New-York tribune., 1909-02-14

mean
I mean t. be your vie" was the direct
Ny WIFE"
Yes. That Is. !: you-stiIi me
Gprmly stared AZ her N a-nazrrnent-
You do. don't YOU burst out The sir. sud
denly. oh. what have done
i don't know what YOU have done SAID
GornIv. trembling IN his turn. Il hardly
know what You mean
Il mean lust what I said and you-you
said YOU loved me. Don YOU,
Do | understand aright- SAID the man.
shutting his teeth together. After all that :
in the paper this morning. DO You mean % say
that YOU VIII marry me,
I do mean Just that was the answer
But. said the man. ' YOU sa.d YOU did not
love me. and
Must I do al the wooias." cred the girl
paSSionately.
You offered Yourself {, ,s.r oucr before. ."
went on Goruly reenrirssly.
And YOU refused me. VIII You do 50
again
Why do YOU come u me now:
Can't YOU think OF the reason
Il don't want - think. I want u hear
love YOU. then, SAID the glri reSolutely.
d" You are the -b-3ve-t. upD,eSt. most splendid
man on earth. II You VIII take me ! shall be
the happieSt. proudeSt. tLanEtul!est woman
that the sun shines on.
Take you,'' repeated Go-mly- But
can't understand
She walked slowly toward h--u- She LAID
her hand on his shoulder. She lifted her
face T. his. His arm went round her waist
What she had begun he finished. He swept
her 20 him She gave herself up yIeldlngiy 70
his embrace. When his hpS sought hers. there
was no avoidance. Her arm slipped round
his neck and tightened there And then at
last he understood. After awhile she drew
away from HIM.
You don't asl, me what I have done: she
I neither know or care since YOU are here
and YOU are nine.
Perhaps I should not have been here she
returned. II we had not been already engaged
ami the engagement already announced.
am very stupid tins morning Sald
GOrInIy in some bewilderrnert
You certainly are. was the answer. " For
& man who aSpIreS L. be Mayor ot New orS.
YOU are quite the Stup,deSt and dearest person
imaginable.
4 have Wit enough at least % know where
can get correct information upon all points
And where IS that
Here said Cforrulv. pressing with his own
the iovelieSt lips in the world, which smiled at
him and were not refused his touch. What
have YOU done, and how has our engagement.
which. So far as | know. was not entered into
until a moment since been announced
Would you make me q Storyteller: asked
the girl laughing.
a storyteller''
oh foolish man and blind. she said who
knows So much OF man and So little Of woman,
You did not realize that there Was side % the
sex that was not comprehended IN fashions and
furbelows. did YOU.
He shook his head. his bewildernent grow
ing.
from his grasp and handing him the neglected
copy of E" The Recorder
SHE turned to the editorial page and pointed
- t. postscript TO the leader OF the morning.
which was a discussion highly eulogIStlc OF
CIor1ulv'S action and character. The postscript
was in the form Of a belated communication
that had been received at the Office of ' The
Recorder at the last moment. and had been
forced into the paper because It furnished the
final and completing touch TO the other revela-
-ionS 1t contained. 1t had been printed IN
heavy black capitals, double spaced. Coming
closer TO her 50 that he held her with one arm,
,Torrnly took the paper and read:
The engagement Of Mr.. George Gorruly to
Miss Eleanor Haldane Is authoritatively an
lounced. The future Mayor of New York Is
10 be congratulated upon ha wing won for his
promised wife the Young woman who. not only
rom her beauty Of mind and person but be
-ause of her lively and practical interest IN the
poor. the oppressed and suffering. Is easily
IL.