The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-17

II thought Of you" ventured Sydney.
You married a rich man--and you
look happy--and he does not seem to
be ruined"
I'VE are happy" There was thrill
in Christabel's voice. "But--it ia not
always safe to draw parallels Now.
with u.s. Mr. Burke's money was his
own, he had no family he cared moth.
ing for society, and neither did ] Con-
sequently we have gone our own gait
we have been wholly Independent.
Could IL be so with your"
Sydney shook her head doubtfully.
"Im afraid. from what he said that
Mr.. Tremper must be someway depend
ent on his father"
"Tremper?"
Sydney blushed "I didn't mean to,
butt doesn't matter"
Chrlstabel nodded her head slowly.
"Ah. see"
you know the Trempers?"
Not personally ] know something
about them though. from hearsay.
They're c Kind OF family. I think"
Christatel continued thoughtfully,
much more common in tie East than
out Wegt here Very aristoarktic, as
you said--not to cay snobhlsh." She
made wry little face. 1T seems to
me one of the daughters married an
Englishman with title of some sort"
Sydney caught a halfsob in her
throat. From the moment wien she had
beheld his mother the gulf between
Tremper and herself had seemed to
widen until II was becoming an abyss
in depth, q chasm in wholly i'm.
passable.
But turning an abstract lover into'a
definite Tremper served 10 polnt
Christabels view of the matter "What
does Mr. Tremper think about. AL
this?"
Sydney admitted that she had rear,y
not discussed II with him. Christahel
broke in with sudden conviction.
Believe me, It all depends on what
he is. What is best for YOU to do de-
pends on what sort OF man he iss Can
he stand alone. or Is his fainify's SOP.
port. his social position. vital to him?
Are you essential TO his llfe--does be
really love YOU, or--forglye me- is It
cnly-"
sydney closed her eyes, her lips
quivered. Il think--I hope he doess'
Then cried Chrlstabel, leave the
decision TO him. You are willing 70
bear what comes, I know. You are
only thinking Of him now. Let HIM
decide for himself Oh, my dpar, il
seems 10 me we let such triviu1'thihgs
stand in the way Of oar lives andNuri
happiness! Why Wien vas working
In the store rs you are now. / thought
would do anything Tor money and
ease and beauty and all the things we
miss so much. These things are pleas
ant, II would be foolish to deny g.,
nut now that | have them. / see that
they are really unimportant besiGe the
Dig things, the things that really mat
ter! II Is my love for Val, his for me.
that makes US happy not all thisl"
Her gesture relegated the luxury or
her surroundings TO its real position
OF minor Importance "lf your man Is
tho right sort, you can giye him what
his money and his family and their
family-pride never could. AS for the
right of Il, why should we let some of
the worlds foolish little tairles keen
us from our own? This is Tremper's
test. II he says Come, I'm man In
my own right anyway. and / know
what | want. then say, 20 with him.
But II he hesitates--ah we'll" she
gave a little shrug.
Sydney understood Yes. II must be
better to let people decide things out OF
their own hearts. instead Of trying TO
make them do what maybe only seems
right TO you. When she rose to 20,
Christabel took both her hands RI,
You'll let me know, won't you. how
II all comes out? And oh, hope II all
comes out right" And Mrs' Burke
Kissed the little shop-girl. and knew
that she was surely her sister ander
the skin.
Sydney felt the calm In her heart
that comes when the hearl saws. II
have decided!" That Chrlstabels wis-
dom would have seemed the sheerest
folly to the world that calls itself prac.
teal did not trouble hcr-did not, in
fact, occur to her.
The long car-rlde across town
brought her eventually to her own
dingy neighborhood 1t was still.
dark night and she hurried along tile
lonely block without noticing q man
in front OF her until he had planted
himself before her
She stopped short. "Oh.h!" III
Where have you been, runawayYp
asked Tremper, taking her hands.
She thought that even in this dim
street'light she had mover seen him
look so boyish, so full of vitality, so
high-hearted. And this look In him
brought note of tenderness 10 her
little laugh, IL won't tellp
i've been waiting for you. OH we'll
maybe not so long, but II seemed long"
His tone deepened. Sydney. I've been
through the mill tonight. MY mother
and ! have been having II hot and
heavy all evening. won't try 10 nnt
It politely-but II | marry YOU she
says she'll see that I'm dlsinherited
ostraeized, sent to the rfghtabott zen.
orally"
Sydney looked into his syes-a
straight. frank, level gaze,
'Well?" she said, simply. ~
His hands grlpped hers. "Iye bean
kind OF puppet all my life. bnt n
came 10 me tonight that there ara so
many little worlds in this big one and
sometimes what belongs to us N m n
different one. so we have 10 leave the
world we're used TO. to get whats ,o,,rs
Say that haven't any money MIR anv