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"But tey're not now" the girl inter.
rupted quickly. "She couldn't be in love
with him low
"She sicks to him, anyway''-grand-
mother spike as if Nells mother were not
present-'God knows why"
Mrs. Burroughs bent her head over her
sewing. Se made no answer. A silence
fell on Their ALL
"There int much use trying to think
things out honey grandmother began
after whie. Even in my day, when we
took thingsfor granted more than they do
now, | usd to wonder sometimes But
when my urn canle--I was Just like the
rest. CUES love is just about like this here
comet They've talking about-once in your
life it fashs across the sky, great and
brilliant, antpeople wonder at it and think
maybe it mans great things will happen,
and maybe tie world will be changed by it;
but it goes ad the world goes on just the
same, no better and no worse. And you
just remembe that once you saw big light
in the sky" Her voice died away, and
again the thre sewed on silently in the ugly
little kitchen.
Then the bly, coughed and Mrs. Bur-
IouSuo "Cul tcuO II, ana Grandmother
laid away theittle dress she was mending
to set the breador tomorrow.
Nell sat sti, sewing on, thinking on.
She resented I've, its tyranny, its unful-
filed promises. Everyone seemed to think
that it was glat thing to be sacrificed to
it-that it WASH some way noble to give
up to it, althogh it seemed almost as if
people who did i've way to this mysterious
emotion, sauedf conventionalized, vile if
unsanctioned, wre so often punished for it!
she thought t her mother-punished
just about as ofsn when it was sacred as
when it wasn't
Her heart washeavy, her head ached.
No, she had mad up her mind, she would
not marry Ned. After all, she could never
have really lovedlim, she supposed. She
did not want to Ice, to marry, least Of all
to have children.
So deep was 81 in thought that the
jangling door-bell lade her start nervously.
She went to answeit, knowing from expert
ence that it was someone bringing her
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Grandmother's lips twisted into queer
little smile. ''You been dom lots of think
ing, amt you, honey"
"Well, why not think little?" queried
her grandchild. Sometimes think that
what we need most. Now, all the stories
I've read say that love is the grandest thing
in the world"
"I expect it is, grandmother murmured.
"But the books all end when they get
married." Nell persisted. "And the mar
ned people I know seem to have forgotten
all about the love part.
"Wel," unused grandmother, "your
mother here and your father was awfully in
love with each other"
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father home. Instead, it was Ne on the
doorstep. He laughed at her started look,
and drew her out on the dingy littl porch.
I've been down to Terry Brya's," he
whispered 81 thought I'd come, ~ this
way, and saw your light still burning I
wanted to say goodnight to YOU He
took her gently in his arms. "Say I've
been thinking about-the twelfth of iune"
He laid his smooth cheek down agains hers,
and laughed softly. 81 suppose you Invent
changed your mind, darlin'?"
She raised her head to look up int, the
young, the gay, the careless face Of Present.
Joy. Her arm frightened around his mex.
"No," she whispered hercely.
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ix months Of fun and three years Of naise1y9
And there's the kid on my hands, too.
Oh, don't mean that / don't love him"
she added, quickly, "but what's going to
become Of him9 I'm thinking about that
already. He'll grow up in the streets, and
It don't seem Ike he c0aad have much back
bone. Ididn't give him much of father"
Something in the phrase caught Nell like
revelation. Indeed, Stella's whole recita-
ton Of commonplace misfortunes seemed
kind Of sermon upon some unconscious
question in her own mind. The little line
in her forehead, the frmness of her fresh
young mouth, certain depth in her clear
eyes, gave to her face q thouehtfulness
unusual in girls Of her age and class. She
stood silently moment looking at Stella,
feeling Is # she, too, had lost something
fresh and llusmy.
Stella saw that she was not only SYM
pathized with, but that for all her cropping,
inadequate words, she had been understood.
In the embarrassment of her kind at any
show Of feeling, she fastened to cover her
appreciation.
Don't you mind, honey. I ought to
hunt up policeman to ten my troubles t."
She turned with forced indifference to an
approaching customer, glad of the inter-
ruption.
Through the long busy day Nell could
not keep her thoughts from turning again
and again to Stella's story. It weighed
upon her, depressed her, filed her with a
vague dread Of Kfe's problems, and she was
not usually painfully impressionable either.
She ate her lunch with Stella, but the
latter did not refer to her own difficulties,
preferEing to discuss instead their mutual
acquaintances.
"And what's become Of that Ned Car
-pcnter that worked at Ferris's7" she finally
asked. II used to think he was going to
like you"
NeI's conscious. face enlightened her.
"Ah-ha!" she cried In laughing accusation.
rs Ned your steady these days, them"
eyes," Nell assented soberly, her eyes on
her plate.
"More than that7" asked Stella, sud-
denly grave, too.
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He had quit, he said. He had had enough.

moment continued in the same small voice:
Pretty near half the girls in the store have
been married-lots of 'em have children
they have to support-some of 'em are
divorced and some of 'em don't know where
their husbands are. I guess they all got
married for love-what else? And it didn't
seem to do much for 'em, except to get 'em
into trouble and not get em out"
"You don't know what you're saying,
child, " said her mother brusquely.
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It was Burroughs payday and his non
appearance meant that the rent was prob
ably being exchanged for liquid refresh-
ment at one or several Of his loafng-places.
II thought heard someone With YOU'D"
Mrs.. Burroughs inquired vis.fully.
"Only Ned"
The girl sat down, received hR plate Of
boiled dinner, and began to eat in silence.
She did not feel particularly depressed by
the present reminder Of one Of the family
skeletons only ittle weary ofthe same
ness Of the old story. She was quiet, not
because she was sullen, but because she was
thoughtful.
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"We'e going to Be married next sum-
mer," said Nell slowly.
For moment Stella made no comment;
thoughtfully she lifted . strong hand to
her blonde pompadour. "Gomg to get
married, eh3 Well, you've got nerve"
She iGhed.
The pessimism Of the new cynic Is usually
bo,mdess; ssspectins this, Nell only smiled
. little.
Wan ihsw went home that night, however,
halGlng % strap in crowded street-car,
1T mind was still fun Of Stella and Stella's
xardaes. She id not know Why she had
been % Impressed BY It, nor Why she felt an
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In any event, conversation Of any con-
tinued Conference was impossible so long as
the children were up-they were all much
younger than Nell; it was the two next to
her in age who were dead. Any serious
family discussions were usually postponed
until the youngest had been put to bed.
This, tonight, proved tedious operation;
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Mrs. Burroughs wiped her eyes and re-
sumed her darning. 81 guess you're not
much in love with Ned, Nelly" she sighed,
accusingly.
The girl shrank little. All her vehe-
mence fell from her. "I don't know" she
half-whispered. "I'm-I'm sort of afraid
Of love, think She paused, but after a
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odd detection, as il she herself were in some
way personally affected. Her mind, to-
NIGHT, too, seemed strangely acute, analytic.
unwontedly sensitive to impressions. To-
nieht all the sights aud sounds and smells
of her uncomfortable ride, which she, ac-
cepting them as matters of course, usually
never noticed at all, stirred her unpleasant
". All the glamor and make-believe veneer
Of life seemed to have been rubbed of.
All the men seemed to have been drinking
beer, to be rude, and to smell sweaty. All
the women seemed tired, shiny-faced, to be
weary in soul as well as body.
When she left the car, Ned Carpenter was
waiting for her. He had bean outside on
the same car; they often came home to-
gether, for he lived only few blocks farther
up the same street. Ned was rather hand
some, with the good-natured, complacent
expression Of the un.ambitious young man
who has never thought of anything but him
self. And as they walked along, talking
inconsequentially, Nell found herself look
ing at him, and examining him as she had
never thought of doing before. She was
surprised at herself, and little frightened.
Ned noticed nothing unusual about hen.
He said they would go to dance Friday
night. He had thought of taking her to a
vaudeville show that night-she replied
hastily that she was tired and would rather
go some other time, to which he readily
assented.
At the door, he squeezed her hand gayly.
'Some of these nights I'll be coming in to
have you fry the steak for me" he cried
meaningly.
Last night she would have been thrilled
by all that thought implied, tonight her
laugh and nod and blush were wholly on
the surface.
"Well, so-long," said Ned, and went off
up the street whistling.
The Burroughs lived in one of the down.
stairs fats of an old double-house which had
been converted into four flats. The family
consisted of Burroughs, who drank, and
liked to talk enthusiastically, because he said
q man couldn't earn decent living any
more-without working. He was sullen
over his own discomfort in poverty, but was
not worried over his own responsibility for
his family: Mrs. Burroughs frail, over
worked woman, always half-sick; Mrs.
Burroughs mother-gran' ma-one Of these
why, weather-bea old women whom
drudgcry seems to have sspped until they
appear to be composed of leather and mus
Gle, always washing, cooking, scrubbing;
five rather sickly children (and two dead,
of whom Nell was the oldest, and only the
youngest, five years old, was boy.
Nell was little later than usual, and all
these, with the exception Of her father, were
at the supper-table. She was greeted
noisily by the children, and by anxious
looks from her mother and grandmother.
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they were all waketul, and the baby was
croupy and had to be creased and fanneled.
But at last they were quiet; the dishes were
washed; and mother and daughter and
granddaughter seated themselves around
the lamp on the kitchen table, with stock
ings to darn and clothes to mend.
"Stella Davis came back to work today"
said Nell presently.
ooh, have they come back7" asked her
mother with interest. "Tim out of work."
"They've quit" Nell explained laconi-
cally, then briefly recounted the story she
had heard that morning.
"Dear, DEAR" Mrs. Burroughs lamented.
"That's too bad" she shook her head sadly.
ssTim seemed such a, nice fellow. Always
reminded me a little Of Ned"
A slight culver crossed Nell's face. Self
forgetful, she stopped sewing and stared at
the SCARED top Of the old kitchen-table.
Her grandmother, looking up after mo-
ment, gave her keen glance. Nell was
her favorite-but she did not speak until a
second look showed Nell still preoccu-
pied.
"Have you and Ned decided when it's to
be7" came without preface in the old wo-
mans dry, expressionless tones.
Nell started. "The twelfth of June,''
she answered quietly.
"Humph," grandmother merely grunted.
It took her long time to say things. Her
bluntness was not to be read as hurting
out Of every impulsive thought.
81 suppose Stella's got child7" she sur
missed presently.
eyes" Neil confirmed. "of course"
she added.
Some subtlety Of tone made her mother
look up. "Why, Nellyv' in gentle reproof.
The girl suddenly Jared INTO exaspera-
ton. "Oh, Mother!" she cried. "How
can you! lists so silly
Her mother stared, as if her eldest child
were suddenly mad.
81 don't want any children" Nell de-
clared in voice trembling with vehe-
mence.
"Why-why, Nelly7" said Mrs. Bur-
roughs again In sort OF helpless pain.
"People like u.s. cried the girl almost
fercely, eve haven't got any right to have
children! Look at Stella and Tim-two
lids getting married and now what shows
little Tim got7 It's like Stella said-Tve
been thinking about that-he'll grow up on
the streets, and likely not get much out Of
life except hard Knocks
81 don't know why, said Mrs. Bur-
roughs, and the color rose in her pale
cheeks, 81 don't know why, just because
we're poor, we should be denied every
thing. Seems like we might be allowed our
children"
Because they've got some rights too"
Nell broke in, "and if you can't give 'em
anything that makes living worth while,
'tisn't fair to give 'em life, is it 2"
Mrs. Burroughs eyes filled. Honey"
she whimpered, "what is it? What's the
matter with you? / thought you was
happy"
ooh, it isn't me specially, mother. I've
Just been thinking about things, that's all. )"
Grandmother took up the scissors to cut
thread, and laid them down again on the
table with clatter.
"There's time" she commented in her
dry voice, "there's time when we all kick
agin the nature Of things"
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0xs StellS, you C0u0n&
~ back to work." Nell
AlA/ asked in surprise when
" ". Stella Davis appeared
behind the counter af-
ter a ahoonce Of three years.
"Coe 70 eat, haven't II" Stella 10
tostsd, almost de6antly. Her haggard
young Ice ct in grim, unyouthful lines
q - busied hetseh about the stock.
TIN I'D 70 - you" Nell began cor
daily. "When did you get back, and why
haven't yo0besu 70 80 moi"
III sioge hAd INT opened and Il was too
early ~ cubeoaness, % Tie two iris might
CoovoUDe With some freedom. Stella did not
look q ~ iI3Gnd, although her face softened
aIitalo g u 0Ghes's a6ectionate tone.
Mel, ] int hated to zee you al, that's
why. / wouldn't have come back here
only there didn't seem to be anything else
20 d. hid 70 have mother 10 look after
the I'D II ! had p 30 TO work."
Ne1l'S sensitive mouth dropped . little,
sympa&hetically. She read much IN her
Old friends look and tone, more than h her
wogda
"Why, what's the matter?" she asked
g.ntlN. Thsn, with some hesitation,
II don't know," said the other dreazily.
But aftw secondS pause, she burst out in
lcwuvuicDd vshsmencs.
~14's "a "a, thst's what's the nattzi
Tin and have quit for good and Al And
Iwi1h I'd never seeu himi"
"Oh, Stsllai" csied Nell. "I'm awfully
sony. "a thouGht you md Tim were going
% hsHs6kappy."
so ia II said Tie other gkl Her
b1ue 60 suddenly flIed with tears, which
she anujIy winked away. She vas, how
eva, unak1e % rolist Tie temptatjon to re-
psat u sbcgy q her wrongs to sympathetic
sass, and ~ sordid little tale was soon
0dgk
SlG1a, pgoe1y, aaY, ~populaf with the
boya" ~ - n 1--we With Tim Davis.
eepodr 1oohing dexk rnakinR ffteen dnllarsa
49,. She ~ nineteen. be w,s twenty.
tWu. TAnv - nnauied. Thev vent TO
Hvo IN - moehs. Vho resented this idea
@ ta1ine cnss g three With what had been
l1t1le SoaGA az two. StiIl. Stella con-
1lInaa = V1Ik - IL atcCe ~ thines vent
M0N enonrA - : M. Unfil ~ bahv
-. 49, uovertv beean IS unake wv.
0gIlfyinr lhces q nve-not always. nor
- f1n6nonflv. such : varv valianf sniritl
SeG1s - - ~ Erit.hie the Old
Vvnsnan - tised and CO.. ~ bshv was
er1c1i1e. ~ 49, piled ~. nv owed
~ dss1ae,f1ko dgucgise, lie nocsr. the
hulcSar. - rIlkman. ~ coal-man. And
Nv. ~ they wese continually falling
hshind - c1111t expenses. were thew ever
apine . nav 10 IN this bach score?
~ thossht Re could do better some-
49, elIH. - thev almost surreptitiouslv
vs1e Is anether town, leaving in despera-
tioc the "a mother 60 Shift for herself-
~ 80 a their debts unnaid. Hut n its
: rnaddenine iashion. history aa,in repeated
.itsG6.. Tksy WoQked hard. vet were slways
bGaind. Tn NV. careless and neglect
lul, S1ells was tired and unhappy. They
quasre3ed; they beam secretly to wish
that thy had never seen each other: each
slmoet vncousciously blamcd tie other for
aettine tim into kaasful situation.
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HY, Stella, you coming
back to work 2" Nell
asked in surprise when
Stella Davis appeared
behind the counter at.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-16
GRETNA GREEN WINS
CARTER WITH EASE
Defeats Twelve Other High Class
Sprinters in Opening Feat
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NEW YORK, April 15-John schorr's Gret-
ma Green, carrying the hoodoo number 10, in
a race OF thirteen starters, romped home an
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The race marked the opening Of the racing
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The concourse in front Of the grand stand
was filled with familiar faces, and although
money did not actually change hands betting
activity was evident on all sides. Penciled
odds were displayed racing cards more
or less surrepttiousy by the layers of odds.
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JEFF GETS DOWN
TO HARD TRAINING
ASSOCIATED Pressl

BEN LOMOND April 15-Jim Jeffries was
busy today putting in the hardest work Of his
present training session The afternoons work
out included boxing, rope skipping, shadow
boxing, bag punching and a half hours tug at
the pulley weights. After this, a handball
game with Berger followed,
In the second round Of the boxing bout with
Bob Armstrong, Jeffres rather puzzled the
handful Of spectators in the gym by sud
denly ceaslng to spar, after Armstrong had
landed a rather stiH punch on his chin For
a. moment it appeared that the eolored heavy
weight had dazed The champion, but it dc
veloped a few seconds later that muscular
cramp in the back of the neck had caught the
big boxer so suddenly that he could not con-
tinue until the masseaurs had rubbed the
ahliction away. The sparring was resumed
but jeff did not thoroughly rid himself of the
cramp until we'll into the third round.
Berger gave Armstrong instructions this af-
ternoon to send his punches in as hard as
he could, and, obeying orders, he landed some
smashing blows on his big adversary When
Ieffries came back for vengeance, however
the black refused to stand his ground, and
ran like frightened rabbit. He was just
about able to go through the three rounds by
dine of an extremely conservative attitude in
the matter Of again mixing it with the big
fellow.
Jeffries worked trine faster today. but is
handicapped because Of having to keep the
fun power of his punches up his sleeve. jeff
did not regard the cramps seriously.
II turned my head suddenly last Friday,
while boxing with Armstrong he said, and
the cramp hit me then. The boys will rub it
out in a few days, and it won't bother me
again"
The lighters wind seemed remarkably good
after his workout, which lasted an hour and
threc-quarters in ALL The mornings exercise
included a ten-mile drill the road and
row on the river
A dozen kilograms from all over the country
reached the training camp during the day. all
conveying good wishes to the fighter his
birthday
Manager Sam Berger will leave camp for
Salinas tomorrow afternoon He will referee
a fight there Word received that Joe
Choynsk had left Chicago this morning and
is now on his way to join Joffries.