Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

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SOL which she swinging daintly. When she saw
him she dropped the parasol; melting look into
her lovely eyes; her face glow of tenderness
She hurried him. both hands outStretched and fairly
flung herself at him, crying:
"Oh my dear, my dear, is it really your
Anyone within hundred feet could have heard her
Angela Give bent her head and walked past them in
the direction of the mssionarys house. Damon stood
in frenzy of ndecson with Sara clnging to his wrists
If he cast her off and after Angela there would be
explanations to be made that yet could not be made
If he brought the girls together they would find out
that he was Jimmy Sylvester to the and Larrabee
Damon to the other. And any attempt at explaining
make the matter worse He shook Sara off. He felt
jaded and sick, and said brutally:
whatever do you mean by this?"
"Oh Larrabee," she sighed "the minute saw you
forgot everything don't know whether you are an
impostor or not. Willie says you are; but all l knew
when saw you moment ago was that you seemed to
be Larrabee and remembered the dear, dead days OF
our p past 49, o.,. os
Angela Give, whom he loved passing him with bent
head while another girl whom he did not love- was call
ing him repeatedly "my dear"
II tell you what Sara he said Grossly, "you are too
affectionate!'
"You didn't think once, cried Sara with some
spirit.
at isn't then: it's now" he said.
He didn't care what the real Larrabee Damon's real
relations might be with Sara he intended to express his
mind Let Larrabee and make up with her himself
ayes, it is now" said Sara, with increasing spirit
IL am a very loyal person. Larrabee Damon; yet there
are things that I'll not put up With"
aft you want to talk to me, you've got to talk walk
ing, he said Il have to get down to the beach"
II mean to talk, said Sara I'LL go with YOU
DAMON struck into trail in the brush, Sara follow
u ing him, talking very emphatically.
II think that engagement was great mis-
take" she said.
He stopped in his tracks Sara seemed to be started
on line of definite statement, and he only hoped she
would keep it up.
$50 you think it was mistake, do you?" he quered
EYES, do. Those boy and girl affairs are not always
to be trusted We had just got used to each other and
that all there to it. When broke off with you
after had come to New York, should have stayed
broken off At the time it looked impossible that
could ever marry when neither of us had any money.
He had begun to plod on through the path, she fol-
lowing him. But now he stopped again, struck by a
sudden inspiration
aLook here, Sara" he said @I came to New York
when fell into all my money. l didn't know a soul
but you and your mother, did l? You were as sweet
as could be- and lost my head and proposed all over
again. and you accepted me, didn't you? And you
wouldn't have done it it hadn't been for the money
"How could II" she said Indignantly Besides, why
didn't you say all this to me at the time you proposed:
at looks to me now" he said, "that if two people
really love each other lack of money doesn't matter.
at depends the people, Sara sighed. Il simply
have to be of money, Larrabee-f you really are
Larrabee. But it did seem to me SO unreasonable for
you to be willing to take was at the time, and
then just few weeks later be so dissatisfied It
such nasty sort of test you put me tor
They were walking again; but at this Damon pricked
he should get back to the Simeon Bailey and tell Hen
derson that Wallace at hand but he had to know
what this test was of which Sara spoke.
al wish YOU would explain yourself, Sara he said
severely IL am sure behaved honorably."
@You were plain enough, Sara said, compainngly.
Il didn't really rt with Will Wallace. 1t is true that
you and he the only two men had ever met who
had plenty of money and seemed to admire me. First
YOU accused of flirting and then you accused of
liking money too much. And then you put that nasty
test of asking me whether if you had no money I'd