The Princeton union., 1895-04-04

WORDS tnaC 'SIlTreO Larry strangely.
| There was a queer expression on her
pale face as she stood before him.
prof Chesney," she said with quiv-
| ering lips, II am not worth the love you
! have offered me. You'll realize that
when I tell you that I have only been
| pleasant and civil to you all these
! weeks, not for any liking for you, but
! TOTO plague the Others"
! Thoroughly ashamed, she bent her
head, unable to meet his eyes.
You mean that you have deliberately
| played a part all these weeks? You
whom I thought so frank and true?
How could you do it? Then you have
| not the slightest love for me in your
heart-that. I suppose, is out of the
question:"
There was hurt, shocked tone in his
voice that touched Larry keenly.
Il don't love you," she answered, but
shall be very grateful If, after what
have told you, you will let me be your
| friend"
She put out her hands and moved a
step nearer to him, but to her mortifi-
| cation her extended hands remained un-
| touched.
II did not ask for your friendship" he
! said, unsteadily. land just at present I
want only what I ask for. BY and by
may be able to appreciate your offer.
shall try, but you've taught me hard
! lesson, Larry; one I'm not likely to for
| get. Perhaps I ought to have known
better, but"-with break in his voice.
| I'm not used to women. I'm only an
old fossil after ALL
And without another word he left her.
Up in her room Larry was still more
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sary. She could not account for the un-
happy feeling that took possession of
her as she reviewed the past weeks and
realized that the kindly, pleasant COM
panionship she had accepted SO heed
lessly was at an end.
Il suppose he'll hate me now for
| ever," she thought between her sobs,
| but how could say love him when
| didn't?"
Then she sobbed all the harder.
The professor left the next afternoon
While Larry was out.
| A box of white roses lay on the table
addressed to her, a card attached, on
which was written, From your friend,
| Roger Chesney." That was all but she
| guessed dimly what an effort it cost
| him to write it,
With trembling fingers she made
three parts of the flowers and gave
tnem to her mother and sisters.
l don't want them," she said proud
~ IN answer to her mothers remon-
STRANGE. II was only civil to him to
please you ALL
Jim noticed that the brilliant eyes
were full of tears. and that she took the
card away with her.
1T must be a relief to you to have
MIN gone,' he said as they stood for
| moment in the hall. Association with
such a serious man must have been a
| trial to you''
he was unprepared for the way she
named out at him.
Such trial as makes me more will
| ing to accept the statement that man
IS made after Gods own image and pos
| sesses some God-ike attributes. Now
.go!'
And he did, a lurking smile under his
mustache and most emphatic by
! JoVe" upon his lips.
one bright morning early in June Jim
| opened the door of Mrs. Austins sit
tlng room. Larry was there alone. She
nad an industrious fit on her and with
the sleeves of her blue morning dress
| turned back, displaying two prettily
| rounded arms, feather duster in hand,
she was whisking the dust off some
rare pieces Of old china.
Larry, here is an old friend Of yours"
jim announced. Treat him we'll, for
ne sails for Egypt tomorrow, never to
return. I'll be back In a minute
| He vanished, and there inside the
closed door stood Prof. Chesney, thin
ner, grayer, but with the old kindly
smile on his lips that she remembered
| so we'll. Startled out of her self-posses-
sion, Larry stood with her duster sus-
pended over gran'ma's 100-year-old tea
pot.
L sail for Egypt Tomorrow" said the
professor, taking a few steps into the
room, "and may never return. Won't
you wish me godspeed, Larry?'
crash went granmas priceless tea
pot In dozen pieces on the polished
hoor and the next thing Larry knew
she was crying.
! Inc professor approached her.
Are you crying because I am going
away or because you have broken the
tea pot?" asked the visitor.
''Both!'' cried Larry with a convu1
sive sob, which was smothered in tho