New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER D. 1912
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sd. which She was swinging dainty. When she saw
him She dropped the p4r-o'; melting look came INTO
her lovely ewes: her face glow OF tenderness
She hurried to him. both hands outstrctchcd, and fairly
flung herself al him. CRYING:
"Oh my dear. my dear, i5 u really YOU
Anyone within hundred feet could have heard her.
Angela Give bent her head and walked past them IN
the direction OF the missionary house Damon H'''I
IN a frenzy Of ndccsiOn, with Sara cinWng 10 hN WIr'.
# he cast her of and ran after Angela, there would e
explanations 10 be made that get could not bt made
If he brought the two girl, together they would ind out
that he was Jimmy Sylvester 90 The one and larfpec
Damon 10 the other. And any attempt 40 explaining,
or "a, explaining that he could not explain would 'ny
make the matter He shook Sara of. Tie felt
,.lci and sick and sad brutality
Whatever DO you mean bv this
-Oh Larr4b.c.~ she sighed "thc minute Saw you
/ forgot everything don't know whether You are an
impost,r or not. Willie says yol are; but al knc"
when SAW you q moment ago wtr that YOU seemed -
be Larrtbcc and remembered the dear, dead days oil
-ihcy are dcad,- he snarlc1 .cc.ng 'hc picture Of
Angela Give whom hc lowed, passing mm with bent
head while another GIRL whom he nd not love, was cali
ING him repeatedly "my dear
Il tell YOU what Sara, DE- -lt Grossly you 'i' TOO
aifcc'ionatci"
-Yoa didn't think so once, cried Sara with some
spirit.
He didn't care what the real l.anabcc Damons real
relations might be- with Sara he intended 10 express ms
mind Let arrabcc and make up with her himself.
ayes, it is now said Sara, with increasing spirit.
81 am a very LOYAL person larrabcc Damon yet there
are things that II not put up with.
~If Won want TO talk to me, you've got to talk walk
ing. he said II have - get down to the beach.
Il mean to talk, said Sara. "I'll go with you.
RAMON struck into a trail in the brush, Sara follow
- ing him, talking very cmphatically.
81 think now that our engagement WAS a great ms
take" she said.
~, , line 81 definite statement. and he only hoped she
would keep it up.
"Ycs | do. Those boy and girl affairs are not always
70 be trusted We had just got used to each other and
that was all there was to it. When broke of with you,
after / had come to New York should have stayed
broken off. At the time it looked impossible that we
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
sudden inspiration.
81 ook here Sara" ne said. 81 came to New Norl;
when fell into all my money. didn't know a soul
but Won and your mother did /; You were sweet
rs could be- and lost my head and proposed al over
again, and you accepted me- didn't you; And you
wouldn't have done it if it hadn't been for the money
"IIow could T." she said Indignantly. Besides, why
didn't YOU say all this 10 nj 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 on the people, Sara sighed. 81 simply
have 10 be sure of money, Larrtbcc If you really are
Larrabec. But it did seem to me 50 unreasonable for
YOU to BE- willing to take me rs was at the time, and
then lust a few weeks later be dissatisfied. II was
such a nasty sort of test you put me to-.
They were walking again; but at this Damon prckel
MP his ears and paused 1t vitality necessary that
he should get back to the Simeon Bailey and tell Hen
dcrson that Wallace was at hand; but he had to know
what this test was of which Sara spoke
81 wish you would explain yourself, Sara" he SAID
severely. al am sure behaved honorlbly'
"You were plain enough Sara said, complanlngly.
81 didn't really lirt with VIII Wallace II IS true that
YOU and ne were the only two men had ever met who
had plenty of money and seemed to admire me First
YOU accused me of flirting, and then you accused me Of
liking money too much. And then you put that nasty
test Of asking me whether if you had no money I'd
rnthcr marry YOU without H. or Waacc with II. II was