The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-22
LOST PARADISE.
NJ nAahY PAIN.

narsins IN his lap the pipe that hs
had felinqulshsd, Opposite " him ssl
ale sIfe. = shFunken soman With liEhI
llps Nat hair. and an anxious eye A
she watched him and pursued the lFall
~ her thoughts che h0s ana thsa
shook hsF head a. u 9Th disapproyai
she ~as naturally saTaioas. bat sss
restraining herself As = slF. shs
bad been rather pretty than not. bohs
could have guessed u hos,
suddenly the man SAT 40 and
opensd bis eyes. be tapped The 6oNl
~ biz pipe against hls booi and DO,
San IA Fenii H.
You've had = nice sleep" aid TIE
woman.
The MAJ SEEMED Ia no haFfy 10 an,
sssE lie was staring hlandiy a. the
nAi. sliding oouniIg a. che iosai tFain
punsd aud Naddlsi on lie sios Nay 10
the ssa. Il NAs not uhiii his pipe vas
u, that be turned 10 hsF aud told her
that be had not bsen asleep al ali.
Not boen Asirspg' che aid. In =
high pitched. aEEFisysd voice. We'll.
~ ia known that. Why. I've been par.
iiealafiy careful not 10 ~ake you sii
this time"
Thank you." aid the man. without
enthusiasm, "ioos here" he ooniin.
ued. msdiiatiyely. when I ~as nrst
-sr-tAksh ~. and you had 10 set mo
signed up and pat away"
Nov. George. please don't remind
me- aid the little woman. Nth soms
appearance u distress.
''if don't mind beInE reminded you
nssdn't.- aid the man. s,oiidiy. What
! want 10 knox IL When I ~as taken
III vas I In any nay yiolents Did I
~ani 10 do murder TO anybodyf''
No: fortunately ~s were spared
that. You didn't even Try 10 break up
the furniture 20 far a. your doing
any harm vas concerned. I might have
Kept you AZ home all the time. only the
doctor said II wouldn't do No: you
Just al there smiling You were .
millionaire. - you said. Ready yoa
we're Ia write checks for any sum
might mention. And the things you
were Eoing Ia buy-wcil. there vas no
limit 90 them. You owned three gold
mines and don't know Shat else. II
vas perfectly horrible to listen to
you"
Was IL" said the man slowly.
We'll It's all over nov I'm sitting IN
third smoker. going To the seaside
on n fver borrowed from my brother
who didn't want 10 lend H. when
that's done I 20 back TO work at two
quid n week"
Yes. ysi know what your position
IA well enough now You're a. sane
A. anybody. but think how awful IL
was for me then" Ono. launched
upon the subject Of which she had not
wished To be reminded she seemed
rather 10 like TO dwell upon IL: posi-
bly, she would have welcomed any
topic that gave her natural garruli;y
chance. And that wasn't all had
TO put up with" she continued. Why
at one time you didn't know me-you
called me Dora"
Did -" the man asked with Gag.
erness
You did indeed-and that not once |
nor 20 times. and all your talk was
like bits OF a poetry book. My sister
was there at the time: I'm sure doni |
know how ! should have got on with
out her. She couldn't help hearing |
what you were saying. and she asked |
me II you knew anybody Of that name. |
or course | could tell her We did not |
and that 1t was just your light-head-
edness Never before nor since have
known you to be 20 complimentary |
az you were then. You said things |
about my eyes and hair that were quite |
beyond the mark. and Carrie said II |
made her shudder To listen to them. |
Are you going TO sleep again.
George?"
The man had fallen back into his
former position. No" he said YEARLY |
Wouldn't be worth while. We shall
be there in FIVE minutes. What do you
want to keep on about things for?"
WHAT" said the woman angrily. Il
do like that. Me keep on indeed! I'd
like TO know which Of us 1t was that
started on the subject. Perhaps you'll
tell me that"
The man remained with his eyes
closed, silent, his face impassive.
mo; you won't tell me because you
iaren't. You know perfectly well 1t
was you who begun on 1t and against
my wishes. know | told you that
hated to talk about 1t. Notwithstand-
Ing which | began to answer your
questions In a civil way and get moth
ing but abuse for my trouble. The fact
IS that you're not grateful to anybody
Tor anything. You're not grateful to
your brother for this money he's lent
rs. No: If you were to meet the very
doctors that cured you you wouldn't
say as much as a thank you"
For the first time the man smiled.
:All right" he said, Il dare say | was
4 bit unreasonable. It's true, too, II !
met those doctors shouldn't thank
them"
The train slowed into the station.
The man rose and lifted their shabby
,,rgoga down from the rack mo he