Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-12

u you proEs our III ovsr WIN vrmK,ss, pu,
last evening"
| Lady psnsivsly1-Why do l st hers and
| lisnunf
Knisht-REhaps because your train isn',
| made up Aslight pauss) IshaIl take YOU
abroad IN August
Lady At&tng suddenly erect and easpina
| out word)-h -
knight VERY politslyI-Ansust
Lady closing and opening her fan nerv.
ously)-Tom. you must b crazy You an
joking. Why, the children, and you for.
| COT
Hnight-16rgss IL Children, oh 90, ]
DON'T; only wish c. old; but suppose thsy
are too real to be forgotten
Lady-why. Tom!
Knight-Whati
Lady-Won't you love themf
Knight-Themi
Lady Gn,patently1-Yes, them, them the
| children, Fred and Nelly II l should
mean II we should-of course It's all nom
| sense.
knight-What's all nonsense.
Lady-WsIl, il We should, woulin't you
love the chilireni
Knight tsto!idly)-No
Lady (horrifiedl-Noi
knight-Now, look here. Helen, be reason
able about this. III agree TO love you all
the days % my life; but when YOU ask me 4
love couple Of children | have never seen
children that ought t. have been mine
and are not, children that will constantly re-
mind me Of the very unpleasant fact that
you were for years the wife o, another man
Il positively refuse 70 make any such
foolish promise. I'll tJiarate them in our
house when they must be out Of that excel
lent place-school I'm not brute, dear.
Don't look 50 grievei if they are nice
children
Lady-They are very nice.
knight-Very possibly in time l may.
when ! forget they are yours, grow fond of
them Now, sweet one, do something FOR
me- Take OFT your gloves a minute
Lady-Here, ia the station.
knight-Here, in the station; quick, dear,
its time for your train.
Lady drawing off gloves slowly and bar
ing two pretty timple,., white little hands.
the right wearing solitaire diamond ring
she looks wonderingly on the Knisht)-What
in the worli-.
Knisht-Now put that Koh -i-noor in your
pocket for Nellie, aui put this in its old
place. Takes from his waistcoat pocket u
velvet rinS-box, somewhat faded, which he
lays in the laiy's lap
Lady twhose eyes suddenly fill with tears,
as she opens the box and takes out a pearl
and sapphire,-My little ring; my dear, dear
little ring! after ali these yearsl
knig5t-Pu; it on
Lady-Here. now, | can't, Tom. You
must put it on as-;s-you did before.
Knight Irising AM standing SO as TO shield
her from the rest OF the room-No, Helen,
dear, you ask too much, ii Is too late for
that From my heart love you. and be-
leve can mako you happy. bu. I'm a
worldsworn man now. cynical. nnbelieviag
IN most thing l believe in you. my early,
only love. believe you can give M the
missed happiness the lost conteat, but even
you cannot make me Young again! As dill
then, l had wooei fresh, innocent
child. with boyish vows AMI protesta-
tons l put on that ring with ms
first kiss, it was moonlight AMI TO
nance, youth, and faryland; You We're not
Is, just 22 Perhap, this is better; we arc
wiser now. II Is not likely We will again
throw aside our happiness withou. cau,s.
bu. You are widow of 81, | am a club miar
Of 40. The summer of our lives is past; Their,
SI a!iN ILLUSION 1917 IN tast ulliiaE, an I
the sun streams in the windows; tine worll,
the real world, We have found, not created
from our dreams, Is all about US. Put the
ring on, Helen, and trust me to keep I'M
spoken VOWS. You shall never regret
lady VERY low and brokenlyy-l-but-
/
knight-Have bcsn too confident, over
bold, Eliel Is the cd love all dead Helen,
don't send me from Won never needed you
- much, never loved YOU so well Say one
word. dearest.
Lady-Toml
knight ta> he slowly drops diamond ring
in her lapl-Put it on dear.
Lac Just let-7
Naturalization! lVoice Of usher in
distance, "Frankfori, Holmesburg, Bristol
and Trenton } Thanks here's your train.
telegraph ms when TO meet YOU. picks ~
bag, shawl,trap. umbrella, AMI basket OF
roSrs-laiy following him with gloves and
book. F. 7. starts up ;mpulsively, Iuj
thinks better OF it al sink. back on her
seat, beamins benisatlt anI heartfelt CON
CALCULATIONS from b-hiad her glasses AMI
hey diSaDDear from yiagrt