El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-07

very strong, Il was up TO you 10 20
right home after hours.
Don you remember that chan who
sat at your table the night there was a
wreck ahead and the Limited was held
AZ your town several hours7 he Va &
so pleasant and so different from the
average men you waited on-he didn't
look at you as most men did Won
didn't have to blush at his gaze. He
seemed 70 look at you in such a clean.
sLraig nttOrWard way Don't Won re-
member giving him the best steak vor,
had IN the Kitchen And when Won
picked out the vegetables thai went
with ii. You saw 90 il that he got the
best You didn't know many men
your evenings were taken I'D al home
and you sort Of got into the wav OF
oodEluE parties that were often uro-
posed 10 VOC. You knew the other
girls thought you a dead one-and
sometimes you did get aEfully lone
some and once or twice you really
wanted 70 Join the Jolly crowd ard
60 20 the dance with the bunch and
tnen Tor the automobile ride after
Ward-Dut anyway you were still
clear eyed and you looked straight
anead- with nothing TO fear and moth
ing 10 be ashamed Of You knew men
pretty we'll too. didn't your But Won
were young and YOU did hone that
some day you might meet BIZ. vet Won
knew your handicap, for you realized
tnat the man you might want might
not De looking for you in such sur
roundings-
Nevertheless. you did give your
hair an extra touch when YOU left
home 70 come down 70 the restaurant
70 wait on the passengers who came
IN on the Limited. You don't exactly
know why. but that night weren't Won
glad that you put on your most be-
coming white Uniform and that the
walk you took out over the hills gave
your eyes an added Iuster and vour
cheeks a higher color2 You were
glad his train was late too. weren't
YOU. After you brought his dessert
and had made out his check. don't you
remember his asking you about your
little western city, II was HIS first
trip across the continent and he
seemed so interested IN everything.
Don't you remember wondering II he
were ma-pied MANI Yet you knew
If he were-he would tell you. Let
me see. he was lingering his check
Just about to get I'D from the table
10 go away, possibly forever, when the
conductor OF the Limited came into
the dining room and called out Train
delayed here Indefinitely washout
ahead II VIII be at least five hours.
possibly longer, before we can pull
out"
Nearly everyone had left the dining
room Don't you remember his turn
ing TO you and saying: Well girl
what do you saw for a little walk
Weren't you glad that he didn't pro-
pose an automobile ride-for you
wouldn't have gone. would you2 But
you were in the humor for a walk
with him and you told him you would
go
You took him up the same tran in
the mountains that you had so often
taken by yourself between trains The
night was beautiful-he didn't reach
for your hand. either. the moment YOU
got in the shadow Of the over hanging
pines. You would have let him hold
your hand-thouEh you would have
feared had he taken IT, You didn't
seem IN full control OF yourself that
nighr and you were nervous and afraid
with him Don't worry about me-
girl; tell me about yourself-uo 7 am
not married and know q good woman
when 7 see one" he said.
You did tell him about yourself. You
told him the whole simple storv-of
your hopes aud lonEings. Of your cir
cumscribed life: OF the struggles YOU
had passed through so that YOU could
preserve your ideal for what. Won did
not know. He did take your hand
then and YOU let him Well ANYWAY.
don't you remember walking back to
Cether TO the station: how intentIv
you listened TO the story he told YOU
His life had been n struggle. too. Z
am So glad 7 met YOU. Isabelle he
said. Il came so near taking the coun-
terfeit-hur ] want YOU now 7 want
a woman who has passed through the
Valley OF the Shadow, one who viii
understand I am coming back this
way IN a few weeks Win you 90
back home with me2 Don't worry
about YOUR mother and the children
we viii arrange for them" Don't YOU
reulember-of course YOU remember
Well anyway. didn't it seem a long
fortnight before the telegram came
but now isn't % a pretty good world
after all7
Claiborne Adams.
FL Pa-o OptlenI co.-1os Teas ST.