The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-05-30

that! But Jim was lucky; he didn't
live to stay landed, and it's good
thing for himr Sibyl's mirth had van
ished. and she spoke with virulent ra-
pidity. "Well, she couldn't get you,
because you were married, and she
couldn't get Jim, because Jim died
And there they were. dead broke Do
you know what she did? Do you know
what she's doingY
mo, don't" said Roscoe gruff1y.
SibyPs voice rose and eliminated in |
a scream of renewed hilarity. "Bibbs!
She waited in the graveyard, and drove
home with him from Jim's funerall
Never spoke to him beforei Jim wasn't
coldr'
She rocked herself back and forth
upon the divan. "Bibbsp' she shrieked.
"Bibbsl Roscoe, think of it, Bibbsw
He stared unsympathetically but
her mirth was undated for all that.
"And yesterday" she continued, be-
tween yesterday she
came out Of the house-just as he was
passing. She must have been looking
out-waiting the chance: l saw the
old lady watching at the window And
she got him there last night-to play
to him; the old lady gave that away
And today she made him take her out
in machine! And the cream of it Is
that they didn't even know whether he
was insane or not-they thought may
be he was, but she went after him
just the samel The old lady set her
self to pump me about it today. Bibbsl
oh, my Lord! Bibbsp'
But Roscoe looked grim. $50 it's
funny to you, is it? 1t sounds kind of
pitiful to me. l should think it would
to a woman, too"
"Oh, 1t might" she returned, sober
ing. at might, II those people weren't
such frozen-faced smart Alexis. II
they'd had the decency to come down
off the perch a little l probably
wouldn't think 1t was funny, but to
see 'em sit up on their pedestal all the
time they're eating dirt-well l think
it's funny! That girl sits up as If she
was Queen Elizabeth, and expects
people to wallow on the ground before
her until they get near enough for her
to give 'em a good kick with her old
patched shoes-oh, she'd do that, all
highland then she powders up and
goes out to mash-Bibbs Sheridan"
Look here" said Roscoe, heavily;
81 don't care about that one way or
another. II you're through, 1 got
something 1 want to talk to you about.
l was going to, that day just before we
heard about jim"
At this Sibyl stiffened quickly; her
eyes became intensely bright "What
is it?'
"Well," he began, frowning, what
was going to say then" He broke
off, and becoming conscious that he
was still holding the wet napkin in his
hand, threw it pettishly into corner.
II never expected I'd have to say any
thing like this to anybody | married;
but 1 was going to ask you what was
the matter between you and Lam
horn.''
Sibyl uttered a sharp monosyllable.
"Well?"
81 felt the time had come for me to
know about it," he went on. You
never told me anything"
, "You never asked" she interposed
: CURLY.
"Wel, we'd got in a way Of not
J. talking much" said Roscoe. at looks
s to me now as if we'd pretty much lost
. the run of each other the way a good
q many people do. 1 don't say it wasn''
: my fault. l was up early and down t.
work all day, and I'd come home tireC
- at night, and went to go to bed soon al
u I'd got the paper read-unless ther'
was some good musical show in town
It Well, you seemed all right until her
!. lately, the last month or so, began t
- see something was wrong. | couldn'
% help seeing it."
"Wrong?" she said. "What like?"
"You changed; you didn't look tn
II same. You were all strung up and e1
i. cited and fidgety; you got to lookin
e, peakid and run down. Now then, Lam
er horn had been going with us goo
k while, but | noticed that not long ae