The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-08-16
THE
GRAFTERS
By
FRAN CTS Lynn DE
y CcOpyr.sAi. lOOs, By The DOOO,Msrrln o. Y
CHAPTER IY.-CoNrrNuEp.

She closed her eyes, recalling the
words and the occasion of them.
you are wasting time and sentiment
on this young upstart OF a country
lawyer. Elinor. So long as you were
content to make It a summer days
amusement, had nothing to say; you
are old enough and sensible enough to
choose your own recreations. But in
Justice TO yourself, no less than to him.
you must let Il end with our going
home You haven't money for two"
Her ewes grew hot under the closed
lids when she remembered. At the
time the hard saying was evoked there
was money enough for Two, II David
Kent would have shared 1t. But he had
held his peace and gone away. and now
there was not enough for two.
ElinoT faced her major weakness IN
5inchingly. She was not a slave to
the luxuries-the luxuries of the very
rich On the contrary, she had tried
% make herself believe that hardness
was a part Of her creed. But latterly,
she had been made to see that there
was a formidable array of things
which she had been calling comforts;
little luxdrios which Brookes Ormsby's
wife might reckon among the simplest
necessities of the daily life. but which
David Kent's wife might have to fore
60; nay. things which Elinor Brent
wood might presently have to forego
For she compelled herself to front the
fact of the diminished patrimony
.raIrs Lon ID.
Western Pacific dividends were forth
coming. they could live comfortably
and without pinching But fail these
mo, I'm not great enough" she
confessed. with a little SILVER. 81
should be utterly miserable. II Il
could afiord TO indulge in ideals II
would be different but | can't-not
when one word OF mine will build
barrier so high that all the soul-kill-
Ing little skimpings can never climb
over it. And besides. owe something
10 mother and Nell"
II was the final straw. When any
weakness of the human heart can find
q seeming virtue to go hand in hand
with IL. the battle is as good as lost;
and at that moment Brookes Ormsby,
placidly refilling his pipe in the smok-
ing room OF the Pullman, was by no
means in the hopeless case he was
sometimes tempted to fancy himself.
AS may be surmised, diligent suit
or, old enough TO plan tboughtfully,
and yet young enough to simulate the
youthful ardor OF q lover whose hair
has not begun to thin at the temples,
would lose no ground in a three days
journey and the opportunities It af-
forded.
In Penelope's phrase. Elinor "suf-
fered him." enjoying her freedom
from care like a sleepy kitten: shut
ting the door on the past and keep
ing it shut until the night when their
through sleeper was coupled TO the
Western Pacific Flyer at A. & T. juno
ton. But late that evening. when she
was rummaging in her handbag for a
handkerchief, she came upon David
Kent's letter and read II again.
'Loring TELLS me you are coming
west" he wrote. Il assume there Is
at least one chance in three that you
will pass through CASTOR. II you do,
and IL the hour II not altogether i'm
possible, I should like to meet your
train One thing among the many the
past two years have denied me-the
only thing | have cared much about,
I thinks the sight Of your face |
shall be very happy If you will let me
look at you-just for the minute or
two the train may stop"
There was more OF It; a good bit
more; but Il was all guarded common
place. opening no window in the heart
of the man David Kent. Yet even in
che commonplace she found some faint
lnterlinings of the change I'm him; not
q mere metamorphosis of the outward
man. as a new environment might
make. but a radical change. deep and
biting, like the action Of a strong acid
upon a fine grained metal.
She returned the letter TO its en-
Velope and after looking up CASTOR on
the timetable fell into heart stirring
reverie, with unseeing eyes fixed on
the restfHl blackness OF the night
rushing rearward past the car windows.
He has forgotten" she said. with a
little lip-curl OF disappointment. HE
thinks he ought to remember, and he
y trying trying because 0rantham