La Junta tribune., 1908-05-23
She Nov Mayor
NJ Aasea EkAoadAursrS Npccesa1I P3w ~ n
THE MAN
THE HOZR9 = -

out: oh. : love Il! love Il. You'll
s.n, tin,i another toy that'll make yos
| fnrvets
.I,alias. you are unfai-. You havs
no right to frt.t my love for you ~
if-
"a. II II were a mere whim: Isn't
II? Now. don't gay No hut look me
In the eyes and answer one question.
II Scott Gibbs hadn't proposed to me-
! 81 that paragraph had not appeared In
the paier- would y"u have come here
today aud told me Won loved me: No.
you know YOU wonl,in't..''
Don't talk like that. dear" impiored
Rennctt. II tell you love you More
| than | ever dreamed a woman conld be
loved. love you r.
There's ar easy why to prove II.
! them
What wnyf Anything
by doing something 10 make me
feel proud Of you. | don't feel 80 now
| | could not marry a man who lolters
his life away--a man who sits Idle
while Others are thronginr past him in
the upward climb You are rich.
| thanks 10 your fathers efforts What
| have YOU done with that wealth: If
you've done no harm with II you've at
ieas, put it to no good use. You are
| young. tai.uieL. highly educated,
| What have you done with your youth,
! your talents. your edncatioug How
have you used them for your own bet
tcrnent 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. can offer
you that"
| "in what IS your love better than
any other mans: Behind il Is not
/ u record OF hard work. OF self sacrifice.
! Of achievement OF any of the things
/ that go toward making love strong and
enduring and beautifulto make IL
J support that II woman can lean on for
4 life! What have you TO ofrer me Or
| any other woInany
There was II silence. Yet when Ben-
nett spoke there was Il new note In
his vOice-a ring Of awakening strength
that Impressed Dallas In spite of her
seif-that sent a wholly strange thrill
through her and Ret her heart To beat
| lug with unwonted quickness
.You are right said he. - have
done uothing. I've been content 10 be
. rich mans son. and I've uothing to
offer that II worthy your acceptance.
hut that does mot mean ! never shall
/ have. And by the grace Of God |
shall. You've put things In n new light.
I see them as never did. II isn't n
wholly pleasant experience. but It's
4 goOd for me. There's nothing yet that
! TN fitted to do. but I'll tin.l something
J never fenr And when do
Don't gay there's nothing you're at
| for" protested Dallas. ..Th res moth
ing you couldn't accomplish II once
you set yourself To II. Why. just think
Of those speeches yous made for Mr
| I0rimer lust campaign. They were
fine I WIS sO"~-
"Oh. tiiosc amounted to nothing.
| Just did II 10 ol,lige him. And. he
| sides. 1t was fun 10 sway the crowds" :"
-rhurs Just II. 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-
1 tunitics for such man as you. Grasp
thusc opportunities. Won't you;"
1
"Yex. And when do-is there any
hope that you will?'
| Il have given Mr.. Gibbs no promise.
told him to wait"
| Then my chance is M good as his.
From now on ] nm going to drop the
role Of rich mans son and bc some
thing on my own Stcounf II yoM hsse'
faith IN me-if you believe In ne-if
/ there ls a ghost or chance that you
can some day love me-
u have faith In you, Alwyu.' she
answered softly. letting her hand lie
passive in his grasp. Then. Withdraw
Ing 1t with pretty gesture OF petu-
lance. she added:
Only wish II didn't always re-
uiiIie blow to rouse you TO action.
Did yon ever happen Ia notice that
trait in yourself I"
why. no. don't quite understand"
..Then heres an instance that will
show you what mean: In your senior
year At Yale when you were playing
haIfback on the varsity eleven saw
my first football game. II was axainst
Princeton. You were the only man on
either team knew. so ! watched you
from first to
- last Little N
l4 understood foot
hall. ! could sec