The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-05-25

ttuminmd From Our Iast Issucl

lie tccmVd startled ana INNS
takahly affected by the artlcssncss
of This confession. and held her
ciorc.
"Ru,. my dearest girl you re
trembling What Ia ~ Tel
ITS 80 wonderful to have yuu
back. Lynn Don't eNcr leave me
,ur 80 long again.
You tempt me TO-. he laughed
lndulgrntiy. II THINK yen We
learned To love me better while rye
boon away than you did IN all the.
while that / was hcre!
She answered with an odd little
laugh OF love and depreciation. !
realty think ! have
They diued at Marcelio'S. not the
happlsst selection for their first
few hours together. for the place
WINS thfonEed with pi~cture-folk.
Motoring to Santa Monica. Luz
cfnda anuggied into the hollow %
Sumweriad y arm. M rested a
long time In conicntcd Silence,
ITS too perfect. she MUIR
last.
why not7 so long as we love.
what's to prevent all beauty last
ing?'
Life. meant took an hcf
courage to speak Of what shn had
tiii then puropscfuliy kept back
nclinmy
The car was swinging into th-
streets N Santa Monica. Lucinda
rave him her lips.
Lots forget u FOR tonight KISS
m" again while there's time
Thc restaurant 90 which the Lon
taincs had hidden them was th"
one In those times most favored
10y the froth 81 the picture colony
FOR III weekly night Of carnival
Round the four walls and on
closing tho cpnstrictcd floor f1r
dancing, tables were 80 c'osriv
ranked that passage between them
was largely impracticahic without
n guide. Everybody 81 n con-
sequence in the .uudios WINS there.
and everybody knew eycrybo ~
else and called him hy his first
name-rrefcrably at the top OF his
lungs.
I%ontaino's party. a largo ono.
comprising the most Influential
members % the colony with whom
! he and Summerisd were ON agrtn-
able tcrms. had bc"n tong enough
In session already TO have become
Individually crhilnraicd and col
lcctiveiy hilarious. Summcriad ~
took q its bosom with shouts OF
acclaim. and he seemed to nni
It easy to catch the spirit OF the
gathering. a sense ot Illustration
oppressed Lucinda. she a been
happy half an hour since. Hcte
IN this hcady atmosphere - per-
TUNED flesh, tobacco rock and pur
gent alcohol. the idyl Of hcr eve
ming grew iaini ana fled. WIN"
tho man she loved had no lc-
gret'.
In Il moment of d~iseonrerting
lucidiiy she saw him 40 a strange
man flushed with drink and blown
with license. looking ON other NO
men with q satyrs a%ppraisins eyes.
bnndying ribaid wheercs with III
lips ehe had 20 lately Kissed. Ana
she WINGED ana drew away. 80
calling tho abandon OF affection
with which she had given ncrscif
10 ms emhracc ~ IN" hoirl, i"eline
OF a sudden soilcd ana rh3iwnrn
as from common handling.
\ strange raj a man y Had
known imt n few briet weeks-'
'"Neftiy watching him. sna saw
sumfner'ad IN the middle ~ = pas
sag ot persitlnSe Hiart ana ihll
client NJ hps IN an it"uin' VIZ. d
ha'c ~ rptech. Ahd FOLLOWING tn
nn9 ~ his stare. she espied ri come
distahcc at o table near ihf else
ot ! dnnce-uoor' Bethany s'iiinr
win q woman
~" saw her hut made 80 tigr
moro than 10 testify hts meaning
stniie' aud immediately returned
courteous attention to hts co'npan'
ION.
Al ms Lucinda stared In f"ab'
Tor several scmonds. d was y
changed. but flnery that shrleked
OF money spent without stint 81
taste could hardly disguise the Wits
ord aged loNeiineHs OF Nelly htr
aus
NNNi
Lucinda looked q second tim"