The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
GIRL WHO PLAYS MAN AS
A GAME LOSES HIS FAITH
Epen When She Is Sincere in Her Love for Him
He viii Not Believe Her Because of
Her Deception of Others.

f, and bringing them to her feet that the
habit was hard to break all of sud
den. and so, after a month. a new man
came 10 the beach and she found her
self much in his companionship.
The Man she loved came Unexpectedly
| upon her one beautiful twilight hour as
she sat on the beach digging her small
toes into the white sand, the newcomer
beside her. listening to the music of
her voice as II assured him that she
did not like the campanionship of men
as a usual thing, but he was so SYM
pathetic, and seemed 10 understand a
Girl SO well that his companionship was
not that OF the average man"
Just Amusing Herself.
She was Just amusing herself but The
Man who heard remembered his balcony
the man who had sat beside The Girl
/ on the beach, and then been carried out
to sea until the deep gave back only the
| sob of human voices.
He left her there with her new found
admirer. but when the evening came he
| found her alone.
II have come to say good-by," he told
| her.
| He had not meant to do more, but the
! still white face of The Girl made him
| tender toward her, in spite of himself.
1 and so he told her.
| Why" she said. 1T was just for un.
Just to see what he would say. OF course
you know that l don't really care for
! him.
| They stood on the beach and the voice
of the sea seemed to The Man as he
| listened a human moan. the cry of the
J men to whom she had turned her flower
like face when she told each Of them
how much she liked them because they
! were so different"
! 20 {rh
perhaps you have heard The Man told
her, as they stood looking out TO sea.
Fable of the Shepherd.
"Once upon a time there was a shep-
herd lad who found his flock and the
countryside monotonous. He wished
nightly for something exciting To hap
pen. but one day was like unto another in
/ his uneventful life
"One day it occurred to him that he
might have some excitement. so he ran
down toward the village crying. 'wolr,
| wolf" and all the village folk ran to his
| assistance. believing in his signal Of dis
| tress
There was no wolf. but the boy had
his un. and liked the experiment so we'll
that he repeated II the next day. this
| time also deceiving his friends.
"On the third day the wolves really
came, and the lad gave RS signal OF dis
tress in dead earnest, / Y the village folk
had been twice deceived and would pay
no attention 10 him. So the wolves de-
| stroyed the rest Of his fcck.
The lad saw the price he had paid for
his deception, but II was too late. The
mischief was done, and there was no
way in which he could rs-establish him.
self in the confidence OF his friends"
As The Man finished the fable The
Girl turned to him her fower-like face.
tears dripped from her lashes, and
choked her voice. as she whispered:
| But do love you"
| How am | to know" asked The Man.
and the sea took up the low note OF
rain which his voice sounded. and car
rted it out to mingle with those other
voices which had made up that great
symphony of anguish which The Man
had heard in his dream.
And The Girl knew she had lost him
for all time because of exceeding great
| fClly.