Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-05-04
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
BY GRANVILLE OSBORNE


you, and"
IF you like me, Cora, that's enough
for mel" he exclaimed, his face light
ing up as he seized her hand.
mo, it is not enough. To be quite
frank-not to say rude" she said, al
lowing him TO keep her hand, II adj
mire you; but, you are lawyer-a
member of learned profession, and
am sick Of members of learned pro-
fessions, particularly lawyers. Now,
don't interrupt Despite that offense,
II like you. You are also too cor
rect Still, like you. If you had, in
stead, the virtues Of roughness, gruff-
ness, or anything else not so hopeless
ly drawingroomy, as your habtual
manners, and had you done something
well, l might grant you leave TO
appeal, as papa would say"
II rather fancied in my vanity that
had done a little something" re-
turned Jerrith very quietly.
"Oh, don't start to tell mel" she in
terrupted. Papa has spread your vir-
tues and accomplishments all over the
dining table time and again. You're
the youngest counsel at the bar, and
your Principles of the Common Law
is great work. But all this is only
an aggravation of your offense. If you
had been one of the bars failures and
drifted into penny journalism, or be-
come cowboy, or anything like that,
and got little of your beautiful pol
ish off, II might have loved you.
IF you were what you are not; If
you had any other side to your char
acter, disposition or temperament, l
should like you much better. But
have lived my life with lawyer, and
| was Graded beside an embryonic
lawyer Papa is dear, Robert is the
best Of brothers, you are the incest of
drawingroom men; but i am not
going to marry you just at present. |
could not bear the stultifying monot
ony-'
"Oh, GOMEZ"
Let me finish! The stultifying mo-
notony of knowing how you would
take every incident of our married
life; the cold, judicial and common
sense way you would treat everything.
You may laugh; you're man, but any
woman would understand mel"
I'm sorry I'm too stupid to COM
prehend." he said, softly. Yet / be-
lieve | do comprehend in one particu.
lar and | would suggest that no man
in the world is carved in solid mahog-
any, as you seem to think; there is al
ways a spot of veneer somewhere
about him and under the veneer are
flaws of potential possibilities for good
or Ill. | love my profession, and be-
cause love it l have risen to some
heights in it; l love you ten thousand
times more, and | should rise to great
er heights for you"
Il wish could remove the spot of
veneer in your case" she said, sud-
denly turning to him.
Perhaps you'd find what lay behind
was common DEAL" he said, smiling
into her eyes.
Cor oak" she returned quickly.
But l must go! Please take me back
to Aunt Clara. l will reserve judg-
meat in the case, Mr.. Jerrith; l must
consider your locus standi, and you
may make an application to me in
chambers at some future date"
L submit to your honor" he re-
piled, gravely, that the affdavits |
have filed in my suit, proving that l
love you, clearly establish my locus
standi"
THE court adjourns, Mr.. Jerrith,
and grants itself an injunction re-
slraining you from mentioning love-"
IAN interim injunction, Miss Ken.
drick?" he said, bowling over her
hand.
"By the way Cora, have you seen
or heard anything of Jerrith lately?"
She stopped with the door-knob in
her hand, and looked back across the
room towards where her father sat in
the glow of shaded floor lamp.
I've heard that he's touring, father.
Why?"
"Oh, nothing, only | wondered WHY
we had seen nothing of him. l
thought"
1T is hardly likely he would look
for us in little deserted place like
this, is it," From the first she had
opposed the judges idea of spending
the vacation away from his country
place and in small somniferous sea-
side village. 1T was a cruel thing to
bring nice girl in the bloom of her
youth to die of ennui in a place like
this. Thank goodness We shall soon
be in town again."
ITO tell you the truth, thought we
should have seen a good deal of .Jer.
rith," returned her father mildly. 81
let him know we should be here. and
] thought that would be sufficient in.
vitation."
AS Cora crossed the hall, she saw
the moonlight, and impulsively she
went and opened the front door and