The Tupelo journal., 1912-06-21

marry him; he hasn't as yet had my
answer"
"Katherine! You can't real
fy-care for him?"
I'm trying to be sure, Garrett, be-
fore l tell him so-or you"
"But-but you mustn't! The
things impossible. YOU
You'll tell mi why?"
Her composure was SOLDERING. He
got himself more in hand: she was
not to be moved by storming, he
knew. Reason, logic, an appeal to her
intelligence: she would require these
of him. Yet when put to it he could
not bring himself to tell what he knew
of the nan by hearsay, If very cred
IDLY. Personal defects, lack OF breed
ing, and the like were all unstable OBJ
jections. In the end the best
he could do, since some sort OF an an
swer was essential, was to frame a
hating, inconclusive: He's not the
She misinterpreted his confusion.
II know what you're thinking: that
he's not a spoke in our particular So
cial wheel; an outsider. Must con-
denim him for that? Are there no
right men, Garrett, but yourself and
others of our set? know he has
his lacks; fancy you'd call him
crude, II you were candid with me.
But men of his genius, his uphringing
Not that I concede any
crudity In him; it's hardly that: he
merely Observation-Disclosures to
name 1t; not cultivation, not sensibili-
ty, but, I'd say, friends"
HE has many.
So she cared enough to fight for
him! There was bitterness, surpass-
ing the bitterness of aloes, in that dis
covery.
"I NEAR the right kind, yourself, for
instance; friends to bring him out.
He's quick, adaptable, of a good fami-
ly-if not a wealthy one"
Coast fell back upon the n men
tionable objection Of which he had
certain knowledge. Hes got a vii
famous temper"
Friends would teach him to control
1t. And there are excuses for that:
his sight-his eyes are in a bad way.
He injured them seriously, somehow,
in his work-something about the
spark, I believe"
Those wireless experiments OF
his ?"
Yes. He's going to do great things,
Garrett"
Late In the field"
"He leads 1t today; they all look to
him. His inventions, discoveries, i'm
provements, will make wireless as
everyday a thing as the telephone.
l don't mean he couldn't win
without friends: he's strong enough
Men have little use for him, Kath-
crime"
Women have"
Coast strangled temptation.
"He has magnetism"
That and strength, ambition, en-
thusiasm. He's worth being a friend
to. I want you to know him better. to
like him, Garrett"
After a little he managed TO say:
I'll try, if you wish"
81 do wish. Please. Garrett"
Then I'm to understand you seri'
ously contemplate marrying hfm?"
Her "Yes!" was absolute.
Don't you see"-he hated himself
for this-he's after you money, Kath'
erine?"
Garrett, that is unworthy Of you"
He said nothing. doggedly taking
what comfort he might from the
knowledge that he was right.
Gradually he comprehended that IN
the course Of their conversation the
car had left Fifth Avenue at the Plaza
and was crossing Central Park at the
,Seventy-second Street entrance.
Were near the gate" he said
abruptly. IF you'll drop me there,
please"
Certainly. Tell Patrick"
Coast CROPPED for the speaking tube
and communicated with the driver,
! When he sat back he vas conscioua
Of the woman's softening regard.
You're not angry, Katherine"
mo, Garrett; but I'm very, very sor
,ry."
III I've seemed presumptuous-"
ITO me, Garrett? Can you remem
Der the time when we were not
friends?"
mo. I want you to under
stand that 1t wasn't altogether be
cause l want you tnyself-need you
because I love you-as o know
have loved you for years. II
was iea ousy of your happiness.
said nothing that I didn't believe
81 know. But you were--are mis-
taken. You'll come to understand"
Il don't want you to make a mis-
take. Wait, Katherine, wait a little
before deciding. I'm sure OF youl
heart: it won't misguide YOU"
IT believe not. I Know my hear
and mind"
you know mine." he said gently