Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-06-29
BY ERNEST A. YOUNG

WHAT ~ gou hhON dboul u ! al
ne,er had heart To smash" taunr,,
Billy Drew.
Bert Temple, the host ana presiiiu.
genius at many smoke-talk IA Ga.
cozy bachelor quarters. pricked up Va,
ears. Tor his friends were getting on ,
.ubIect which had acquired a new in
terest FOR him.
He had lately discovered that he h ID
a heart, and he was inclined To f.-l
bit heady over II.
You are wrong. Billy" Charles az.
serted for 1t was wOmans prrndt
that beaChed my hair years ago
STORY old brand OF romance. fu.
nounced Drew with wave OF his TAT
hands
Il fall 60 see any romance about the
prures, 81 getting stung at time uf
HE when decent young chap ut Il
mushy temperament thinks he Is IN
love for the only possible time. aud
the cu plays up the deluslon until
She nnd- what "a boob he Is and then
lets him drop
That 10 substance" continued the
tyuIg was what happened was the
boob and Miss Doris Ward was the
ptniiUu- maiden, ana 1t happened
tlehi years ago, when was twenty.
wp Chortle over 1t ii you hnd II hu.
muruus, because ! see the joke now ns
plainly as sou do. also see how Miss
uuu, Ward comes Ia Dunbury form
winter OF sport-huxand hunting"
lh,y laughed at the story, Of course
.U except their host. lie had h-,n
posing the tire and he dropped the
po.,r as ID 1t had burned his fingers.
The party broke up and no Ho;e
va, taken of anything unusual IN
Temples manner
charlie The cynic, lifted eight
year, ago 10y Dori, Ward 4" mumhl,d
Jbr host aa the door shut out the last
Ut N. GUESTS.
Il Nas lihr clip from "a blackjach
10 thr senses of Bert Temple. TNru.
B.uuUIc. ago the memory OF Doris
Eu.i voice was thrilling through his
.HB. u- Uy had listened to that voice
tLc evening before. sure enough. at
Hy ripe age OF thlrty-six he had fallen
heels over head at first sight. Al.
though they had been hardly two hours
10 each others society he had as good
3D., .uld Drl that She was the wonder.
ml Woman nud thnt he was prepared
Eco close up % marriage contract for the
earliest dat, that could he fixed upon
Compatible with the conventions.
SO" Temple rrlt sick. dizzy. be
Mdyl.i Il was IN. boob and Miss
Doris Ward aaS the prrtidious maid.
tn were the words that bored into
Temple consciousness In uihrr
words 10 the culloW hgr OF twenty
mo Charles barton had been fitted hy
MIS- NaIi uud now he. Gertrum Tenn
pie. 90 dirty >iN. had betrayed the
same brand Of callownesS rs that
youngS.r whom Temple had never
particularly admired.
Now, according to Charles, the cynlc
THIS young woman, whose unique
charm had appealed 10 Temples uu-
'ut0red heart, was n husband hunter
That meant that she was done with the
royal sport of killing for amusement.
ihd had taken up the practical Noca.
Hon 81 ha-gIng the game. And II
SEEMED that she had marked him
Bert Temple, age thlrty-slx--as II ike.
Iy mark.
There was little time Ia which 10
make up his mind what To do Ia Hn
hour De Vas To call al the inn To take
MIS- Ward motoring.
There wasn't time To think out
really good plan for showing Doris
ward that he was aware of her little
scheme OF marrying the first man Ia
punbury whom she chose to smile up
"a $" he got uut his car ana asked
AoIIle Clews to 20 with him.
Temple ~ his racer. with the chat.
'eI'hg little mugpic Snuggled on the
se"' beside him, Slackened the pace Ia
front OF the ian. lie could sec Miss
"Htd at the foot OF the walk. wuiiiuS
Tor him.
lie meant 10 slow up just enough
" she would be sure To see how pretty
uhn happy Mollc looked. aud then.
uNe cad, he would speed un aud
'ra'e The husband hunter to guess
what had happened.
Chug!
HE racer stopped short. The en-
gihe went dead
Al that junclure Charles barton
"''e up with his car. and in II twink.
"ns lie had Mullie beside him.
l"n didn't speak to your-er-
'"Arles Barton" s,nmmered Temple
W DORIS took Mollie's place IN the
stalled motor.
was that Charles Darton?" she ex-
."'''rd Really, had the lmpres.
SUN he was tall ana blond"
Tie told u.s." Bert persisted, that
s'u J"'ed him eight years ago. And
wv" You would pretend"
II was my cousin Doris who did
Wv JItlhg. She told me all about IL.
hhe called him n, ~ A., 4 ..,u.,,l.r .