The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-28

N0es. You KNOW his organization
hoesQ't amount t0Imuch down mere.
II needs-tUca+ leadership. They want
man ont for congress Assembly
man Barrett. of Dallas County, was
considered. but they need him where
he is. And all the other progressives
are like father-too--well, they've
had their fling The movement wants
new men and young men"
but me in congress. II sure would
be treat for congress-!
"Oh, Wiley BE serious"
He was still for long time. Yes,
he had been the watcher from afar
of the fighting men He had thought
his years OF ardor done. He spoke
at last very gently.
Janet I'm remorsefully humble.
You've heen my good angel-always.
since we were Kids in school Good
God. how a man filings his youth
away Ell, thought that was what
I'd done. But Janet, I've awakened
! have"
Her eyes were sparkling She
tensed with a new splendid jubilance.
She had been the militant; she was
OF that fine modernity that has given
to strong women the fearless vision
and the will TO do. and has taken moth
ing from their womanhood She was
alert wiki the expression of sex, In
escapable, undaunted, as free as a
mans virile pride And Curran, with
his love for the modern his hatred
of sham, had felt at times, the pulls
ing of her power and had misunder'
stood nothing. That was the bond OF
their intimacy: this knowledge UNI
spoken but unafraid.
WILEY" she murmured. you will
come out? You will go in the pri-
maries? Oh, will you. I've waited SO
long, Wiley. For you"
II know. And this very week L
I-seemed to see myself aright-to
realize what a miserable failure I'd
been--a dreamer. oh, something very
wonderful awakened me-quckened
me ri tell you, Janet. the very first
thing"
She looked curiously at him, but
with her bright fond faith, her over
flowing happiness. The fine hard
lines that the years had schooled
about her eyes were gone.
THE very first thing, Oh. but the
point is that you've done il, Well
work for you-all my friends who've
stood by me will be with you. But
the first thing-was il today
NO Last Tuesday. A little thing
such a foolish little thing. But It
hit me hard-it appealed to the
sentimental in me- | suppose. But
al nf
nance that's made a beggar Of me,
Janet, II was Aurelie Lindstrom"
She did not stir: her attentive eyes
were on him merely, but the cool
shrewd reading OF her 'workaday life
came over the eagerness of mo-
ment ago. "Aureie?" she murmured
and her prize-winning@ She
smiled slowly. why. Wiley. you
hardly knew the child"
Yes. But the thing hit me- Janet.
She came to me''-he hesitated over
mentioning Harlan's name in Aurelie's
troubled case--"this thing confused
her so. And hurt her--it was-sort
OF a-a-tragedy Janet. And she
left Il all TO me-what she should do.
Here's this great newspaper going to
shout all about her next Sunday
you know the stuff-her beauty, and
her position and life and prospects
all that sort OF thing I know its
cheapness and its Stiffness. but it's
her chance. Janet! She asked mo
what TO do
YES" She watched his ardent
eyes.
81 told her to go on, seize all the
best In il. She Is grand little girl
someway You know I've lived south
i know her temperament know
all she's had TO fight. too, ont at
Lindstrom's. Know and sympathize
with don't suppose another person
in all the town could know or care,"
81 don't imagine" Janet knew
Wiley Curran Somehow. If there was
a homeless old soldier, or a destitute
family in the county, they always
came to Wiley's attention-he was
ever knowing and caring, helplessly
in his penniless struggle with the
News.
But you, Wiley-what can YOU do
for herr"
81 don't know Only befriend her.
All the towns laughing over her win
ming beauty prize. No one ever no.
ticed her, except she was considered
pretty and eccentric. The big fat
heads" he cried breathlessly. Does
any one suppose they'd see that mar
velous purity in her face-her grace.
and all that odd quality Of her mind
and soul"
Wiley" Miss Vance sat back, her
lips frightened.
"Oh, know, Scold~ me--say |
can't afford il, That it's aroused a
lot OF heartburnings and jealousies
and silly rot in town, and shouldn't
be in it, But she came TO me@she
said was almost her only friend in
Rome And with all this notoriety--
Aurelie. bewildered, dumbstruck-
needs rotection-a-friend
You consider yourself a--chaper-
on?'
Don't laugh. tell you she woke
me up"
What possibly could she have TO
do with your awakening"
I'VE had long talk A splendid
talk. Janet saw the hopelessness
of her life If she stayed here. There's
nothing for her here. And now. who
can tell? Why. TT bet she gets pro-
posals OF marriage by the DOZEN
artists will want TO paint her, man
ayers will want her to go on the stage
everything is possible with her,
And she left Il TO me, Janet--and /
,,IJ hor po-sefzp all the good I'm life