The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-11

private sccrctnry-w hen | have time.
Tho longer ! know Mr.. Trayinore the
more ! admire him. II We had moro
such solid. sensible thinking men the
country would be so much the SAFER.
He viii be leaving us soon how soon
no ono knows.
II read that the country IN bccom-
Ing very active In RAISING money TOT
tho needs OF the army. God knows
IN needed. an we can get OF A. l
sometimes think that even " J i've 10
return that never shall upend an
other penny foolishly. There ~ ~
much suffering over here. 40 much
that could be at least tempered had
We more money
II had a letter from chiffon Hart
the other day. lie said he had seen
YOU. and hat YOU were looking we'll
lie also mentioned Harper North. lie
liked him ~immcnscly who would
not? The war has been the making
of him, ~ ~ viii be Of many others.
No man can become "A good soidicr
and not be benetitef by the expert
once. Then IL saddcns a man. one
cannot see so much that rs fright
mi. that ~ terrible. without feeiing
the effect OF II upon his own nature
'Kias GYPSY for her soldier dad
with love as always. BLAKE"
Elizabeth turned tho letter over
and over. thinking she surely must
have missed some part OF 81. Blake
never had mentioned the picture. he
hnn said nothing about her replying
20 his short, stilted note.
zone he might nave written TO n
stranger" she mumbled. and not u
word about being glad nat ! was
willing 10 make up. I haven't re.
ccived so hcartlcss a letter for a lon3
time
There really was nothing pleasant
or chatty IN Il. IL was Just y cold.
blooded affair. and Elizabeth, having
expected so much. Was disappointed
accordingly. Then, too. she couldn't
understand why Blake said nothing
about Gypsy's picture being snch a
good onc; why he did not tell hct
Uncle George had allowed him 10
keep ~.
She was horribly confused and an.
noyod. To have HIM act so Just now
when she had SO much to think OF,
so many things TO trouble her, was
cruel: and tears of sclf-pity flowed
freely down her cheeks rs she once
more read the letter from which sho
had hoped SO much. and which mad
Yielded so little.
Il forgavc you. Blake, and YOU
didn't even care she moaned In her
10 0ffh - - 80 -
picture 50 you would know and you
wouldn't let us he friends again. "
Then she veered to the other extreme
and as SHE wept bitterly, cried: -
love you SO. Blake. you don't know
what ! was going Ia do because !
loved you SOL You eve VIII Know
because COW ! shan't do ~ oh.
Blake. why did you leave me-"
Elizabeth was really . be pitied.
She had worried herself nearly sick
over the exposure of cyril Longs at
fairs and the urc knowledge tiat
did he CONE 10 trial she would be in
volved had been nerve racking. 81"
had longed for Blakc's letter, the as
surancc that he wanted To be friends
again, though why she could have
expected him To understand her silent
message sent to another was onc Oi
the inexplicablo things about tlizo
both. Because h willcd that he
know. he should know and that was
all there was about II.
Could Captain Blake lvcrson have
known what little Gypsy's pictur,
was intended 20 convey II would per
haps have made some difference IN
his letter to Elizabeth; yet. because
II haG not been sent to him person
ally. IL " doubtful if he ever would
have quite understood the pBycholog,
OF Elizabcth's mind.
So, his mind ard ~E.iizabcth's ~
cross purposes, they had stumbled
along.
SO matters stood the day that cyril
Long was arrested.