El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

man whom they have known FOR
years"
Old Fashioned Ideas.
"Well-perhsps I am old fashion
ed, but I think it looks rather queer,
my dear Mrs. Higgins tried to ex-
plain
who's going to see us?" Mildred
demanded However" with a light
about it now. For Mrs. Bruce is
going. Honora." turning to her sis
/ ter. why did you ask TO sit on the
back seat with Mrs. Bruce? Do You
really mean that you prefer sitting
there? Won't it be rather slow
be in front with Arthur"
4 like Mrs. Bruce very much.
Honora evaded. L just suggested
my sitting with her-for I think il
viii be pleasanter for Arthur TO
have a girl in front with him"
But you might have been that
girl" Mildred reminded her.
Honora did not reply. IN her
heart she was wondering II Arthur
would by any chance have suggest
ed her occupying the place by him
Then, as she reconected the look in
his eyes when he saw Mildred COM
ing up the path this afternoon, she
sighed inaudibly.
OF course he would want Mildred
by HIM
Yet it had not been consideration
for her sister that had made Honora
next 70 Mrs. Bruce It had been a
desire to spare Arthur the painful
disappointed or chagrined at the
knowledge that his mother was to
accompany them upon their jaunt
Always Good Friends
For the older sister did not feel at
all sure that Mildred-pretty and
wilful-cared any more for Arthur
Bruce than for any one Of the vari-
Gus young men whom she knew.
The two girls and Arthur had al
ways been good friends. Since his
return 20 Fairbanks from college
Honora and seen signs that the
mans interest in her attractive lit
tie sister might develop into some
thing warmer than mere friendship.
Her suspicious along this line in
creased as she watched the pair on
the front seat during the moon
light drive across the river and up
the valley.
Mrs. Bruce was an agreeable wo-
man and a persistent talker, so
Honora had abundant time for re-
Election while seeming 10 pay strict
attention to her companions CONVEX
satlon- The girl leaned back COM
fortably and drank in the beauty Of
the night
It was such a night as comes /
sometimes early in October. The air
was as clear as crystal. On the right /
the river stretched like a stream OF
molten silver on the opposite shore
the lights Of the city shone yellow,
and. on the left, were comfortable I
farm houses In many Of the gar
dens were spread huge white sheets I
TO protect the late flowers from a I
delayed and probable frost
At first Arthur and Mildred con-
r-ff - - Kat -
conversation Honora knew that !
their speech was only Of light and /
trifling matters
She was glad this was SO. She
did not acknowledge to herself how
keen was her interest in Arthur
Bruce. But she did recognize the
fact that she found hin more
charming than heretofore
That was but natural, she unused.
OF late years she had seen him so
seldom that she had not realized how
he had developed, how much he had
broadened and deepened-
Did Mildred appreciate these i'm
provements in him?
An UnEelcome Thought.
This question which thrust itself
upon her consciousness seemed al
most disloysl to her sister. and she
changed the current OF her reflec-
tons abruptly, and began to listen
once more to what Mrs. Bruce was
saying.
But the matron's remarks did not
alter the trend Of the girls thoughts,
for she was speaking Of Arthur.
The boy is so glad 20 get back 70
Fsirlands." the mother was saying.
and It means everything TO his
father and me to have him here.
When parents have an only child,
they feel that all their eggs are in
one basket. as II were It's been
hard for US to have him away so
much. but we hope. now that he is
back. he will stay right near US
Even il he marries. won't lose him
always supposing he marries the
right kind Of girl. And OF course he
viii"
OF course he wiz" Honorz echoed
family.
She was suddenly embarrassed
and at loss as to what TO say. She
could not understand her own men
tai processes at this juncture.
ITO BE ContInued)