The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-22

And she kept the door open-even
tonight. though the sleet and fine snow
swept in upon her bare throat and
arms. and her brown hair was strewn
with tiny white stars. His heart
leaped as he turned and saw that she
was there. waving her hand to him, as
if he did not know that the storm
touched her. When he had gone on,
Mary did as she always did-she went
into an unlit room across the hall from
that in which they had spent the eve
ming. and, looking from the window,
watched him until he was out of sight.
The storm made that difficult tonight,
but she caught a glimpse of him under
the street lamp that stood between the
two houses. and Saw that he turned to
look back again. Then, and not before,
she looked at the upper windows of
Roscoe's house across the street. They
were dark. Mary waited, but after a
little while she closed the front door
n returned to her window. A
moment later two Of the upper win
dows of Roscoe's house flashed into
light and a hand lowered the shade Of
one of them. Mary felt the cold then
it was the third night she had seen
those windows lighted and that shade
\ lowered. Just after Bibbs had gone.
Bibbs stopped at his last look back
at the open door, and, with a thin
mantle Of white already upon his
shoulders. made his way, gasping in
the wind. to the lee of the sheltering
wing of the new house.
A stricken George, muttering hoarse-
". admitted him, and Bibbs became
aware of a paroxysm within the house.
Terrible sounds came from TIE IL
brary: sheridan cursing as never be
fore: his wife sobbing, her voice rising
TO an ~agonized squeal of protest upon
each of a series of mufied d%etonations
the outrageous humping Of a band
aged hand upon wood; then Quincy,
sharply imperious, keep your hand
in that sling! Keep your hand in
that sling, l say!
"Lookw George gasped, delighted tc
play herald for so important a tragedy
and he renewed upon his face the
CHASTITY expression with which he had
first beheld the ruins his calamitous
gesture laid before the eyes of Bibbs
Look at a lamidal statue!"
Gazing down the hall, Bibbs saw
heroic w~reckage, seemingly Byzantine
painted colossal fragments of a shat
tered torso, appallingly human; anC
gilded and silvered heaps Of magnifi
cence strewn among ruinous palml
like the spoil Of a barbarians' battle
There had been a massacre in tn
oasis-the Moor had been hurled from
his pedestal.
"He hit at ole lamidal statue" sal
George. pow"
my father?"
"Yessuhl Powl he hit 'er! An yor
ma run tell me git doctuh quick s
kin telefoam-she sho' you pa goiI
bus a blood-vessel. He amt takin' o
tall now. He amt nothin' tall
what he was while ago. You don
miss it, Mist Bibbs. Doctuh got hil
all quiet down, to what he was. Pow
he hit 'er! Yessuhl' He took Bibb'
coat and proffered a crumpled tel'
graph form. Here what come b
said. 81 pick 'er up when he don
stompin' on 'er. You read 'er, Mis-
Bibbs-you' ma tell me tuhn 'er owl
to you soon's you come in"
Bibbs read the telegram quickly.
was from New York and addressed
; Mrs. Sheridan.
Sure you will all approve step hay
taken as was so wretched my healt
would probably suffered severely Robe
and 1 were married this a~fternoc
thought best have quiet wedding abs
lutely sure you will understand wisdo
a of step when you know Robert better a
happiest woman in world are leaving fl
Florida will wire address when settl'
d will remain till spring love to all faith
e will like him too when he knows him iii
1 do he is just ideal.
EDITH LAMHORN.
(To be continued.l