The Arvada enterprise., 1924-01-03

ly unlaced her heavy, knee-hish boots,
took them of, and began to walk to
and fro on stocking feet hands claspcd
behind her back. With her curly hair
all abou, her face and shoulders. she
looked like q wild, cxtravagnntly
naughty schoolgirl, girl In wicked
temper. n rebel against authority. In
fact. she was rejoicing that this hor.
rible enforced visit to the West was
all but over. One week more! She
was almost at an end Of her endur.
ance. How she hated the beautiful
white night outside, those mountain
peaks the sound Of TINT rapid river.
tke stiffness Of sagebrush. The voice
tf the big pines! What a malevoleur
trick OF fate that Jasper should haze
brought her to Wyoming. that the doc.
tor had insisted upon at least month
Of just this life. Take her west" he
had said. and Betty, lying limp and
white in her bed, her small aead sunk
into the pillow. had jerked from head
to foot. Take her west. know
ranch in Wyoming-Ynrnalrs She'll
get outdoor exercise. tonic air. sound
sleep. release from all these pestifer
Gus details. like 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
naughty child, let her kick and scream
and cry. Pick her up. Morena, and
carry her of. Do you hear7 Don't
let her make you change your plans"
| The doctor had seen his patients con-
vulsive Jerk. "Pack her up. Make
your reservations and go straight to
Buck Yarnall's ranch, Lazy-Y-that's
his brand. believe-Middle Fork,
Wyoming. I'll send him wire. He
knows me. She needs all outdoors 10
run about in. She needs ;oggin' around
all day through the sagebrush on q
cow-pony In that sun; she needs the
smell Of cnmp.nre-Gad! wish I
could get back to It myself"
Betty. having heard this out. began
to laugh. She laughed TIL 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 child. she was not at
all inclined to such exhibitions. This
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 rs a snow-image.
for the result Of the examination.
They had told her emphntically that
there was no hope. Jasper Morena
could not live for more than few
days. She must not allow herself to
hope. He might or might not regain
consciousness.
rigid. child face. had thanked them.
had gone home. There In her ex.
QuIsite, little sitting room above Cen.
tral park. she had snt at her desk and
written few lines on gray note paper.
"Jasper Is dying" she had written
"By the time you get this. he will be
dead. II you can forgive me for hav.
Ing failed In cournge last year. come
back. What ] have been to you before
I will ne again. only. this time We Gun
love openly. Come back"
Then she had dropped her head on
the desk and cried. Afterward she
Ind addressed her letter to . certain
Prosper Gael. The letter went to
| Wyoming.
Three days later jasper regained
consciousness and begnn slowly TO re.
turn to health. He had the tenacious
vitality Of his rnce. and, In his own
spirit. nm Iron will to live. He kept
Betty beside his he'd for hours, and
held her cold hand in his long sensi.
tive one, and he stared n, her under
his lnshes I'll she thought she must
go mad. But she did not. She nursed
him through nm interminnble con.
valescence. She received Prosper.
very early In this convnlescence. by
her husbands bed. md jasper hnd
murmured gratitude Tor the emotion
| thnt threatened 10 Ovcrwhclm his
friend II WINS not iii some rime-nn
extraordinarily long timc-nf'cr Mo-
renn's complete recovery that she had
snapped like n broken Icicle. And
| then. forsooth. they had sent her to
Wyoming to get back her hanlthl
Having paced nwny some % her
rcstlcssness. Betty stopped by the
cabin window and pushed inside one Of
the short. calico curtains. She looked
out on the court. A tail woman hnd
Just pulled mp y bucket Of water from
the well and hnd empfIed II into 4
pitcher. She finished, let the bucket
drop with n whirr and clash. nnd
raised her hcnd For second she
and jasper Morcnn's wife looked NJ
ench other. Betty nodded, smiled. ard
drew the curtain rlos"
tTo BE CONTiSuED)
Wanted His Moneys Worth.
"Why don't yon discharge your pre-