The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-20

thinking about Reuben and herself
and the change IN their conditions
once Reuben had scomed na far
above hof us tho noondny sun. 10
those days the Todd were Suppressed
10 have money and her father worked
for Rcuben's father M "a barely NV
inr wage ftcuhcn ives considerably
older than Easter. and When b. came
10 u marrying 3 he choae Letty
lester. The prottlcst giri boz thc place
when he married LEFTY. Easter gave
Ne al thought of ever having 70 home
Of her own. She had lost hcr ono
TO happiness. For years she
saw Reuben and hiH wife cvery dny
Her NJ home was 20 near ltcu.
hsn's that ever time The looked out
% her windows she needE mast see
Lefty sitting in hcfs More and moro
Lefty sat there until ~ last people
began to aay that she was not ills
but 10. Hho faded slowly until tho
last hrenth ~ life stirred her sweet
lips Reuben wa lot i~.soiato H.
came 90 hu u pathetic uTuro m the
community silent llntfluE man
who Tweed in hiH HOUSE alone ON hih
own fare With mo- companions save
his cat nlch and tho old piano. with
lts mutnof Of pourl kDys which i.otty
had played go churmlnulN
IN the mean time. Easter. too. had
been lon alone in her houss \ dls-
tuut relative hat willtd her some
money 80 that she was comfortably
provided for sho could tuko her ease
uE she would But because her tlmo
wac her own she gave ~ freely whrf.
cycr o. WIS needed through gently
minifterinr 10 b poor nnd tho sick
und stll crrlnr for the ono great
blessing Of Houh~n Todd's love.
For q lone time nov d had
affiVeu 90 keep tho thought ~ him
from interfering with her NE In
order to DO this F1o Ind avoided
EVERY possible glimpse OF him 70.
dnN somehow the whole old trouble
WIS sftIfod up ufrrsh for her EVERY
memory of the pnst haunted hor
',srv uii hope. ever old hesriacho
Would Reuben martY Fanny Mill or
would he revere the mfmurN Of his
hiEbhrcd little vito too much 20 thlhk
~ herr Easter ii1 not know
~ Huerroon IN heard tho souni
Of his lathe running in the old shop.
Aud after Fhr huf eaten H rfumh OF
supper she sat down ~ hrf evening
work m crorheunr she sun heard th,
machine turuinE upforo she won't %
bod d liftri tho Hhudp tu n back
window uud looked out at tho old
ghop Reuben was SIN 80 work The
light Of hia kerosene lamp came
through the oobW chhod Windows 80
he should Nor happen to unset that
lamp and get a fire started" she
thought shuddering
FOR se, nrul hours Faster silent and
dreamed ntnullV thon Hho hccHihe
Wide awake Her nrft thought WIS
~ Hcuhen in ths old shnn And lt
came tn her TINT sine had Hlvnvs been
thlukiur NJ him with u sort nf prote b.
two %tulirituuo oNon whom D. would
NOT admit u 20 herself D. rose.
drHw on hor silupnrs and hor kimon0
and went through Inc house 90 re-
window from which she could 500 ~
-hop Tho hrht va there. hut n
hni hecnme rrdderH-n liEht that letu.
~ Hs she rnz.d into 20 Vpst glare The
pluco NaH on nrc' And Reuben
Faster found herself tearing at u
door She crashed through her gar.
den patch, over tne frurc across thO
stack of lumber and reached the door.
Of the old wugqu shop They wsrc
/ closed fast and ho'ted No entrance
that % She seized "a Hton ana
beat out tho window Then somehow
she crawied thrpugh and found Rou.
hen.
o. was said Iurrwurd that ne bird
bottled the duurs aud set thc place ur
fire with the purpose of putting aI
end To- hif own lie Hut Easter
knew better. IN tho first pace. SIN
believed what he told hor-that Nd
had "a % too lOur without food. aut
su had fallen boz De- faint. k%nuCklng th'
lamp or the ,nul bench and sprrndtut