Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-01

mate with dozens of men, without a
CULVER of the eyelash. But they. she
said. weren't ba bies: and il was like
talking ailments to a physician. But
this boy-uncle-he really was the most
disturbing creature, She felt put in
an indicate position by the immacu-
late Characterised of the young say
age. While he-he felt his skin freeze
and burn alternately at that awful
speech. beyond pardon. She had left
him in anger. She would never speak
to him again-she under his protection
by his own deceit. If man ever was
bound to suffer death rather h ut
ter a syllable of respectful love, even,
not to Mention disrespect. Somehow.
he must atone; and how to apologize
without grave offense was a question
sweated over at the escritoire in I'M
availing woe-untiI she peeped from
behind the door and said;
81 can sell the absurd things. even
if you don't know what they are.
They obstruct the circulation. any
howl"
Theodore tore up his apologize and
they went after berries.
No wonder that it took much coffee
TO clear his eyes before the voyage for
magnolia blooms. He had walked the
hall in his stocking feet for hours;
kissed Virginia's door once or twice:
and hurried to bed where he. enacted
enough two-character vaudeville
sketches TO have filled all the circuits
in the world. In all these the avuncu-
lar relation was explained away, in
~eloquence which brought tears to the
eyes of Uncle Theodore. the one dis
passionate auditor. II have deceived
YOU the man-actor would say. But
if ever man had highest claims for
pardon, l am he I loved you so, Vir-
ginia, I could not send you away, VIII
not love win pardon for deceit?' Some
times the woman-character scorned
him. and he died of a broken heart
while, oftener. she whispered that she
must punish him, every day of their
lives-by staying with him. Then he
died OF 10y. So there was q new
leading man at every performance but
he was always Theodore Carson; and
Uncle Theodore always shed copious
tears on the pillow.
At a ferry en- QUITE Virginia kissed
a little girl and called her sweet
heart" Virginia wanted to see some
young woodpeckers. and almost wept
when the one Theodore got out would
not go back into the nest. but f1uttered
away, crying pitifully. They got some
magnolia buds which the creole ne
gro girl said would surely open- add
ing that '.all the young couples came
for them on Sundays" Virginia en-.
eountered a ''spreadin' adder ter
inches long, and ran to Theodore
gathering her skirts about her plumb
calves in terror: and he Gained anc
comforted her on a high and fatherly
level.
That was the maddening thing
| Everything was maddening; but crisis
and explosion lay in the fact that
while keeping her within reach, he
had palsied the arm to reach hel
withal; hat he could drop no hint o.
those nightly visions: that, while theii
relation allowed affection, they shut
out love. This life gave 10 him revei'
ations mostly hidden from lovers. ant
vouchsafed 10 fathers, brothers ant
husbands only: but he was cut on iron
the endearments of an uncle, even. HI
was a ~tiger-cubs licking his master
hand. and feeling he jungle hunger foi
it. AL that day the cub had beef