The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-06
Cu,prrR LNxXVu.

Mrs Traymorc had been with her
niece very little. mol that she would
not Ike To have been, hut hen war
work prevented she had given up
talking OF It to Elizabeth. bat n
griotcd her that She could Wukcu no
interest IN her niccc'a mind Eliza
hcth's younger brother Was in e traiu-
ing camp, h"r mother had Nntton
them, and Elizabeth had calml said:
1T only makes the WGr last longer
10 have more men go"
She then dismissed the subject 1s
a. the eighteen cu old hoN was an
utter stranger instead Of her OWL
brother u course. her family could
not ht expected 90 mean ah much 10
her as 70 she had been with them
more. Shr had spent her Rirlhood az
her auut's CO.. in school. and had seen
them but once since she married.
Blake had urged her 20 invite them 10
visit her many times. but she had
seemed unwilling Blake Odd not M
dorstand her reluctance. but they
were her people and she must do AS
'hc pleased.
Could hc have known her real rea-
son h' would have been tHtuutsuVd.
Elizabeth was ufmid thcs would take
81 little OF hiH time from her afraid
she would have 90 give mp s0mc OF
the precious hours she spent with
him Then. after hc hud gone TO
France she was afraid they would
talk about him annoy hot with quos-
uons. etc So she had rosolutcly de
oliucd To- AJAX them to visit her ven
when her aunt lad urged 10 as her
duty.
While Elizabeth stll nurscd her
grievance against Blake and stu con
sidcrcc herself "a much abused wom-
an, she could not deny that often now
she enjoyed herself. n had become
the center of u "a little crowd who,
Ike herself, made "a holiday of life iu
so far as they could, who mad a
common liking for the things she IN.
Joycd and who helped pass the tim,
while she almost unConsciously
waited for the war Ia end. ur some
Trims 90 happen TO send Blake buck
one night Al l dinner given by Mrs
Nt'1.rN Elizabeth was taken 100 by
'brl Long. That night hc VAS par
ucularl5 entertaining: he never had
talked more delightfully."-. and his
uupn Elizabeth boo 70 way Tint brought
an answering light 20 her equally
dirk but clear owes.
40 she faced Long at the table
Elizabeth experienced 70 now and
stu:tling sensation, She had liked
him. had been entertained bv him
Hut now she was iu 20 e. fascinated
hy tins man of th" world, his CO.'S
mopOlitc, wlJ was as keoulv alive as
If ho were twenty-five years old in
stead uf forty. whose a%ncCdutps were
the delight OF his entertainer. and
WhUs" society was 20 eagerly sought
los an iu nor set. She fclt an urac-
custOmcd delight iu her power 10
attract TO hold this man. She was
lattercd that he singled hor out Tor
his attentions, She thc neglected wife
She was not neglected by other mon,
by men of keen intellect ana charm
ing manners. Hnd she wished that
Blake knew o., hoped some ono would
be interested enough 10 gossip about
II in such a way that Blake would
hear OF ~.
She did not recognize that 20 Long
she was luat ouc OF the many pawns
needed in tho game he was playing.
n % little more attractive than the
majority and 30 perhaps making tho
game more interesting She had no
way OF knowing that tins man was "a
tired of Ito In It's ordinary channels
that only the most dangerous mission
held any real fascination for him. and
that ono person more or less could
not make n possible difference SO.
not knowing, She convinced herself
that nc was enormously attracted ana
WaH flatfercd accordingly.
HAD Elizabeth known that his
slightest attention. his every word.
were carefully considered, that ven
his love affairs were suhserNient 90
SOM, purpose. she would not have
been so rratiflcl
cyril Long. OF course dit eet % GER
lain pleasure from bus friendship for
Elizabeth lvefHou. Ter naive rscsp-
tinn of him. ben lack oi foolish scnti
mentality where Dee WAS concerned,
lent r. certain charm tu one friendships
and her avoidance cot her husbands
name, her reluctance i1 talk of him
or ihc war. gave 20 certain piquancV
60 the conversation that otherwise 10
might have lacked Long was dcter-
mined To set at tho root Of the mat
tea 20 get into E%lizabeth's confidence
a. regarded her soldier husband OF