New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-10

toward her carried out the tone OF tn,
letter she'd got from him In Chi
cago. II was stiff, formh, severe. II,
seldom praised her work, and nevel
ungrudgingly. His censurc was rare
too. "a be- sure, but this obviously wa'
because Rose almost never gave hin
m excuse for ii. Working for him il
this mood gave her the uneasy sensa
ton II experiences when walkint
abroad under II sultry, overcast sky
with muttrrings and flashes in it. Ant
thrn one night the storm broke.
They had fingered in the thentel
after the dismissal OF Il rehearsal, Il
talk over II change in one of the nun
brrs Rose had been working on. II re
fused to come out satisfactorily. Rost
thought She saw II way of doing 1t thai
would work better. and she had beer
telling him about it. Eagerly, at first
and with II liInpid directneSs which
however. became clouded and troubled
when she felt he wasn't paying atten-
tion. II was a difficulty with him she
had encountered before.
But tonight. after an angry turn
down the aisle and back, ne suddenly
cried out Il don't know. | don't
know what you've been talking about.
| don't know, and | don't care" And
then. confronting her, their faces not II
foot apart. for by now she had got to
her feet. his hands grippcd together
and shaking, his teeth clenched, his
eyes glowing there in the half-light of
the auditorium almost like an ami
mas. he demanded Can you see
what's the matter with me Haven't
You seen if YETI
Di course she SAN it nOw, plainly
enough. Sh" sat down again, man
aging an ;rir of driihcrarinn about It,
and gripped the back of the orchestra
chair in front of her. lie remained
standing over her there in the aisle.
When the heightening tension of the
silence thnt followed this outburst had
grown absolutely u~n"ndurnhlr. she
spoke. But the only thing she could
find 10 say was almost Iudirrou>Iy in
adequate.
80. | didn't SEE 1t until now. I'm
sorry"
You didn't see IT," h.. echoed. ~
know you didn't. You've never seen
ne" m all, from the beginning. as any
thing hut IA machine. But why haven't
you? You're a oman If | ever saw
"A woman in my life, your" one all the
way through. Why couldn't you see
that | was II NAM 1t isn't because I've
got gray hair, nor because I'm fifty
wears old. | don't believe you're like
that. But ever bnrk there in Chicago.
the night We walked down the venue
from that Store-or the night we
had supper together after the show
~ suppose | ought 70 have seen she
said DULY, Ought to have known that
that was all there was 70 it,, But |
didn't"
well. You Sct IL now" he said saw
aS"ly fairly, and strobe away up the
aisle and then buck to her. He sat
down in the seat in 'front.' of her and
turned around. Il want 10 see your
face" he said. There's something
I've got to know. Something you've
GOT 70 tell me. You said once, back
there IN Chicago, that there was only
N" person who really mattrred to you.
! want +" know who that person is.
What he is. Whether he's still the one
person who really matters. II he isn't,
III TAX" my chance
Remembering the scene afterward.
Rose was n little surprised that she
able 10 answer him as She did,
without II hesitation or II >talnmcr, and
with a straight gaze that held his I'M
tll >h" had finished.
The only person in the Wurld.' she
sad, "Who ever has mattvrrd to me. al
ever Wili matter, is my husband. |
fell n love with him the day ! met him.
| was in love with him when | left
him. I'm in love with him now. Every
thing | do THAT'S ANY good i inst >omr
thing II" might be- proud of il he knew
II. And every failure is just something
| hope | would make him understand
and not ,lrSpiSc me for. It's months
sine" Nv" seen him, but there isn't Il
day, there isn't an hour in II day, when
| don't think about him and want