The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-05-24
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0y SUSAN G. cLAoGvv.


work piling up, but your letter made
me think there was dire necessity.
expected to ind you i'll. Instead. you
look as II you had been glimpsing para
disc" There WAS tOvh Of ~istful-
aess 10 the voice and come exaspera-
tioa.
That 10 just what has happened.
Pauline. I am glimpsinE 1t every min
ute. every hour Of the day. Ny heart
IL singing. for I an going to have .
home"
"A home! You have one. What on
earth do you mean?
THAT is true. but l have always
wanted one Of my very own. where my
wishes would come first after those OF
the only man.
My dear. Betty. you cannot make
me believe you have found . man In
this GOd-f0rsaken spOt?"
II did not find him. He came. To
be perfectly frank think he subcOn-
sciously retained a memory OF girl.
a mOonlit sea and northern lights. Bdt
for my happiness. consciously, or other.
wise, he came. ROmance' comes near
est to being the real thing on hoard a
slow going steamer than anywhere else
in the world. I was not looking for
romance. however. As you know. I
was sick. unhappy. I had II" heart to
talk. but somehow the tall ScOtchman
managed to interest me. He rested me.
I enjoyed every moment of that rest
and accepted him as one whom the
gods had sent for my diversion"
Il have never heard you speak Of
him"
Betty laughed. II forgot all about
him. Yet for II time after my return
I was keenly alive to his personality.
We had taken many little trips to-
sether after we landed and came to
know each other fairly well. but home
duties soon absorbed me and memories
grew faint until at last they disap-
peared entirely. Then all at once they
came back to me-"
"The morning 1t all came back l had
heen so Overburdrned with work that
my soul had risen to revolt At the
thought l would never be able to get
away from the household drudgery.
suddenly my inner consciousness took
Y series Of somersauts and found my.
self standing upon the deck Of that ole
steamer us she plowed through the
moOnlit sea toward the northern lights.
when took my mental gymnastics
l was coming through the orchard and
then and there stopped short at the
sight Of once familiar figure. Walk
ing up the driveway toward the house
was the very man who had come into
my thoughts the minute before. What
would you call that3 Telepathy!"
ut would seem so. l suppose you
were glad to see him!"
Il was pot" The reply was emphatic
Il was provoked. He should have let
me know he was coming. A girl may
be fairly free from vanity, but even
then she dislikes to be caught in a
huge kitchen apron with her face red
and wet from the heat. Before quite
realized it both my hands were held
close in his and he was looking down
at me in way that l found slight
ly embarrassing, and this WIS his
greeting:
~ thought ! was never going 10
have the time to come to you
1T was All absurd thing for him to
say. had not invited him to come
here and consequently was II little al
sea as to his meaning. but before
could ask him wha, he meant. to my
utter bewilderment he told me he had
come South 10 marry NC. He seemed
to have taken il for granted that
would be ready tu say yes wheneve,
he had the time to Ask the question.
Ism, il odd. Pauline. how everything
worth while hinges upon a little word
of four letters. With it the poorest
man and woman are rich. without il
tn. richest is the poorest of Gods crea
tion>. That il should come 10 me sons
da! frankly acknowledge | have
hor..l but that IL should come in tn.
mined man WIS no: To my liking, 70,
he i homely.
"But he WAS my first lover Tha,
fact threw a glamour over me. Ye
there was no iovenaking. at least. no
the Kind Of .ovsnSkiuy had rea,
about And with the glamour Eel
Indignation that he should think
would he ready at his Hrst wor,i Bu
indignation faded into amazement q
the thing that was happening to NE.
felt my world turning upside down .
this sudden coming of love.
However. later On, when WAS 81,
ting quietly in my room l was torture.
by doubt. Could love come all In
moment? ! had never before had
lover. Was moved by his earnes.nes
or was it something that had I" be.
asked myself these questions until
became desperate with the fear tina,
had been mistaken. l was afraid to <,
down TO him. opened and shut N,
! lo"r. opened Ii again and heard hi