The Dolores star., 1919-12-19

Like one In happy dream Miss
auriana put on the things and pres
ently Delmar came In wearing his eve
ming clothes.
would she go with him to see the
play the young people OF the town
were giving. "a Rose of Old Dixie"
win her face like the dawn Miss
Adrinna watched the players. Iva
Ellsworth was the Dixie Rose. n witch.
ing heroine: Paul Nelson. her lover.
iva played her part with brilIiancy.
nut PnuFs heart prompted his acting.
1t was fervent. real.
Delmar's mind was torn with inde.
cislon. But near the end of the play
ne looked at the little lonely woman
beside him, for the time pathetically
happy. and quite suddenly his mind
was made up.
"Auntie." he said abruptly to her
"heh the! were again in her living
room, will you let me come live with
you! Mother doesn't need me; she's
going to be married soon to DR.. Ash
ley Wyatt. We'd be company for each
other. If you'll let me I'll move. nv
desk and other things over tomorrow"
Miss Adriana's happiness of the eve
hlng, compared with the new Joy, was
as drop of water to the ocean.
Ihat evening Iva Ellsworth received
bouquet of pink carnations and n
| note that asked her to pardon the
writer for breaking his promise to call,
ana begging her to accept his congrat.
nlauons on the success of the play.
81 didn't get what | wanted for
| Christmas" the note ended II didn't
dare, in the face of things. to ask
for It,"
For several months the world held
/ no happier creature than Miss Adri.
ana. Then she observed that Delmar
mad occasional fits of abstractcdness
unnatural to him. Gradually 1t
dawned upon her that he was troubled
over something.
Where is that pretty Ellsworth
girl now. Del. do you know?" she
asked him tentatively one morning
early in December.
He started at her question, and she
paper he had shook little.
Bryce Garth told me yesterday Paul
Nelson was married" he answered her,
"and though Bryce didn't know to
whom. II think it must be to Miss
Ellsworth, auntie."
Later In the day. searching for n
lost cuff button of Delmar's, she came
upon II picture of the girl
He loved her-he gave up asking
her to marry him." her troubled mind
reasoned, ito, make home for me.
And now he is grieving for her"
AS the weeks passed Miss Adriana
paled under the weight of her secret
trouble. Delmar became uneasy for
her. and few days before Christmas
sent her to the nearby city to see one
of his friends. Il fine young physician
there.
That afternoon while crossing the
street to the railroad station Miss
Adriana felt herself caught and pulled
back just in time to escape being run
over by "A heavy truck that came
around the corner. The girl who
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sitting room of the station. but when
her train came few minutes later
she was too shaken and nervous to
attempt to board it.
"Oh. what will Delmar think when
don't Gomez she exclaimed.
"Delmar!" The pretty girls cheeks
grew Il deeper pink, and Miss Adriana
knew her to be Iva Ellsworth.
My nephew, Dclmar Hastead. with
whom live in Review" she explained
"Why, Review is only twenty-five
miles," cried the girl; 'I'll telephone
him and he can come for you in an
automobile
When she came back Miss Adriana's
lips trembled over Il question.
Are you-are you married, my
1ear?"
When Delmar came Miss Adrana
was able to smile in wan sayety at
him.
where is the lady that saved youT
he asked presently as he knelt beside