The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-11
TWO SCEhE
IN TWO LIVES
By MARGARET BAaR

place Ii Was Dot Spacious. x;11 u
house was not p2latial. Their III
Gated an owner of moderate m,~.1
but there was something al,out i.
premises that denoted he vas rssi..1
There was whirring of wheels m ~
road and an automobile appeared S.
side the chauffeur there was only q
person aboard. middle aged ,.,s
well wrapped in fur robes. The s.
hicIe had reached a point perhane Z
hundred yards from the place descrth
ed when there was an explosion n.
pistol shot. The auto swerved Fl
in doing so went over.
The chauffeur was unhurt. Nor :.
the lady. The gentleman who ~
the catastrophe went to her assistance
She was lying with closed eyes n
she soon opened them and looked J,
the man bending over her.
aTell me. madam be said. ahor
badly hurt you are that may dacide
what 10 do
81 don't know" she said il a fa,nt
voice. "bat | doubt If my injuries ar
serious"
The chauffeur joined them, and tbe
two carried the lady to the house
Two young ladies. the daughters nf
the host. took her in charge, while tie
gentleman -telephoaed for a surgeon
When the medical man arrived he pro
nouneed the lady unhurt, with the en-
ception of a sprained ankle. which
prevented her walking. He said she
might be driven 70 her home at anr
time Left alone with her host. the
lady said:
This is singular meeting, Mr.. Can.
ming"
The gentleman started I'VE have
met before:" he asked
Yes. You were once well known ID
me. But that was twenty years an.
and my age is just double what it was
then. 1t is not remarkable that you
should not recognize me-
But you have recognized me-
There Is reason for that
will you give itF''
Yes. but not directly. 1 win ten
you a little story. The scene Is the
yeranda Of a house on an eminence
overlooking a river. The season Is
spring. The hour was that when tie
twilight fades into night A new mooa
Is standing over the western horizon.
Two young persons were sitting On
the yeranda. a man and a woman
The man took her hand In one Of bis;
the other he stole around her waist
I love you he said. and I wish yod
to be my wife The words were sim
pie but more winning from their SIM
plicity. II was the happiest moment
OF her life.
But not relishing being won too cas-
lily she asked for time. promising an
answer within few days He assent
ed, but reluctantly. When a few days
/ had passed she looked for him TO come
to her for her answer He did not
I come. i month passed and she recely-
T ed letter from him from a distant
city. telling her that be bad suddenly
/ been called away. that a new field bad
opened TO him. but that it would be a
long while before he could expect any
great success. Had she loved him
deeply she would not have asked for
time. This was probably fortunate
since be could not be near her. long
while must pass before they could be
married, and he would only stand In
her way Of being settled for life. II
she agreed with him in this an answer
10 the question he had asked was not
necessary. If that answer was to have
been Yes and she preferred to stand
by 1t she might write him. and be
would do his best TO make good bis
offer.
This chilled her first and only love.
She wrote him that doubtless be was
right about the matter. and since bis
view was hers, she considered his odef
annulled."
The lady had reached this point
which was the end Of her story, when
one OF the young ladies in the house
brought In 8 dainty luncheon on SAL
yer. She would have fingered, but her
father told her that the stranger was
not equal to seeing more than one
person at time. The girl withdrew.
Then he spoke.
There Is period in q mans IRE
between. say, eighteen and twenty-nye'
when what he is to be is forming, ne
IS clay ready TO thrust into the fur'
mace. This person you speak Of was
then in that condition. He was at 81
important point Of his life when tne
two elements, caution and daring. are
struggling for the mastery. IN DIS
+. case caution prevailed. And yet Tor
time the chances between the two Wefs
equal
This person who at a critical no
ment looked behind him never asal1
came to a point where be could cen
6depty. fear.essly look before hlli
He has lived a negative life. BE nA'
been a failure"
There was deep sadness in Dis 90
words. The lady took his hand n ne1'
and pressed il sympatbeucally.
The carriage that was ordered "a
: arrived" said one OF the young girs
throwing open the door.