The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-08-01

tninly be on hand"
"But what In the world nre you do
ing here2 You're the last man I'd
have expected to see"
"Im in the service Of the govern
ment, and I've been sent in on brsi.
ness"
"well. I'm going to say something
original, dear people," Mrs. Paget re-
piled. ITS n small world, isn't III"
While he was dressing for dinner
later In the day, Elliot recalled early
memories Of the Pagets. He had
known Diane ever since they had been
youngsters together at school. He
remembered her as a restless, wiry
little thing, keen as n knife-blnde. Al
ways popular socially, she had sur.
prised everybody by refusing the catch
of the town to marry n young mining
engineer without n penny. Gordon was
In college mt the time. but during the
next long vacation he had fraternlzed
n good deal with the Peter Pagets. The
young married pcsple had been very
much In love with each other. hut not
too preoccupied to take the college boy
INTO their happiness rs n comradc.
Then the Arctic goldfelds had claimed
Pages and his bride. That ha6 been
more thnn ten years ago, and until
today Gordon had not seen them since.
While Elliot was brushing his dinner
coat before the open window Of the
room assigned TO him at the hotel.
somebody came out to the porch below.
The voice Of a woman floated family
TO him.
Seen DANES Irish beauty yet,
Ncd?"
res n man answered.
The woman laughed softly. "Nfrs.
Mallory came up on the same boat
with her" The infection suggested
that the words were meant not to tell
n fact, but some less obvious infer
encc.
"She's wonderfully pretty, and Of
course Diane will make the most of
her, But Mrs. Mallory is n woman
among ten thousand"
I'D choose the girl II It were me-"
said the man.
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should any Importance attach 20 the
fact that Mrs. Mallory arI Shrha
oNc!l had come UP the river on the
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way Diam. un. ,Yr,rirr r,r ,.,.f. .s
q rival of tba rIJ,r u.,r,,r no r,.
scented the id.9 fbp, th, fin, you,g
r~.r~unglfru ur thr Irish oiri ,.,. Laing
cb,,,.,,I lv n.,a, g. ,r,
of Diane Parrt.
Elliot wen. NAT ,r, o,I, 1l,.. .
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Inc Dig mining man made no com
h'oht ana added nothing to what she
Sald' lheTe were times when his face
was ABOUT as expressive us u stone
wall
The Dime went OF very well. Diane
n Peter had n great many questions
To ask Gordon about old friends. BY
the time these had been answered Mac
donald was chatting easily with Sheba.
She listened with glowing eyes TO the
strange tales this man OF magnificent
horizons had to tell. Never before had
she come into contact with anyone like
MIN.
PaCet was superintendent OF the
Lucky Strike, II mine owned princi-
pally by Macdonald. The two talked
business FOR n few minutes over their
cigars, but Diane interrupted gayly to
bring them back into the circle.
Adroitly she started Macdonald on the
account of n rescue of two men lost
in Il blizzard the year before. He had
the gift Of dramntizlng his story, Of
selecting only effective details. There
was nj suggestion OF boaS,Inp II he
happened 10 be the hero OF any OF his
NfIrtng th. fpae ,... " -.