Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-18
CHAPTER XIII

When jeanette found herself 80
| PLEASANTLY situated she begun TO do
sire TO inquire into the past months
but there was fear of that she
| would learn. She had heard nothing
or those from whom she had Eunc
and she did not know it they had
| searched Tor her. We'll. she had
! done all she could to hide, 30 why
should she feet hurt that they did
not find her Yet she would have
! given much TO know that she Wss
mourncd for and that There had been
u void left by r-ticparturo. She
did not venture to write, however
though the impulse was often strong
I'm her to do 80. A year went bv
swiftly ana happily and at the end
Of that time Jeanette fuuuI her life
quite as pleasant as IN the beginning
of her marriage
Tho elder Grover retired from
active business and 1t was soon owl
dent that his health was failing rap
idly Homer was in an agony Of
fear lest his father be taken from
him. but when the last moment came
ana the look Of peace settled upon
tho sfill face they knew that only
now was the father happy lie had
lived that he might comfort the son,
and now there was another. and he
had held HIS grandson in his arms,
and with the last blessing upon them
he died
1t was very lonely In the home
after the death Of her father-in-l claw.
for jeanette missed his kindly word
md smile and the little ministrat!on4
she had been wont to give him, and
she was sure the baby missed hts
u a. D.
and she knew that her fathCr-in-
laws years were well along toward
the allotted time, and she was com
fortcd in her child and the devotion
OF her husband.
And now life seemed to have spent
It's good gifts, Her husband, in an
attempt to better himself financially
. lost his money and they found II
necessary to 80 elsewhere for new
start But the blood of youth ran
fun and strong, and they were not
ddunted. They looked hopefully 10
the future and buildcd wisely. They
decided that they would try their
fortunes In The west Hitherto Jean
cite had shrunk from going back TO
the part Of the world that sho had
left So suddenly. but now she felt
that 1t was for tho best ana theN
crossed the contInept and began life
IN small town IN western oregon.
The life was so different from any
thing they had known that both We're
finding II very interesting. Jean
cite seemed To thrive wonderfully
well and the young Homer was
growing rohustand beautiful His
mother laylshed upon him tho whole
wealth Of her heart and sometimes
the father. looking on, wondered "
Il were just that she was undemon-
stratiyc by nature that there seemed
always something lacking In her car
esses. but with the boy there was
just the oyevtiowing Of her heart,
and Homer sr sighed as he turned
away His wife, Intent upon the boy,
did not see the look nor hear tho
sign when he came to say good
bye she raised a smiling face for the
kiss and he held her 20 him In n
long embrace, as though he were 10th
10 leave her. She looked question
iuEly into his face, and moved by an
impulse such 10 she had never be-
fore felt, she wound her arms about
him, and drawing his face down to
her own, gave him such q kiss as he
had never known When he went
away the hungry look had given way
to one Of happiness.
But life is ever changing and
when he bid good hvc TO friend
or nearer loved one, ii Is impossible
to say II we shall ever again see
them In this life. But jeanette had /