El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-11
By V1slnIa Terkune
Van de Water.

Butler arrived at the conclusion ne
! had almost reached on the day on
] Wade's attentions to his sister, Alicia
] This conclusion was that the girl he
! admired must be fond Of the young
/ physician
II not, she would not have been
! startled by the information impaired
I to her. Nor would she have allowed
/ Wade to have a large picture OF her
upon his desk And, clearest evidence
of all. she would not have hesitated
I to admit that she and Wade were on
| terms Of Intimate friendship.
Just for a moment Clifford's vile
! suggestions came to John Buffers
mind. but, as usual. he banished them
+ as unbelievable. The girl might care
[ for Douglas Wade. She might even
[ be engaged to him. But whatever she
I did was honorable and right
! He repeated this statement over AM
/ over to himself. and in his heart he
I knew that he believed it.
His Happiness at sfnIze.
He could not bring himse1f to the
point Of questioning the Chapins
about their pretended cousin. That
would be low and ignoble. But he
must know who she was and what
her feelings were. or he could not
I STAY where he would see her fire.
! quently.
All was fair in love and war, he
unused. Ana he certainly WIS in love
First Of all. he would write to Dr.
Wade.
This he proceeded to do. He ac-
knowledged that he appreciated how
phenomenal had been his own physi-
ral AID r1e~-71 Improvement sine his
arrival on the farm. He would there
fore think seriously OF the physicians
suggestion that he keep up the pres
ent regimen for While longer. Much
depended upon the DEVELOPMENTS OF
the next few days. He would commu-
nicate with the owner Of the farm
later.
BY the way" he added. 'T do not
think that I have told you yet how
much I admire this part Of the coun-
try. You have a place OF which you
NAV wen be proud But TO make Il
what It should be would take a great
zeal OF money ] wonder If you feel
Ike putting so much money in place
at such distance from your present
homer For. OF course. properly out
here is not very valuable lust now.
II is lovely. but land in this region
will probably be hard to sell until a
And the train service from Midland
to the larFsr cities is very poor
The matter OF the farm is. how
ever, your affair. and none Of mine. I
When ! leave I may never see this
spot aEain- But I shall always be /
grateful for what Il has done for me. I
7 have MANAGED to stand the ecceu- 1
tricities OF your farmer. His wife I
and the frierd who is staying with /
her have done much toward making {
ne comfortable and content"
A grim smile crossed the writer's l
fare
'There" he exclaimed. IF the I
friend in question is very dear to I
him. he nav be made a bit uneasy by j
that settlement"
At all events he hoped Il might re- !
suit in an explanation OF revelation 4
Of some kind. Almost ANYTHING was I
better than this uncertainty
A Letter From Ch7uin.
The same mail that brought his let /
ter to Iohn Butler brought one from /
Amos Chanin- II was from his SON. 1
and contained the information that |
in the early fall-the !
young man might be able to neEo- I
tiate the loan for which his father /
asked. Meanwhile he said. Il might /
be well to name a certain price to