The Caucasian., 1913-11-27
One Of the
Others
Story % a Plain Man Who
Became a Heree
By LAWRENCE BOONE
By LAWRENCE BOONE
by International Iieer0T
and News Service.

10 may soun6 like a contradiceio1.
Out . shall Always naintSiD Chat Eben
| Erazer &as a aero because he did not
snlise sfe wanted to enlist He was
urged 60 enlisf yle was ashamed noe
! % enlist We ~as exposed 60 Che moss
seductive ana perilous eemptation chat
sarth can offer 60 slo0. big Gmbed.
Dig hearted fellow. sscA as ne was
ana is, for ns was-ana as-An love.
And his qose eade him GO te Uas
merely duty ahae bade him stag.
It is often much easier 90 narch in
the middle of che procession, even 60
the cannon's mouth, than 90 swallow
the bitterness of undeserve0 reproach-
es and trudge on alone in che rough,
homely path Of duty. This is no DIS
paragement to Claude livingstone and
the rest, who faced the deadly Solleys
at Ell Caney without f1inching. BUT
really it is sometimes harder to live
humbly than to die nobly.
Eben and Claude had long been III
vals, and Lola Tanning was the prize
| to win which Eben toiled and Claude
schemed They hated each other very
cordially. And who shall blame them?
1t is too much to expect Christian
charity from lovers.
And Lola was in truth an attractive
girl. Even I. who did not love her in
the least, must concede that She was
tall and fair and graceful. Her eyes
were pale blue. like a misty sky, and
her hair pale golden, like a watery
sunset It was not peroxide. though
but for the kindness of nature it might
have been. She was fond of dress.
which is commendable; was perhaps
little overdressed, which was inex-
cusable. Unborn triviality betrayed it
self in superfluity of gauds and trim
mings, yet her beauty irradiated all
her frippery. That her fair head was
empty and her soft heart shallow |
will not presume to add, for may be
prejudiced You shall judge for your
self.
Yet l thought it much to her credit
she chose Eben. l must own that |
was surprised when the engagement
was announced.
That Eben was such handsome
young giant may in part explain the
mystery of her unexpected wisdom.
: He could have tossed the lively Claude
up into tree to roost among the
branches, and he was sometimes tempt
: ed to try it.
, When six feet three of crimson
blooded, manly beauty is kneeling at
your feet in tongue tied alteration, it is
possible to forgive poverty of words.
. 1t is even possible to forgive another
sort Of poverty that expresses itself in
hardened palms and coarse clothes, ii
j you happen to be rich enough for two
and so run no risk of deprivation. In
the country, at any rate. this is pos
sible And have often noticed that
those who cannot love lover may lose
: his love.
!. That Lola's father was outspoken in
Eben's favor may have been factor
too-though dangerous one, perhaps
better dispensed with. Hard headed
Squire Tanning had forbidden Claude
who was the village scapegrace. to ap-
proach the house: and what was va
cillating, pleasure loving girl to do:
OF course she must have beau. And
, Eben was altogether devoted and very
, nice.
!, So she condescendingly wore the ring
that he had chopped cordwood to buy
j. and he was permitted to call twice a
week and sit by her side in awed and
palpitating reverence, while she chat
tered away in fashion that ought to
have opened his eyes, but didn't. J.
Meanwhile Claude was "lively" aft
or the manner Of his kind His liveli
ness was decidedly loud, in speech, ir
dress and in action. 1t seemed to con
!. sist very largely in dissipating his
money; for he had inherited large
, farm, which he promptly mortgaged
, It was, moreover, breed Of iveliness
| Q1SL1DcIIy FuSClC. ne SOuSuL Jul LIZ
most unsavory dens in the village
, | where he drank and joked and gam
, bled and was feeced by cheap loca
! sharps He had his laugh, and so ha6
they For variety he occasionally raid
ed the sIums of neighboring city and
. was feeced again. Such exploits made
, | him something of a hero in the eyes OF
those Of the FAST gRng who didn't
dare or couldn't afford the like HI
still managed to cut quite figure II
: society" though there was plenty OF
Z scandal But scandal is SO romantic!
! ST do wish. Eben. you had little
more spunk and spirit remarked Lola
one day as Claude flashed past behind
a trotter on which it was rumored thai
: he had lately lost $500.
do you mean that you'd like me te
drive fast horses?'' exclaimed Eben
surprised and little shocked. "Yor
{ know / can't afford it, if | wanted to
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