The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Nv JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

The Man threw off his coat and drew
chair cut on the balcony OF his room
where he could watch the breakers as
he smoked his cigar apd dreamed of the
wonderful evening that had come into
his life.
Not half an hour ago he had walked
with The Girl on the moonlit beach.
where 1t was light enough for him to
see the simple trust in her tender eyes
az she turned them up to his face.
'I am afraid l have never cared much
for men," she had told him, but you
are so different-so UNDERSTANDING
Her voice had thrilled him with its
note Of appreciation. She had made him
feel that he was different from other
men-biGger, stronger: the possessor OF
a superior understanding, just the chap
a girl like her would adore. And he had
left her with the feeling of complete un-
derstanding.
Now that he sat listening to the music
OF the sea: blowing rings of smoke into
the soft moonlight of the summer night,
he tried TO remember just what her words
had been. just what else she had said
| about his being so different, so under
standing" but he could recall only her
eyes looking into his own with the faith
! of a child's, her manner which did him
| tribute, and remembering, he fell asleep.
| The Mans Dream.
In his dream he walked on the white
sand Of the beach in the moonlight The
Girl sat on the sand digging her small
shoes into the beach. Beside her sat a
nan-big. and strong. and good TO look
upon. And The Girl was looking up into
his face with rapt attention.
| Men usually bore me. but you are so
different-so understanding" she was
saying As she finished the man at her
side gave a cry of distress and was
bourne out to sea by the breakers. When
the big wave rolled back another man
was sitting in his place. and The Girl
! old not seem to notice that he was not
the same She lifted her face up to him
ike sweet flower lifts its face to the
sun. and she was telling him that he was
80 different from other men: so strong.
and so understanding, until the break
ers came again and bore him out to
sea, leaving another in his place. The
story repeated itself until the water
became one great vail as of human
voices sobbing. ~
| The Man opened his eyes. His cigar
had gone out. Clouds obscured the moon.
but he could hear the voices of the sea.
and suddenly II became hateful 10 him.
When the sunlight of a new day food
ed his room, he remembered his dream
with vague unrest but when he saw The
Girl, and she looked into his eyes, he
straightway forgot it
Played Men as n Game.
Now The Girl loves The Man. 1t was
ali very strange 10 her for she had not
| begun by loving him. She had a way OF
! bringing men to her feet by giving them
an attention so rapt that II fattered
them into believing in her when she told
them that they were $50 different-so
understanding" When life grew monot-
Cnous she found the game amusing, and
took no account OF the consequences
| So she had begun with The Man. But
the sequel was different Quite TO her
surprise Love waved fairy wand over
/ the things she had told him Just for
/ fun and made them come true.
| The end Of this tale might have been
different had il not been that The Girl
had grown so fond of fattering men