The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

T in a theater had come TO he a form OF
occasional dissipation that afforded him
/ infinitely more enjoyment He had grown
into his new life almost without effort.
Il was only al the rare times when he
mentally stood aside and inspected him
/ self that there seemed 10 be anything in
! congruoUs in l.
Nobody IN the clearinghouse paid much
attention 70 him. or TO the girl who wrote
I letters IN the lawyers Office They were
allowed 10 drift into an Unobtrusive com
( radeship almost without notice. Her own
/ little story he had gathered scrap by
scrap. As for his. 10 confess that he was
/ J ThOrncrOft Hopkins would have seemed
I Ike an intrusion. Sometimes his con-
science pricked him and he wondered II
| he had gained q confidence under q false
I pretense- But IL was partly her fault X
Z he had. because she had a way Of max
l ing him believe that Jimmy Hopkins was
a real person in his own right and not a
naturalization OF the spirit Of ]. Thorn
croft Hopkins.
! When Hopkins received another and IN
I expected advance IN the hardware busi-
I ness the effect Of it was paradOxicaL
I The manager discovered that the young
man IN the stock department, when called
/ upon IN emergencies. had a knack Of get
{ ting along amazingly with customers 50
/ ne made him a city salesman. and that
meant twenty-five a week. Now. twenty
/ five. considered purely from the financial
viewpoint meant that the necessity OF
( Hopkins return 10 his millions was more
remote than ever. But. strangely enough.
the same twenty-five made Hopkins con-
I sider such step very gravely, because
{ 10 him IL meant
Well II mean that he and the girl sat
very late on the front stoop that evening.
But you love me. don't you?" said
( Hopkins. stubbOrnly staring down at the
! pavement below.
Yes. Jimmy" she answered gently,
/ slipping her hand into his. And that's
why"
we could I've on it. couldn't we? Be
sides. I've saved some, you know
I know. dear. We could live on It.
( But
You mean your mother" said Hopkins,
nodding
~Ye could spare enough for that, too. "
/ he persisted.
But that wouldn't be fair TO you" she
/ said, shaking her head earnestly. 1T
would take almost all, you know"
! The hypocritical vision of J. Thorncroft
I Hopkins fitted before his eyes, but he
would not yield to the taunt
But I'm getting along pretty we'll" he
said Some day I'll get more; I'm sure
I Of that The manager said something
] about commissions If I did WELL
/ The girl looked dreamily az the mOnOtO-
nous row OF brick houses across the way.
We must wait for them" she said. al
most inaudibly.
We win. dear" ne answered. shutting
/ his jaw resoiUtely.
/ It was from that day that Hopkins be-
/ gan 20 figure on the time when he would
3 return 10 his riches. For they were not
/ all his now; part Of them belonged to the
I little girl with the brown eyes. When
! she was his wife he intended to pour
them into her lap in a golden shower.
But he had won her as plain Jimmy Hop
kins, and as Jimmy Hopkins he wanted
to marry her. He was earning his way
/ in business and he wanted 10 earn his
wife. Then. and not until then. would he
/ put the glitter OF the big world before
I her. It seemed hard perhaps. 10 watch
I her struggling on in The crowd, when he
might lift her out OF il in a moment.
! but he wanted TO see II through as IL
J had begun, for this was to him the only
real thing in his life
But he resOlvOed that il would not be
long, for now he slaved and planned. The
girl planned, too. but her plans were not
his. He did not tell her this, for his plans
were TO come as the glorious surprise. rs
the great reward for all the toll and
courage and sacrifice. She talked of the
little home until 10 her it became almost
visible thing Il would be gay. cheer
ful, comfortable little place. Perhaps her
mother could come, too. Hopkins would