Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-15


No right to treat my love for you IS
IT,
"As II It were a mere within? Isn't
It? Now. don't say NO but look me
IN the eyes and answer one question.
II Scott Gibbs hadn't proposed to me
" that paragraph had not appeared in
the paper would you have come here
today and told me yon loved me? No.
you hIw you wouldn't"
Don't talk like that. dear" implorcd
Bennett. II tell you love you. More
than ever dreamed woman could be
loved. love you! ~
There's an easy way TO prove It.
then"
"What way? Anything
by doing something to make me
feel proud Of you. I don't feel so now.
I could not marry II man who letters
his life nway-a man who sits idle
while others are thronS!ng past him In
the upward climb. You are rich.
thanks TO your fathers efforts. What
have you done with that wealth! lf
you've done no harm with 1t you've at
least put II to no good use. You are
young. talented. highly educated.
What have YOU done with your youth.
your talents. your education? How
have you used them for your own bet
torment or for your fellow men'si
What have you TO offer me? Money
Social position? I have plenty Of both.
What else can you offer me? Nothing
absolutely nothing"
My love. for one thing. ] can OFFER
you that"
''In what is your love better than
any other mans? Behind 1t IN uot
record Of hard work. OF self sacrifice.
OF achievcment-of any of the things
that 20 toward making love strong and
enduring and beuutiful-tO make II q
support that woman can lean on for
life? What have yoa to offer me or
any other womanT
There was silence. Yet when Ben.
nett spoke there was a new note in
his voice--a ring Of awakening strength
that Impressed Dallas In spite Of her.
self-thut sent wholly strange thrill
through her and set her heart to beat.
Ing with unwonted quickness.
You are right" said he. II have
done nothing. I've been content to BE-
rich mans son. and I've nothing Il
offer that Is worthy your acceptance
but that does not mean l never shall
have. And by the grace Of God
shall! You've put things In new light
\ \ lJn a
wholly pleasant experience. but It's
good for me. There's nothing yet that
I'm fitted to do. but I'll find something
never fear. And when ! do
Don't say there's nothing you're al
for" protested Dallas. There's moth
Ing you couldn't accomplish II once
you set yourself to It. Why. just think
Of those speeches you made for Mr.
Iorimer last campaign. They were
fine. | was So
"Oh, those amounted to nothing.
| Just did 1t to obIigc him. And. be
That's just 1t. You did It for fun
rnd for frcnd. Why not do some
thing In earnest and for yourself? The
world IL fairly bristling with oppor
tunitics for such Il man us you. Grasl
those opportunities. Won't you?"
"Yes. And when I dds there my
hope that you WIFI"
~ have given Mr.. Gibbs no promise
I told him to watt"
Then my chance Is rs good as his
From now on am going to drop thu
role Of rich mans son and be some
thing on my own account. II you have
faith In me-if you believe In mel
there is ghost of a chance that you
can some day love me-
II have faith In you, Alwyn," sht
answered softly, letting her hand III
passive In his grasp. Then. withdraw
ing 1t with pretty gesture Of petu
lance. she added:
"Only wish 1t didn't always re
quire blow to rouse you to action
Did you ever happen to notice that
trait In yourselff"
"Why, no. don't quite understand
"Then here's an instance that will
show you what l mean: In your senior
year ut Yale when You were playing
halfback on the varsity eleven ! saw
my first football game. 1t was against
Princeton. You were the only man OF
either team I knew, so I watched yor
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