The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-12-25

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tie title and subtitle. and wandered
out e tie room, thinking Of other
things ard feeling no curiosity about
the book. But b. had thought Of It
several times dnee with q faint, vague
uneasiness: and now when hs entered
The lobby he walked directly into the
parior where he had seen the book.
The room was empty. ~ 1t always was
on Sunday mornings. and the Aamboy-
ant volume was still upon the table
evidently . fixture - . sort Of local
Almanach de Gotha. or Burke. for the
enlishtenment Of tenants and boarders.
He turned to the index where the
names Of the nve hundred Most Promi.
nent Citisens and Families in the His.
tory Of the City were arranged in a.
phabetical order. and ran his finger
down the column Of As: Albeit, Alb
bolt, Abrams, Adams, Adams, Adler.
Akers, Albertsmeyer. Alexander. Allen.
Ambrose. Ambuhl. Anderson. Andrews,
Appenbasch, Archer, Arssman, Ash.
craft, Austin, Alvey.
Georgs's eyes remained for some
time fixed o. the thin space between
The names "Allen" and Ambrose. I"
Thsn b closed the book quietly. and
went up 10 hi own room, agreeing
with tAs elevator boy. On the way.
that II WAS ssttins to b . mighty
nasty vet and windy day outside.
The elevator boy noticed nothing I'M
usual about him and neither did Fanny.
when she came In from church With
her hat ruined, IN hour later. And yet
something had happened-a thing
which, years ago. had been the eager
est hope Of many, many good citizens
Of tie town. They had thought Of It.
longed for II, hoping acutely that they
might live 10 ~ the day when It would
come to pass. And now It had hap
psasd at last: George Ninafer had
got his consequence.
He had got It three times filled and
running over. Ths city had rolled over
bis heart, buFying It under. ~ It rolled
over The Majors and buried It under.
Ths city had rolled over the Amber.
sons and buried them undsr to the last
vestige; and Il mattered little that
0sorgs guessed easily saeaGA hat
most Of the i've hundred Most Proni.
nsat had paid something Substantial
'sto defray the cost Of steel engraving.
etc."-ths Five Hundred had heaved
the final shovsiful Of root upon that
heap q obscurity wherein the Amber.
sons were lost forever from sight and
"Quicksilvef In Q nest 1t
cracksw
George Minafer had got his CONT
upanee. but the people who had 70
longsd for II were not there to ses II,
and thsy never knew It Thoss who
wsre stfll living had forgotten al
abost II and al about him.
George had seen Eugene only once
since their ealamitous encounter. Thsy
had passed on opposite sides Of the
street, downtown; each had been
aware that the other was aware Of
him, and yet each kept his eyes
straisht forward, and neither had
shown Q psfeepdbls alteration Of eoun.
tenancs. It seemed to George that hs
felt emanating from the outwardly i'm
perturbabls person Of his mothers old
friend Q hate that was like hot wind.
Al his mothers funeral and at the
Majors he had been conscious that
Euse0e WAS there: though he had AFT.
eFward 10 recollection Of seeing him,
and while certain Of his presence. WAS
uncertain how he knew Of II. Fanny
had not told him. for shs UNDERWOOD
George well enough not to speak to
him q Bagene OF Lucy. Nowadays
Fanny almost never saw either Il
them and seldom thought Of thsm-so
" 70 the way Of tims With LIE. She
was passing middle age. when old In.
tsnsitiss and longinss grow thin and
dsttsa ont. - Fanny herself was thin.
ming and hattenins out; and shs WAS
Dsttli1g down contentedly 10 her apart.
Dsat-houss intimacies.
TIE city WAS - big. BOW, that peo-
~ disappeared into It unnotieed, and
~ disappsarancs q Fanny and her
nephew WAS not exceptional. People
No Logger knew their neighbors - q
matter Of course: one lived for years
next door to stransers-that sharpsst
Il al The changes since the old days
and Q friend would lose sight a Q
friend for Q year. and not know II.
One Nay day George thought hs had
. glimpse Of Lacy. He was not csr
tain. bat - Was sumcisntly disturbed,
10 spite Of bis uncertainty. A promo.
etoa u Ais work now frsQusntly took
him cot q town for Q week, q loaese,
and Il WAS upoe his return from ous Of
these absences that he had the straAes
expsfssoee. He had walked home from
IL statjoa. and % h. turned The cor.
nsf which brought him In sight Of Tie
apartment house entrance. though two
blocks distant from II. b. saw Q charm.
Ing little figure come out, get into q
DAi1y landaulst automobile, and drive
away. Even at that distance no one
eould have any doubt that the little
figure was charming; and the height,
ths quicknsss and dscision Of motion,
evsa The swift gesture Of q white glove