The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-02-14

u" thought he was ready for any
thing. But just the way she spoke his
nniac stnrtled-almost frightened him,
She said 1t so quietly, ~so-'cndcrly.
"ituddy." sh" suid, 81 want you to
come over here and kiss me-, aud then
"a back and ST down In that chair
again
lie ven Il little pale Mt that. The
swing Of his foot was arrested sud
doaiH. But, for II moment, he made no
moy"-just looked woudcringly into
her great, gray" eyes.
Something's going 20 happen" sh"
went uu. "unl brrurr its over. I'm
afraid It's going 10 hurt you terribly
and m". And / want the kiss for Us
10 remember. So that wen always
know, whntcycr happens aft"rwnrd,
that we loved each other" She held
out her arms to him. won't YOU
Gomez"
II" camc-a man b"wildrrcd. bent
down over her, uDd found her lips but
almost ubScntly, out of II dn2".
"No, not like that" she murmured.
"in the old way"
There was II long embrace.
II dUn't believe I'll have the courage
to do it," She said. III it were just me.
But there's someone "lsr-l'v" made
someone II promise. | can't tell YOU
about that. Now pleas" 20 back ami
sit over there whore you were. whcrn
We can talk quietly. oh. ltrddy, ! love
You Su,-No, pleas" 20 back, old man,
Ard-anl light your pipe. OH, uon't
ire Ihlr li;" that! II isn't a tragedy.
l''>-iur Us, It's III" greatest hope In
the world"
He went back to his chair. He even
lighted his pipe rs she asked him t.,
and waited rs steadily rs he could for
her to begin.
"lDO you remember :" She he
.on, and il was remarkable how quiet
and Strudy her Voice was. There vas
even the trace Of IT smile about her
wonderful mouth. "Do You Remember
That afternoon al ours. the very tir~;
Of them. when YOU brought home my
]uotohnnkS and found mo asleep ON thu
couch in our old back rurl,r7 Dn YOU
remember how You tuld mo that ones
desires were the only motive power
h" han: Well, It was - funny thing
| got To wondering ui',rNurd what
nay desires were. and 1t seemed
luJu't amy. Everything had, somehow.
COM" To- ~" bot.r" | kurv | wuu,vI it,
i.y"rH',.a; in tn" world, even y.uI
lowe for lu". caIAr Tx" that.
"iut y" got "a ia- iuI uow, Rodney
I've hal il for a long while. It's q
desire | can't satisfy. The thing
wgm-unl there's nothing IN the worid
;, | Nui,lY', Civ" to ct its, well. y,uI
Friendship, l:"ddy that's Il way OF say.
ing it,"
Rodney started and stared ut her
IL" thing struck hiul, it seemed. as 4
sort Of sror",qucly irritating aut!cli
NIX.
! "GraciouS heaven, 2" he said. M,
friendship! Why. I'm In low" with you
That's ""rtninly II bigger thing"
Il don't know whether it's Il bicro,
thing or not" sh" said. Tut 1t dUrsp'.
inriadc the other
II" was trumring w and down til,
room by low. "luu'yc got my friend
Nip" j." cried cut. Its grotcsqu,
~r"rycrsiol of IL" facts to say VT
haven't"
Sh" smiled nj him rs she shook hcl
head. ~" spent too many month,
trying 10 Ert It and seeing myself IA,
oh, So rid,cu,uu>ly hot to know
what I'm talking about, li"ddy."
And then, still smiling rather sadly
+ Hhc told him what Sulu" IT the expert
m,ntS had hrru-Somr uf her attempt,
10 break into the life he kept locked
! away from her. IL was angry ut frs
when | found you Keeping me out,
J ii" said. angry and hart. | used I,
I cry about it.. And then | saw It WASH
t Your fault. That's how | discovered
; friendship had Il be- earned"
! But her 'mWcr to maintain that ut'i
tud" " grIy" detachment was ahuCI
t spent. The passion mounted In ho'
: voice and IN her eyes Us She went on
/ "NOu Thought my mind had got fun al
Wild iIcnS-'h" wild idea | was puIlIu.
= you duWu from something free and lin,
tIat You had been, To- something that
e. YOU drSpi~rd Yourself for being nur
/ rad To Try 10 deny YOU were. lol
were wrong about that, l;uddy.
. ~ dill have nm oN>cSSion. but Il
wasn't the thing YOU thought. II wa,
IN ohsr>~ion ihHt kept me quiet, "a,
: ~Cunt,nt"i aud happy, ana willing +,
whit ia SPIT" nf everything. Tho on
/ : 'SSion was that zone uf thus" iN.u:.
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