Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16

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his face, and her reckless spirit rose
"Oh. I've shocked you. You think all
women should be like Miss Wayland.
Have you ever stopped to think that
even you are not the same mann you
were when you came fresh from col
Iege? You know the world now; you
have tasted its wickedness. Would
you change your knowledge for your
earlier innocence? You know you
would not, and you have no right to
Judge me by a separate code. What
difference does it make who L am or
what 1 have done? l didn't ask your
record when 1 gave you the chance 10
win Miss Wayland. and neither you
nor she have any right to challenge
mine"
81 agree with you in that"
ST came away from the mining
camps because of wagging tongues,
because I was forever misjudged.
Whatever 1 may have been, have at
least played fair with that girl. 1t
hurts me now to be accused by her.
saw your love for her. and L never
tried to rob her. Oh, don't look as IL
I couldn't have done differently II l
had tried 1 could have injured her
very easily If 1 had been the sort she
thinks me- But helped you in every
way could. 1 made sacrifices. 1 did
things she would never have done"
She stopped on the verge of tears.
''why did you do all this?" he
asked.
Don't you know Cherry gazed at
him with faint smile.
Then. for the first time. the whole
truth burst upon him. The surprise of
it almost deprived him of speech, and
he stammered:
''No, II Then he fell silent.
What little I did I did because
love you" said the girl in tired
voice. You may as we'll know, for
it makes no difference now"
IL am sorry" he said. gripped by
a strong emotion that made him go
hot and cold. Il have been a fool"
"No; you were merely wrapped up in
your own affairs. You see, had been
living my own life and was fairly con-
tented till you came. Then everything
changed. For long time I hoped you
might grow to love me as loved you.
=
saw you so honest and unsel6sh in
your devotion to that other girl !
thought it was my chance 70 do some
thing unselfsh in my turn. 1t was
hard. but 1 did my best l think 1
must love you in the same way you
love her, Boyd. for there is nothing In
all the world 1 would not do to make
you happy"
The girl stood for moment with her
eyes turned toward the river. Then
she said:
Il must think. II want to go
away. Goodby'
"Goodby," he returned and stood
watching her as she hurried away,
half suspecting the tears THAI were
trembling amid her lashes.
1t was not until supper time that
Boyd saw "Fingerless'' Fraser and
questioned him about his quest for an
heiresS.
Nothing doing in the heiress busi-
ness" replied the adveuturer. Il
couldn't stand the exposure"
They were cold. eh?''
Yep! They weathered me out"
Did you really meet any of those
peopleT'
Sure! I met 'em all. but 1 didn't
catch their names. l made one be
fore I'd gone a miIe-taI. slim party
with cracked ice in her voice"
Boyd looked up quickly. Did you
introduce yourseif?"
LAS CLANCY De Benville. that's all
How is that for a drawing room mon
aker? She fell for the name all right,
but there must have been something
phony about. the clothes. That's the
trouble with hisypark harness. If I'd
wore my soup and fish. and my two
gallon evening hat-Td' have passed for
a gentleman sure : I'm. strong for those
evening toys. see>anotEler one later
little maduro colored skirt with a
fat nose"
Miss Berry"
I'm glad to meet her. I officed
her out of a rowboat and told her |
was Mr.. Yonkers of New York. We
was breezing along on the bit till Clyde
broke it up. He called me Eraser, and
it was cold in a minute. Fraser is a
cheap name anyhow. I'm sorry
took it"