The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-10
THE GIRL LEFT BEHIND ME-
ny CAROLYN BEECHER
Copyright. 1918. by Carolyn Beeohcr).

y YOU think that was treating
me fairly, to go to another womuns
house and leave me here alone"
~ hdor the circumstances. Yes. You
do not like Mrs Lambert. You would
have been bored. tho talk was al OF
the war and the base hospital Mrs.
Lambert wants to establish so that
II we are OBLIGED to enter the war II
viii be ready
"Nonscnse''
Il told YOU you would not have
teen Interested"
That doesn't make It right for YOU
TO dine out without me"
We won't discuss that ! did dine
out. and ] am now at home"
VIII YOU promise never TO go there
again without mo?"
decidedly no. am through max
ms silly promises, Gypsy. have
made too many as II H."
lie sighed deeply. then opened u
book and commenced 20 read.
III you'll excuse me | think TN go
upstairs. | have fe,, III ali the even
ing, hut II makes no difference 10
YOU"
! was sure II did make a difference.
and ] only made the remark To cali
forth a denial Blake went right on
reading.
The profound silence as I loft tho
roor1 was ~maddening. / stumbled up
the stairs n flung myself on tho
ned iullN dressed as ! was. Then /
save way to hot. angry toars.
How ] hated that woman, was
always being hluniliated by people
VINO wanted Blake 10 paint their por-
traits so they could he win him II
! had tried 10 do something recN,,.
they had goaded me 10 Il. ! felt no
rcinorse for what had tried to do.
what | had done I'm making q conf-
dant of Soto. only bitter rebellion.
Blake would he furious n he over
found out. but | vas too fieicelV re-
hellious to care. Had he come ~ mo
then | might have blurted out all the
miserable ruth. But after a while
my sobs ceased; another. u new
thought had entered my mind. soto
was now my lriend. I would. through
him, learn an that went on al tho
studio. ! could now set to work u
system Of cspIonage impossible be.
fore. | felt that Blake would never
know; that m, influence could be- SO
strengthened over Soto as To make
HIM my tool,
This sounds crude In the telling. hut
then / excused myself by romember-
ing how Blake would not Yield 90 mc
sud promise NOT To paint portraits OF
either Mrs. Lambert or Colly Mere.
9th unless ] was With him: and that
cnh an hour tefofV he had Virtually
refused to promise me anything.
undrosScd slowly. planning how
should get cVon.' Even now had
TO real doubt Of Rlake's love. n was
moro u childish resentment Tran any
thing else.
/ was madly I'm love with B,akc. and
| did not intend 10 lose him. Ito was
worth q dozen. yes. two dozen. OF
any nan | over han sen. whoso
other women needn't think tney could
take him from ne They Couldn't.
was SUR OF that. but | lid not intend
them To take ur his time. or 10 rob
me of an hour 81 his society which
declared ALWAYS belonged entirely 10
me
70 keep my hold on Blake. Ia com
pei him TO Weld Ia my wishes. had
become a problem, more of a probleu
than | realized What he had prom-
iEed hc would 10. or that Was sun,
! must WINS more promises from
him. At seemed the only Way | could
be sure that nc would not do things
| didn't want him 10 do.
! did not think 7 was in tho WRONG
in wanting 10 ia tins: as u matter ni
fact. | DID not think OF that side of A
at an. wanted IL: that Was enough
MAS merely planning to GO on aoing
AZ | had done ever since We had been
married. surely there Mas nothing
unusual ia that Then, too. a was I
for Blako's good. lie. tile dear. didn'ti
know how Fascinating Ice was. ! must
take rare those nomsn didn't full In
love with him. 4.