The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-01-07
REAS0s
sy FAY KELLER.



mot since I've been married, Dick
Husbands are always 80 selfish"
Enid laughed. Il think you're q
blame, Dickl You never will tea
yourself away from your work. ] eS
pect Harry had to resort to force u
persuade you to dine with me and talk
me to the theater too nisht"
Enid. what a Hbell as n the pros
pect Of an evening with so charming
companion was not in itself a."
Don't be absurd, Dick" Enid intef
rupted I'VE have Just ten minuts
before we start, and want to talk 4
you seriously"
Dick groaned. Don't be serious
please! l want to be amused"
you can be amused later. The pia1
10 amusing enough"
Very well, you look determined, 81
fire away. What is this very sericu
subject?"
Enid stirred her coffee for a momeI
without making any remark, then a
ing her solemn gray eyes on Dick, 81
began:
Il want you to be married"
Il knew It. That's typical OF a you
married woman. She insists on sac
ficing all her friends because she md
have been successful in the marrla
market herself am quite content
a bachelor and don't want a wife"
you never used to talk Ike thi
Dick. When you were hard up 20
always meant to marry, and now tha
you have enough to live on why wont
you have a wlfe?"
"Perhaps-because- fact that
certain fair-hpred little cousin o
mine has bee1me Lady Gaythorne ca
plains my reason for remaining sin
gle"
"Oh, nonsense, Dick, it's no use pre-
tending you we're J,er in love witt
me, and since my marriage have beel
pining Of broken heart"
Perhaps no girl will have me-"
Rubbish! I know lots. You're a.
eligible bachelor, and only 30"
TOO old
Don't be stupid, Dick; you used 4
hirt once. You never. do anything
sensible now"
Dick laughed, then smoked in 81
lence. ~, ..-
Dick, what has happened to the
girl you met abroad? 1 forget heI
name; you never spoke of her much
but had an idea you liked hsr
Dick got up suddenly
Enid was silent for a moment, then
said quietly:
Dick, 30 tell me. We used to con.
hde in each other when we were chill
dren. You've been so different lately
I'm sure there is some tragedy in your
life"
Dick turned abruptly and came back
to his seat. All the brightness had
gone out Of his face and a troubled
look had clouded his blue eyes.
Enid" he said, 81 will tell you q
story
Once there was a young man--ha
was only rs, and a briefless barrister
but he had gay time In spite of be-
Ing hard up, and he hirted with lots
Of girls, but had never found one he
could marry. This was fortunate, for
be was not an eligible But II didn't
matter; NO one took him seriously.
His girls all danced with him, and
sensibly married men who could buy
them pretty frocks.
But one summer day, when he was
amusing himself in a little remote
French village, he met a girl, and he
knew at last that this girl was the one
he had been looking for, and had
hoped one day to meet.
she was-ah we'll She was all
hat girl always Is TO the man who
owes her,
"He didn't fiirt with her. She was
not that sort Of girl-he made a friend
If her, and he came back to work and
wait and hope. At times he wrote to
her, such guarded letters which never
gave her a hint of what she was to
him. He seldom saw her for she
lived abroad with her mother-it was
cheaper, and they were not rich.
But he was only coldly friendly ON
he rare occasions when they met. He
vas not in a position to make her his
wife, and his standard OF honor kept
him silent.
But he built up his future round
Ter He weaved a dream in which sh4
vas his guiding star All his life, all
IFS ambition, was conferred In her.
1.-TWO years passed by. at last luck
anne, and work And he wrote her
,rief letters telling her Of his success,
,ut he never once let her have
glimpse into his heart He was going
o see her In the vacation, and he
meant to tell her then. And she was
curing with her mother in Italy, and
him bnehy-Yery briefly, he
hought. but he was too blind to sus-
lect why, and he continued working