American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-03
The
Sunset
Hour
by Roone AnauetiI
y Raone AnquetiI

ly as well, for Kitty MarstaIrs was
certainly good to look upon.
He had known JedrO Marstairs very
intimately at Yale, and liked him i'm
mensely. A big, handsome, clean
souled sort Of chap general all-around
good fellow, good at study, sports and
play. His marriage to Kitty had been
the elimination of a romantic love
affair, and Jarredson shared the opin-
ion of their social world thinking that
the marriage would be an ideally hap
2y one.
Just three months had the happi-
ness lasted. Then Kitty, accompanied
only by her aunt, had gone to Aiken
for the spring seasOn-and slipped
away from there very quietly and gone
% some little obscure western town,
where she had remained until now,
when she had returned to her former
Iocial wOrld-its very latest divorcee.
Jedro Marstairs had beer among the
lrst to join the fighting forces. He
lad been lover the top" and through
etters received from mutual friends
'over there" Jarredson learned that
M~arstairs had won the croix de guerre
,Or distinctive bravery under fire, saw
ng, by his quick wit and action, his
sntire company from slaughter. he
nad suffered severe personal injuries,
however, and upon his partial recov-
sry, had been invaded home.
That day, J~arredsOn, during a few
hours stop-over in the city en- route
from Washington to attend the dance
his wife was giving that night at
their country home, had run into Mar
stairs, and not knowing that Kitty
a among his wife's house guests,
had insisted upon Marstairs coming
home with him.
Mrs. JarredsOn always had a well
come for any if Jimmy's friends, but
there was CONSERVATION In her eyes
when she saw who the unexpected
guest was. ~E>s'sseasSssg&'E
"It's all right, DEAR" Jimmy had as
sured her, confidently. "Jedro didn't
want to come on account Of the house
party; but I insisted, explaining that
hey were all leaving tomorrow, and
hat we'd have a quiet, restful week.
end together. He finally agreed
STIMULATING that he'd have dinner In his
rooms tonight and be allowed to ss-
chew the dance"
The explanation had pacified Mrs.
~TarredsOn, and she had gone down to
Inner carefree AND happy.
Dancing was not to begin until late.
The guests had an hour Of freedoms
and were generally scattered. Kitty
1t the end Of the card game thought
she would like a stroll through the
beautiful grounds, and ran upstairs for
cape.
All Out-Of-doOrs was bathed In the
light Of the extra hour of day, ana
Kitty chose the fiOwer-banked wind
ing path that led down t. tina river.
At the last turn in the road,
At a point from where n could, most
snjOyably, watch the sunset, she found
several very spacious garden chairs.
and into n she cuddled.
She hated sunsets. Why had she
come? And tonight-Of all nightsl
The anniversary Of her engagement to
Jed. Just such another scene as this
the river bank, the garden chair, just
big enough for two; the music Of the
softly tapping water, and the ra-
dainty beautiful glow of the setting
sun!
1.-The glow of her love-" he had said.
''would eve let the sun set in his
life. 1t would be shining for him al
ways in her eyes"
And she, loving deeply, had believed
him. And all the time, even after they
were married, there was that other
girl. Well, she thought bitterly, she
had shown him.
The increasing twilight warned her
that she must return. With head held
high, she strobe up the path with the
air of an injured queen. And there be-
fore her! There-at the curve of the
road, watching the sunset-was the
material form and semblance of her
thoughts. Was it an apparitiOn, or
was 1t Jedro in the flesh?
Her inarticulate "O-o-oh 7" caused
him to turn quickly. With barred head
and rigid dignity he stepped aside,
waiting for her to pass. But Kitty
stood m~Otionless, his eyes holding hers.
He, too, she thought, had remem-
bered this nights sunset. And whYf
The next instant the fur cape had
slipped from her shoulders to the
ground. He sprang forward to restore
it. For a second he held it irreso-
lutely-then, replacing it upon her
shoulders, crushed her in his arms.
kitty, Kitty" he murmured, "love
of my heart, why did you not trust
mel"
me-
Kitty cried brOkenly. 81, too, have
suffered, because Of my pride, but
Teddy she said, almost whisperingly,
1--WE always loved you-loved you
most, l truly think, when my anger
against you was deepest"
He kissed her in answer. Kissed her
hungrily-again and again.
"We1 begin anew, dear one" he
said, 'and now at this. our sunset