The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-17
THE INVINCIBLE GOD
Wen talk


! II over with her Come"
! The next evening Mr.. Dreamer To-
! cused the conversation on the garden
party. He brought In Miss Currin's
name quite naturally.
Stunning looking girl" comment
ed young Cramer riippantly. Now,
if she were only rich"
she has prospects, said his
father In IT similar tone, Some old
niser relatives, upstate. / t<lieve.
Hadn't you heard Have uy--if
YOU can get a look in, that is. Shes
a favorite, ! gather"
George Cramer looked up curiously,
II was new attitude on his fathers
part; but he harbored no suspicious.
Neither did it occur to him as sig
nificant that thereafter he met Isabel
nearly everywhere he went,
Come and see me, sa1d she me
evening, on parting.
He went She was popular not
easily obtained tete -tete. pretty, NJ
rich.-quite worth the effort Geo se
admitted. He fouad others ahead Of
him, not once. but frequently. one Gay
he asked her over the telephone Il
he might have that evening. She de-
cHntd He begged the next--for tie
theatrr. or anything abe might IRE
fer She chose to have him come to
she first hlnted, delicateiy, at some
legacy substantial one, He gath
cred that her eccentric aunt was
hopelessly i'll.
At the end Of a week he proposed.
she refused him, HIS desire grew.
Al the end Of a moath. she gave In.
In panic. she sought Mr. Cramer,
Sr
You must lose your legacy-not
Mt
viii suddenly change her mind about
endowing you You can rely on her
You have disagreed. about-um-a
what have you disagreed about?
NV choice OF a husband - sus-
xested Isabel with a touch Of humor.
Nh Cramer shook mis- head, That
might rouse Georges chivairy-he
used to have great deal 1t might
influence his actions. und that W"atd
never do
"of course--not," faltered Isabel.
MIR. Cramer searched her face.
t'less my soul DO you--'
Yes admitted Isabel, Il care.
My dear, Then YOU must lose
everything--every cent you nave in
the world
on. no: cried the g.rt 4 IN
afraid"
All or nothing" urged cramsr.
Meanwhile George appeared salts
ned With mis- lot. He had Kept his
Nurd aud won "A rich girl He Was
proud of her looks, and she never
Bered him As the days went BY. he
/ realized her charm mere and more,
and il was with ever increasing I'M
patience that he counted the time be-
tween visits with interest, obserNa-
ton had grown keener. and one night
u >.
what is IT." he demanded right
away,
Everything
she motioned him to keep his seat.
Is she paced in front of MIN head
a,erted. Although she played a part
tn. trembling IT her hands ana the
aatver in her voice were very redi
j In \ moment she faced him, and with
deep breath to calm the humping
OF her heart delivered her carefully
1ebearsed speech
So, You see I've lost everything
i won't be worth a penny,
He sat and stared. She watched
rim Then she took the ring from
her finger and dropped it into his
hand This recalled him. He tried
: tr replace IL, perfunctorilY. she
| would not let him, quite ind:rerently
| II, should have felt relieved; but
7 why this peculiar duilness all through
/ him?
He left her abruptly. as if running
+ away Why There was no danger
She had shown him plainly that she
/ had regarded the whole affair az an
arrangement which the turn Of cir' UNI
stances nuilified. Perhaps he Wasn
rich enough for her either without
+ her own additional wealth. She VS.
prouabl.. at that moment planning
/ bigger game. He tried 70 laugh. tut
only succeeded in becoming very angry
And while lie stupidly CROPPED for CON
seriousness of his own mood, isaheI
was sobing her heart out. Tor
seemed, indeed. as II the little god
were making cruel sport OF her
She was wrong ON the third daN.
George sought his father who had
been watching him anxiously-
Il wont love her he ended
tell YOU I'm done with it / said d
marry money ard - He crushed on
his hat and dashed out He barely
escaped Isabel.
It's three DAYS cried the girl to
Mr. Cramer. Il couldn't wait any
longer. '.rye lost, she continued
duly TIN afraid I'm going TO hare
YOU for the whole affair ! don
want to-" she added naively
He laid a hand on her shoulder aad
pushed her into a chair
I'm not SO sure George has WALL
dered around supperless the last two
nights. There is hope. he said
III confirmation, The ao6r opettstf
wildly George rushed In without
ceremony
"Pater"" he cried. I'm going to
her ft's no use, I've tried but"
He saw Isabel, and Rasped,
You see" said Mr.. Cramer hea n
ing. "he has tried Give him that
much credit; he really tried Aren't
you fiattered -
|YesiH cried Isabel Il am
lyon mean" Shouted George
oh, II you do, I'll show you
But Isabel laid her finger on his
lips. as she practically flung herself
into his arms; and II she and Mr.
Cramer exchanged wink over
Georges shoulder. only the little
goo" ever knew why