The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
a DIFFERENCE
BY F.. B. Embree.

Then you think love goes for nothing;
only ablebodied laborers need apply"
said Jack -
Ethel laughed "Well, a one armed
lover wouldn't be of much use here
She was still GREATNESS from her en-.
counter with the crowd through which
Jacks height and football muscle had
forced way for her, while he was
weighing her emotional nature.
sBut seriously, Miss Bray, don't you
think it's possible Tor woman to faII II
! love with a cripple?" se,s
Seriously, MI. Archer, do not. She
may feel sorry for him, and SO marry
him out of sentiment akin to love, but
women put strength where men do beau
ty.f Now, would you marry Sallie Den
| ton?" s..st...s.. III. .is4..f
| Sallie. Denton was "a, red haired,
squint eyed lantern jawed apple woman.
That is an extreme case. 8. Her men
| tai acquaintance and social position
match her looks.''
sFe, my dear 2siri You beg! the ques-
ton! How many maids; IL law degree
and small accomplishments hare been
lifted to place and fortune by pretty
\ face?'
But not all popular women have been
Beauties"
In the eyes Of their admirers they
/ have been"
"Oh, what twisting Of logic! Then a
woman might imagine strength, even an
4 arm or Leg
"Here is your station. / believe you
would have gone by, you love SO to ar
4 que"
How the whole conversation same back
4 to Miss Bray on that day when she
4 started at the page before her bearing
Jack Archer's name among the wounded
after the battle of San Juan!
Later she learned that. with his right
arm gone and the sight of one of his eyes
4 destroyed. he was coming home. How
/ she longed to see him, to tell him in some
way that she had repented her foolish
4 words!
"Oh. why. why" She moaned do wo-
men express opinions about things of
A which they are wholly ignorant? What
4 difference does it make to me that Jack
is-a cripple? My fortune is quite suf-
fcient for us both. and if it wasn't I'd
think it an honor to work for him. Oh.
4 if he had only told me of his love be-
fore he went away"
Everybody. including Ethel herself
had long known that Jack Archer was
deeply in love with the slim, athletic
girl who was his constant companion on
the links and in all the walking excur.
sions of their set She it was who wore
. his colors at the football games and
! waved them Loyalty through defeat as
well as victory And yet not a word OF
, love had passed between the two com
rades. The perfect faith had been toe
sweet to exchange for proof.
1t had not occurred to Ethel that .Iacl
! could be hurt in battle. After he hat
gone. she once or twice allowed herself
= to grow sentimental over an imaginary
! grave in faraway Cuba, but there :was:nt
: reality in the picture. To come home
A maimed---that had never occurred to her.
= -
! The meeting was over. How had Jaci
J managed it? Hc had been kind. deferen
!, ital, everything good breeding and thei
! long acquaintance demanded, buth hat
set up barrier between them which
even she. not at all given to distrust
: greatly feared could never be broker
q down.
: Months passed. and never once ha,
: they been alone. 1t had all been man
!, aged. so unobtrusively. Ethel was quit
n sure no one, not even her mother, ha,
: noticed the fact In her sore heart ssh
: had to doubt Jack S love. 1850
At last she determined upon strategy
= She was a most successful mimic AM
: could assume her brother Herbert
:. voice to perfection. At the last momen
!. one evening she had excused hersel
! from a family theater. party on the pie
e of headache. She Was at the! telephon
as soon as the carriage had driven of
ccd iE her brothers voice asked u. * t