New-York tribune., 1909-08-01
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR Au1ool L. i7o'

on you. Md rather admire YOU In fact l admire
you lot ; 20
Yes in see the lawyers and make the transfer
tomorrow Then Ill go back to Paris. "hat 90
you think you will do ,
Proserpine still staring at HIM the color com
ing and going in her face II don know.
guess | ought to thank YOU, ,--..... ,,;,,-,+r
But | will! And I'm sorry SAID all that
You ought to be glad
Are YOU irving make me angry.
BY no means. l admire you IN rage; out
II Her lips lips 't1itched I've good mind TO say that
I'll marry you, after all
It's too late now.
Yes I've rather changed my views about our
chances of domestic happiness III go back to Paris
and lead my quiet, artistic life, and you can marry
your cOwpunCher and not live IN a lean-to
She rested her elbows the table, dropped her
chin in her hands, and looked at h1n curlouSly'
Tell me- said She what IS your life over there
Its rather routine Spring in Paris dinners and
teas and bridge Then, after the Grand Pr1x at the
end of Tune go to London More bridge and things
July and August l usually spend at some Rtagf,-
beach, you know,-Etretat or Dlnard- In the
autumn go back visit in England or Scotland tor
the shooting; or may to Carlsbad or Vlchy Tor
cure"
= :.4ss sure"
''Oh. no. but it 5 the thing to do and makes one
verv fit Later I'm usually asked to some chateau IN
France for the chaSSe-shOOting, you know Or L
may go to Zermatt TO climb and afterWard 70 the
Riviera Cannes, Monte Carlo. Sometimes L go TO
St Moritz for the winter sports sliding down hill
on a sed-you know. There's Skee1ng and all that
besides Then in April | usually get back to Paris
again But of course all that takes money, and
sometimes the program IS interrupted
THE girl drew in her breath slowly. so that's
your lifel" said she. Good heavens! And you
an Amercanl
money grubbng:" he asked.
No. i DON'T Making money Is AT least night.
It's easy TO that you don't know much about
society small income.
It's all so soft eteminate.
You don't understand it After all you are just
as YOU say Western ranch girl, and your idea of
manliness is contained in a sombrero, chaps hard
face, and a siX-ShOOter.
Its nothing of the sort! It's in masterfulness
and fearlessness and strong personality and being
able to make other men do your VIII!
The bucko mate of a sailing ship has that.
Well he s a man. anyway!
Not always Sometimes he's merely animal
You see YOU don't know the other kind l admit
that your Western American men very splendid
fellows; but that does not mean necessarily that
men who are not Just like them must be soft. / sup
To tell the truth, | do And L suppose that
you return the compliment by considering me a
savage?"
No; but think YOU are narrow and provincial" "
pale with anger. " Let me tell you then that | am
nothing of the sOrt-Or if / am L have at least the
courage of my convictions, which is than YOU
haVel You poor, perfumed tenderfOOt. with YOUR
cures and bridge and house parties! / see now why
1t almost kills you divide this money It's because
you re not man enough to get along without it. But
| want to tell you that | am woman enough, and can
and Wilt You keep your old money! | won't
a I q nd HO1O