The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-03-14

Anita had been In Carterviile for
| inst two months, two long, loheiy
months. during which she grew TO nate
everv dusty street Of the shabby htue
/ town. IL was not all shabby, OF course'
There were few square white houses
with green blinds.
Anita taught English in the Carter
| willie high school and as "teacher shc
cntoyed sort Of social emihehce.
The Culture club had taken her H.
and the minister's wife asked her 10
tea. but the young people, the girls her
own age who should have been her
companlons, looked at her askance'
OF course, none of these CarterViiIo
hovs and girls would be possibi
friends for her, anyway. She told her
self this a little vehementiy, perhaps
TO still the lonely tugg!ng at her heart'
At the end Of two months, however
things began to be different. There
was a young man who boarded at the
Palace hotel, nice-looking young
man with brown eyes and the sort or
nose one imagines to be aristocratic.
Anita watched him sometimes IN the
dining room and sometimes she u.s.
tened to his hearty voice when he was
in the hotel Office talking with other
men.
"What a pity" she thought, that
man who looks like that should be
common, after all. He talks to jim
Murphy as If he'd known him all his
life and he uses so much slang"
Just what the stranger did in Car
terville, Anita was not sure. His name
she could not help hearing that
was Davis, Carlton Davis.
When there Is only one young man
about; when he is very good looking !;
when he sits at a table near you in
the hotel dining room every morning
and evening. when you are girl, ana
lonesome, 1t Is hard to be bound by the
traditions Of the proudest Of families.
Once, when she felt that he was look
Ing after her as she left the room, she
was blinded by a sort Of hnteful self
consciousness that made her trip,
awkwardly, and fall. In an instant he
was on his feet, helping her up.
"Are you hurt?" he asked.
mot at all, thank you"
She was aware that her tone was
cold inhospitable. He bowed gravely
and returned to his seat near the win
dow. stsa"stsfl ~ Tssc.sf ..sr..gg.s as~
After that Anita tried to avoid Carl
ton Davis. She refused to admit tc
herself that this man was the reason
for her early breakfasts, and late din
ners, yet deep In her heart she knew
: that she could not bear to sit there
In silence, so near to him.
One evening when she could beal
r the strain Of depressed spirits no long
. err without action Of some sort, Anits
:. set out for a brisk walk. 1t was Jus
supper time for Carterville; light
shone from the unshaded windows, ant
she could see fnmily groups about tn
. tables.
, The girl scarcely noticed where sh'
was walking. the rough, unpavet
I streets Of the little town were no bet
!, ter than the country roads, and AMT,
realized, with sudden start, that sh'
: had walked far beyond the last house
! Tears overwhelmed her suddenly. I
I X not, to youth. a genuine grief to b.
denied the pleasures Of youth, the sim
+ pie Joys Of friendly living? Moreover
|. there was something else that mad,
> Anita weep, something that tugged a
: her heart like wild longing. some
!, thing she was powerless to stifle o
: control
, roadside, sobbing. man approached
: She could see him clearly. She shranl
" back against tree for shelter.
Rut as she did so twig snappe
under her feet. and she stumbled, wit
, soft little cry. The man stoppe
short.
!. "Who's there?' he called sharply.
!, It was very strange. but oil fear LEI
! Anita the very moment she heard hi
!. voice. OF course, she would be SAT
= with him. He was stranger to he
yet she was safe, she knew.
"It's I. Anita North" she called bacl
and her voice tremhled bit.
a
: "What are You doing here alone?" Fl
had tascn her arm and helped her o,
> to the road.
: Poor little girl" he said. Seoul
you tell me about it?"
:. She shook her head.
"Poor little girlv' he said ut las
II wonder IL you are-lonesome?"
!, She nodded In the dark, and he cam
= step nearer.
$50 am T." he said slowly. "Lon
4. some for you"
y After that they walked back to tow
" slowly, arm In arm. They passed ligh
Is ed windows, where happy famil
q groups were gathered about the SUI
a. per tables, but neither OF them n,
81 ticed. Or II Anita did so. 1t was bl
n to reflect that never never again nee
- she envy them, never. never agai
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