The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

so James never s9lu y NJ Oh u y. "
;Geneyieye and GeneYieye went and
married another and was unhappy
almost ever after. r
James. however did not marry an:
other With the persistence 81 his
type In following q program, he kept
on not telling girls5he loved them:
And maybe he didn't Who can tell!
4 But now after well. offer q certain
number OF years. Geneyisye went back
home because she was widow and
could go back home, or sway from
home, or to the wildsgof the Fiji Is.
ands, or to the depths Of great citie$
and there was nobody 10 say her nay,
But Geneviege chose Just to 20 baek
home. And back home was James.
James heard that GeneHieye was
home again for while nnd he went
10 cali, that being the proper thing for
old friends to do. Well. there was
GereYleye. She was all alone, but
she didn't fret about It. She was not
10 young, but she was extremely alive
and when James came 10 think y
over as he strolled in the summer summer
moonlight, she was really much young
er,
Because Geneyieye. in her youth,
had been serious.mlnded young per;
son And now she could laugh and
laugh-and her eyes laughed and
crinkled up at the corners, and her
hands were apt 10 grab the arm q
the sympathetic bystander and give
1t a little shake Of pure good fellow
ship. Geneyieye, was quantities more
Inn, though; maybe, James was not
awake to 1t; than she had been when
phe wore the apple blossoms and
dreamed strenuous dreams.
So James btrolled home. in the
moonlight, tall and ever so good to
look at, manhood thrilling In him,
firm, white hands dug thoughtfullS
into his pockets.
q wonder" unused James.
James kept on calling and strollins
home in the moonlight. and pretty
soon he stopped wondering and began
to hope. lie had been loving for q
considerable period
"Genevieye,r said James, his voice
thrilling wish that vlol tone she loved
yes, and / have let the cat out Of
the bag now, haven't l? Because
Genevieve-well, Geneyieye was very
glad when James got ready to speak
about this. -
They are happy-so happy that they
believe that nobody ever dreamed
happiness so good as theirs, They
are saying nothing about not being
not so young-but not because they
are lodging the issue, In tenderness
for each other. as the stories whimper
about when they tell Of middlc'aged
loyers"-mlddle.ageG, In sooth! They
simply never think Of 1t at all They.
are plenty young enough. Never q
lebutante in her teens, never a col
leglan in his twentles, witty his eager
faraSay. look, are any happier than
these two. 5bi
They say romance Is Of youth aloner
that old age may have, perhaps, lts
dim reflection Of the earlier rose, Put,
that forty stands as bare 10 the COM
monplace as the stripped branches Of
a tree, waiting midway between the
bourgeoning OF the summer and the
g!lstening diamonds Of the frost kings
crowu-hut don't you ever believe It,
There isn't year in all the years
of our lives, there isn't a minute OF
all that tinke in silyery shower
from the tiny clock upon your mantel,
that isn't full OF romance.
Love OF youth alone? oh, very we'll
But If you really think 50. you would
better speak TO the undertaken and
he quick about it. Because you are
dead already. !,
Genevieve," says James, with that
deep note she loves, "Genepieye."
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