, 1923-11-21

took them off, and bernn to walk to
and fro on stocking feet hands c1,sned
behind her back. With her curIv h,ir
all about her face and sbouldars sbe
looked like n wild e~xtrovopontlv
naughty schoolgirl. n cir, in n wicke
| temper, a rebel against authority. In
fact, she was rejoicing that his bor.
rible enforced visit to the West was
all but over. One week moro, She
was almost Mt an end of ber endur.
ance. How she hated tbe heoutiful
white night outside. those mountain
peaks, the sound of tbot ronid river
the stiffness of sopehrusb tho voice
of the big pinesl Whit a maleyolent
trick of fate that ,Jasper should have
brought her to Wyoming that the doc.
tor had insisted upon at least n month
of lust this life. Take her west" he
had said, and Betty. living linn and
white in her bed, her small head sunk
Into the pillow, had jerked from head
to foot. Take her west. | know a
ranch in Wyoming-Yarnall's. She'll
get outdoor exercise, tonic air, sound
sleep, release from all these pestifer.
Gus details, like q cloud of flies. that
sting women's nerves to death. Don't
pay any attention to whether she likes
it or not. Let her behave like a
naughty child. let her kick and scream
and cry. Pick her up. Moreno. and
carry her off. Do You hear? Don't
let her make you chang your plans"
The doctor had seen his patient's con.
-
your reservations and 90 straight to
Buck Yarnal's ranch. Lazy-Y-that's
his brand, | belieye-Middle Fork,
wyoming. I'll send him n wire. He
knows me. She needs all outdoors to
run about In. She needs joggin' around
all day through the ~sagebrush on a
cow-pony in that sun: she needs the
smell of a camp-fre-Gad! wish !
could get back to 1t myself"
Betty, having heard this out, began
to laugh. She laughed till they gave
her something to keep her quiet. But,
except for that laughter. she had made
no protest whatever; she did not kick
and scream and cry" In fact, though
she looked like a child, she was not at
all lnCllneu 10 SuCn eNnlDltlOnS, mis-
doctor had not seen her through her
recent ordeal. Two years before her
breakdown. JASPER had been terribly
hurt In an automobile accident, and
Betty had come to him at the hospital.
had waited. MS white ms a snow-lmage.
for the resul, of the ton.
They had told her emphatically TINT
there was no hope. JASPER Moreno
could not live for more than a few
days. She must not allow herself to
hope. He might or might not regain
consciousness.
Retty had listened with her white.
rigid. child face. had thanked them.
had rome home There in her e..
ouIsite. little sitting room above Cen.
tral nark she had SAT Mt her desk and
written n few lines ON gray note paper.
..Jasper ia diving" she had written.
.pv rho limo Won 90, this he wil, no
dead II Won can forgive me for hov.
ing failed in courage Inst wear. come
hack What I have been 70 Won before
I will he again. only. his time we can
love onenlv. Come hack"
Then she had dropped her head on
the desk and cried. Afterward she
had addressed her letter to q certain
Prosper Gael. The letter went 10
Wyoming.
Three DAYS later JASPER regained
consciousness and began slowly to re-
turn to health. He had the tenacious
vitality of his race. and, In his W
snIrIt nm iron will IN live He kent
Betty beside his bed for hours. and
held her cold hand in his long sensl.
tive ope. and he stared nj her under