Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-06-22
HER LOVE AFFAIR
BY II. LOUIS RAYBoLD

'i~'"o P"poiou pachuke, IN the NTH
shower gift I've made so far this year
and fate only knows how many more
III be called upon for. Not that
mind, only" she sighed and rose abb
ruptly. Sarah ELLEN was nearly thirty
and had never had shower In her
life
Busying herself with supper prep
arations, Sarah Ellen tantalIzed her
self with imagining just what 1t would
seem like to be the center Of atten-
ton once In a lifetime-to be some
thing vital that would be missed IL
suddenly removed. In a very small
way she had experienced that sensa-
ton the week before Jethro Clark
sailed for Rio
He had called upon her twice, had
taken her to the Durham fair. had |
asked for her picture. But in the two |
years which had elapsed she had never
heard from him.
Tonight, thinking of her contrIbu-
tions to others in the past, she won
dered what her neighbors would think
could they see the chest in her attic
nlled to the brim with the handiwork
OF years, all of her own manufacture.
Her few dishes washed and put
away, she got out her favorite needle
work magazine and idly thumbed the
pages. Suddenly she paused An ad-
vertlsement with a South American
ADDRESS had caught her eye Reading
IL eagerly she learned that a versatile
traveller was commercializing his ex-
perlences by writing chatty letters to
stay-at-homes for a modest monthly
stipend. At present the enterprising
globe trotter was making his head
quarters in Rio.
Inc Following morning Sarah Ellen ,
uispatched note and check. Then.
~ 1ever OF anticipation, she waited.
Inc plan appealed to her as something :,
next best to letters from Jethro him
SELF
came a day when Postmaster Tib-
pals handed out the coveted reply.
oaran Ellen's hand fairly trembled-
TACT he was not slow to observe
sven as he had made mental note of
the postmark.
Don't mean to say old Jethro's IN :
ne map again?" he wanted to know
senially.
Il haven't read 1t yetw faltered
Sarah Ellen.
but at that moment was born the
Ist deception In hitherto impeccable
he. Ii people wanted to assume she
'as nearing from Jethro-let themf
And that Is precisely what peonla
Id think. The arrival of weekly 1o+-
ers stamped South America was too
nusual not to arouse comment. Sa-
al Eilens conversation also became
iore ana more sprinkled with allu-
ions TO Foreign parts and strange
Notlc phrases crept into her custom
~ precise English. She even
hanged her hair to conform with an pa
Turing couture on an Argentine belle til
In postal which had ac- SC
one letter. We
Yet, oddly enough, the more the vii
lge believed Jethro alive, the more
arah Ellen believed him dead. Yet
lie made no effort to disabuse public
pinlon. On the contrary, she fur.
lered the suppostion that she and on
ethro were in correspondence by hav. DR.,
g her chest brought down from tha tw
tlc TO the sitting room and display gis
g Its contents frequently. AS
what a supply you have, Sarah Ma
zen exclaimed Harriet Evans. q Sal
cent bride and recipient of MANY
Tie gifts at Sarah Ellen's hands. Z
YES" said Sarah Ellen nroud,v for
len, but 1 made every onep .ho gail
ded bit wistfully.
harriet regarded her thougtbfulJv II
es, that's So" she said u
lhat night Harriet stood long at m.
ephone, out the gist Of each con-
sation was so similar thar tho
edition of one will disclose 49, n,
ers. - !.
les, my dear, IT'S pathetic. Think tens
much she's done for all of lis ~ OF
rse, we don't know their plans. bnt The .
- ou' next wednesday, A sur. appli
e, OF course. And invite every nor A n
Tor whom she ever made q s,noIa curat
sed thingl' an e
hus occurred cor.h mn, recon
oeeuiieu Saran Ellen's one and -
shower. But its real surprise A
at the end-a ring at the door exam
tne departure OF Harriet and her prepa
eulate return with anazement and I
ten on every feature. Quickly she limos
req Sarah Ellen into the hall and No Mo- .
10 an oyercoated fgure-tben sale .
ed and ignobly fed. Acc
arab Ellenw exclaimed - a.,o., verife
;. Tried IN ana -, NN'P used
heard Won ,yar, gu al nops, Kline
dndlg al Harrets, so came on most
liver
TOOK her gently by the arm and nary I
sf under the light my wordlv "eIoh
10 tbinL 80 ~" S"""'sf man SWAMI
49,. -" ~ S"p ~ SIBERIA. Yea, kilmel
''N mere almost ever since epcloss
ere And ! uacd Ia yaf ,.,f.t.t Iarus