The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

cept this-this gentleman, I must &c
out into the world as a bread winner
in a little while-a very few months
II | should-marry him, | would be
very wealthy-so rich that it would al
most brighten me. ] think" she added.
with wi>tful glance at the attentive
face. My guardian has set these two
alternatives before me so many time.
that / know them, word for word Re
member that | am all alone-and tell
me what 10 d0-as YOU would tell Your
sister-or any friend for whom you
cared-a little"
Her fingers were twined together in
her lap. and a man who was not study
| ing ont treatment Cor diphtheria
would have seen how tight the clasp
was. This, perhaps. would have made
| him delay long time in his answer.
These are difficult questions to de-
| eide for another" he said at last. ju-
| dieially looking out at the window.
My opinion would be that il would
be wiser to marry the gentleman
| who is gentleman. take ii for grant.
| ed-than To go out into the struggle
with the world. Personally. | don't
| like to see women in business. if-if
it can be avoided-and in this instance
il seems that il can" he added, with a
swift look at her face
At his first calm words she had
shrunk as if from a blow and now She
| arose and turned toward the door, her
| eyes lowered.
"fhanks-you are very kind" she
| murmured. He saw her put out her
! hand and feel for the knob. as though
something blinded her. but he was
there before her, looking at the down
dropped face.
Il omitted to ask one question"
he said. ''Do-do you love this man?"
Does it matter? No." she replied,
as she went out.
But he had seen her eyes
He sat down at the table and
looked at the p.ge he had been read
ing last-looIleS at it until the after
noon had waned and night had set
in. 1t is a singular fact that while
the eyes of the body can go patiently
reading lines and paragraphs and
! pages of learned treatiSes, the eyes
of the mind can be looking steadily
at a gray-eyed girl with her fingers
! twined together in her lap. True.
here is this investigation carried on
successfully to this interesting point:
but-why was it that she went away
so soon2-and her eyea-now why
s.l.4 IL
And she would go away and marry
the rich mamie had advised it
/ Well. why shosld it concern him?
! The doctor suddenly arose, leaving
his books scattered on the table. and
went out into the street for air
his Office was insufferable. Where
he was going he did not know He
was not conscious of any resolution
until he found himself in the door of
Miss Willoughby's little sitting-room,
and girl with a very pale face rose
up from the chair before the fire
Her eyes We're Wide with fear what
was he going t. say? What had he
discovered
81 was forced % COME he said
humbly. 81 know YOU will be angry
perhaps YOU vii be amused at the
fact that Ia poor student, physi-
clan who has his thoughts on YOU.
when you have an opportunity to
make wealthy and distinguished
marriage. ! knew at the first that
there was no hope-yet / felt that |
must come. 1t only remains for YOU
to tell me so, yourself, and then |
will 90 back to my work and have
done with the dream
No, it was a mistake about her
having been pale: for when she
leaned on the mantel with her face
turned to the fire she was as rosy as
the morn.
You are too considerable to tell
me outright he said; but | see
what must be. Of course it is IN
sane-the idea that you could take
poverty, and the struggle for life
with me, when wealth and ease are
offered you. 1t would not be posi-
bic, unless YOU loved me so devotedly
that your love would set all other
considerations aside"
lie paused and gaZed at her miser-
ably; and without turning she half
whispered faint suggestion.
II might learn" she said.
He turned white and leaned against
the table for support.
"Learn-learn to love we?' he
asked, in a da.e. at is impossible"
ut will be dif'icult-but | am will
ing to try" said the arch-hypocrite
with the gray eyes.
When he went back to the office,
several hours later, with the step of
one who walks on arr. he found a
number of books scattered in most
unseemly disorder on his table.
Really, John is growing insupport-
able he said to himself. "Ali these
books lying around-but | remember
now, | was studying about-oh yes
dphtheria. Well, there's plenty of