El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-18
4 Serial OF Youth and Romance
CHAPTER yyXTu.

Z gagement with an old man." he said
. I have been sitting here thinking Of
how much brightness your visits al
ways bring"
I am glad" Cynthia said sincerely.
Coming here Is one Of the very
bright spots for me. I was sorry to
! have 10 telephone you that I could
wanted me to go downtown with her
for a while"
You know" he reminded her, that
one of our arrangements is that you
are to tell me II. at any time, coming
here interferes with other plans. Is
everybody well at the Livingstones? ?"
Glad Welcome
Dora has a headache" Cynthia an
swered That is the reason I went
downtown in her place. Some things
had TO be tried on, and she and I are
for articles that require very particu-
lar fitting, can serve as a model
for her"
You may be about the same fig
ure, yet you are absolutely dissimilar
in other ways. I do not think that
two girls could be more unlike in face
and character-even If you are first
cousins"
THAT may be one reason we get
on so well together" Cynthia sug-
gested- Like does not always at
tract like Now shall I begin our
reading2"
IF you please" Edward Van saun
replied.
He leaned back in his great chair
and listened as she read Her voice
was most musical, her enunciation ex-
cellent-
A Lovely Picture
She made a very lovely picture, too.
the man unused. his eyes resting on
her affectionately. The glow of the
reading light, a little above her. fell
upon her face, casting the shadow
from her long dark lashes across her
delicately curved cheek II also
brought out the copper glints IN her
auburn hair.
The hand that held the book was
white and well shaped, the wrist
beautifully rounded II must be true,
since she said It. that she and Dora
were OF the same figul yet Dora
gave one the impression OF robust
ness that this girls appearance did
not convey Could it be the differ
ence in the expression Of countenance
and in the manner OF the two girls
that 3ccentuated the contrast between
them?
Yet, he reflected, Dora was a dear
child. He had been very glad that
Milton was engaged to her. He had
hoped that they might be as happy
as he and his wife had been during
the few years they had lived together.
His eyes grew suddenly misty when
he remembered those years. But he
and his wife had had a background
Of deep and tender love to make them
happy. He hoped Dora and Milton
had such a background.
A Doubt Stirs Him
Doubt on this subject had not oc-
CURED TO him until lately-perhaps
not until Cynthia Long had begun
coming here regularly. Somehow
there was something about her that
reminded him OF the woman whom he
had loved and lost when her only son
was a little boy. Cynthia seemed to
90 deeper into the heart OF things
than Dora did And OF late Dora had I
spoken lightly. almost triviaIly OF her
engagement Did she really love :
Milton? And did Milton love herr
The last question came to him
with a shock He had not consid- I
cred the possibility Of Millions hav- 1
ing made a mistake in his choice. I
That would be a catastrophe.
He moved nervously in his chair, I
and Cynthia looked up inquiringly. /
I beg your pardon" she said Did
.rNo, child" he told her. u did not" /
Perhaps you are tired" she sug-
gested. glancing at her watch 1T
is o'clock already. I did not appre-
ciate how time had flown I must
be going"
Thank you for coming" he said. Il
love to hear you read Peter Ibbetson. /
It is a beautiful love story. And /
am d-fashioned enough to believe /
IN love, you know
$50 an J" she admitted.
1T IS a very sacred thing" he added 4
musingly- TOO sacred a thing TO be 1
taken up lightly and handled heed /
lessly. It is no small offense to
wound true love"
he said the words gravely. almost |
solemnly. His companion was silent 4
Good night" she murmured a mo- /
ment later holding out her hand
Good night, my dear" he said ]
kindly.
His thoughts seemed TO be else
where, and she slipped quietly from :
the house, leaving him alone.
(TO be cOntinued)
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