The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-09-06

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LtnG. b kss tieking aAist and white
bstchR apeoa. waited ~ IL sboss"
e lock -. He stoea wtpane tAa per
spaRatioa fre0 hi heaa hairless az
espt fee ~ lag ailk-tapsesA Qasus.
wen, UAgr
Il q tamals.. Ms voice WAS sat
| - ailL Il - say.
u vas q ukun6sreaao. Thsee vas
- sas 10 replace Lag. who was
draWtng down IL oalaTy Il q pf1vats
ssastary. Loss uagt Il would b.
more ae0oeali11ng to ~ camp than
| to lese IN saGinese.
~1Gsasy an lita. Boases an liba. No
llkee ws0aA. Wo0a1 - say, Ling
Ia.
Mira Haraar n,eka.d woke 70.
sSAs all tine aakes troable. Shs
e3aay. ~ tAink Vo0aA veaiss Ans
eook. ~ Now Lag eeoIee pluDss.
TsaeAss Ling eeokss plunesi I no
seay hat woman. Unuttesab3s anal.
tty In tie lsathssa face. Richard and
AaeLsan. Jr. exchanged gia1ces
which oespsoed from concern Into
perpaexity. Thsy could not afford to
loss Ling. And e6snd Ars. Hardin.
IL camp ALREADY Hardinesquei
Richard grew plaeatinG. He spsnt
. hah hour wheeling. They met at
tie starting piaee. Ling 90 tamale."
~Oh. LORD. groaned the manager,
eapltulatins. IAN right. Ling"
With the dignity Of an oriental
peines. Ling battered out Of the tent.
Richard was puekerins his lips at his
sseretary. I'D rather take castor
OIL"
A half hour latsr. MaeLsan sav his
eAief leave his test. He was In fresh
linens.
Il wouldn't swap places with him
ibis minutsi 6Asn b a. nad - Q
VT hear
Ara HaFdin. frsa ~ bed by Ass
screen window. saw lin esoiae. she
slipped Into Q ssmtnssiisse of alter
nate rows It lace and swiss construct
ed for sd pssslbas snsfgsneias. She
dSd not make ~ nistAke a smooth
ing hsf hair; hsf instinct told haf
hat ~ AaAy disorder beee cut H.
- e tAe asg1lUse. Ne was ssw-
Ing in hsP FaDada vhaa 13eknra's
kneek oo0o6o4 - tie screen dooe.
Despite his protests - Started W.
tse boiling II hef eAaaAg disA. He
Aad sot tims for tea. - declared. bst
sAs Undated o. SAILING this can Il .
social nature. 6hs opeasd Q bex q
sugar wafess. her seal that Of q chilA
With Q toy ktteAea; sAs WAS playing
ds1l's hosss.
Richard made several cpealnss fot
his efrand. bot her Wits sped Ike
. gopher frem his laboeed dleylne.
She met eis mood with womanly dig
nity: - tstoesd ~ eo9sstrtss. With
held her arehassa.
He fossd - would have b discard
dipsomaey. bturt out his message: use
bfudseoes for this seanpes1ng agility.
NY mission 10 Q little awkward.
NrA Hardin. I Aops you viii take II
all right, that yoa win 1ot b Of
tended"
-oness.dr H.r f.e. showed
alaro.
"It's about Lag. Hes q queer fei.
low: they all are. yos know" He
was blundering like Q schoolboy I'M
der the growiAg shadow In Gsrty's
blue eyes. They resent authority
that Ia. frosn women. He b q tyrant.
Ling n"
Year All. she would rot help him.
Let him AsWndsfi
He wants to Be let alone: he
doesn't appreciate your kiad Aslp.
Mrs. Hardin"
-Oh~ Her eyes were hot with
tearS-angzy tears. She could not
speak OF woaId not SAs sat n her
spoiled dolls house. all her pleasure
In her toy dishes, her pretty nnery.
ruined. He could mot care II he could
humlliate her %. Il was the most
vivid moment Of her life. Not even
when Richard had left M. with his
kisses still warm On her Mps. had sAs
felt % outraged. He was treating her
n though shs wees . sefvaat-dls-
charging her-because she was tie
wife Of Hardin. Her eyes grew black
with anger: she hated them both: BE-
tween then. their Jealousy, theif n.
valry. what had thsy made Of her life :
She remembered the woman she had
seen In his famada: she had heard
that the Mexican was in camp. en-
rloyed By Richard. Her thoughts were
like swarmiag hornets.
tiles an unsFateful beast. Mrs..
Hardin. told him would not let
you waste your Kindness one Instant
longer"