The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26


ideal and then fail Of it'll"
The light that burned in Mr.. Amoryi
eye, wasnot wholly amiable, but his voice
was quiet as be said:
81 knew all this in a general way be.
fore; that is, I suspected 1t. We are not
getting on. Those objections Of yours,
those defc encies of mine-I beg you to
specify them"
"If you were used to arguing with
women" observed Miss Winchester
maliciously, "you would not expect to
get on"
"You are not like other women" he
said, simply, with a lovers conviction.
"You will not evade or put me off,"
The girl flushed. Shave ! not said
enoughY' she demanded. "Did I not
tell you in June it would be a sacrifice
TO marry youa'
"What then2" he urged. "Did you
not also tell me onoe that love could be
demonstrated only by sacriice"
Sam ! pretending to love you1" she
retorted, hotly.
81 had forgotten that momentarily,"
murmured Amory, dejectedly. "But
inc opJec,ionsi surely / nafe d iisn'
to those"
"very well, il you insist. But if you
do not nke wnat sag, remember ala
not say it willingly she warned. SIN
the frst place, | admire men who have
force, who can be powers in the world.
do o mean that you are weak, pat
that you are inaiuefent' iou are only
q power III thc "ofio o oinefs-oae.
~ admire the oeautiiui sen possession
with wnicn you say horriDiy crue'
things
81 knew YOU would take 1t badlyl
But | did not mean to be cruel; I am
only irving to be true"
AZ wisb," he said, f%ervently, Show ]
wish you would be untrue to that cold
soul Of yours for five minutes. | wonder
if you have any idea how dear you can
be when you are not trying to be con-
scientious!"
"As l was saying, you care too much
for social success" resumed Miss Win
chester. striving to speak with the calm
ness of a disinterested critic, and failing
ngually."
"Ah, yes. What else7'
"You care too much Tor the things oil
the world-the luxuries n pleasures OF
it. You care about being comfortable"
she said, disdsinfully.
What eiser' -.
she hesisafed. Whatrignt nave | 10
say thai yours is nol a spiritual hief Ano
yet--is 1t mott!
I'm snort-wny cont you sum me up
BY saying that IL would moi occur TO me
that T needed the consoiations OF religion
50 long as tue cooking was exceiient az
my clubf'
GLOW furious you arel how ! mus,
have irrita,ed vou. to make q saw tbatln
.sIrritat ed is not precisely the word i
sbopld u,e.u he returned uWhen ii
comes 10 MAKING a ACE with a woman. /
nrohablv am out of IT. but that doe, not
make Il anv the nleasauter TO be told 50.
Won have been yery explicit. Youleaye
I;tt,a to nv imaoination. think I nm.
,je,st,nd 20, nov. OF course when |
hone1 "a meet your REQUIREMENTS I was
nndar the ;mnression that tbev we're
reaSonabIe once. You always seemed tn
me sunremely reasonable. In spite Of YOUR
antbus;aensn
sbe lifted an anoeo,;nc hand hut he
b,rr;ed an.
suppos ,ai,eu W app1e mo
lact 1rat your iueas ~ ~. iooA
\ giri $ ioeai Is not hheiy 70 DC TRUE
STOUT anu pefcep'ioly past .a,r'y, anu
u?Pos ne never mas .ue pesu
oaiu sPos on MS neau'
one usaa'neu 70 answcr'
"Ana az o'nner ne iopaoiy cares
w Jbnre u aS set ber %nom ne taSey 4ut M aadp
Il mo ,orrer the casa nr;th 80 -
+ am taking Won ont /" hs con,;auaJ
saOf course rhesa hin. .ra s-ar;ons
oRepses AGAINST the HIGHER life s.nec;s,lv
the s%toutness. and tbev amn,v damon.
strate tbat T am of tbe earth, eorthv- T
am Glad it i, proved 10 vour satisfaction
for otherwise there bavs heen moments
when l have been so fatuous as to think
that you might after all find it hard to
throw me over completely"
sit is hardly fair to talk like that"
she said with suppressed agitation. az
try hard to recognize the facts OF life. I
a reasonable being. have not been
dreaming about the hero in o melo-
drama. But surely, somewhere, though
/ have never known him yet, there is a
man who is both strong and fine; a man
who can use the adornments OF life with
out falling their slave, or can dispense
with them and respect himself no less:a
man who is not ashamed to have ideals
and to STRIFE toward them. Is humanity
SO poor. then, that 1 may not hope to
ind hint And do you suppose l like
to tell you that you ae not he2 You
who come SO Gear in most thinss3"
Outside the swift November twilight |
had begun to fall. The light was grow.
ing faint in the library. Amory turned
the carved paper-cutter over aud over in
his strong, soft hands, bending it this
way and that.
uTf $1,000 /