Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-02

the edge oil the road which here ran
on an excavation eouse fifty Test above
the river
"1ow dare T7s laughed the auda.
rious man, apparently no whit
xhaah6d by her indignation. when I
think OF my opportunity 1 ana amazed
ct my moderation"
Your opportunity: our rnodera-
taon7s
Yss. when 1 haa you helpless I
took but cne kiss: I might have hold
yoa longer and taken a hundred"
*And by what right did you take
that omar" haughtily demanded the
outraged young woman, looking at
him beneath level brows while the
color slculy receded from her face.
She had w been kissed BY = man
other than = blood relation In her
Hfe-remember. Suspicious reader,
that she was from Philadelphaa.-and
che resented this sudden and unaa<
thorized caress with every atom and
Instinct OF her stih somewhat convsxa-
tionsI being.
sRat aren't you half WY engaged to
meY he pleaded In justification, see
Ing the unwoated seriousness With
which she had received hts isnpudsnf
advance. Didn't you agree to give
me j chanca!"
Il did say that ! liked you very
much" she ~Adndtted. mo man better,
and that I thought that you might
1aWall, them he began.
But sAe would not be i~nterrupted.
II did not rxlsean that you should en-
Joy ali ths prtvilsxea OF aiconquest boz
fore you had Hon me. l win thank
you mot to do that sgain. SIR
1T seems To hare lad q very OH.
rerent effect upon you than it does
upon me- replied the 81 coolIy. 4
loved you before, but nov, sstncs /
have kissed you, / worship you
1T hasn't affected me that way re-
tortod the girl promptly, her face still
frowning ard indignant. Not ct all.
and-"
Forgive me, Enid pleaded the
other. r Just couldn't help 1T. You
were so beautiful I had to. + took the
chance. You ars not accustomed to
cur ways"
rs this your habit in your love nj
fairs?" asked the girl swiftly and not
without a spice oil feminine malice.
Il never had any iove arair be-
FORE he replied with a ready mascu~
line ~mendaelty. TAT least none worth
mentioning. But you see this is the
west; we have gained what we have
by demanding every Inch that nature
offers, and then claiming the alt.
That's the way we play the game out
here and that's the way we win"
"But I hare not yet learned to play
the game rs you call IL, by any such
rules" returned the young wornan de-
t~erminediy, and It Ii NOT the way TO
win me ii I am tho stake"
What In the wayg" asked the man
~anxionsiy. Show me and I'll take II
no matter what it's difficulty"
"Ah, for me to point eat the way
would be- to play traitor te myself, Z
she answered relentiHg and relaxing
a little before hts devoted weoing.
You must find 1T without assistance.
/ ean only tell yoa one thing"
And what is THAR"
@You do not advance toward this
Eoal by such actions AZ those OF q
moment since."
Look here said the other sudden.
ly- II am NOT ashamed ut whst I dsa
and I'm not goinx to pretend that /
Am. sithsr.s
You ought 20 be- severely.
sWell. maybe 10. but TIM not: I
couldn't help It any mcre than 1 could
help loving you the minute ! saw rou.
Put yourself tn my place"
But / am no In sour place. and |
can't put myself there. ] do not wish
to- II tt bs trus, as yen SAP, that yoss
have grown tp--cars no much Tor ma
and SO quickly.
III IT be truefy ana the sharp In
terruptinn as the man bent toward
her, fairly deyouring her with his buid,
ardent gaze.
WE'LL since 1t Is true" she admit
sd under the oompuision or hts pro-
test. THAT fact Ii the only possible
xcpss for Your action"
~ end SOUS Justification Tor me.
thenf"
mo. only q possibility, but whether
It be true Oh not, I do not feel that
way-yat.D
There was a saving grace la that
last word. which gave him q little
heart. He would have spoken. but
she suffered no interruption. saying:
II have been weoed before. but
True, unless tho human race has
becoaas suddenly bnad,' he aaid softly
nnaar his breath.
But nsve In such mngenkis sFays.-
4 suppose yau hays never run IN
against 9 real rsdsbIsodsa man like
me before .
IL red-hIooied bs evidenced mainly
by lacking d self coGtroa, perhaps /
have not Yet there are msn that 4
hays met that would not nead to apoD
ogize for their qualities even to 81,
Mr.. james Armstrong
T that. Evidently ISsske
e>Ersss In nay weoza3.
Na met with u woman quite
like yaa'--and I'm that andesd lay
sosa9 OF her charm, ard sha msght
have replied In exactly she same Lam
guage and with exactly the same
meaning to hsm--aI ana no longer a