Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-30
THE TIME CAME.

rage Rirh nobody a it, ~ ne would not
really IT, aunt very much. thar papa
would ~ 50 pleased la wDaAl let -
marry each 0tner AFTER all But Dick
wont. In AFRAID he'll never ID any
thing. IIs newer has. And then she
looked over II Duck, VINO Sat very meek
h On the other slda OF rne room t~lrl-
ing his gloves li-tlessly. aud she p0uted
Il susposs you ara pouting At me
sad Dick
~Ies.' she Answered
"Im sorry" be continued. 81 sup
poe r IS because 1 don't amount u any
thing"
~Of course &c Is. Dick" she answered.
"Wen. what Ia tho world can
amount t0s7 asked Dick deIectedly. Il
cannot - AID make q fortune, FOR Im
rich already. can't found a great fam
ily, because ours has been as good a one
for centuries 40 fellow can wish, and
besides tiat would lake too long. l
haven she talent g. be an artist.
haven't brains enough - be a prUfes
sional uan. Every one agrees on that.
l am co0 small u b q soldier, and II
went inr0 business 70 would only Dc .
question ~ time before II lose my
money instead IL making any. They
all agree Oh Jhat too All can be Is a
gentleman. and no one seems 10 care
anything abont q gentleman any more.
i believe your father would like me- bet
ter II l were an asdveHturer."
"Oh, no, be woaldn't" interrupted
y 4
T. see you once IA awhile without such
awfully good clothes on. Papa has had
a hard struggle Ia this world. and he
dosn seem u have any confidence IN
any ole who has nos. He l. always talk
ing abou1 tire duty a man owes 10 the
world 90 DO something for it.
Il wOall BE- Wiling % do anything for
the world could, Milhcent, but 1 don't
know what to DO, and don't believe |
could DO 10 i dil know
Il believe If yoa had got angry and
called him names when De refused T. let
me marry you he would have turned
night around and said yes. But al you
dld was u pack up your hat and gloves,
bow very politely. and say good evening
and walk out. That's no way 10 handle
papa: he needs an iron hand. and he gets
1t occasionally from his only daughter
too" Here Milhcent shook her head
emphatlcahY.
But respect yonr father too much,
Mlly, 70 say anything mean 30 him, aud
II had, then be wouldn't have let me
come 10 see you any more, and that
would have been more than could have
stood"
You're not like other men, Dick
"NO. I'm afraid not. / suppose that's
why they cali me dude. But Tn not
q dude; I'm not silly. l can't get my
clothes soiled. no matter how | try, and
as 1 never seem 10 wear them out.
haven't got any that look like old ones.
The fact Is | cant help looking what |
ana boy who ha-s been brought mp in
kid glove Ii wore bhle jeans and a
flannel shirt they'd always look new"
why couldn't you get into fight
with some OneY' suggested Millicent des-
peFately.
.'Tm afraid no ono would fight with
ne. I'm 50 small" he answered
Papa Wa awfully delighted with the
butchers boy and the grocery boy he
other day when they got into fight in
our back yard. Ii frightened me, but
the colonel wentout and gave them each
a dollar. and laughed al the rest of the
afternoon about Il"
II might got the boxing master at the
club 10 give noe a black eye; | don't sup
pose 10 would hurt very much. But If :
did the colonel wOuh find out that ]
didn't got 10 In q fight. and he would
think that | had been trying 10 deceive
him
Dick" said Millicent seriously, 81
wonder II you are afraid.
II DONE know what y0u mean"
Afraid II tho dark. or of danger, or
anything like that-for instance, I'm
afraid u the dark"
"No.r answered Dick. 81 don't think
/ am afraid II the dark. / don't know
about anything else. for don't believe
ever had anything 10 be afraid Of"
Miliicent signed again very softly TO
herself It was rather hard state u
affairs. Here was tho man she wanted
tomarrv. iust the kindOf man she with
her imr-rious WAYS could get along with
beautifully. bov whom she had known
all her life. whose father had been her
fathers fncnd. whose mother had been
her dead mothers friend: and man.
too. whom she loved-and always had
since she was little girl in short dresses
and be a by IN knee trousers. and they
could not get married because IN the
eyes q her father be didn't amount to
anything. Would he ever amount 20
anv.hing? What did she carer Was he
brave and manly What did she carer
Was b. brave and manly
TIE question gave her an inspiration.
r. yvotsldnt hs much Of a trial. bat IL
would at least BE- a little bit Of fun. and
az they had done in all their courtship
was - SIT ON opposite sides Of the parior
and taik 70 each other She rose and
vert out into the hall. Dick eyed her
a. she went cut. bat he never questioned
anything she did. 50 he said nothing.
She vaiked back Co he stairs leading 20
The basement and looked down. Every
thinz was satisfactorily dark The light
in the lower hall bal been turned oct
and FROM this she knew that the serv-
ants had gone ~ bed II was nearly
ulHluizht she noticed by the dining
room clock With q satisfied smile she
walked on iptoe and with q great pre-
tensc of Fright back to the parlor.
Dick she said ip a whisper that
seemed quita terrified. I heard some
on d,,vn stairs and I'm afraid us q
burglar. Would yuu Just a. lief 60 aud