The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-11
ON her WEDDING EVE
sy GRACE HARcouRr.


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ners. win him that social success he
Graves e complete his business sue
cess. His name IL William Smith. and
he looks II.
The man ! love IL young, handsome.
daring. lie In not q success and new
or will be Eu~ccessfui. Ills name In
Roger Renfrew. lie has been every.
thing in his time. and ! do not know
what he IL today.
remember 80 we'll the time when
I first met Roger. We we're staying
at a fashionable hotel in the noun
tains. ! was being escorted by my
aunt and accompanied by a girl and
two young men from the hotel. for a
walk through tho forest. There WAS
an encampment OF gypsies neaF by.
and We stopped to look at them One
was a young man with a bold. hand
some face. After we had satisfied
our curiosity we threw them some
coins. The younger man caught my
coin and quickly pressed his lips to IL.
Our eyes met.
That evening, feignlng headache. !
retired TO my room Immediately after
dinner. The window opened upon a
veranda. slipped out. hurried down
n side entrance, and made my way TO
the gypsy camp, My heart was beat
ing wildly, and ! did not even know
why ! was going. At last | reached
the camp. lie was waiting for me In
the shadows OF the pines. He drew
me to his heart and kissed me.
Il knew you were coming to me-"
he said.
And he was not a gypsy after all.
He was an artist. travelling IN this
way with the band because II meant
freedom. How my heart leaped at the
word Freedom, which had so long
desired!
/ do not know how long I stayed
there. but when I slipped away II was
understood that I waB to return. And
! did so the following night, and the
next. Soon | began TO learn some
thing OF Rogers life. We were en-
gagged. and were 70 be married as
soon as Roger came for me. and we
would travel all over the world to-
gethsr.
He could not marry me then be-
cause he had q wife. He had been
tricked into marriage with her while
he was a boy. But he was going to
get a divorce. l gave him my city
address OF the last evening before
we left.
I heard nothing from Roger. We
had agreed that II ] did not hear from
him In a year and a day l was 10
consider myself free. That time
passed-and William Smith came into
my life. lie was an excellent match,
my aunt agreed. They said that
should marry him.
Smith has never kissed me. He IL
a typical soulloss business man OF
forty.hve. When | think OF Roger
am mad with anger. lie has failed
me, aud life means nothing TO me
nothing at all.
Much has happened within the pas
hour. II | retain what ! have writer
II Is TO mock at the instability OF hu
man thoughts. The noise at my win
dow vas Roger. lie had returned
He told me he could not get the
divorce; he hadn't money enough. 1
| would ONE with him, we could geN
money from my uncle. and use Il I,
legalizo our union.
II a not the proposal d%isconcert
ed me 70 much as something disillu
sionizing In Rogers words and face
Somehow he made me think mor'
highly OF William Smith.
Come with mt now. dear" Rogei
pleaded.
As he spoke ] heard steps on th'
grayeled path. Instantly l motione,
Roger TO conceal himself. l could no
imagine my uncle walking IN the gar
den 80 late mt night-but Judge m!
amazement TO ind Mr.. Smith con
fronting me
Il saw your light" he said. /"
couldn't help coming 10 you. | wan
you to tell me truly. dear; do yol
love me? II you do not, II Ia not to-
late"
1 tbohtu NJ ulHt huhhb WIN aAiuat
, ment. Hts homely face seemed tram
: figured: somehow ! could not brin
myself to tell the truth.
Roger stepped from behind the Gu.
q tain and stood facing him.
"Well. | see you have trapped me,
he remarked casually. What al
you going to do about it?"
Mr.. Smith did not drop an eyelid.
4 shall We let the fellow go. dear
n he asked me.
what do you mean? What do yC
take me for? A burglar" shoute
Roger.
. And then ! realised his coup. Pc
@ ing as my lover, he hoped to compr
< mise me hopelessly, TO induce n
thereby 90 go with him. and later
n use me as a lever for extracting mon,
from my uncle.
IF you're not gone inside OF half
minute you1l be the worst handl,
oil burglar ] have ever seen" said NJ
d Smith, advancing.
ran back into the room. | dor
y know Just what happened. but VIII,
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