Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-09

She smiled cheerfully, but a little disdaniully
cry we'll then, said she. Il tear them up
OH cried Larkin. Don't make mess OF a
beautiful incident"
Then take them
"Why not?"
"Oh, you know as we'll as do that man can't
"A man." she said; what is man? | can answer
better by telling you what man is not, a man is
work, who loses money that he hasn't got who
drinks liquor that he carry, and who upon
such noble groundwork feels justified in making
love to decent self-respectng girl. That is not
man, David. A man would have not need OF any
help from me. But you-you are child that
out Of its nest before has as learned to fly and you
have done nothing but foolish things . But
somehow have learned to suspect you OF better
self, where, half srangled with fooshnesses and
travagance, there turks certain contron and
Larkin jumped to his feet and all of him that
showed was crimson, and he could have cried. But
he lslt no angel and he kept his eyes upon hers
He stuffed the bills into his pocket.
Il have no security he said, But, will give
gamble. neither to loaf, to make love until
have paid you back interest and principle"
Where will you go' What will you do Davd
You see that can't say any thanks, don't YOU That
am almost. choking and that at any moment
might burst into sobs?'
They silent and she looked into his face
consciously while he mastered his agitation He
sat down beside her presently his elbows his
knees, his chin deep in his hands.
rs God blessing you by any chance he said.
DO you feel anything Of the kind, Because, am
asking Him to-so very hard; shall ask Him to
a million times every day until | die Would it
be possible for one who has deserved nothing, but
who would like it for the strengthinges beautifulest
Quick, then" said she, Some ones coming"
That very night screams pierced to every corner
IT The Tenants great house the Whiskey Road.
Those whom screams affect in one way sprang from
bed; those whom they affect in another hid under
the belclothes
Miss Tenant stood in the doorway Of her room.
She was pale and greatly agitated, but her eyes
shone with courage and resolve. In one hand she
had golf club-a niblick.
"Oh!" she cried, when her father was sufficiently
recovered from overturning the cabinet to listen
there was man in my room
into the grounds. The butler hurried to the tele
phone (sti carrying his bucket Of water) and rang
answered, after long interval, that the Chief of
Police was out Of order, and rang off.
The day Miss Tenant dispatched the follow
ing note to hemingway:
Dear kind Mr.. Hemingway:
You have heard Of the great robbery and OF my
dreadful fright. But there is crying about it.
It is one of those dreadful things, l suppose that
simply have to happen. Papa is going to offer FIVE
and questions asked. Do you know l have a
feeling that you are going TO be instrumental in
h ba the stolen ole goods have feens tha the
through you for their return, And ! sure the
thief would never have taken them if he had known
how badly it would make me feel and what blow
he was striking at the good name of Aiken.
cerely yours SAPPHIRA TENANT
formerly Dolly Tennan).
But Mr. Hemingway refused to touch the reward.
and Miss Tenant remained in his debt for the full
amount of her loan, She began at once, to save
What ,S she could from her alowancs And she called
Aiken felt that it had misjudged Lartin, and he
departed in high favor He had paid what he owed,
sources He had suddenly stopped short in all evil
ways, Aiken confessed to having misjudged his
strength Of sha55ser He had d, annG%need that he
the mouth of an Idaho apple valley, SO Aiken
cheered him on and wished him we'll. And when
Aiken behcld the calnlness of his farewes to Miss
Tenant Aiken said And he seems to have gotten
In the smoker bound West there was fine old
gentleman in a blue serge suit and white spats who
took fancy to David; just when David had about
come to the conclusion that nothing in the world
looked friendly except suicide
If David had earned nothing else from Miss Ten
nant, he had learned to speak the truth. Any EN-.
ployer that ! am ever to have, he resolved, shall
know all that there is to be known about me-" And
so, when the preminaries of smoking room &C
quaintance had been made-the cigar offered and re-
fused and ones reasons for or against smoking
plainly stated--David was offered (and accepcd) the
opportunity to tell the story OF his life.
David shook his head at brilliantly labeled cigar
AZ love to smoke" he said, "but I've promised
not TO-"
Better habit than liquor" suggested the old gen
teman in the white spats"
"pvc promised not to drink"
Men who don't smoke and who don't drink" said
the old gentleman, usually spend their time run
ming after the girls. My name is Uriah Grey"
Mine is David Larkin," said David, and he smiled
cheerfully land I've promised to make love"
"What-never?" exclaimed Mr.. Grey
mot until have right to- said David
Mr.. Grey drew three brightly bound volumes from
between his leg and the Of his chair and init
mated that he about to make them subject OF
remark.
81 love stories" he said land in the hope of d
story paid dollar and a half for each of three
novels. This tells you how to prepare rotter
meat for the market. This tells you when and
where to find your neighbors wife without being
caught And in this noble young Chicagoar
describes the life OF society persons in the ehet(
East"
ooh" said David, "if it's my story you want
don't mind bit, 1t will chasten me to tell it, anc
you can stop the minute you are bored
And then slip by slip, and bet by bet, he told hi