The Dolores star., 1924-05-09

Henry. rye heard from Joe-n long
letter. He's all right again; Just NJ
I've always said he'd be-"
1t was strange that Hcnry's heart
should have sunk at that. but II did.
"oh. that's wonderful" he said. Come
in and sit down. and tell me about II.
"I don't believe can sit down" she
confessed. But she made him do so.
in an easy chair. and light his pipe.
Impatiently, she squeezed the tears
ont of her eyes. ~ don't know II i
can talk either. You see. he's the old
Joe again, as he hasn't been-oh.
hardly since you've known him, Henry
That letter, II was like boys letter.
schoolboy's. Some Of the things In
II. YOU don't know whether to believe
or not. He never cared whether you
did believe him or not. Only laughed.
"He told me the way he disappeared
from that place where Doctor Ben
nett took him He was walking around
the grounds, thinking he would just
walk away as he was-he had that
money with him, OF course-when he
heard couple OF men on thI other
side of clump OF bushes talking
Spanlsh-a sort of Spanish-and he
sat down and talked with them. They
were part OF gang that was building
road. n concrete road, right by the
sanitariuh. They were being worked
awfully hard, trying to finish that
stretch before frost.
zone of them didn't like 1t and said
he was going to quit. Joe gave him
some money. and promised him some
more, to 20 to the village and buy
him some common clothes and razor.
nnd things, and bring them back there.
And then he shaved of his beard and
dressed in the working clothes. and
went and got job with the gang. hav-
ing everything Interpreted for him
into Spanish before he would under
stand it, He was right there through
all the excitement over his having dis
appeared. He must have enjoyed that
though the work pretty near killed
him. he said.
ut only lasted three or four weeks
DelbTe lhtN " Slop ut''uhk
OF the frost, but he got interested in
roads by that time. Thinking about
them. Thinking about getting some
thing that would be better than con-
crete. So he went down to New Jer-
sey to some OF the big chemical plants
there, and looked around and asked
questions. Joe can get anybody to tell
1. III, L..
began to get an Idea.
"He has set up little laboratory
of his own-I don't know where he
got the money. but he always kept
some hnndy-and he thinks he's on the
trail OF what's he's looking for. Some
thing that will be cheaper than con-
crete, and just about as easy to lny-
when you know how to do It; and as
good for horses as 1t is for motorcars.
He's almost ready, he says. to go Mt II
in big way. II he gets 1t. 1t will be
about the biggest thing there is. He
says his name is going to be spelled
with small letter some day. Just the
same as Macadam's was"
You don't suppose he has got hold
of thing like that. do your Henry
asked
She turned upon him sharply.
when he says he has It he'll have It,"
she retorted. ut will be all there,
from beginning to end-and it'll work.
His flax process worked. didn't itr'
Henry bllnked. and acknowledged
that 1t did. Then he laid down his
pipe and clasped his hands. Jennie
was no longer looking at him.
"Oh. don't care whether 1t works
or not, as long as he does-his mind. I
mean-in the old way. II that doesn't
] turn out right he'll find something
else. He says that by fall, he thinks,
he'll need me down there. He will
when we really get going, anyway"
1t was then she looked around at
Henry Craven, sitting very still In his
easy chair, his hands between his knees,
She uttered little cry OF dismay. stood
gazing at him for moment without
moving, and then us the tears came
she went over to him without a word
and kissed him.
"Oh. / understand" he told her.
PLEASE don't feel unhappy about 1t.
haven't doubt you're right. And
nothing Is spoiled that we've got"
Il love you better than do him."
She said. turning away again. "At
least think l do. I've never dreamed
of marrying him, and never would
even If he wanted me to. But In an
other way-a sort Of office way-rve
been married to him all along. And
now he's coming back. and wants me
again"
Once more he told her In his kindly.
reassuring voice that it was all right
and that he understood, but something
in his look filled her with panic, md
she said with great emphasis that she
must be running on Mt once. He made
no effort to detain her. but at the door.
as he held 1t open, he asked:
How about lunch tomorrow Am
l still Invited on the old terms?"
| 'Of course I" she said ond h, ,,A