Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-06-04


shame 20 disturb them at thni par
ticular moment and Trevor decided NOT
to. lie closed the door. barred II, dis
connected the alarm eong and left his
room by the covered way.
II IL a mntter OF record that while
this same lnclosed alley was certainly
not ovcr thirty PAGES In length and
could have been trnversed In half ms
many seconds. II took him exactly
thirty minutes to get from his end OF
the passage TO Andrea's door-and
knock. She opened to him ut nee
and the sight OF her made him tremble.
Never before had she seemed 40 al
together adequate to every demand OF
life. lie looked upon her lovely Jun.
bled hair that WIS stlll laughing from
its hnth on her deep blue eyes, zach
cuddllng u devil OF mischief; on her
adorable nose, always shifting for trou-
bic; on her red lips, ready TO call "A
mnn on and on her hard fists. backed
by sturdy youth, still more rcady TO
keen him aff, and felt the bones OF his
determination turning to wnter. She
stood with her feet slightly %strnddled.
her hands stuffed In the side pockets
OF her khnkl jncket-n pose often as
sumod by professional fighters. He
glanced n%ervously about her room aud
deciding that he would feel more at
home and perhaps more secure In his
own, asked her TO precede him there.
She consented and upon nrrivnl made
naturally for the couch.
~ Think" said Trevor hastily, you
had better sit herc-for n chnnge." lie
drew out n straight-bncked chair by
the table. She east him an |lnquirlng
glnnce but snt down without remark.
Trevor did not sit he paced up and
down before her I'll she could stand It
no longer; then she said brightly,
"Now ! know how u old cat used to
feel. watching the canary swing on
his trnpeze."
"EXtrnordlnnry inverted coincl-
; dence," remarked Trevor. ~ feel like
the canary"
Both p0ndered on this rejolnder for
some moments; there was something
about II that reminded Andrea OF
"nrst blood" Finally she realized that
il was her turn to speak. "Ill let that
go for the present" she said with
r dignity. suppose you say what you've
got to say"
The man stood squnrely before her.
0 IAN right" he said. For q second no
hung on the verge Of further speech
I MS though he were counting zone, two.
u three-go :" then he plunged: "Wlli
you marry mef"
@ Here wns II game iiiat Andren knew
d from It's infancy to It's old nge. The
first move on It's checker board was
ms fixed ms Il WINS easy. mo-" she
said promptly ana automatically ana
glanced up with n hnlf-bored look ina
said: "Your turn to play"
That look was destined to die n sud
B. den dentK. "rhank God" said Trevor
n fervently, apparently looking into
., space but In reality taking In her gal
: vanlzed start through the corner ol
one eye. "You see" he continued. 1--WE
n come to my senses and begun to geI
Is your point of view. It's stlll true
: that you asked me to bring you, bu
It's no less true that you thought yol
were just going up for Il morning
~ breeze. while | knew thnt once yol
IT, we're In that flying machine II wa
ie gcod-by to n world. II I'd told you that
Of course you wouldn't have come"
10 "Of COURSE" snld Andren, fnlntlS
~ Her heart was aching ana inside o
her its pulse was drumming nm old IA
mlllar childish refrain Of helpless rug,
"Ile didn't play falrl lie didn't pln
~ fart"
"Under the circumstances u az
=, knowledglng my fault, could do n
less than offer to marry you In spit
IN Of your high station In life. felt thu
you might think yourself compromise
to such an extent that ever my humbl
an person would prove some sort of n
amend. It's II great relief to kno
that | overestlmated the situation u
-. around"
Andrea realized that the false sta
~. had thrown her out of the norm
roI stride Of the game and she was reat
10 clutch Mt n straw. "Why, I hndr
'ao thought OF that mean, I'd forgott'
Il somehow-but | do feel compr
mlsed-nwfully." She looked hopeft
~ at his set face.
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