Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-30
CHAPTER v-Continued.

yob, Jortmer remained in the attltuoe
In which Smith had left him. He looked
aarkIy at the form of the disappearing man.
He lifted up his voice no more In song.
John I,orimer was a marrying man anu
he had met his affinity. AND ne hhe" ~.
There are some things good TO KNOW ~
10 IN know that one really is In love- Inc
other to know that one Is reaiiy io'eu'
uanniness whether national or interna-
tional. public or private-take note eiectoi .
at the polls-depends on RECIPROCITY. Du'
John Iorimer had doubts ana lears' ooi
because he lived In a conventional ase ~
was fghting the conventional pa''i'
life To bow to convention, to observe 'he
practical rules of existence as iaiu wv
by society, means, at times inc ue
Of sentiment and romance 49,,
Poverty IL the bane of the career oi INC
,raanendent man. The man, who with no
canital but his brain. or the strength VI ms
GOOD right arm sets up in business LOT MN
sa,f has a hard row to hoe. he peeins "
1nal,a n decent living at the end OF hSe 10 w..
ten Years, not before. Granted una. ne
ultimately successful. IN .nt tT and ro-
,,onra he is losing the best years oi -, ~
Youth and love and Maria. ,oaatber
ought ever to go hand in hahu los tic 1--we
orimer had youth. He had rove ms Cor
Lor ninrsaret Robeson and her love iot
hir, He was sure almost sure, OF .H.a' Go.
nrdlv prudence had bade him val. ia
ciety with an appraised warns t .he wherewith-
TO him: You have not yet tne e.hnmt some
~ Mon = cannot marry WlthouI ,.bn,,t
means at least, and Lorimer "a'
means. hnovant as he was
- IS ono of the tragedies OF hle 80.
,,neventful waiting, waiting w'leiiie c,nrortu-
ole as he might, grasplng e'e 80 manu-
nifty that came his way, naS ,,as sin poor ;
featuring the oppoituiiit'' 49,
he barely existed. .Lro,rp I'M his
AZ times he would have throw epmaJI
hands and taken clerkshlp d. tben' he
nIary In two or three years ~ .nd
saiaTy' small but a fair income anu
no outlay for business. Ana theit+ tina
his reason said, No" He knew VIC Of the
meant-he knew that snnah san without
start usually meant. for man I'D He
iaa,'opce a small salary at the emu, his
ranoenized, further. that If ne thle 1v or FIVE
honds he would throw up the lou u rears
years Oh MS MS That lay behind him. he
VI VI, =, rrpptdent There is constancy ~ vi
Mess as there is in friendship. anu home
mer was constant. Anu ~
fully DIorhs uas not NOPE. He was an
od,fra man. These thoughts that were re-. oo No
SANITY passing through his NINA dreamer,
mark upon him he wa o,ed rather as r.
.ti,1,Iant. He was man upon HIS
nas Holm Lorimer, the chemist. t,nes
And vet IIorimer, TOT one VI - won his
IN his life felt that there We d3issatis-
tnce an expression of conslueiap 1T al
faction. This continued, SO ne ~ all
tbouph his visitor did not op se,,aI Smith
d,'ring the time that CONSTITUENCIES uington
tho counterfeit presentmeht VI
ofLoefe was in his presence; l., ..o world
70 there was one individual III W sung
,fora whom he would rather not nov tbis
NAT song about Sweet Peggy ~ US any
,n"n arlington O'Keefe. ii lheie VS. oh
nan i'm the world whose presenI0 ,Kaefe
rnxious to him it was Bliiihstoii , broad
And when this man-thls NC 90 left his
.bo,,Idered middle-aged nai!L odisgnispd
Sion he looked after him with
dissatisfaction. I'D uhether John
yarirner ever swore; most men ai., &c we'll
a~tant profane, and Lorimer Inlay q"
80 the benefit of the DOUBT ,r,,np
As the other man left MS shop aLo ,.ara1
on down the street John Lorlmei oe M
NO word with his lips-he was euii's 0A
spoken outburst- 49,, 10 lifted his
Rnt. rising from his stool, ne nv nv o+ha her
Est into the air and shook IL at ti'r 50 In
mans broad back. His whole SUN i0' "
angry protest .,o, Within himself;
.the big clumsy, wealthy prute. .,.. o,e
And ali this forsooth because OF JUS o IN
thing. And that one thing cohsis'su % ''-a
fact that Ellington o keeIe hau % 60
glance OF two upon Margaret hooesoii' io
sooth. the girl OF Lorimers choice.
Thus did Lorimer. the chemist pecoilie l.,
link i'm the chain of events that was slo"i'
being forged by Constitutional smith