The Democratic advocate., 1909-11-19

cares If you want % suner, pur now
about--her? You chase after her, your
eyes like the moon following the sun,
in this fool friendship game which de
ceives no one. What business have
you to punish an innocent girl because
her grandmother wilIed her fortunei
How could she know your confounded
pride would shy at it7 You needn's
try to shut nee up; I'm talking for
once! ! can't see why a man can
coolly take woman's beauty and
youth. every quality Of heart and mind,
all the real things she has to give, and
use them like water or daylight and
then balk at the paltry money she Is
not to blame for having and which is
less to her than--well, infinitely less
than a single kissl What IL she has
dollars? You have sense-or used to
have"
81 still have enough to hate your
cheap puns, Porter. Get out Of herer'
81 won't! Take that from me and
wait till finish. And you've set the
old pussies whispering about her.
Have you heard the news? MOI Well,
her cousin told me tonight that aaae,
Rose Law, has made over every cent
of her money to an orphan asylum
and is leaving early tomorrow morn
ing for New York to take q course in
nursing They all think she's crazy,
and she is. Girls are like that-in
stories and out of them. When they
think love has failed them they want
to be good to a suffering world. She
Is going to have the papers the deed
of gift, made when she gets there.
Now, I'm an orphan. You might have
given the vile stun to me II you would
not let tho child have 1t to play with
herself, while you made her happy in
your own Independent, imbecile way.
I'm sick OF you. It's too late for you
to do anything, 80 I'll use the phone
in the outer Office and GO"
As In a daze, not hearing the words,
King was conscious Of Porter1s phon-
ing, then OF his putting bis bead in at
the door again.
II told you cooked your gooee.
King / began, as left Morton'a, by
telling Miss Law that you were sud
denly called away on business, but
were coming back as soon as possible
TO bid her goodby and asked me 10
beg her to wait for you in the garieM
since she was there when saw hee.
II will be n romantic setting"
King was too furious TO speak. He
thought Il a very bad joke In the worst
possible OF Porter's alwayp question.
able taste. But It dawned on him that
1t was no Joke. and he rose angrily.
Porter continued: MY voice, you
know, Is strangely like yours. I tusa
called her mp by phone and said you
would be there in a moment She
said It was too late, and I told her
you would see her or rouse the house
and that you would tell her what you
had to say n the assembled family
had 20 hear II too. She said she would
be In the garden. It's not much past
10 and not far. HurryF'
He led before King could drive him
out.
Willing 10 slay Porter. hoping, then
fearing, that he joked or lied. he se,
or on the chance OF finding her In tho
garden. But he was certain Of one
thing. two tblngs-his own heart and
the great soft moon. He had no be
lief that she could care But be saw
himself with porter's eyes, which
were. after all. clear and honest.
And he found her in the garden, by
happy chance. however. nH Porter was
ever gifted with q fine imagination.
He came on her suddenly. and she
turned I'm terror real enough tn she
saw who II was She trembled.
TITS warm In tho house. and /
couldn't sleep It's lovely here"
TITS lovely wherever you are and
misery where you are not Oh. Rosel
Oh. Rose! Could you love me Hitler
You VIII not go away. will your
He held his arms out for her. and
she did not deny the call.