El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-13
DO YOU REMEMBER?


{ magnificent apartment on the Boule-
YARD Yours was some establishment
hou had practically everything thai
I hearL could desire. How busy YOU
were these days. You had so LITTLE
time TO really see anything OF Isabelle
Between your business, your host az
friends and the clubs you were al
ways on the go. Her new life re-
CURED so much Of Isabelle. too-5in-
ners, functions OF all kinds: It seemed
such WhirlWind- How vour lives
nad changed Il had grown 10 be a
rare thing for you and Isabelle "a
nave an hour together.
Don't you remember the years that
foltowed2 Had you no. beeu so deepIv
engrossed in your strenuous life nae
you had little time for real ANALYSIS
you might have noted the gradual
cnange In your point Of view-fn her
point OF view You would have real
yea mat you were growing arart
you might have seen the sparkle that
came into her eyes When-weu. you
see you had so little time TO give her
that maybe there were Others who
thought her beautiful. fascinating and
attractive, who might have more time
TO spare.
Then, don't you remember. when
the crash came2 II was some crash.
too Fortunes were wfned awav in a
me business world were lettering.
You were caught too far away from
shore-and you went with the rest
You VIII never forget that dav as long
as you live You took a few extra
cocktails at the club that night on
the way home-you felt you needed
the extra stimulant- You caught a
glimpse OF yourself in the han mirror
as you came into your home-your
haggard reflection made Won hesitate
FOR a moment too Then. don't YOU
remember hearing a machine stop in
Iront-and then you heard Isabelle's
key turn I'm the latch.
You had come home n little earlier
than usual-you noted IsabeIle's color
change-when she saw you, too. Now
didn you- Il must hurry and dress
Bill she said I am going out 70
dinner tonight-Whats the matter2I
You don't look like yourself tonight.
You have been working too hard. I
guess. I won't be home till late. Bill
Don't wait up for me. It's a dinner
dance given by one OF the younger
set She was nearly In her room
when you called her name. She
stopped Instantly. What's the mat
ter. Bill2' Il want TO talk 20 you TO-
night" you said Maybe you had
best telephone your hostess that you
,aunot come"
It might have been the tone OF your
-oice-or the strs ngeness Of your 4
Anyway she did telephone ?
You had dinner together that niEht
here at home and after dinner-you .
old her what had happened.
No. you had made no plans-you /
iidn't know what You were going 20 I
lot had all been so sudden Then. I
ion't you remember. know you do
Ter coming over and sitting on the 4
.rm Of your chair and throwing her I
rms around your neck-iust like she \
lad done so often in the old days2 /
I know what we are going to do.
Bill" she said I'VE are going back
lOme-to our little house OF happi-
.ess- Ny diamonds would more than
.ay for it. You haven't been happy
ince you have been here Bill, and I
.aven't been happy either Do you
now I am really glad that it has all
appened and I am glad that Il hap
.ened today. We were out riding
When you came home. Billie was 20
ave been at that dinner tonight You
ave been home so seldom OF late ]
vas lonely. Bill-so lonelyi Aren't
on glad. toO2'
Now. don't you remember walking
- TO that little cottage from the sta
ion2 You and Isabelle had come back
.ome again Now isn't it a pretty
God world after all2
Claiborne Adams