Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09

taken from you the right every woman has, to marry
the man she loves.
Il could still do So she said half scornfully.
"a But you would be poor"
Eyes, should be poor. And do not like poverty"
Garriott hestated moment. Yesterday thought
you were hard to understand. But understand now.
/ am an intruder l belong to another world. Your
friends and mine are run IN different moldS. Their
habits different. They cannot think alike,
ant of each other. My friends need without
your friends work must STOP Without my friends
your friends would starve. l came here against my
will: Perhaps l can't help you; but am willing to
try"
He paused to be that she fully understood him.
The toe of her slipper tapping rapidly the rug;
but her face betrayed no sign of discompo5ure.
Yesterday, he went IL suggested that you tell
Mr. Northrop that had asked you to marry but
that you had refused Did you tell him?"
What the use, since he already knew my vews?"
II was hoping you hadn't committed yourself to any
thing. Mr.. Northrop knows my views too, and yet
am less an of myself now than yesterday"
What about to propose was" he said with
cool brevity, that you should marry at once-and
divorce me at your leisure.
To this point Mrs Kempton's marionettes had per-
formed their parts with ready responses to her manpu
lation but another element entered the personal
Garriott had rushed his jump" Miss Jud5on
rebeled at the insensbity of his tone 1t shocked her.
And yet she had that very morning admitted that the
slightest show of sentiment CARROTS part would
drive her refusal of plan he could offer She got
up and leaned against the window overlooking the
garden.
What you suggest isn't possible" she murmured
codly.
Garriott stood with hand the back of her chair
watching the warm lights from within and the CLEANS
of the moonlight at gentle strife in the dusky shadows
of her hair She seemed to belong to the darkness,
pallid, somber, mysterious, chaste Diana, and as
elusive, her black dress and the fmy drapery her
shoulders like part of the web of night lending to the
illusion And yet tempest lowered near; he could see
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he was undismayed.
"Of course, he went pleasantly 1T would be
necessary for to live in the house for time;
otherwise there might be legal troubles with the chart
table Institutions mentioned in the will 1t would also
be necessary for to appear public together at IN
tervas. So far life habits concerned
l shouldn't want to change even modify them in the
slightest degree
"Thanks," she interrupted dryly.
Il could range to lunch and dine near my shop 1t
you could spare cup of coffee and egg in the
morning, and extra latchkey and tiny room some
where out wing under the caves, promise that
you will never know when come in when l 60 out;
for conventions sake, place for my hat on the hall
table, hook for overcoat and place for spare
umbrella You could hardly begrudge me that"
She turned her head indoors and he saw that she
smiling,-a cold wintry smile at best, but still
SMILE This time his suggestions had been pitched in
key that suited her better There note of senti-
ment of offensive impassbility, only tolerance
in response to her nquetude but in spite of these she
of the dominant tone of insistence in the
chord.
You are very masterful young man., she said. Is
that why you always have everything your own way?
"Masterfu!" he exclaimed with laugh. as man
masterful because he asks for latchkey?
There was no resisting his good nature Natalie faced