The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-23


Dallas. you are unfair. You have
no right 20 treat my love for YOU rs
IT,
"As II t 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 tnp--
II that paragraph had not appeared ~
the paper-would you have come here
today and told me you loved me? No.
you know you wouldn'tv'
Don't talk like that. dear.' implored
Bennett. II tell you love you. More
than ever dreamed woman could I've
loved. I love you! r.
There's an easy way to prove It,
them
what way? Anything
by doing something to make me
feel proud Of you. I don't feel so now.
] could not marry man who letters
his life away--a man who sits idle
while others are thronging past him in
the upward climb. You are rich.
thanks to your fathers efforts What
have you done with that wealth? IF
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
terment or for your fellow mems?
What have you to offer me? Money?
Social position? have plenty of both.
What else can you offer me? Nothing
absolutely nothing"
MY love, for one thing. I can offer
you that"
"In what is your love better than
any other mans? Behind 1t is not
record Of hard work. of self sacrifice.
Of achievement-of any of the things
that 20 toward making love strong and
enduring and beautiful-to make II a
support that woman can lean on for
any other woman"
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-that 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
| a rich mans son. and I've nothing to
offer. that is worthy your acceptance,
but that does not mean I never shall
have And by the grace of God
shall! You've put things in new light.
l see them as l never did. 1t isn't
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 l do
Don't say there's nothing you're fit
for" protested Dallas. There's moth
ing you couldn't accomplish IL once
you set yourself to 1t. Why. just think
Of those speeches you made for Mr.
Lorimer last campaign. They we're
fine. was So"
"Oh, those amounted to nothing. |
just did 1t to oblige him. And. be-
sides, it was fun to sway the crowds"
That's just 1t. You did 1t for fun
and for friend. Why not do some
thing In earnest and for yourself? The
world is fairly bristling with Oppor-
tunities for such man as you. Grasp
those opportunities. Won't you?"
yes! And when l do-is there any
hope that you wiii?"
II have given Mr.. Gibbs no promise
told him to wait"
"Then my chance Is as good as his
From now on am going to drop the
| role of rich mans son and be some
| thing on my own account. II you have
faith In me-if you believe In me--lf
there Is a ghost of chance that You
can some day love me-
II have faith in you, Alwyn," she
answered softly, letting her hand lie
passive in his grasp. Then, withdraw
ing 1t with a pretty gesture of petu-
lance. she added:
"Only l wish 1t didn't always re-
Qure blow to rouse you to action
Did you ever happen to notice that
trait In yourself?"
why, no. | don't quite understand"
Then here's an instance that Will
show you what mean: In your senior
year at Yale when you were playing
halfback on the varsity eleven ! saw
my first football game. 1t was against
| Princeton. You were the only man on
either team I knew, so ! watched you
from first to
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