The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-08
A TABLOID
NOVEL
am broke" he sighed.
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he had caused her.
you mean broken" she corrected
softly lie groaned audlbly.
Il don't" he 'contradicted, Il meaRi
] busted" --ari--r =-..-.--g,- T.--s--s, .1.s--s
She buried her face IN her hands
and her frame shook With sobs.
Burst" she faltered.
! Again the brave youth groaned as
only a strong man can when in mortal
agony. o.
II fear we shall never learn to UNI
derstand one another" he said at last
Then It is all over between usg'
she sighed, trying not to let her voice
/ tremble
He flashed one stern glance at her
from his bloodshot eyes, and, taking
! his hat, went out into the darkness
and the storm
The maiden buried her face In the
sofa cushions and soaked them with
her tears. Fortunately, they were fast
/ colors.
Tempus fugited.
At least. that was what happened
to the youth.
! To the maiden time dragged its
weary flight from sun to sun and Ian.
guild nights trailed slowly on the track
of weary days.
She sorrowed In secret and he
pitied himself as publicly as his
/ friends would tolerate. She confessed
to herself that she loved him in spite
of everything He bemoaned to all his
acquaintances the fact that he was
still stuck on the girl and couldn't
! help IT,
Meanwhile. his uncle died unexpect-
/ eddy, Thus do human sorrows multi
/ ply. He wept scalding tears Of dis
appointment and chagrin when he
heard the will read. But the next day
/ he bought an automobile
Il might as well make the pittance
go as far as IL will. he argued in JUS
| LITIGATION.
An automobile certainly can make
a pittance 80 fast. II not far.
But the joy had gone out OF his
life.
Hers, too.
There are some heartaches that
even an automobile will not cure.
/ There are others which the sight OF
an automobile only aggravates. Such
were the kind she suffered.
II may have been accident, It may
have been design, but just so sure as
she would get into her best afternoon
dress and sit down on the veranda
with her sewing that new automobile
would go honking by
II was maddeuing.
One evening after the dishes we're
washed and put away and they were
all seated beneath the woodbins that
sheltered their near-palace. her grand
sire. an old man, was telling Of Rookie
Teller and Morgan and how in ancient
times a little roll OF gresubacks, on
the right side Of the corner. might pile
up a great fortune She did not then
know what Wall street was, but her
cheeks burned. she knew not why. and
she gazed into the faded eyeballa OF
that venerable man even as Spsrtacusl
faced the fierce Numidian lion.
Grandfather" she whispered. IN al
low determined voice, what does Il
mean TO be broker
The old man patted her siIken tFesa-
90 lovingly
May you never know. my child"
he answered, kindly.
Crimson bushes sufiused her deli
cate complexion and she drew herself
up until her statuesque ngure was
stretched 10 its full attitude
And is It equally improper that
should know the meaning Of busted
and raising the dough p" she demand
ed, catching her breath little.
Not improper. but very painful"
answered her grandfather, soOthingiy.
Honk! Honkt went the automobile.
and with a scream of anguish and
despair she turned and fed into the
house.
They sent for her TO visit him In the
hospital, where he lay at deaths door.
His broken Jaw. tightly bandaged.
prevented him from talking. His eyes
were too blackened and swollen TO
speak OF love to eyes that spoke again.
and his right arm was in a plaster
cast
She kneit beside his humble cot su1
clasped her hands, while her eyes
searched beseechingly for the sad
relies of his once noble countenance.
Darling she whispered. 'are YOU
hurt%
The day before ne would have
turned upon her with whitening sar-
cAsm and asked her II he looked IT.
But pain and suffering had softened
his proud spirit lie merely wiggled
the little finger of hh left hand. IL
was the only movement he could make
without agony She understood and
the glad tears welled from her limpid
eyes
Darling, yen must not diet" she
exclaimed.
At another time he might have dis
puted her, but his stubbornness was