Smyrna times., 1910-01-26

self for doing it. 1t was not his way
to ruin his health Intentionally. lleh
Porter came putting in aud flung him
self into chair. He knew he was not
wanted and did not care lie y, ,,4A
to talk.
king. you precious donkey. I've
cooked your goose"
And mixed your metaphors shame
lessly. Get out and let me aioHe.'
You precious idiot" persisted Por-
ter, don't stick your stubborn head
into the sand and imagine the world
blind. You're selfish past words. You
think only of yourself and don't mind
whom you hurt. OF course nobody
cares if you want to suffer, but how
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 willed her a fortune?
How could she know your cOnfounded
pride would shy at it? You needn't
try to shut me up; I'm talking for
! once! l can't see why a man can
coOlly take a 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 kiss! What if she has
dollars? You have sense-Or used to
have"
II still have enough to hate yOuI
cheap puns, Porter. Get out of here!'
II won't! Take that from me and
wait till l finish. And you've set the
old pussies whispering about her.
Have you heard the news? No? Well
her cousin told me tonight that she,
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 a 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 stuff to me if you would
not let the child have it 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. so III use the phone
in the outer office and 60"
AS in a daze, not hearing the words,
King was conscious of POrter's phon-
ing. then of his putting his head in at
the door again.
II told you l cooked your goose,
King. | began. as / left MortOn's, by
J telling Miss Law that you were sud
; denly called away on business, but
, were coming back as soon as possible
r to bid her goodby and asked me t.
beg her to wait for you in the garden
since she was there when | saw her
: 1t will be romantic setting"
e King was too furious to speak. Ht
: thought 1t very bad joke in the worst
= possible of POrter's always question
a able taste. But it dawned on him thai
/; It was no joke. and he rose angrily
Porter continued: My voice. yOI
Y know. is strangely like yours. l jus
y called her up by phone and said yol
C would be there in q moment. Sht
f said il was too late. and | told he
= you would see her Ur rouse the hOus,
$ and that you would tell her what yOl
d had to say if the assembled famil.
had to hear it too. She said she wOult
g be in the garden. It's not much pas
V 10 and not far Hurry
d He fed ;}cfore King could drive hin
4. out.
', Willing to slay Porter. hoping. the
s fearing. that he jolled or lied he SO
g. eff on the chance of finding her in tn
e garden. Put he was certain Of On
n thing. two things-his own heart an,
n the great soft moon. He had no be
% lief that she could care. But he say
n himself with Porter's ewes. whic
is were. after all. clear and honest.
h And he found her i'm the garden. Il
m happy chance. however. as Porter wa
ever gifted with a fine imaginatio,
r He came on her suddenly. ard sh
\. turned in terror real enough till sh
10 saw who 1t was. She trembled.
Ia "Its warm in the house. and
"a couldn't sleep. It's lovely here"
Il ats lovely wherever you are an
ID misery where you are not. oh, Rose
y Oh. Rose! Could you love me a little
"a You will not go away. will you?"
m He held his arms out for her. an
to she did not deny the call.
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