Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
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ehoush' courage to take her into my con-
hdence and ask her to help me l didn't
stop to think of what l was doing, but
must have been staring at her fully ten
minutes when waiter handed me
note"
Then jackson told Wallace of the pass
| age OF the notes and how in the end she
had proposed to him He thought at first
that he must have had some dim sort of
idea of marrying the woman because he
had leaped at her proposal as a hungry
man at two cents in a strangers hand
she had seemed an angel descending from
heaven IN a cloud of gold dust and dia-
nonds. She was a rescuer whom the
| possibility of bearing aid made to appear
! beautiful
! and you said Yes?' said Wallace af-
I ter the other had told of the final note
with its proposal of marriage from the wo-
! man.
NOT ENOUGH.
But | didn't put it in writing" said
Broadway, quickly. while Wallace laugh
ed; II just got up and shouted Yesp
Wallace paced up and down in great
agitation, now that the secret was out
and he really comprehended why, Broad
way was to marry Mrs Gerard
| This is awful he exclaimed you
must go to work. You've got the MAX
ings of business man in you"
If went to work / wouldn't have the
markings of cigarette with what j could
earn"
Wallace thought a moment while he
tapped the table with his forefnger.
Il could get you job in our advertis-
! ing company he said; 81 might be able
to have YOU started at $1,000 a year"
broadway laughed The white light had
scared him and his standards were en-
tirely out of place with the frugal world
or even the world of real endeavor and
adequate returns.
will you tell me- he demanded.
what good $4,000 a year is in New York?
What on earth could man do with Sc, 600
year? owe ten times that amount
right now"
I've got about 10000 I'll lend you
that" volunteered Wallace, in his feeling
of panic that Broadway must be saved
| from the whitening talons Of Mrs. Gerard
| at the cost of even his own savings
I'D never be able to pay you back" was
the way jackson met this offer. land. be
sides old boy. even if you loaned me
enough to pay all / owe, I'd still be in
debt What's the odds whether l owe it
to you or the other fellow? I'd never get
| square with the world
MAKING EXCUSES.
! But you can't do this thing Jack
SON." pleaded the other TT isn't right.
You mean to tell me that you'd do such
a mean, contemplate, despicable thing as
to deliberately marry a woman for her
money!"
There was a flash of anger in Broad
| ways eye, mingled with a desire to justi.
fly himself
who says I'm marrying her for her
money! he said aggressively
"Oh, pshaw" exclaimed Wallace.
f"You know very well you, don't love the
| woman
Into the tones of Broadway there came
a queer value. There was a combining
of the delight of a precocious child in
some sophistry which he doesn't know is
one and sort of HUMOROUS belief on the
surface of things that he was justifying
| himself.
81 don't know anything of the kind, "
he returned. IF. you were in trouble,
wouldn't you love some one who came
forward and helped you out of it? Be-
sides, It's too late now, anyway; the en-
! gagements been announced"
! You'll lose every friend you ever had
in the world Bob went at the attack
again
) people with money never lose their
friends" said jackson, shortly.
Wallace paused in his walk
81 know one you'll lose" he said.
"You?"
THREAT.
Yes, and unless you tell me within
| the next twenty hours that you've
reconsidered this matter and that you're
| going to fight it out in a real way, I'll
never speak to you again as long as you
lfver'
DO you mean that?' Broadway saw
| that there was a possibility that he had
not counted on, for at this stage of his
career 1t must be confessed that he was
decidedly calow.
You bet I mean it" said the other,
| sternly. There are other things in the
world besides money. Is 1t getting me
anything giving you this advice? 1t won't
put dollar in or out of my pocket
whether you marry this woman or not.
You're nothing to me except a friend
do something that you'll be sorry for the
| rest of your life I'm sorry you're in
trouble and there isn't anything that l
won't do to help you. I'll go to the limit
| for you for all I've got, but if you don t
| give up the idea of this marriage don [
| ever expect the friendship of man who
has any decency or self respect. That's
all I've got to say. Now I'm going
Wallace picked up. his hat and started
| for the door. For one long moment,
| Broadway Jones stood motionless, alloy
ing the friend of many nights if not days
to pass out of his life. Then there stirred
deep within him the germ of that some
thing that was one day to make him a
man. But its movement was very feeble,
| for at this time it was very far from the
dominating force in THIS wastrel. But
in the end the nameless thing that was
his better self conquered his bitter self
pride, In an instant he had sprung to-
ward Wallace and taken his arm Wal
lace stopped quickly and eXpectantly
Don't go, old man, like that" said
jackson. almost brokenly. GIVE me a
| chance TO think
IAN right-think." Wallace put an en-
phasis upon this word that conveyed the
| idea very clearly that Jackson WASH {
usually thinker. ITS about time that
you began to think"
Broadway thought while slowly par
tlal light dawned, partial awakening