The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-03
. SUCCESSFUL FAILURE
The Story Of a Successful Young Business Woman
Who Marriss a Struggling Young Architect
By CAROLYN BEEoHER


stumbled awkard'y out Of bed. o YET
awake.
'Heno-yes, Oh. ! am 80 distressed
will be right ove-."
what is II, Gates? where are you
goinEf' Patricia sat up In bed blink
ing. He had switched on the light
and was hurriediy getting into his
clothes.
~ was saliic Lawrence. Her moth
er 10 dying
"Oh, how sad"
yea, she viii be all alone save for
that Old aunt who lives with them.
Poor girl"
III may be jus, a bad spell ana she
Will get over II AS she has before"
Il am afraid not. The last time !
saw Snll.e she told me her mother
was falling fast" Then; 60 back
to sleep. ! may find ! can help them.
II I can ! shall not come back"
After he left. Patricia dropl % back
upon the pillows u wondered When
he had seen Saiilc last. II had been
some time since he had mentioned
her. Wal there no n else she could
call without waking Gates up? he
had not looked very well lately. He
had seemed quicter than usual too,
she thought. " thinking that she
VAS IN any ~ u blame FOR the
change In him.
1T won't do any good for me to lie
awake" h a aloud and tried 70
sleep. But again and again her
thoughts centcrcd upon Gates and
sallie. kept her wakefui, listening for
his return. wondering what was hap
penlng.
When oates had been gone about
an hour the telephone again shrillel
%strldcntly. She sprang from this bad
and t. the receiver.
V-nh IsUa NJ aorrg
Very weiEshall you be at the board
ing house for breakfast I'll try to.
but ! haven't closed my eyes since you
left-Teii Salile ] am sorry. won't
you7 Good by"
So Sallie's mother was dead and
Gates was with her comforting her.
Patricia almost hated herself for tho
little Jealous tinge h felt at the
ought, Was she so small and mean
that size could not be glad lie could
bo OF help 10 this girl ne mad known
80 long and who was gentle, sweet
and good Determinedly she put them
from her mind and finally slept only
to be awakened by Gates as he turned
on the wafer for his morning tub.
Good morning, Gates" she called.
How In the world did o get In
without disturbing me?"
''Rlew In through the keyhole."
Then: You were sleeping very
soundly. les late, though. so YOU
better hustle"
80 Mrs. Lawrence died. Did sallle
take II terribly hard ?"
THE poor child Is h-eart-broken. I
was glad she called me. Her aunt IL
very little good - her" Hut he didn Z
Il that FOR an hour Sallle had wept
IN his arms, that he had cOmforted
her as best he could that In her hour
~ grief they had seemed TO be closer
together than ever before. What he
did say was: - shall go back after
! have a bite and see II there ~ any.
thing more ! can do, although ! left
the pastor OF their church with thcIt.
But some one must loo after IN fu-
neral details for them, although SAL
lie said her mother had told them Just
what she wanted done weeks aEO.
She knew she ccIldn't live. you
know"
How gruescp,c. To arrange one's
own funeral. But Gates. isn't there
nyone hut you to do Things? You
look al worn out now"
"No. there II no one And what I
have cone for Sallic hasn't hurt me.
! wish he spoke almost timidly II
you can spare the time that YOU would
go In and sec " you can't comfort
her u little
"Of course TN go" Patricia wls
not one to sh'rk a task because u WIS
not to her liking. I'm stop his az
tcrnoon. I'll send some flowers. too"
Thank you. ! am sure Saliic VIII
appreciate anything YOU do Now
III run along n get a bite, then go
back there before ] go doWn town"
As he kissed her good-hy patricin
felt in some way hurt. He might have
waited and had breakfast with nor.
She hated to sit alone az the boarding
house table. Then u was nice To- walk
a little ways with Gates. She always
returned "a tho house for an hour
after breakfast TO tidy up, hrst walk
Ing a block with him. She had come
to love that little walk 20
the board ng house aud hen tn the
corne whore he took the subway.