The Arvada enterprise., 1919-07-17
CHAPTER vll-csr.,"ssa.

CHAPTER vll-centlnwsd.
The windstorm the pesvious week
had made q sickening devastation Of
ser labors. The morning -glories alone
we're scatheless. A pink oleander
irooped many broken branches from
. which miracles Of perfect flowers were
unfolding. The. prettiest blossom to
Hardin was the gardener herself. She
was vivid from eager toll. Hardin
cooked at hsf'approbatively. He liked
YER khaki suit, simple a. q uniform.
with its flowing black tie and leather
>elt She looked moes like herself to.
3ay. She had bleached out, in Teesoa.
NE had beNs letting herself get too
hnned. running around without hats.
9unbuEn paled the value Of those
plendid eyes Of hers. He ceuld always
ssass her By likening them b eepases.
His eyes ran ovsr the pink and pur.
~ naes Of eoe4:Eained vines which
made coral scsssns for her teat. Free
Z ~ strinss ovsrhead, they riotsd
M the raUada. the secood roof. Of
tvins beughs. lie acknowledged their
Dsauty. They gave grace to bare No
eesdui they denied the painting.
thirsty desert Just beyond. ~
He remembered his own ramada.
Gsety had hated It. had complained Of
Il - bitterly when shs came homo
iron New Yerk that ~ had had II
pulled dswa and replaced by Y roof
Ma(ns boards, siaFins and ugly. 0sfty
Vas 1o1ae0ed. for It was clean; she no
loasss fe1e thaG shs uvsd in Q squaw
house. Let the indis =: have ramadas:
there WAS 10 earthly se&xn'uAc should.
He had urged that IL desert dwellsss-
haA valuable hints y givs them. But
wAat was Q rsna6a 10 him. q anything
slsef Hardia turned to leavA
9hs did not want him to % % sooa.
eAs pslatsd out Q new vine to him.
She had brought II from Tucson:
sKudsu." thsy called II: . japanese
stnA AID there was another broken
~. quite beyoad ths help Of stripped
laAdksrchisfs and mssQuit splints.
BE followed her around the tent, her
psatt1e falliAs from his grim mood. He
was ~ thinning q her aowsss except
20 Q Dockias parallel The desert
beoem Aal nads . havoc q his garden
- sossy boteh Of his life. He and
lanes had besn trying to make . gar.
10 oat of Q desert: the desert had
0osted them. h was not his fault.
oo0sthins had happened: something
Suits bsyood his power. Luck was
l1snilS against hin.
lAseA Why. che WAS playing - With
toy. N WAS the natural instinct Of Q
Weman - make things pretty around
~. 1T b bad sacrificed his youth.
~ eAaees. His domestic life. too
- aASald never have carried Q dainty
ttt1e woman like Gerty into the de-.
NJ Hs had never rcproached her for
.savlAg him. svea last time when hs
thought Il was for good. The word
sufasd his wound. Whose goodf His
" 0srty'sf Somehow. though they
wrangled, Ae always knew it would
suFa Ut all right: life would run
sssoothly when they left the desert.
0st things were getting worse: his
Aoath puekered over some recollec.
9oas. Yet hs loved 0srty: hs couldn't
picture life without her. He decided
that II WAS becauss there had never
heen anyone else. Most fellows had
aad swesthearts before they married:
te had not. nor Q mistress when shs
left him. though God knows, Il would
have been easy enough. His mouth
esal Into aardonic lines. Those half.
breed wonsni No one. even when Q
9lvores had hung over him. Oh. he
lnsw what their friends made Of each
4 0ssty's iengthened flights; he knew
But that had beea spared him. that
vulgar Erisly spectacle Of modern life
shen two people who have been lovers
1ras the carcass Of their love over the
erimy door Of . curious gaping court.
10 sAuddered. 0erty loved him. Else.
rhy had she come hack to hint Why
lad che not kept her threat when he
refused 70 abandon his desert project
ssd turn his abilities Into q more
peo0tabis dsdicationf He could ses
lsr face % she stared flushing up into
W that nipplng cold day when he had
~ Into her o. Broadway. He remem.
Ssssd her coQuetry when che suggest.
= hat there WAS plenty Of room in
~ apartmsati His wife! She spoke
9 eeelag bic pictures In the paper.
~ ~ gseva - ~ q great man r.
~ o1QoAAe 0eeeins, ~ week ~