaughingiy Into the rsservoer thesv
y q place wbers one may cruz H.
| shimmering shadows essiiy enough b.
neans Of thickIy scattered stsppass
+, et0nes-
Lolita Nartines had loitersd aIoas
the white sand carpet Of that saos
| pine shsdsI water course hundrsds =.
times In her seventeen JEAN.
Il was . pleasant place to pass ~
| Idle hour. and Idle hours were not =
| few. But the hot Spanish blood vas
racing nov ~ she came out Of hes fa
ther's house. and. with an assumption
OF lazy nonchslance. she picked . way
slowly. gracefully. across the river.
The beating OF her heart could b.
| on rioned. Perfect May days. enchant-
Ing with the magic fragrance OF mil.
lion apple trees. are many In this hap
py valley. But II Is on only one MAY
day IN a lifetime that a girl runs away
To lie married TO an American!
or cours. an American. Suppose 4
| had been Francisco GonEales--thefs
would have been no running away!
They would have been welded u
the cathedral with nil the ancient cere
moniai. and Francisco would have TAX
| en- her 20 his new built home.
Even drunken Manuel Valdez. who
had no house on his barren hillside
acres. whose name was . bywori fos
| wIckeine.s. even he would have been
an easier suitor for her father to nc
ceps than Bross. the American.
Over the girls arm was dung the
folds Of . light. many coior~i Navajo
blanket u was drnped around ioos.
eapacious pasteboard box.
! The shadows were shortening toward
noon when she came around the lsae
winding turn Of the white ribhoa u
aand. aushins viviiiy a. . tall. hand'
some young man ieap~d to his fese
FROM tise gra~y bank where hs bad
t,--n lying and. throwing away ~
cigar. came forward eagerly.
He caught the girls 1.-THE. unrsaene'
Ing body close.
Sweetheart. my dearvst: Yoa've
come ~ iast- be murmured.
-Yea. beloved" she answered u IL
slow. sweet music u CAREFUL EngilsA
-rvs cpms for rsaa aad all-soesvgs
ssA ever. Al. vss1sr = - va1l
- sssugA-as want yosr
-wsss yosY' cssed Bruss. want
yeu. my i.o,ifaf Ton DO know. don't
you. chiquitaf You'ss sotns - b. my
own loyal. beautifui. stately wife. la
iita. until The end Of time wouli dc
anythins. anything. foe yosr sake.
sv~etheart And you'd do anything
fos ne. Z know. wouhin't yoar'
Yea" shs whisgpr~l fssvsssly. -Oh.
{ love 700. would give ~ life
oses than that. would KIN say .bs
Who csme hrtwe~u us."
'Oniy Il wiii not b. serS.sssy.- smil-
- hes iovse. -we'v juss to b happy.
sed tAat's all
-l'o afrsh oe ssosthias -soo<shin;
eAst y going 10 cosse urne you and
ne.~ she sati- who caa'teii vhai q,
nay hrs Il h Ike she ssrsaes wind
that Asovs-icy ssd ce,d-in yeos fsc.
and through yoas hair whes ths srss-
,S',os shes~ yoa an 70 ~ y trssii-a
ap'sa.'
-lhsarpss. hew couid ny ~ laugh
I'd esyiy. Over teyoe6 ths hlii. jas,
ous % stghs u ths sase sssd. h IN,
ous-own team. Wen drive 60 II.
Vegas sud take ths trsis. - sil ~-
have TO d. dear. y 10 elinb TO ID.
crest hand 10 hand. Kis ~. and i-s I.
t.e on the way
Lolita sseusssi 10 ahske - the vsgu-
depre-.ion. she isugh~i aelsctou.iy
Not all she protested esrrily
Eve the mo-' i--susifui drvss IN ,h..
bos yoo ever t.-heid. and . hss-a %.
hst-sp.i- ether ihineS Nos j
shall 90 IN the hillside aud make nf
se,f rrr--nssbie ~hils ycu sis herr and
smoke When an ready I vii esii
asd you eau follow.
But tvsoee eo--shs iiauti soins
fsiscrv~i---iss ne 6. and drink ~b-,r
the spring ao~s Into The poi ai-o,e
q may he ieas long tesorp drink o,
Il sesin viii have played h>rs .ihc-
Gas but . little xtrt co@s-
T"xrshes tbey eianhprea up ,ss
grees hank % sis si1s u ~ srro,s
Ths rrks t~isv ~ ever 6e~ln
spsines hsd t<pn ksljoWea h pisc..
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