Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-11

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| grave 1t was hard after such a
long separation to part again so quickly
and for moment she who had borne so
much so bravely shared his discourage
| ment.
This everlastin huntin' a job gets on
| my nerves." she said. defect eddy. Il m
tired of it. tired of missin' you. Dan; tired
of seem you only once in dogs age
so am l. sick to death of missin you
| an longin' for you. an | won't have you
| GO. Marry me now. Patsy. Well get
| along somehow.
He went to her and put his arm around
| her
Say yes he entreated.
Patsy leaned her head YEARLY on his
| breast and remained silent. Sorely tempted
| to acauiesce and end it all
Say. yes he urged. stroking her hair
back from her forehead earessinsly-
| Whats the of waitin
| AN put a crimp In your prospects?
she exclaimed. suddenly, looking up at
| him. mo. Dan. I amt such weak
| minded slob as that. L was fooliSh TO let
all
1T breaks me all up. he said. with
| sob in his voice. Il know We could
make it a go"
She shook her head.
Not by beginnin' wrong on the money
proposition. boy. Jus, how do we stand -?
Mons been h!ntin'-but lets get down to
cases.
With a businesslike air she seated her
| self at the table, and he took chair OPP
posite to her.
1T started at Sheepsbead." he began.
Il thought 1 had a string Of good
ones
An they turned out skates
Yes. 1 didn't pull off purse that
was more than chicken feed. / had to
take in a partner. and it doesn't look like
I'll earn more than my keep for the next
| six months"
your game?"
Hes lent me money, an I've given him
half interest in the stables an mort
gage the rest as security for the loan
out myself. But we've SOM promisn
youngsters that ought to bring good
price. Then I'll pay him up or sell out
to him. Anyhow. I'm goin' to quit this
game Me for a stock farm.
Patsy stroked her chin obviously.
"A stock farm! Where'd pop an the
lsfolks get OFF,
They'd come right along with us. of
course
For some minutes neither spoke. Both
, were absorbed In their reflections. Patsy
had unbounded faith in Dams judgment.
Whenever he had decided upon an enter
prise she had always given him the sup
port of her announcement and had in
Il
how this stock farm idea did not quite ap-
peal to her. with the visions of rural Sc
clusion it evoked. She was fond of the
country. to be sure. but not of too much
of it. In the five years of her very active
life in the theatrical profession she had
become accustomed to the changes of
scene incidental to going Ion the road. :"
and insensibly enjoyment of the hustle
and excitement of city life had grown
upon her. She was able to hold her own
in it and felt the need of it. For the
stage itself she cared little. She re-
garded 1t merely the stepping stone to
that higher domestic existence 10 which
she looked forward with such hope and
longing. But she had never associated
this existence with a retreat very far
from the paths beaten by the 'madding
crowd" Life on farm out of the
world had never entered into her calcu-
lations
Then we'd settle down like a couple of
Reubens-us an the cows she COM
mented at length. without enthusiasm.
Not cows-horses." he explained.
mo more playin' dates at Sheepsh aad
or New Orleans?"
NO travel at all; just stayin' home"
"Just stayin' home! Oh, Dan, do you