The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

It was unlike her to be thus SLOW
Why did not the reproaches, the tears,
the exclamations of despair begin?
At length she finished, and rang for
a servant When he came, she said:
Take cab-no, the elevated railroad,
for it's Quicker-and deliver these
notes at once, please
The servant hurried away, and she
stood at the mantel, looking down at
him He glanced at her, when he be-
came conscious of the intent gaze,
and was amazed to see that she was
smiling, not in madness or in folly,
but with eyes that made her seem to
him almost divine.
NO" she said, softly we're not
ruined. You were mistaken"
He started up. Those notes? What
had she done? In her ignorance of
business, had she made some appeal
that would put him in false light?
What do you mean?" he demanded.
What have you done?"
"Oh!-the notes." she said, follow.
ing his train of thought. ''No-that
is not what l mean. I haven't sent
out any hysterical appeals for help
The notes were only to correct an
error. I wrote Prawley to turn over
to whoever was in charge, the securi
ties you put aside for me; and the
other note was to the firm-very for
NAL and business-like-giving direc
tions to include my securities in the
assets"
He looked at her, stupified. Are
you mad?" he asked. 1T is not nee
essary; the law does not call for any
such sacrifice" Then he seated him
self at the telephone. But 1 can save
you," he said.
She laid her hand on his arm
DON'T" she said gently. The look IL
her eyes reminded him of the frs
time she had said to him, Il love you
and how he had thought that such
sincerity and constancy had never
before been expressed by human voice
and human features. There is {
| law" she went on, in lively tone
which only accentuated the serious
ness of her words; "it isn't any O
those silly old rigmaroles you mel
put in big, yellow-backed books. til
the law we try to live by-you and
That law ordered me to do it, unde1
the heaviest penalty known. Remem
ber, we have failed"
T have failed" he corrected
"and-"
I'VE have failed she. insisted, "anC
(She put her arms about his neck.
I'm glad of it," She burst into tears
but they were not tears of sorrow.
He put ner gently into chair. "Yol
are hysterical," he said, "and no won
der. l must not let you act on thest
| impulses"
She dried her eyes. Don't misun
derstand, please. l am not a child
You used to say l was a remarkabl!
| intelligent woman. You used not yer.
long ago, to pretend to ask my advice
about things. Now I'll tell you VIII.
I'm glad. Haven't I been wretched
Haven't you seen how empty my lif,
was-full of everything / cared moth
ing about, empty of all longed for
all l dreamed of-all We dreamed o
once?"
"Yes-yes," he said.
Don't you understand, dear? Wha
has this-monsteT downtown been bu
my worst enemy? Hasn't it taken yo
away from me? Hasn't it made yo
force upon me a mode of life that re
volted all my better instincts, tha
would have changed me finally into
cold, heartless, wretched creature, GU
off from all the real JOY there is i
life? And I'm glad-glad-gla tn
monster is dead, is floating out of ou
lives like the great polluting, hideou
thing that it is"
"Yes-yes," he repeated, looking a
her eagerly.
mo, we're not ruined; we're saved.
"Saved?" He put his hands on he
shoulders and looked into her eyes
The light he saw there soon bega
to dawn in his. Are you sure?" h
said. do you feel it deep down
as deep as the place it seems to b
coming from in your eyes?"
Saved" she repeated. "Garla
and Company, downtown, has failet
But there's new Garlan and Con
pany, uptown. And I'm the Con
pany.'"
He kissed her again and AGAR
NO." he said. but you are the senio
paftner."