The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-08-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
HER PROFESSIONAL CALI
BY EMERSON PHILLIPS.
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pay tue Leabb dllSubtOu " WHAT luey
say"
The they WAS accompanied by an
expressive Jerk IN the direction of
the new house across the street.
What right have they to move into
a new place and set themselves up as
judges Of the other pe9ple7 What do
they know about you or Charlesn, Mrs
Trent? Not d thing! And If Charleen
here wants to have a beau now and
then and go to a danes when she's
asked, I'm sure It isn't any business of
that loHS-faced Methodist trustee
across the street nor his kill-joy wife
nor the bOokworm sol either. And
If"
Myra was interrupted by the post
mans ring, and, having unburdened
herself Of all she had come laden with
and uselessly exerted all her ingenu-
ity to extract an invitation to dine,
she thade her adieus and departed.
Il WISH" said Mrs. Trent YEARLY,
that Myra would stay away"
"Oh, don't listen to hef silly COS;
sip, mother" laughed Charleen.
ITS not all talk, dear. can feel
the Crawfsrds' disapproval in the air.
Mrs. Crawford has no time for parties
or theaters or anything more frivol-
GUS than her clubs. And Mr.. CTaW'
ford told your father he thought card
players worse than inebriates."
And their son." added Charleen,
thinks your daughter is a foolish
creature too silly to notice because
she dances and goes to parties. That
is the real trouble. Isn't it, mother?"
But IN spite Of her outward indif-
ference, GhafleeD was piqued at the
treatment of John Crawford, the more
30, perhaps, because she was aeeus-
toned to homage from all men. She
might have been any one of a dozen
Mrs. So-and-So's in town, but instead
she had chosen to give her life to a
more serious profession even than
matrimony. She had, in fact, spent
three years in training in a city hos
pital, and Charieen's gayety and beau
ty had never deserted her While dis
charging her duties as nurse.
The Crawfords had moved into town
Jhst after Charleen's arrival, and in
the midst Of an the dances and parties
in her honor.
So Charleen had danced and diHed,
ridden horseback and motored, and
was generally happy-except for John
Crawford! She had met him twice
once at lecture, again at a dinner.
He was very handsome, it was con-
ceded, and gossip had it that the
Crawfords were rich.
Charleen, dressing for dinner, and,
incidentally, a dance later, was enjoy
ing the late afternoon sky through her
curtain when she saw man ride up
to the Crawfords, dismount and hitch
the horse to a tree. A moment later,
john Crawford in riding clothes came
out. mounted and trotted off.
Il wonder why the hveryman sent
him Grim-he has such a nasty tenn.
per- 1 don't believe my neighbor
knows that. think it's wicked for
Mr.. Smollett to send him Grim. It's
a lovely evening to ride.
She put the forms back into her
slippers, pulled out her riding boots
and clothes and took up the telephone
on her table.
In ten minutes, she was ready for
her ride and Tinkle, her favorite little
mare, was at the door. Then she
mounted and gallOped toward the sun
set.
Half a mile out of town, where the
road forked, she turned to the right.
Finally she came upon him sitting
upon a stone in the narrow road,
Grim tied to a sapling projecting out
OF the bank above. When John saw
her he removed his pipe and lifted
his hat.
TITS lovely evening, isn't it?" she
shiYered sweetly, realizing with grow
ing confusion that she had really no
excuse for talking to him at all and
that he would think, of course, that
she had followed him, deliberately
seeking his society.
Lovely" he reiterated courteously,
but gravely This is my first trip
up here, and l was rather startled by
the grandeur of the scenery, 80 de-
cided to dismount and enjoy the soil
tude."
Charleen felt the implied sugges-
ton, and 1t cut like steel. She had
never before had the experience Of
being told by a man that he preferred
being alone Her face famed, but she
managed to smile. Pm sorry dis
turbed your little party, Mr.. Crawford.
They say fools rush IN where angels