Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-12
"Then I'll Come Back to You
AUTHOR OF ONCE TO EVERY MAN"
LARRY EVANS

whether Won ike Or NOR
.-fhai does not tt yul- ra~e,"' Steve
objected instantly. when your danger Or
ypur safety keeps 4 Woman watching
white faced with terror through tn- night
for your remra.
Garry proppod himself upon one elbow
the better 10 see the speakers comten-
ancc.
MY safety" he repeated blankly. My
retums" And then. wanly grateful,
"-You are not the -or, NJ man "ho lies
convincinglv. Steve"
And then Stephen ONIara lei him have
it-all the story which had lam 20 many
days in his heart. There were times when
Garry went even paler during the short re-
f! cital, times when everything else was sub
! merged by the incredibly that flooded
hi face. But before Steve had finished
The lat trace Of doubt was gone. Before
/ the end came Garry had bowed his head.
this time III flushed. self conscious wond-
der which TRANSFORMED him.
: Miriam Burrellr' he hreathcd. Proud
intolerant"-
His head came mp. The next instant
he voiced the words which Steve. most
wanted 10 hear.
You shouldn't have told me this" said
he. You had 10 right, unless
Steve laughed al him.
II asked her ii | might. Why. don't you
didn't? You see. she is-far. far braver
than yoa are. Garry"
Garry lifted his hands and hid hi face.
80 quietly that his exit made no sound
steve Slipped e his feet and passed out
side. II had stopped raining. The hard
wood ridges. touched by frost. were fam
ing -treaks Of color against the rainwa~h-
cd cvergrccns when he picked hiS way down
20 the river and found a dry stone for n
seat. An hour and more he sat there Will,
his thoughts went back over the trail Of the
wears. the trail which had led him from
that cabin ID 4 pair Of violet eyes and lips
that arched like 4 boys.
Steve let his mind turn again unrcecrv-
edlv u his own problem that morning. IT,
tried "a face ~ure-cyed the road which
still stretched ahead. lie did not know that
Garrett Devereau. The dehonaire. the cyni-
cal. the world weary and world wise. had
broken down and was ~ohhin. noiSelc--ly.
a. men sob. IN the room which he had left.
shaking with deep and terrible ga~p- that
rackrd ~ very soul. But il was ALREADY
daybrruk, II was trails end now tor Gar
I'M. II does make Y difference II ono knows
ihat some ore cares.
Upon their return 10 Thirty Nile two
nights later J0e's attitude ~ criticism was
the first thing which p.lued Stoves inter-
est. There Wa something ludicrou~ IN the
former voice a. he lat and mathematical
the food which the cook hoy brought ~ The
fable. oven though hc dcvuurei l%lnngrly all
thut hi~ plate would hold. And because
Ioc was W obviously primcd for Y -cu-a-
iion that evening ont Of sheer pcrver-ity
Sieve struggled to draw him INTO q Discus
sion OF a topic which, just rs obviously.
had 40 appeal Just then.
-vVhat | hope to do" be confidcd grave
IN WV Garry. III ~ finish M AZ Morn son
and make possible the transfer MI -ome
ot those men un here. ME- arc working only
onc shift now. With two ! figure N.Y. could
sail alnue a-focgire. How does that strike
YOU. joe"
That was only one OF ms many attempts.
bur au OF them. save for the inner laugh
ter which they afforded. were totally with
oui result. J0e'e answer were mon0-Nlla-
hir. III attention wandering ai hest. To
that particular question hc nodded hi- head
-prtle~-lv.
This butter amt nom too fresh he
aroWled sourly. "and | wonder If that cook
boy thinks we dote on ham every meal7 |
don't for one. II may be al right If n
mans plumb starving to death. but 4 don't
lend no real elegance 20 o rcpast.
That gloomy complaint h%rnu-fi little more
than Y sparkle to Steve cNc-. tint N made
Garry lean forward IN hi- place. Through
ont th- meal while the other two fenced q
iu~t such fashion Ne forgot hi~ Own food Ky
listen. delighted anticipation ~ every feat
nre. And when they had finished supper
and pushcd back their chairs he stood grin
spi-u \ little. Watching Joe survey that li-
tered room which served III office and
sleeping quarters for the chief engineer ~
thr East Coast company. Fat joe gazc
SUNNI from wall IN wall. from Uttered cnr-
rcr to hcapcd NJ chair. Then he shook
BIZ head in despair.
1T looks to me. Steve. he gruuted. "a~
though sou amt never had no real trimming
in tidinese. have voul There don't seem
to be no system At all IN 'he way Won leave
yonr things around. There's one boot over
Ill thai corner. IT, cot 4 mate. J know. he-
-. tin-a .T lat rsrh4