The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-04-04

Y Nil'lht htltI tlihNt
should not prove quite so simple and
manageable. There were GREATNESS
days when the storm visibly hung In
the sky there were strained, stiff. self
conscious moments OF rigldly enforced
politeness. Things got said despite his
resolute repression that had. as reso-
lutely. to be ignored. But In the inter-
walls OF these failures there emerged
a lev thing-genuine %fricndliness,
partnership.
II was just after Christmas that Abe
Shuman tool her away from Galbrnith
and put her to work exclusively on
costumes. And the swift sequence Of
events within q month thereafter
launched her In an independent bust
ness: the new partnership. with the
details OF which, through Jimmy Wal
lace. you are already sufficiently nc
quainted.
Her partner was Alice Perosinl. She
was the daughter Of a rich Italian
Jew, a beautiful--reully n wonderful
person to look at. but II little unac-
countable, especially with the gorgeous
clothes she wore, In the circle of WON.
On who did things" OF which Rose
had become n part. Rose took her time
about deciding that she liked her, but
ended by preferring her to all the rest.
But the fact that they had become
partners served, somehow, to divert u
relation between them which might
otherwise have developed into n first
.I.a. El..ltl- No tl,N ,l.a,, ,.a -
relied, or even disappointed each other
In the close contacts of the days work.
But ut the end OF the days work they
tended to fly apart rather than to stick
together. More and more Rose turned
to Galbraith for a friendship that real.
ly understood; gripped deep.
There were long stretches OF days.
Of course, when they saw nothing Of
each other, and Rose. Us long Us she
had plenty to do, was never conscious
of missing him. But the prospect Of
IN empty Sunday morning, for In
stance, was always enormously bright
ened II he called up to say that II was
empty for him. too. and shouldn't they
20 for a walk or u ferry-ride some
wherei
All told, she learned more about
men, as such, from him than ever she
had learned, consciously ut least, from
Rodney. Shed never been able to re-
gard her husband as q specimen. He
was Rodney. sui generls, and 1t had
never occurred to her either to general
Ice from him to other men or to X
plain anything about him on the mere
ground Of his masculinity. She began
doing that now u little. and the exer-
else opened her eyes.
In q good many ways Galbraith and
her husband were a good deal alike.
Both were rough. direct. a little re-
morseless, and there was In both of
them, right alongside the best and
finest and clearest things they had. an
unaccountable vein Of childishness,
She'd never been willing to call It by
that name in Rodney. But when she
saw II In Galbraith too. she wondered
Was that Just the man of III Did q
man, as long as he lived, need some.
body In the role of-mother2 The
thought all but sufYocated her.
One Saturc, , morning, toward the
end Of May, Galbraith called up and
wanted to know II she wouldn't come
over to his Long Island farm the fol
lowing morning and spend the day
She had visited the place two or three
times, and had always enjoyed It i'm
mensely there. It wasn't much OF 0
farm. but there was n delightful ole
Revolutionary farmhouse on It., will
ceilings seven feet high. and easement
windows, and the floors of oil the rooms
on different levels; and Galbraith
there, was always quite ut his best. His
sister md her husband. whom he hac
brought over from England when HI
: bought the place, ran 1t for him. Ros'
accepted eagerly.
Galbraith met her with a dogcar
and n fat pony, and when they hat
logged their way to their destination
, they spent what was left Of the morn
Ing looking over the farm. Then there
, was a midday farm dinner. which Ros'
~astonIshed herself by dealing with a.
It deserved. and by feeling sleepy q
the conclusion Of.
Coming Into the verandh about foul
7 o'clock. and finding her, Galbraith sug
gested that they 90 for q walk. TIVE
|, hours later, having swung her legs owe
!. a stone wall which had n comfortabl.
inviting fiat top. she remained sittiD'
. there and let her gaze rest. nnfocused
!, on the pleasant farm land below them
4 After q glance at her he leaned bacl
q against the wall ut her side and be
n gan filling his pipe. She dropped he
n hand on his nearer shoulder. Ate
all these months Of friendship II wa
o the first approach to u caress that ha'
a passed between them. you're u goo,
7 friend" she said; and then the han'
that had rested on him so lightly sud
denly gripped hard. "And / guess
need one"
n He went on filling his pipe. "Any
thing special you need II fort" h
|, asked.
Q She COVE n ragged little laugh. Z"
guess not. Just somebody strong an'
steady to hold on to like this"
o "Weii." he said. very deliberately
Uvnu yyont m ~raolIza thIe. Won ca,