The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-19
By REX BEACH
Adthor 81 The SpoiterI and
T1e Barde

E(COnlInUeu ELEOUn PR
Granted! But 1 married a poor
girl from my own station in life. For
tunateIy she Ind h latent power :
develop with me as / grew. 50 that we
kept even and / " outdtstanced
her. But Mildred Is spoiled to begin
with. I spoiled her purposely TO pre-
vent lust this sort Of thing. She 10
bred to luxury. her friends are rich
and she doesn't moW any other kind
OF ufe.'
Ana SO It was that Boyd Emerson
had gone to Alaska, to the Klond1ke.
to win a fortune and thus to win the
girl he loved. he 6xed his own time
Tor returning, and SO It was that Mil
Cred WayIand had awaited him.
If today, after three years of depri-
walton, she seemed to him more beau
tEful than ever-the interval having
served merely to enhance her charm
and strengthen the yearnlng Of his
heart-she seemed In the same view
still further removed from his sphere.
His story finished, Boyd went on to
tell her vaguely of his future plans.
and at Inst he asked her, with some
thing less thar IN accepted lovers
confidence:
"Wiu you wait another yearT
She laughed lightly. You ear boy,
1 nm not up for auction. This is not
the third and last CALI 1 am not sure
L could induce anybody to take me
even if I desired"
II rend the Tumor of your engage
ment in a San Francisco paper"
She mentioned a number Of names.
counting them on on her finger tips.
Then, of course. there are the old
~ NE0RlP1FrO TtnnnTV UNT1Ps
ner. the Lawton boys
.And Alton Clyde!"
T be sure; little Alton, like the
brook. runs on forever. He sttn wor-
ships you. Boyd. by b way"
.Is there any one in partIcular2"
Boyd demanded
Miss Wayland's hesitation was so
brief as almost to escape his notice.
Nobody who counts. OF purse father
mas his predictions and insists upon
engineering my affairs in the same
way he would float a railroad enter
| prise, but you can imagine how roman
tic the result s."
.Who is the favored party?" the
young man asked darkly-
Really it isn't worth discussing
Do you remember when l offered to
give it all up and go with you, BoydY'
"I have never forgotten for an In
stant.''
"You refused to allow it"
''CertainlyG I-had e too much OF
your life, and my pride figured a bit
also. But I am going to have you" He
drew her to him tenderly. you are
going to be my wife" He repeated
the words softly. reverently. my
wifeE"
She Gazed up Mt him with a puzzled
little frown. '"What bothers me is that
you understand me and my life SO we'll,
while / scarcely understand you or
yours at all. That seems to tell me
that 1 am unsuited to you In some
way. why. when you told me that
story IF your hardshIps and all that
I listened as If it were a play OF a
book, but really it didn't mean any
thing to me or stir me as it should. l
can't understand my own failure to
understand. Do you see what am
trying to convey?"
"Perfectly," he answered. releasing
her with n little Unidentified sense OF
disappointment ut his heart Il sup
pose 1t is only natural"
II do hope you succeed this time"
she continued. 81 am growing deadly
.Ired of things. Not tired Of waiting
for you. but 1 am getting to be old;
/ am, indeed. Why, ut times l actual
~ have IN inclination to do fancy
work-the unfaIling symptom Do you
realize that l am twenty-five years
old!"
The portleres parted. and Wayne
Wayland stood in the opening.
He advanced to shake the young
mans hand, his demeanor gracious and