The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-12-13

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fnshor. her only brother. whose IN
timely death sGme year, Jack had
placed The hoy IN his aunrs care.
II reckon \ am about ROW., auntto
old dear. but We mustn't set nenu-
mental hero. when ! have only a few
houKs left D tho vey your worth
Of vow. DO You mindf~
Shoot, dear" answered his mod
orn aunt. with a twinkle OF her nns
That ring you wear he
stopped AZ shs expression that crons-
cd her fnco.
Ys. s ,S': ,ss managed to 'ay-
Wen. you have worn y ever since
I can remember, and n you don't
mind. I should ike Il Tor a tallsnnn
Z % start out with. II n the nearest
TO you 1 could hav about me-"
With an effort he could not faith
ON. Cynthia removed the circiet a
Il will wish Il on for luck. boy,
dear. 4 had Il made yeerz ago. and
there Il an INSCRIPTION inside which
! had just an leave not explain. II II
nothing Of any moment, Just q re-
minder OF M Of tho aiIiloat things
ever did: Not a word from you.
/ have wished Il on, untii your hap
piosi dream rue"
The next day a little rosewood box
wnB placed In a safety vault with a
! pledge from Its owner never again 70
Indulge In foolish retrospeLtone. and
TO diamiss certain things from her
mind. All Of which was proof posi-
tive thai Il could not be done.
A hurried trip to New York helped
pass the first ten days OF the boys
absence. Upon hes retarn she found
two lettoga from him, one mostly
about the plant and the bungalow
where he was TO hang OUT and the
country round about The second
was more OF the same. with an OBJ
narvafion near the cioae that southern
Gik7s were world beatora. which led
hts astute aunt to sarmiso hat there
must be n OF tho species right near.
Her thoughts were confirmed with
In 4 few days. when n wildly onthuai-
aatic. lncoherent letter arrived. con-
tanning a description OF said girl and
4 liked her first when I learned
her name was Cynthia" he wrote.
Then she does things like you do.
and looks a little like you Too She
Is tall and slim and her oyes twin
klo. She understands everything ]
aay. whether she nswer or not
She y lets nne know by word OF
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everything ! do. yet / know every-
time I do something Just n little on.
that she known. and knows 4 know
she knows. oh. by h way, her buni-
ness down here Is with the Y. NJ. g. A.
welfare board. She made such q rec
ord In France that she u In demi.nd
for more work than she can do. She
never seems TO tire. and pep, why"
And 80 the letter ran
Cynthia did more than her usual
amount Of writing for b next week.
loath to admit even to herself what
a pang OF Loneliness and Jealousy the
boys new happiness caused her. As
Christmas grew nearer. she made en-
gagemonts foverlshly, for fear there
might be an afternoon or evening
wherein 7he would have time to miss
Don 80 dreacfully.
She arose early on the day befors
Christmas and tied VI some gifts for
friends In the city. A she finished
the last knot and sat down to dash
was summoned TO sho telephone.
Shreveport calling Miss Walms-
ley" chirped the operator. Soon
Cynthia head q warm, girllah voice
-Ch. Miss Walmsiey. this Is Gym
thia Dent Don wanted TO talk 10
you. but I Just mad 10. He IL all
right 20 Is everything. But we want
you here for Christmas dinner. II
you hurry you can catch the noon
train and get here tomorrow. Please
say you viii"
II a dare Cynthla aaid she sup
posed she would, and as Dos a. she
had disconnected. ~reproaehed herself
for having been urged into a Ions
journey AZ the beheat Of two i'm pull
aive youngsters. Besides. she would
] be 60 unnecessary in their glorious
young schemes. Noontime. however.