Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-14

Really 1t isn't worth discussing. I
shall not marry until 1 am ready, and
the subject bores mo-" An instant
later she turned to regard him with d.
rect eyes.
DO you remember when I offered to
give It all up and go with you. Boyd? '
II have never forgotten for an in
slant"
You refused to allow it."
Certainly I had seen too much of
your life. and my pride figured a bit.
also"
do you still feel the same way?"
Her eyes searched his face rather anx-
iously.
IT dol It is even more impossible
now than then. I am utterly out of
touch with this environment. My work
will take me pack where you could not
go-into a Ian you would dislike,
among a people you could not under
stand. No; we did quite the sensible
thing"
She sighed gratefully and settled
upon the window seat, her back to the
light. 81 am glad you feel that way.
I-I-think 1 am growing more sensi-
Bile, too. I have begun to understand
how practical father was, and how
ridiculous / was. Perhaps I am not so
im~pulsive-you see, I am years older
now-perhaps / am more selfish. I
don't know which it is and-I can't
express my feelings, but I have had
sufficient time since you went away to
think and to look into my own soul.
Really, I have become quite introspect-
i've. OF course, my feeling for you is
just the same as 1t was, dear. but IL
can't She waved a graceful hand
to indicate her surroundings. We'll.
this is my world, and I am a part of it.
You understand, don't you? The
thought of giving 1t up makes me
really afraid. 1 don't like rough
things" She shook herself and gave
voice to a delicious, bubbling little
laugh. "I am frightfully spoiled"
Emerson drew her to him tenderly.
MY darling, I understand perfectly,
and I love you too we'll to take you
away from it; but you will wait for
me, won't you?"
"of course, she replied, quickly. "As
long as you wish"
But 1 am going to have you." he
cried, mistakenly. "You are going to
be my wife" He repeated the words
softly, reverently-"My wife"
She gazed up at him with a puzzled
little frown. What bothers me is that
you understand me and my life SO well,
while 1 scarcely understand you or
yours at all. That seems to tell me
that / am unsuited to you in some way.
Why, when YOU old me that story of
your hardships and all that l listened
as If it were a play or a book, but,
really, it didn't mean anything to me
or stir me as it should. l can't under
stand my own failure to understand
That awful country, those barbarous
people, the suffering. the cold, the
snow, the angry sea; l don't grasp
what they mean. / was never cold or
hungry OF exhausted. I-well, it is
Fascinating to hear about, because you
went through it, but why you did it,
how you felt"-she made a gesture as
IL at a loss for words. do you sec
what I am trying to convey"
Perfectly" he answered, releasing
disappointment at his heart. Il sup
pose it is only natural"
81 do hope you success this time"
she continued. az am growing deadly
tired of things. Not tired of waiting
for you, but l am getting to be old: 1
am. indeed. why, at times / actually
have an inclination to do fancy-work-
the unfailing symptom. Do you realize
that l am twenty-five years old"
Are OF decrepitude, And more